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Global megastar and eight-time GRAMMY® Award-winner Usher took to the stage with back-to-back sold-out shows on Friday, July 16 and Saturday, July 17 as he debuted his exclusive new Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. With one standing ovation after another, fans were brought to their feet to sing along, dance and celebrate the first new headlining residency show to open on the Las Vegas Strip in more than a year and a half. Spotted in the audience ...
One of the world's greatest rock bands, Journey, will return to The Colosseum at Caesars Palace with a special symphony performance for one night only on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021 at 8 p.m. Caesars Rewards members, Caesars Entertainment's loyalty program, as well as Live Nation customers will have access to a presale running Wednesday, July 21 at 10 a.m. PT through Thursday, July 22 at 10 p.m. PT. Tickets go on sale to the general public starting Friday, July 23 at 10 a.m. PT at ticketmaster.com ...
Gross gaming revenue at online casinos and poker rooms topped $100 million for the fourth consecutive month, even as it fell to $100.8 million in June, down from $110.8 million in May. June's gross revenue produced $88.9 million in taxable revenue, down from $101.3 million in May, and $37.2 million in state and local taxes. For fiscal year 2020-21, Pennsylvania's online casinos and poker rooms generated: $1.1 billion in gross gaming revenue, up 259.8% from $297.3 million in FY 2019-20. $897.2 million in taxable revenue, up 272.5% from $240.9 ...
Revenue from Michigan's online casinos and poker rooms fell to their lowest level since February. In all, gross gaming revenue from online casinos and poker fell to $89.2 million, down 5.9% from $94.9 million in May. Over the 30 days of June, online casinos and poker rooms produced $3.0 million per day, down from $3.1 million per day in May. Ultimately, that yielded $13.7 million in state taxes and $5.0 million in local taxes. BetMGM/MGM Grand Detroit easily topped the online casino and ...
New Jersey's online casinos and poker rooms extended their run of $100 million-plus revenue months to four, reaching $107.1 million in June. Revenue was up 26.1% from $84.9 million in June 2020, though down from $108.2 million in May. Through six months of 2021, New Jersey's online gaming has produced $634.2 million in revenue. That is well on pace to surpass the record $970.3 million in revenue in 2020 and easily reach $1 billion in revenue in a single year for the ...
The World Series of Poker® (WSOP®) is officially live online in Pennsylvania following a successful field trial and approval from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, opening up the world's most iconic poker platform, WSOP.com, to players in the Keystone State for the first time. In celebration, the platform is launching with special sign up promotions, newly announced bracelet events and weekly tournaments for Pennsylvania players, and daily satellites with buy-ins as low as $1 that provide an ...
Jokes, punch lines, and standup comedy will have you rolling in the aisles when funnymen Kevin Nealon and Jamie Kennedy perform at Rivers Casino Philadelphia on Thursday, Aug. 5, and Friday, Aug. 27, respectively. Tickets are on sale now, range from $20 to $25, and can be purchased at RiversCasino.com/Philadelphia. Nealon’s memorable roles on "Saturday Night Live" and Kennedy's hilarious character sketches kickoff the casino's comedy lineup. Rivers has teamed up ...
The We-Ko-Pa Casino Resort is thrilled to announce that Ember, its fine dining restaurant, has received Wine Spectator's esteemed "Best of Award of Excellence." The honor recognizes recipients that offer extensive selections with excellent breadth across multiple regions and significant vertical depth, and Ember is now one of 19 restaurants (out of nearly 9,000) in Arizona – and one of approximately 1,000 around the world – to receive this award. This is ...
Acid wash jeans, skateboard tees, and frosted tips will be all the rage when the “I Love The 90’s” tour takes The Event Center stage at Rivers Casino Pittsburgh on Saturday, Nov. 27, at 7 p.m. The all-new, rotating star-studded lineup of iconic 1990’s artists features Vanilla Ice, Coolio, Rob Base and C&C Music Factory featuring Freedom Williams. Tickets are on sale now and start at $39. Vanilla Ice and ...
It's Christmas in July! The Backstreet Boys, one of the best-selling bands of all time, are returning to the Las Vegas Strip with "A Very Backstreet Christmas Party," a series of 12 holiday shows at Zappos Theater inside Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino this November and December (see below for full list of dates). The festive Las Vegas performances will mark the group's first ever holiday shows, filled with classic holiday favorites, new originals and ...
Casino And Poker Articles
Baccarat
Part of what makes Baccarat a great game is that it’s so simple. The Player’s decision is limited to deciding what kind of bet to make. From there on it’s in the dealer’s hands and you collect or pay when it’s over.
Blackjack
The object of blackjack is to get a total value of cards as close to 21 as possible without going over and beat the dealer’s total. Numbered cards are worth their face value. Face cards — Kings, Queens and Jacks — are each worth 10. Aces are worth either 1 or 11, whichever is better in the circumstances.
Craps
It’s the noisiest game in the house and only spectator game in the casino that’s worthy of the name. Next to Blackjack it’s got some of the best player odds in the house and only Roulette has more betting options for the player. It’s the one and only Craps.
Hearts
Hearts is an “evasion-type” trick-taking playing card game for four players, although variations can accommodate between three and six players. The game is also known as Black Lady, Black Maria, Black Widow, and Slippery Bitch, though any of these may refer to the similar but differently-scored game Black Lady.
Keno
You would be hard-pressed to find better payouts than Keno in the casino. Now, I’m not saying that Keno is the best game to play, but that it offers some tremendous payout ratios. For instance, a six-spot ticket can pay 1500:1 or greater.
Pai Gow
The original version of Pai Gow used special dominos and dice. It’s said to be a rather complicated game, played slow enough to serve as a social event and is rarely seen in gaming houses outside of Asia.
Red Dog
Red Dog is a card game similar to Acey-Deucey and In-Between. The game is played on a blackjack-sized table with two betting spots — “bet” and “raise” — using a 52-card deck. Only three cards are played per hand. Card suit is not relevant in Red Dog.
Roulette
Roulette is a glamorous, exciting game that’s easy to play. The typical “American” roulette wheel is divided into 38 slots which are numbered 1 to 36 plus 0 and 00. Even numbers are red and odd numbers black. 0 and 00 are green. Some casinos offer the “European Wheel”. This wheel has only 37 slots. There is no 00.
Sicbo
Sic Bo is a dice game of Asian origin. The name means “two dice” or “dice pair” and refers to the some of the higher paying bets that a player can place. In fact the game uses three 6-sided dice and a variety of betting options are available as marked on the Sic Bo table, all based on predictions of what dice combinations the throw will yield.
Slots
Slots is the easiest casino game to learn and play. It’s also one of the most fun and most popular. First you place your bet. Typically you can bet one, two or three coins. Some machines may let you bet up to five or more coins. Depending on the machine, the coins may be $.25, $1, $5 or other values. So if you bet three coins on a $1 machine, your bet is three dollars. Easy.
Poker
Poker is a family of card games that combines gambling, strategy, and skill. All poker variants involve betting as an intrinsic part of play, and determine the winner of each hand according to the combinations of players’ cards, at least some of which remain hidden until the end of the hand. Poker games vary in the number of cards dealt, the number of shared or “community” cards, the number of cards that remain hidden, and the betting procedures. Also See Poker Strategy Articles
5-Card Stud
5-Card Stud is one of those games that puzzles people. Whenever you mention it people say something like “you mean 7-Card Stud?” or “how’s that different than Draw Poker?” But 5-Card Stud is a game unto itself.
7-Card Stud
When it comes to Poker games, Draw Poker is old school, 5-Card Stud is too rare to speak of, but 7-Card Stud is alive and well. Texas Hold’Em gets all the press and makes a better spectator game, but 7 Stud is the game of choice for the hard-nut players.
Caribbean Stud
Caribbean Poker is a favorite game aboard cruise ships and in South Pacific clubs. It’s an easy game to learn and employs many of the skills of standard 5-card Stud.
Draw Poker
Draw Poker is the basic form of Poker and the place to start when introducing new players to the game. It’s fairly uncommon these days in the casinos, but it is the form from which all other Poker games are derived.
Let It Ride
Let It Ride is a poker-style casino game. It is a variation of 5-card Stud but differs in that players don’t have to beat a dealer’s hand or other players. The goal is merely to compile a winning poker hand, with a minimum of a pair of tens.
Omaha Hi
Omaha Hi is a version of Texas Hold’Em where players are dealt four hole cards instead of two. But there’s a catch: two and only two of the hole cards can be used in making the final hand. Omaha Hi is also known as Omaha Hold’Em or simply Omaha. Also See Omaha Strategy Articles
Omaha Hi-Lo
The poker game Omaha Hi-Lo may go under many different titles – Omaha Holdem 8 or better, Omaha high low split poker, Omaha 08 – but, no matter how it is referred to, it is quickly establishing itself as one of the most popular formats of poker played throughout the world.
Texas Hold’Em
Texas Hold’Em is the darling of pro Poker players, spectators, and the media. It’s an aggressive, flashy, intense and unpredictable game that gets the dollars on the table and changing hands like no other contemporary form of Poker. All that and it looks deceptively simple to play.
Video Poker
Video Poker is what you get if you cross Stud Poker with a slot machine and throw in a few wild cards. It’s fast, almost like playing Stud, and you’ve got a huge range of options. You can choose Jacks or Better, Deuces Wild, All American, Joker Poker or a number of other variations. Each game has its own personality and rewards a particular kind of play.
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Global megastar and eight-time GRAMMY® Award-winner Usher took to the stage with back-to-back sold-out shows on Friday, July 16 and Saturday, July 17 as he debuted his exclusive new Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. With one standing ovation after another, fans were brought to their feet to sing along, dance and celebrate the first new headlining residency ...
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One of the world's greatest rock bands, Journey, will return to The Colosseum at Caesars Palace with a special symphony performance for one night only on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021 at 8 p.m. Caesars Rewards members, Caesars Entertainment's loyalty program, as well as Live Nation customers will have access to a presale running Wednesday, July 21 at 10 a.m. PT through Thursday, ...
Gross gaming revenue at online casinos and poker rooms topped $100 million for the fourth consecutive month, even as it fell to $100.8 million in June, down from $110.8 million in May. June's gross revenue produced $88.9 million in taxable revenue, down from $101.3 million in May, and $37.2 million in state and local taxes. For fiscal year 2020-21, Pennsylvania's online casinos and poker ...
Revenue from Michigan's online casinos and poker rooms fell to their lowest level since February. In all, gross gaming revenue from online casinos and poker fell to $89.2 million, down 5.9% from $94.9 million in May. Over the 30 days of June, online casinos and poker rooms produced $3.0 million per day, down from $3.1 million per day in ...
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New Jersey's online casinos and poker rooms extended their run of $100 million-plus revenue months to four, reaching $107.1 million in June. Revenue was up 26.1% from $84.9 million in June 2020, though down from $108.2 million in May. Through six months of 2021, New Jersey's online gaming has produced $634.2 million in revenue. That is well on ...
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