Montana’s Blackjack Industry Will Soar if State Passes Two Laws
March 11th, 2011 by OBO-admin
Blackjack gamers in the state of Montana are just waiting for two gaming laws to be passed by authorities to really get into gaming. Reports estimate that players will be spending a lot more money playing blackjack games, once these two bills get passed and change the state’s gaming legislature.
The bills in question involves House Bill 423 that was put on the table by Rep. Tony Belcourt; this bill aims to pass a law which allows live blackjack card games to be played legally. The second bill that could change the entire blackjack gaming industry is the Senate Bill 361 which will add a gaming machine to the state of Montana’s list of approved gaming devices. This may put video blackjack and live card blackjack game sin the clear and allow players to win money from them legally.
Casino owners and gambling establishment owners support these legal online gambling bills and are looking for laws that make the industry more competitive and successful.
“Everybody’s gambling online. Times like this, we’ve got to do something different,” stated Belcourt, speaking favour of brick and mortar blackjack establishments.
Belcourt also claimed that the proceeds from the casinos could easily boost the state’s income and perhaps finance several health programs.
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Grab Party Casino’s Jack in the Box Blackjack Offer Before February 25th
March 7th, 2011 by OBO-admin
Online casinos and blackjack gambling sites are running several special promotions for blackjack players this month, but one of the most interesting is the Jack in the Box offer by Party Casino.
This special blackjack promo will go on until the 25th of February and those interested are advised to get in on the action as fast as they can. To be a part of the Jack in the Box blackjack promotion, players will first have to be registered members at the Party Casino site. There are great prizes to be won by playing Jack in the Box at Party Casino including large cash gifts, Party Points and special bonuses.
Players will have to try their luck at the online blackjack games like Blackjack Multi Hand Pro, Blackjack High Limit, Blackjack Single Deck, Blackjack Single Player and Blackjack Bonus Pairs hosted by Party Casino and watch out for the Jack in the Box symbol. The casino has made provisions for the Jack in the Box symbol to keep popping at random intervals on the blackjack games at Party Casino. Those players who spot a Jack in the Box symbol will need to claim their prize immediately. Players are encouraged to play as many blackjack games as they can at the online gaming site in order to win more prizes.
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University Arranges Low-stakes Blackjack for Parents and Students
February 28th, 2011 by OBO-admin
Wright State University organized an event called Monte Carlo Night as part of Parents Weekend 2011, which was run from February 4 – 6 with the purpose of giving students and their parents a great time. An entrance fee of $5 was charged for the same.
The event comprised fun games such as blackjack, roulette, and Texas Hold’em. A special game called “Know Your Raider” was run to find out how well participants knew one another. Parents and students were not required to gambling at the low-stakes table, and many of them chose to relax, partake of light meals, and enjoy a few drinks.
Monte Carlo Night turned out to be a unique experience for participants, volunteers, as well as the organizers. Chardonay Brown, the community councilor for the biological sciences premed sophomore and honors dorms, delighted everybody by learning blackjack strategies in no time. Daniel Rhodes, the vice president of the junior Spanish major and the RCA, felt that the event was a great success considering the fact that participants were waiting for their turn to try out their luck at the blackjack tables.
Participants were also challenged to win a chance to breakfast with President David Hopkins and purchase basketball tickets at discounted rates.
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Blackjack Players Unite Against PA Casinos’ Attempt to Change Odds
February 25th, 2011 by OBO-admin
The blackjack community is banding together to oppose the state of Pennsylvania’s proposed casino gaming laws. Currently, Pennsylvania has to gaming measures on the tables that it plans to enforce, and players are not in favor of either of them as it will drastically swing the odds of the game in favor of the casinos. PA casinos are looking to change the odds of a standard blackjack game from a 3-to-2 payout to a 6-to-5 payout. This is a difference of more than a few dollars and although low stakes players may not see the significance of it, both casinos and high stakes players know what it means for each of them. Blackjack games with a 6-to-5 payout are considered to be sucker games, because players do not stand to win all that much and could end up losing more.
Anthony Curtis, an ex professional blackjack player raised this question: “Would customers care if a $9 movie ticket suddenly became $17? That extra $8 will eventually cause movie goers to realize they can’t afford to go to the movies as often or maybe at all.”
The coming together of blackjack players is much like the initial response of the poker community when the UIGEA was instituted. If the blackjack players stick to their guns they may just end up winning the battle for the casinos.
One very distressed player put his foot down and said, “I am a construction worker and been playing blackjack for 40 years for fun, not to become a high-roller. When you muck-up the rules, I and my buddies just won’t play, and instead just play online, or drive elsewhere.”
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Visionary iGaming Introduces Blackjack Early Payout Game
February 22nd, 2011 by OBO-admin
Visionary iGaming, a provider of online gaming solutions recently announced the launch of yet another brand new blackjack games that it has trademarked under the name Blackjack Early Payout. This is a live casino game that follows the launch of the Classic 7 seat blackjack game.
Blackjack Early Payout is a simple game that will be featured at the International Casino Exhibition in London, England. In this game, players will not have to worry about using complicated blackjack strategy or mathematical calculations. Players will have simple game play and will only have to choose from Next Play or Early Payout. The early payout feature is calculated automatically throughout the game and players get the option of accepting a house edge payout instead of taking the game till the end. As per the early payout, the Blackjack Early Payout game gives the casino a small cut so it can maintain profits.
Visionary iGaming will also be presenting many other live games at the exhibition in addition to Blackjack Early Payout. Martin Reiner, the CEO of Visionary iGaming “This is our 3rd year exhibiting at ICE and by far the most exciting show of the year due to its size and global reach. This year will be especially interesting because live online casino games are probably the single biggest area of interest from established gaming operators at this time; if they don’t already have a solution in place, we know they are looking for one.”
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University Student Reveals Winning Blackjack Strategy
February 19th, 2011 by OBO-admin
Jennie Kaufman, a young blackjack player currently attending the University of Washington, recently discussed her winning blackjack strategies sand game play ideas. Although she is only in her early 20s, Kaufman has already scored several successes at the blackjack table, as she has been playing serious blackjack from the time she was 18 and allowed to wager money legally.
Kaufman loves to play blackjack at casinos and win money; one of her success includes a wager of $300 that grew into winnings worth $1,500 within a night. Kaufman discusses her introduction to the game of blackjack and said, “I’ve been playing cards since I learned how to count…. My dad taught me how to play blackjack in second grade when he was trying to teach me how to do addition.”
Kaufman has plenty of skills when it comes to blackjack and this includes card counting. Some of the tips she shared with blackjack players involved bankroll management. “Usually I only go with money I can afford to lose…. I am going to go until I lose it all because there is always the chance to win it back. It’s a dangerous mentality but it has worked it the past. Sometimes you just have to go on your gut,” she said.
Another tip she offered covered quitting while one is ahead. She stated that players should leave their debit cards at home or in their cars. She also added that players should always try to leave with what they came in with.
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Blackjack Dealers Arrested for Stealing Casino Chips
February 12th, 2011 by OBO-admin
The police of Kings County in California have arrested a couple of blackjack dealers for stealing casino chips worth $5000 from Tachi Palace Casino, which is situated in Lemoore in California.
Identified as Ge Vang of Fresno in California and Sourivanh Henmoutnry of Porteville in California, the two dealers, both in their early thirties, were caught stealing the casino chips by the casino’s close circuit cameras.
The security guards at the casino observed the two doing something with their hands while pretending to look for the pit boss. In a bid to confirm their suspicion, the security guards checked the video clipping and noticed that one of the dealers was stuffing into his pockets casino chips passed on by the other dealer. Later, chips worth $2,500 were discovered in the croupier’s pockets. One of them also confessed that he not only stole the chips, but also pocketed chips worth $1,500 on another occasion.
The casino believes that it has been robbed of at least $5,000 by the blackjack dealers. Apparently, the dealers’ friends or relatives might have cashed the chips because the rules of Tachi Palace Casino prevent dealers from cashing chips.
The two dealers were immediately arrested and later booked for grand theft and conspiracy.
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Bodog Gets Ready To Deal Its Billionth Blackjack Hand
February 5th, 2011 by OBO-admin
Bodog, one of the top rated online blackjack establishments, recently announced that it was very near to playing its billionth blackjack hand. Bodog has been in existence for over 16 years and is one of the pack leaders in the blackjack industry; it is among the first online casinos to announce its 1,000,000,000 blackjack hands. So far, many casinos and poker portals have recorded their billionth poker hands, but Bodog is the first to announce a billionth blackjack hand. Bodog expects that its billionth hand will be dealt by the end of February 2011.
In order to celebrate this happy event, Bodog is launching a spectacular array of offers and promotions for its players. These include cash prizes worth thousands of dollars and two special billionaire experiences. This means that two lucky players at Bodog will get to live like a billionaire and pick between Bodog’s billionaire packages of special treatments which includes a trip to the 2011 Monaco Grand Prix and a trip to a private island in Fiji.
Bodog accepts casino players from the US and offers credit card deposits among other great deposit options. Players are encouraged to blackjack at Bodog from now until the end of February; the site has announced that it will reward every player who gets a perfect blackjack hand with $1,000 and a free entry into the Billionaire Experience prize draw.
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Bilingual Blackjack Brings in Unexpected Heavy Traffic
February 3rd, 2011 by OBO-admin
In most US casinos, the language of choice used by blackjack players is English. In fact it is rare to hear a dealer speak anything but English while dealing with gamblers. The Primm Valley Resort and Casino however recently changed this situation when they introduced two bilingual blackjack tables. These tables at Buffalo Bill’s are labeled “mesas bilingue” and the dealer is fluent in both English and Spanish. Even the table has text in Spanish for players to read such as “el dealer debe pedir carta con un 17 suave” which means “dealer must hit soft 17.”
As the news went around about the bilingual blackjack tables, Spanish players began to come out of the woodwork and gamble at ease. Maria Macedo, a 26 year old casino veteran from Cuba, was surprised by the sight of the bilingual tables and the amount of crowd and activity around it. She noted that players would call out to other players and invite them to play Blackjack exclaiming that the dealer spoke Spanish.
These Spanish blackjack tables have brought several Latinos to the casino, many of whom are playing blackjack for the first time. “One older lady from Mexico said she knew how to play but wasn’t comfortable speaking English in public, so she didn’t play… We should have had this a long time ago,” said Macedo.
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Microgaming Releases Android Blackjack Games for Mobile Casinos
January 31st, 2011 by OBO-admin
Online gamers and mobile casino game players will be thrilled to know that they will now be able to access their favorite Microgaming blackjack games from their Android phones. The popular software provider recently announced the release of over 400 online casino games with the compatibly to run on the Android v2.2 as long as it is equipped with Adobe Flash 10.1.
Microgaming appears to be starting out the year 2011 with great promise as it released a package of online casino games that included mobile blackjack. The new Microgaming software will be used by over 117 international casinos and is expected to bring in a lot of revenue for all those concerned, see a list of Microgaming the casinos here.
Mike Hebden, Microgaming Android’s Head of Casino appears to be pleased with the development and said, “Android has more momentum than any other platform and is largely driving the increased sales of smartphones. A number of pad style devices will also soon be running Android v2.2.”
This new package launch has been engineered via the partnership between Microgaming and Spin3. However, according to Microgaming’s Hebden “this release for Android is complementary to our current relationship with Spin3.” It was also inferred that Spin3 may be releasing its own package of Android games any time soon.
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