When casinos opened in Colorado in 1991, the only games offered were slot machines, blackjack and poker. Gamblers were limited to making a maximum bet of five dollars on the ... Read More

My friend Rich and I were playing craps the other day at the casino. We both bought in for the same amount but at the end of our playing session, ... Read More

Many years ago when online casinos started appearing on the Internet, the owners of the brick and mortar casinos spoke out vocally against them. They were in favor of legislation ... Read More

Hawaii does not have any casinos but that is not stopping the state from collecting revenue from gambling activities. A change in the tax code could net hundreds of thousands ... Read More

I was at the casino this morning and when I was getting ready to leave I went to the casino cage to cash in my chips. They only had one ... Read More

Pennsylvania got a taste of the easy money generated from gambling when it legalized slot casinos in the state in 2004. In the first 11 months of the current fiscal ... Read More

More than a year after the New Jersey gaming regulators took control of the Tropicana, the troubled casino will finally get new owners. Last week Judge Judith Wizmur of the ... Read More

I remember years ago when the Internet was in its infancy. As people began logging on and spending more time "surfing the web," there were warnings that we could become ... Read More

I received an e-mail from a reader who wrote: I have done what I thought was virtually impossible: I have had 18 losing months in a row, playing baccarat, American Roulette, ... Read More

I knew that the casinos could deny payment to underage gamblers who hit a jackpot on the slot machines and I often wondered what happened to that money. Did the ... Read More

Back in the 1960's all blackjack games were played with a single deck. Then in 1963 Edward O Thorp released his book Beat the Dealer, which revealed that blackjack was ... Read More

Many players are visiting the casino less frequently and this is presenting a problem for some of them. My friend Mike called me the other day to tell me about ... Read More

One of the most frequent complaints I hear from casino players is that the table limits are too high. This is especially true on the weekends and holidays when the ... Read More