Mission146
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August 12th, 2016 at 7:05:37 AM permalink
Greetings!

I'm not entirely sure what happened to the other Mission...Articles thread, so I am starting a new one.

I have one about The Taj closing, of course:

https://wizardofvegas.com/articles/trump-taj-majal-to-close/

We've got the latest News & Notes just chock-full of AC news:

https://wizardofvegas.com/articles/news-and-notes-seventeen/

A Promotion that went on at Royal Panda Casino:

https://wizardofvegas.com/article/royal-panda-promotion/

And, some more Atlantic City musings:

https://wizardofvegas.com/articles/more-atlantic-city-mustings/
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August 12th, 2016 at 7:39:11 AM permalink
Quote: Mission146

Greetings!

I'm not entirely sure what happened to the other Mission...Articles thread, so I am starting a new one./


<snip>
BABBs closed it, and Wiz erased it? Just guessing ;-)

Yes, I will go read the articles.
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August 12th, 2016 at 7:40:50 AM permalink
In one your articles you mentioned being hit up a couple of times by panhandlers in A.C. when walking with food. I am curious as to whether or not you walked around the boardwalk and elsewhere at night, and whether or not you felt relatively safe. A.C. has in the past experienced a lot of crime and I've heard that casinos paid off the local media not to report on some of the worst incidents. To be fair; I don't know whether or not that is actually true. I've also heard that because of their crisis the police dept. has been stripped to bare bones staffing levels.
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August 12th, 2016 at 9:41:20 AM permalink
The thread got lost?
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August 12th, 2016 at 9:50:59 AM permalink
Quote: Wizardofnothing

The thread got lost?



Apparently. It's searchable on Google, but results in a 404. Some jokesters may have flagged it down. It was getting too long, anyway, so I'm not too concerned about having to start a new one. The only reason I would have a thread on the Forums promoting my own articles is because multiple people PM'ed me suggesting I do so.
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August 12th, 2016 at 9:55:14 AM permalink
Quote: lilredrooster

In one your articles you mentioned being hit up a couple of times by panhandlers in A.C. when walking with food. I am curious as to whether or not you walked around the boardwalk and elsewhere at night, and whether or not you felt relatively safe. A.C. has in the past experienced a lot of crime and I've heard that casinos paid off the local media not to report on some of the worst incidents. To be fair; I don't know whether or not that is actually true. I've also heard that because of their crisis the police dept. has been stripped to bare bones staffing levels.



I would first request, with as much politeness as I can, that comments on articles be placed in the articles rather than this thread...but it's no big deal...happy to have you reading either way!

That said, here is my response:

Safety is a relative term. I'm a really big guy, so I'm not what one would consider a good target for robbery, at least I wouldn't think so, and I am also reasonably skilled when it comes to hand-to-hand combat, anyway. With that said, I probably wouldn't walk around AC too much after dark other than the Boardwalk and I did not walk anywhere at night other than the Boardwalk.

The Boardwalk seems reasonably well-trafficked after dark, but this was also before midnight, I probably wouldn't walk the Boardwalk too much after midnight. I felt perfectly safe walking the Boardwalk between 9p.m.-11p.m.
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August 12th, 2016 at 9:55:17 AM permalink
The hot blond challenge went so quiet that it may be deleted soon also (-:
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August 12th, 2016 at 5:01:15 PM permalink
I also have a review of Golden Nugget Atlantic City:

https://wizardofvegas.com/hotels/golden-nugget-atlantic-city-review/

I wrote the following new short story for the Odds site:

https://wizardofodds.com/fiction/vegas-2066

Finally, I wrote a page for the Odds site on Sports Entity Wagering:

https://wizardofodds.com/games/sports-betting/bet-as-an-entity
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September 1st, 2016 at 9:56:00 PM permalink
Greetings!

Articles posted in the last two weeks include:

Visual Ballistics:

https://wizardofvegas.com/articles/fewer-numbers-more-winning/

Voting for the best Candidate to legalize and regulate Online Gambling, or does it matter?:

https://wizardofvegas.com/article/the-best-bet-for-president/

Advances in Casino Security that Could be Detrimental to AP's:

https://wizardofvegas.com/articles/security-AP-might-get-it-much-tougher/

Another News & Notes with More Stupid Casino Crimes (My favorite!):

https://wizardofvegas.com/article/news-and-notes-eighteen/

More issues with Hollywood Casino:

https://wizardofvegas.com/articles/the-hollywood-problem/

Ploppies Always Try to, "Get it Back!":

https://wizardofvegas.com/articles/get-it-back/
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September 8th, 2016 at 5:44:39 PM permalink
ahh.. I was wondering why I didn't see any updates to your Articles thread.
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September 9th, 2016 at 2:48:52 PM permalink
Are recognizable name brand slots and video poker games coming online?

https://wizardofvegas.com/article/name-brands-online/

The, 'Hollywood Problem,' finally resolved!

https://wizardofvegas.com/articles/the-hollywood-problem-part-2/
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October 4th, 2016 at 7:29:51 AM permalink
Concerning online gambling in general.

I think it is necessary to distinguish between Sports Betting Online, Casino Games Online and Poker Online.

Casino games (for money) may or may not be rigged by the casino, but I fail to see any way players could collude.

Pokers play against each other and a site could either supply a 'ringer' or allow bots to give some players an advantage.

Sports in the usa may or may not be fixed, bt most sports abroad seem to be fixed with massive amounts spent on rigged bets or stadium knowledge.
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December 1st, 2016 at 4:19:03 PM permalink
...And sometimes the players straight up scam the casino:

https://wizardofvegas.com/articles/big-time-scam/
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YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED


United States[edit]
Main article: Gambling in the United States
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled[38] in November 2002 that the Federal Wire Act prohibits electronic transmission of information for sports betting across telecommunications lines but affirmed a lower court ruling[39] that the Wire Act "'in plain language' does not prohibit Internet gambling on a game of chance." But the federal Department of Justice continues, publicly, to take the position that the Wire Act covers all forms of gambling.[40]
In April 2004 Google and Yahoo!, the two largest Internet search engines, announced that they were removing online gambling advertising from their sites. The move followed a United States Department of Justice announcement that, in what some say is a contradiction of the Appeals Court ruling, the Wire Act relating to telephone betting applies to all forms of Internet gambling, and that any advertising of such gambling "may" be deemed as aiding and abetting. Critics of the Justice Department's move say that it has no legal basis for pressuring companies to remove advertisements and that the advertisements are protected by the First Amendment.[41] In April 2005, Yahoo! has instigated a restrictive policy about gambling ads.[42]
In July 2006, David Carruthers, the CEO of BetonSports, a company publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange, was detained in Texas while changing planes on his way from London to Costa Rica.[43] He and ten other individuals had been previously charged in a sealed indictment with violations of US federal laws relating to illegal gambling. While as noted above, a United States Appeals court has stated that the Wire Act does not apply to non-sports betting, the Supreme Court of the United States previously refused to hear an appeal of the conviction of Jay Cohen, where lower courts held that the Wire Act does make it illegal to own a sports betting operation that offers such betting to United States citizens.[44]
The BetOnSports indictment alleged violations of at least nine different federal statutes, including 18 USC Sec. 1953 (Operation of an Illegal Gambling Business).[45] Carruthers is currently under house arrest on a one million dollar bail bond.[46]
In September 2006, Sportingbet reported that its chairman, Peter Dicks, was detained in New York City on a Louisiana warrant while traveling in the United States on business unrelated to online gaming.[47] Louisiana is one of the few states that has a specific law prohibiting gambling online. At the end of the month, New York dismissed the Louisiana warrant.[48]
Also in September 2006, just before adjourning for the midterm elections, both the House of Representatives and Senate passed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (as a section of the unrelated SAFE Port Act) to make transactions from banks or similar institutions to online gambling sites illegal.[49] This differed from a previous bill passed only by the House that expanded the scope of the Wire Act. The passed bill only addressed banking issues. The Act was signed into law on October 13, 2006, by President George W. Bush. At the UIGEA bill-signing ceremony, Bush did not mention the Internet gambling measure, which was supported by the National Football League but opposed by banking groups.[50]
In response to Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, a number of online gambling operators including PartyGaming, Bwin, Cassava Enterprises, and Sportingbet announced that real-money gambling operations would be suspended for U.S. customers. PartyGaming's stock dropped by 60% following its announcement. Other operators such as PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, Bodog, and World Sports Exchange announced their intention to continue serving customers in the U.S.
The regulation called for in the UIGEA were issued in November 2008.[51][52] The regulation does not define "unlawful Internet gambling."[53]
In April 2007, Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) introduced HR 2046, the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act, which would modify UIGEA by providing a provision for licensing of Internet gambling facilities by the Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. Several similar bills have been introduced since then in the House and Senate.
In June 2009, the U.S. Department of Justice seized over $34 million belonging to over 27,000 accounts in the Southern District of New York Action Against Online Poker Players. This is the first time money was seized from individual players as compared to the gaming company. Jeff Ifrah, the lawyer for one of the account management companies affected, said that the government "has never seized an account that belongs to players who are engaged in what [Ifrah] would contend is a lawful act of playing peer-to-peer poker online."[54]
On December 3, 2009, the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on UIGEA and Rep. Frank's Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act of 2009 (H.R. 2267) where experts in the fields of online security and consumer safety testified that a regulatory framework for Internet gambling would protect consumers and ensure the integrity of Internet gambling financial transactions. On July 28, 2010, the committee passed H.R. 2267 by a vote of 41-22-1. The bill would legalize and regulate online poker and some other forms of online gambling.[55][56]
On November 22, 2010, the New Jersey state Senate became the first such US body to pass a bill (S490) expressly legalizing certain forms of online gambling. The bill was passed with a 29–5 majority. The bill allows bets to be taken by in-State companies on poker games, casino games and slots but excludes sports betting, although it allows for the latter to be proposed, voted on and potentially regulated separately in due course.[57] However, a Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll in April 2009 showed only 26% of New Jersey voters approved of online sports-betting.[58] On a national level, two-thirds (67%) of voters polled by PublicMind in March 2010 opposed changing the law to allow online betting. Men were more likely than women (29–14%) and liberals more likely than conservatives (27–18%) to approve of changing the law to allow online betting.[59] In May 2012, FDU's PublicMind conducted a follow up study which asked voters if they favored or opposed online gaming/gambling and "allowing New Jersey casinos to run betting games online, over the Internet." The results showed that (31%) of voters favored while a sizable majority (58%) opposed the idea. Peter Woolley, Director of the PublicMind commented on the results: "Online gambling may be a good bet for new state revenue, but lots of voters don't think it's a good bet for New Jersey households."[60]
On April 15, 2011, in U. S. v. Scheinberg et al. (10 Cr. 336), three online poker companies were indicted for violating U.S. laws that prohibit the acceptance of any financial instrument in connection with unlawful Internet gambling,[61][62] that is, Internet gambling that involves a "bet or wager" that is illegal under the laws of the state where the bet is made.[63] The indictment alleges that the companies used fraudulent methods to evade this law, for example, by disguising online gambling payments as purchases of merchandise, and by investing money in a local bank in return for the bank's willingness to process online poker transactions.[61] The companies argue that poker is a game of skill rather than a game of chance, and therefore, online poker is not unlawful Internet gambling. There are other legal problems with the government's case; and, interestingly, the indictments did not mention the Wire Act.[64] On July 31, 2012, it was announced that two of the three companies indicted for money laundering and forfeiture settled with the Manhattan U.S. Attorney for $731 million without legally admitting guilt. The government also asked the judge to approve a settlement with the third defendant, Absolute Poker.[65]
Remote gambling[edit]
The Bill defined remote gambling as,
"Gambling in which persons participate by the use of remote communication"
This would be using the internet, the telephone, radio, television of any other device used for communication. Any operator must have a separate licence for remote gambling and non-remote gambling. The licence must state what form the remote gambling would come in and any conditions appropriate to each operator. Offences for breaching remote gambling guidelines are the same as breaching non-remote gambling guidelines.[66]
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Regarding a Louisiana bet and a Washington State resident, you might wish to focus on the fact that Indian gambling revenue is what financed the campaign of the Attorney General of Washington therefore she was quite prone to protect Indian Gambling by placing any non-Indian related gamblers in Washington in jeopardy.

So those of you who may focus on these vest pocket jurisdictions and dummy corporations in off shore tax havens really should look closer to home and see pretty much the same things happening, it just happens behind the scenes and under the table.
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December 2nd, 2016 at 8:32:27 AM permalink
You might also recall the Californian woman who was in the fore front of 800 number systems and telephonic dating, then teh forefront of computer servers and gambling information. She told her lawyer she would rather be rich than welcome to enter the United States, so she created the bandwagon that others jumped on.
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December 2nd, 2016 at 9:30:14 AM permalink
Quote: FleaStiff

You might also recall the Californian woman who was in the fore front of 800 number systems and telephonic dating, then teh forefront of computer servers and gambling information. She told her lawyer she would rather be rich than welcome to enter the United States, so she created the bandwagon that others jumped on.

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December 2nd, 2016 at 9:31:06 AM permalink
Quote: Deck007


YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

United States[edit]
Main article: Gambling in the United States



Deck,

Fascinating article. Can you please reference your source?
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December 4th, 2016 at 4:10:55 PM permalink
Whereupon I review the Longhorn Hotel & Casino:

https://wizardofvegas.com/hotels/longhorn/
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January 28th, 2017 at 2:24:17 PM permalink
The first News & Notes of the year:

https://wizardofvegas.com/articles/news-and-notes-nineteen/

And a visit to Advantage Players Anonymous:

https://wizardofvegas.com/articles/advantage-players-anonymous/
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January 29th, 2017 at 11:31:58 AM permalink
Quote:

When mulling over the concept of, ‘Getting it back,’



Ploppies in every game, especially slots,
so want to believe the casino is a 'fair'
place, they pretend it is and if they lose,
it's only fair they get their money back.
Sometimes they do and they refuse to
remember all the times they didn't.
My wife has had slots 'almost' figured
out for years, it's very sad.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
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February 2nd, 2017 at 5:24:09 PM permalink
Greetings!

I don't usually mention my LCB Articles here, but I put a good bit of effort into this Super Bowl analysis on LCB:

http://www.latestsportsbonuses.com/editorials/793/the-big-game-nfl-2017/

So, if you guys could give me a click and a read, I'd really appreciate it!
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February 2nd, 2017 at 6:34:38 PM permalink
Quote: Mission146

Greetings!

I don't usually mention my LCB Articles here, but I put a good bit of effort into this Super Bowl analysis on LCB:

http://www.latestsportsbonuses.com/editorials/793/the-big-game-nfl-2017/

So, if you guys could give me a click and a read, I'd really appreciate it!



Great article on the super bowl. Pinnacle is currently giving NE -3 (+106). I don't know if they are very one sided or if they just really like the Falcons. I find it very strange since no other book has the line anywhere near what they are offering.
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February 2nd, 2017 at 7:39:43 PM permalink
Quote: DRich

Great article on the super bowl. Pinnacle is currently giving NE -3 (+106). I don't know if they are very one sided or if they just really like the Falcons. I find it very strange since no other book has the line anywhere near what they are offering.



Thanks for the compliment!

Pinnacle was +109, at one point. It's moving here, there and everywhere. I imagine it's moving just based on the action they have been getting. If too much money goes on them, then it will be a Lay to get NE -3. I think it's also worth mentioning that the online sites, in general, seem to be more willing to play around with partial Lay/Odds movements rather than everything always being multiples of 5 or 10. That's interesting to me because it seems that much of the gambling public doesn't fully appreciate how the Lay/Odds work on a spread, and the lines seem to largely keep balance just based on what the line itself is rather than the Lay.
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February 3rd, 2017 at 4:32:44 AM permalink
Brandon James?
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February 4th, 2017 at 5:13:20 AM permalink
Pseudonym
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March 6th, 2017 at 7:41:28 AM permalink
not updating this thread anymore?

saw new article posted (march 3): 'Bet Your Life?'

the only way I see notices to your articles is this thread.
(it was just a fluke I found that one.)
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March 6th, 2017 at 8:03:38 AM permalink
Quote: 100xOdds

not updating this thread anymore?

saw new article posted (march 3): 'Bet Your Life?'

the only way I see notices to your articles is this thread.
(it was just a fluke I found that one.)



I'll go back to updating it, then, I'm sorry about that.
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March 20th, 2017 at 12:24:49 PM permalink
On Ivey's Crockfords Appeal:

https://wizardofvegas.com/articles/ivey-to-appeal-to-uks-highest-court/

More News & Notes:

https://wizardofvegas.com/articles/news-and-notes-twenty/
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March 26th, 2017 at 7:07:05 AM permalink
Wherein I look into the multi-layered world of eSports and eSports betting:

https://wizardofvegas.com/article/game-within-the-game/
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April 3rd, 2017 at 7:35:27 PM permalink
On the Raiders moving to Vegas:

https://wizardofvegas.com/articles/nevada-gambles-on-the-raiders/
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April 3rd, 2017 at 8:47:29 PM permalink
I'll try to read the article but I'm aware that there are NO independent experts on the economics of sports stadiums there are simply two sides with two sets of experts.

Vegas is importing traffic jams, disappointing small businessmen and buying crowds of people who would be there anyway for different purposes.
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April 4th, 2017 at 2:48:06 AM permalink
Quote: FleaStiff

I'll try to read the article but I'm aware that there are NO independent experts on the economics of sports stadiums there are simply two sides with two sets of experts.



I'll certainly appreciate it if you do! I'm not claiming to be an expert, but a good bit of what I discuss in the article is pretty obvious stuff to even a non-expert such as myself.

Quote:

Vegas is importing traffic jams, disappointing small businessmen and buying crowds of people who would be there anyway for different purposes.



I agree with that and all of that gets mentioned in the article. For one thing, they could very well be redistributing visitors who would go to Vegas anyway and just causing them to move the trip they would normally take anyway to see the football game. Certainly some new visitors will be had, which will be particularly beneficial during the couple months in the slow time of the year, but a good bit of it will be redistribution of people who already visit.
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April 4th, 2017 at 3:28:47 AM permalink
I think it should be kudos to Oakland. Most cities don't have the courage to keep from yoking themselves to celebrity teams that actually contribute little to the economy but traffic jams and parking tickets.
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April 8th, 2017 at 12:36:41 PM permalink
Quote: FleaStiff

I think it should be kudos to Oakland. Most cities don't have the courage to keep from yoking themselves to celebrity teams that actually contribute little to the economy but traffic jams and parking tickets.

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April 15th, 2017 at 4:49:12 PM permalink
Gamblification, the best way to gamble with an Expected Return often of 0%:

https://wizardofvegas.com/articles/guaranteed-to-lose/

So many subjects in this most recent News & Notes that it's tough to even summarize them all:

https://wizardofvegas.com/article/news-and-notes-xxi/
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April 21st, 2017 at 1:04:32 PM permalink
Should casino employees be viewed as, 'The Enemy?'

https://wizardofvegas.com/article/the-adversary/
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April 22nd, 2017 at 1:52:12 AM permalink
The enemy? No. Stupid and lazy? Maybe.

https://wizardofvegas.com/articles/laziness-and-stupidity/
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August 23rd, 2017 at 8:06:55 AM permalink
Not to double pimp my own Article, but some people vehemently opposed to Trump are trying really hard to give money away on PredictIt.org:

https://wizardofvegas.com/articles/the-probability-of-a-trump-impeachment/
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August 25th, 2017 at 8:56:19 AM permalink
There's some serious value tomorrow at the Wizard of Odds APPROVED Intertops Casino for you Blackjack enthusiasts:

https://wizardofvegas.com/articles/intertops-and-juicy-stakes-blackjack-bonus/
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September 4th, 2017 at 5:51:51 PM permalink
Three new featured ads, three new promotions to look at:

https://wizardofvegas.com/articles/more-featured-casinos-again/
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September 5th, 2017 at 11:38:00 AM permalink
Are there any fees involved in depositing or cashing out?

Did you say they were using Betsoft software???? Were they not practically blacklisted?

This thread was started by Zuga himself....

WARNING - BETSOFT RIGGED SOFTWARE

https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/gambling/online/26160-warning-betsoft-rigged-software/
♪♪Now you swear and kick and beg us That you're not a gamblin' man Then you find you're back in Vegas With a handle in your hand♪♪ Your black cards can make you money So you hide them when you're able In the land of casinos and money You must put them on the table♪♪ You go back Jack do it again roulette wheels turinin' 'round and 'round♪♪ You go back Jack do it again♪♪
Mission146
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September 5th, 2017 at 4:44:19 PM permalink
What, which casino in the Article?

None of those are powered by BetSoft. NuWorks and RealTime Gaming
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September 6th, 2017 at 3:26:47 AM permalink
Quote: Mission146

What, which casino in the Article?

None of those are powered by BetSoft. NuWorks and RealTime Gaming

Juicy Stakes:

Juicy Stakes is NOT a Wizard of Odds Approved casino and has been known, albeit in the past, to have issues with customer service and slow payouts.

The Blackjack is also powered by Betsoft, so you’re going to be looking at the same house edge as the Intertops Casino game.
♪♪Now you swear and kick and beg us That you're not a gamblin' man Then you find you're back in Vegas With a handle in your hand♪♪ Your black cards can make you money So you hide them when you're able In the land of casinos and money You must put them on the table♪♪ You go back Jack do it again roulette wheels turinin' 'round and 'round♪♪ You go back Jack do it again♪♪
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September 6th, 2017 at 6:47:45 AM permalink
Quote: AxelWolf

Are there any fees involved in depositing or cashing out?

Did you say they were using Betsoft software???? Were they not practically blacklisted?

This thread was started by Zuga himself....

WARNING - BETSOFT RIGGED SOFTWARE

https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/gambling/online/26160-warning-betsoft-rigged-software/



Ah yes this was reported by our sister site CasinoListings.com when they discovered issues with Besoft's progressive games.

This is why some operators chose to remove them from their games portfolio : https://www.casinolistings.com/news/2016/06/bovada-and-slots-lv-drop-betsoft-progressive-games
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September 6th, 2017 at 4:32:09 PM permalink
Quote: AxelWolf

Juicy Stakes:

Juicy Stakes is NOT a Wizard of Odds Approved casino and has been known, albeit in the past, to have issues with customer service and slow payouts.

The Blackjack is also powered by Betsoft, so you’re going to be looking at the same house edge as the Intertops Casino game.



Sorry, I thought you were referring to the most recent article I had linked. As Zuga points out, it was slot progressives that were the problem.
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October 13th, 2017 at 10:39:22 AM permalink
Here's an LCB one on smoking restrictions you guys might enjoy:

https://latestcasinobonuses.com/news/editorials/they-want-to-puff-puff-not-take-a-pass
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October 13th, 2017 at 12:41:12 PM permalink
Add Hollywood Toledo to the list of casinos with slots/video poker on their outside smoking patios.
DUHHIIIIIIIII HEARD THAT!
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October 13th, 2017 at 1:48:53 PM permalink
VP at least? That was nice of them.
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