Las-Vegas

Legendary Blackjack Strategist at the Global Gaming Expo
September 9, 2015
Jeffrey Ma was announced as the keynote speaker of the year’s Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas...
Las Vegas Charity Groups Look Elsewhere for Donations
October 25, 2014
Las Vegas NGOs have to search for donations in other areas as the they can’t rely on high-rolling gamblers any longer....
The week in pictures: October 14th – 20th, 2014
October 21, 2014
We take a look back at the gambling news covered by Blackjack Champ during October 14th - 20th, 2014....
Seven Best Blackjack Tables At Which To Play Out The Apocalypse
October 9, 2014
The news is full of doom and gloom so perhaps you should make plans for the apocalypse and we're here to help...
Will Protests Hurt Blackjack Profits Around The World?
October 7, 2014
We take a look a wry look at the effects the protests in Hong Kong are having on Macau's casinos and see...
You Wynn Some, You Lose Some
October 3, 2014
The Gaming Control Board in Nevada release figures for August that show revenues falling in Nevada which has a knock-on effect on...
Blackjack, Orange County, Yellow T-shirts
September 28, 2014
Proposals for and opposition to casino projects across New York were heard by the state's Gaming Commission at public meetings this week....
Steve Wynn Reacts To Winning The Right To Bring Blackjack To Boston
September 27, 2014
Winner of the casino license for the Greater Boston area, Steve Wynn reacts to his victory....
Ben Bemoans Blackjack Bother Burdens
September 25, 2014
Ben Affleck has been seen playing Blackjack in Detroit the game at which he was counting cards when asked to leave a...
Can “Candidate” Christie Combat Closing Casino Crisis?
September 11, 2014
Will Chris Christie run for President in the 2016 election or will his failures in Atlantic City have put paid to that...
New Casino Movie From Scorsese Will Be Short
September 9, 2014
Big names join Martin Scorsese to make short film to promote new casino and resort in Macau....
Showboat Sinks Torpedoed By Increased Competition
September 6, 2014
Another one bites the dust as the Showboat plays out one more hand of blackjack, loses, and closes its doors ending a...
Illegal Blackjack Games Not The Only Way To Get Burned In Vegas
September 1, 2014
Solar power plant's superheated rays burn birds from the skies as they chase bugs to eat in the desert outside Las Vegas....
Greetings Puny Human Blackjack Players
August 29, 2014
The invasion of the robots has begun and it is only a matter of time before casinos start employing them as cheap...
Competition Between Blackjack Providing Casinos Down Under Heats Up
August 25, 2014
The two big players in the Australian gambling market are both making headway in their own way with one fighting back and...
Internet Gambling Sites Keep An Eye On DEF CON
August 21, 2014
The DEF CON hacking convention in Las Vegas is the focus of attention for online gambling sites' security staff this August....
Cash, Casinos and Organized Criminals
August 21, 2014
Popular culture has a strange view of the mafia but it belies a relationship between crime and the population that was cemented...
Gambling And The Mafia
August 21, 2014
We take a look at the influence of the mafia on gambling and criminality since its inception in the Sicily of the...
Vegas Casinos Put Squeeze On Casual Blackjack Players
August 15, 2014
The recent rule changes in Blackjack payouts at two of the largest casinos on the Strip in Las Vegas may herald a...
Will International Gambling Travel Be Shot Down By Ebola?
August 14, 2014
With the threat from ever more dangerous war zones becoming evident just as the latest outbreak of Ebola hits the headlines will...