This Week in Gambling

We’re checking out the exciting and innovative Criss Cross Poker casino game from our friends at PlayAGS! The objective is for the player to make a pair of 6’s or better going across and, separately, going down using the community cards and their two hole cards. The 5 Card Bonus bet wins with a pair of 6’s or better using just the five community cards! Plus, this game comes with the Bonus Spin Extreme feature! See our other AGS table game reviews for VEGA$ 3 Poker and Premium Hold ‘Em right here on our website! Criss Cross Poker is a…

How great is the danger to public health? Should Las Vegas reopen before it’s impossible to recover? The governor says things should stay closed, but the mayor believes it’s time to get Sin City up and running again. Carolyn Goodman, Las Vegas mayor, said that the non-essential business closures in the state are “total insanity” during a weekly City Council meeting. “I am asking: Open the city. Open Clark County. Open the state,” Goodman said. “For heaven’s sake, being closed is killing us already, and killing Las Vegas, our industry, our convention and tourism business that we have all worked…

No one could have foreseen the Internet in 1961. And yet, that year an act was passed to prevent organized crime from taking sports bets over the telephone. Now, nearly 60 years later people wonder if the Wire Act will always be a roadblock to interstate online gambling in America. Whether the Act applies to all forms of gambling (or only sports betting) is currently the subject of a court in the First Circuit. But even ignoring the potential broader ramifications, the antiquated law has already proven itself detrimental to the sector’s growth. So what are the chances of getting…

We have a love-hate relationship with the owner and CEO of the Las Vegas Sands… and most of the time it’s more ‘hate’. But during this pandemic crisis we must admit that the Sheldon Adelson Coronavirus help has been more than any other corporation in Las Vegas… or America, for that matter. He has paid more of his employees more money than most… and now this. Mr. Adelson’s private plane delivered a donation of two million surgical masks recently. His plane first stopped in Albany, New York, where it delivered 500 boxes holding one million masks from China for health…

Many of us are waiting for Sin City to reopen, but when they do what Las Vegas Coronavirus changes can we expect? Some things will certainly change, like the way people check-in to hotels, rooms are sanitized and games are cleaned. But what about restaurants and nightclubs? What about big ticket shows? Those Coronavirus casino changes could hit everything from Uber to the hotel swimming pool!   Whether you’re a mother or whether you’re a brother, welcome to This Week in Gambling! And if you’re anything like me this whole shelter and place thing is getting pretty frustrating… even though…

As well all wait for the Coronavirus to subside and our lives to return to (somewhat) normal, you may be wondering how casinos may change one the pandemic is over. Certainly, things will be different… some for the short term and some much longer. But not all of the changes possible will be negative. The days of buffets and large production shows are probably over, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be entertainment. It just won’t be on the scale that it used to be, which could mean big troubles for Cirque du Soleil and others. Nightclubs and public pools…