• Can Adult-Centred Las Vegas Ever Be Family Friendly?

    Bringing your kids to Las Vegas is a really bad idea. And though the city might pretend to love families visiting, they really don't. Las vegas has been designed to be an adult playground from the ground up. It's sole purpose is for gamblers to have fun. From a business perpective, anything that takes away from that aim is bad. Because kids are forbidden by law from entering a casino, it means finding something else for the to do whilst mom and dad are hitting up the progressive jackpot slots.

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  • Are Dogs Allowed Inside Land-Based Casinos?

    All dog lovers don't like to leave their furry best friend home alone. Many gamblers would ove to take the for an evening at the casino. Unfortunately, life isn't that simple. You can't assume that everyone is going to have the same positive feeling towards your pooch as you do. Casinos view dogs on the premises as a distraction to other gamblers. With all the unfamiliar noises within a new and strange enviroment means that your mutt is going to be nerveous, and may well start barking.

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  • Global Gambling Activities Spending At Casinos

    Different players from countries around the world tend to spend huge variations when it comes to both online and land-based casino, lottery and sports betting spending. From the numbers we can see that Australians top the list. Much of this has to do with attitudes towards gambling in different societies. Many struggle with balancing a negative religious viewpoint with the reality of all those gambling tax dollars being able to help subsidise public spending.

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  • Nine Biggest Slot Machine Misconceptions For Casino Players

    Such is the drive to win, pretty much all slot machine players have some fixed ideas about the game which are totally wrong. In many ways, these are nothing more than fantasies that act as an excuse because these players are constantly losing. They forget that the games are set up with a house edge. Instead, they concentrate all their efforts on claiming the casinos are somehow out to get them using underhand means, whilst ignoring the fact that the casino has a built-in advantage over them.

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  • Rain Man – A Card Counting Movie With A Big Heart

    In many ways, the movie Rain Man is typical of many Hollywood stories. Many feature what's known as the "Hero's Journey." In this case, the protagonist, Tom Cruise has to overcome selfishness in order to eventually emerge as a nicer and more complete human being. If you're a gambler, you'll know the film from its scenes of card counting in the table game of blackjack. These take place in Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and allow the star to clear his debts, whilst appreciating his autistic brother.

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