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Stealing $33 Million from a Casino – It’s Easier than You ...
Remember Ocean’s Eleven (Twelve, and Thirteen?) the movie about an elaborate casino heist set to silky smooth jazz featuring a bunch of suave characters? They easily elude the rather inept security guards and crack witty jokes along the way. You know, the same security guards charged with the task of protecting some overly large diamond, [...]
Et tu, Baltimore?
Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Macau, Monaco…if you were not going to say Baltimore next, you are not alone. However, gather around people from wherever you roam, because the times they are a changing. Caesar’s Palace (Las Vegas) has taken an interest to the mean streets of Baltimore for their next project, the Horseshoe Baltimore Casino, [...]
Trapped in a Casino Elevator with 20 People
Getting into an elevator is the type of gamble that most of us don’t really consider. After all, the house usually wins when it comes to not having an elevator fail. For the Revel Resort in Atlantic City, however, the unlikely happened. Then it happened again. Firefighters responded to two different incidents of malfunctioning elevators, [...]
Google Glass Can Make You a Better Gambler and Casinos Hate It
Casinos have every type of surveillance pointed on the gamblers within their walls, but for the first time ever, technologies like Google Glass are giving these same gamblers a way to put a camera on the house. Casinos are not taking too kindly to the idea, but looking to the long term, do they even [...]
Online Gambling Laws in 2013: US Looking for Uniformity
Across the US, different states are racing to pass laws legalizing online gambling, but all the individualized work by different states may end up pushed to the side as proposed national legislation comes into view. Currently, New Jersey is ahead of the game when it comes to gaming online. Governor Chris Christie signed legislation on [...]
World Series of Poker Europe Now in France
Shocking news broke that the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) will be moving to France after having operated in London for the past four years. A statement was released last Wednesday saying that Lucien Barrière Hôtels & Casinos and BarrierePoker.fr are the new French sponsors and hosts of the WSOPE. The deal that they signed [...]
Online Gambling Legislation in Italy Moves Forward
Italy has set itself ahead in the process of establishing guidelines for online gambling activities around the world. The Italian online gaming market is the biggest in Europe and continues to expand as the Italian government takes measures to tax and regulate online gaming. In 2009, the Italian online gaming market was worth €3.4 billion, [...]
Sony’s Playstation Phone for Gaming
Once again, technology developers have found a way to take mobile gaming to a completely new level. There are already new apps being brought up to the realm on a regular basis, and at this time it seems like everything is possible because those geniuses can make it happen. The new innovator to step up [...]
Hurley’s Un-lucky ‘Lost’ Lottery Numbers Win Big!
Don’t believe what your mother says: It really pays to watch television. Well, if you ever watched the television series Lost, your mouth probably dropped to the floor this past Tuesday during the drawing of the Mega Millions lottery. The infamous set of numbers from the ABC hit series reappeared before viewers eyes during Tuesday [...]
What Online Gamblers Should Look Forward to in 2011
2010 has been a year full of action for online gamblers. There were a lot of ups and downs in 2010, including the online gaming legislation in the US, new regulations in Europe, online gaming expanding to all corners of the world, and tons of new games were released and casinos did their best to [...]
High Stakes Poker Season 7
I know we love online casino games at Silver Oak Casino’s blog, but today I would like to give you an update on one of my favorite TV poker shows: High Stakes Poker. The show is now on its seventh season, and in case you have not watched it, let me tell you that it [...]
eWalletXpress Out of the US Market
A few days ago I posted an entry about the current situation affecting online payment provider eWalletXpress and its US customers. The word around the forums was that eWalletXpress had its funds seized by the United States Federal Government and that their services were down. However, there was no mean to prove this as the [...]
