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Blackjack Dealers Arrested for Stealing Casino Chips

Saturday, February 12th, 2011

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

Saturday, February 5th, 2011

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

Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

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

Monday, January 31st, 2011

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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Four Casinos Heavily Fined in New Jersey

Friday, January 28th, 2011

The casinos in New Jersey appear to be having a bad time with casino inspectors and are being heavily fined for having failed to meet the security standards required. So far, four prominent blackjack casinos in Atlantic City have been penalized by New Jersey authorities to the tune of $115,000. Three of the casinos were pulled up for permitting underage gaming, while the fourth was fined on account of a blackjack scam.

Tropicana Casino and Resort

The Tropicana Casino had to cough up a big fine because it did not manage its blackjack tables appropriately and failed to spot a blackjack dealer scam. The dealer had teamed up with a blackjack player and stole $21,500 over a course of 21 weeks. The casino was fined $40,000.

Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino

The reputed Trump Plaza Casino was also subject to fines of $20,000 by New Jersey authorities for allowing a 19 year old to consume alcohol and play blackjack without checking his identification. The teenager ordered many drinks and even used a card counting system.

Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort

Yet another Trump Casino was fined, when a 20 year old girl was found playing at the Trump Taj Mahal. The player was heavily intoxicated and had been at the blackjack tables for hours. The casino was fined $20,000.

Atlantic City Hilton Casino Resort

This casino had to spill a $15,000 when a 20 year old was spotted at the blackjack tables. Fortunately for Atlantic City Hilton, this player was caught within 45 minutes.

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Bellagio Drops $25K Blackjack Chips In Order to Catch Thief

Friday, January 21st, 2011

After the recent robbery that occurred at the reputed Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, where a bandit held up a table at gunpoint and walked away with several blackjack chips in the $25,000 denomination, the casino has decided to do away with the high value chips completely. This is part of the strategy to apprehend the robber who took $1,500,000 worth of chips in denominations ranging from $100 to $25,000.

In order to profit from the chips, the bandit will have to cash them in at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The Bellagio casino switched chips within an hour of the robbery, so that the stolen chips could not be exchanged, and are now issuing a new series of casino chips. This means that anyone who comes to exchange $25,000 chips will be required to undergo questioning. However, for those players who still have the old series of chips, they have until the 22nd of April to redeem them.

Alan Feldman, a spokesperson for MGM Resorts appeared to be satisfied with this new plan. “Obviously, anyone walking with one of the old series is going to be subject to a certain amount of questioning as to how they obtained them — assuming it isn’t someone we know. It’s pretty unusual for someone we don’t know to come strolling up with a handful of $25,000 chips,” he said.

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888 Casino Launches Live Blackjack Specials on Sundays

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

Blackjack players who like playing live games can now frequent the 888 casino which has launched a special promotion for its live online blackjack games. This is one of the most unique blackjack promotions on the market today and allows players to try live games regularly. This is a weekly blackjack offer run every Sunday by the 888 Casino. Players at the 888 Casino will also be given the opportunity to win a £500 bonus for playing blackjack. The game will commence at 6 pm every Sunday and continue on for two hours until its ends at 8 pm.

Live blackjack is in itself an exciting game, as it brings with it the thrills and the fast-paced action that is present at an actual blackjack table game in Las Vegas. Players looking to be part of the two hour live blackjack event set to occur every Sunday at the 888 Casino must first be registered players with the site. Players who participate in it will find that special bonus cards worth £25 each will be added to the decks and get dealt as usual. Players win money according to the amount of bonus cards that they collect. The more bonus cards you get dealt, the more money you get to win. Players must also note that the bonus card will be dealt out in the denomination of currency that you are playing with.

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New Jersey To Legalize Online Blackjack

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

Blackjack players in the United States have been despairing about means to access legally permissible online blackjack games ever since the UIGEA gaming laws were instituted. However for the blackjack players in the state of New Jersey, the situation appears to be taking a turn for the better as the region’s authorities are taking steps to legalize online blackjack.

Currently, both the Republican and Democratic parties are working with the Senate and have passed a bill that permits games like blackjack and poker to be played online. Players will be overjoyed to know that the vote to legalize online blackjack and other casino games in the state of New Jersey had the approval of the majority and the Senate passed with the vote of 32 in favor versus 2 votes against. The new bill will permit online casinos in New Jersey residents to play blackjack online for real money.

New Jersey is the first state in the USA to take this step, and it is expected that others will follow this example.

The Assembly also voted in favour of the bill and is now awaiting its signing for it to go into effect. Chris Christie, the governor of New Jersey will have to sign off on this bill for it to be implemented. The community expects no obstacles from the governor who is known to be a supporter of the cause.

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Blackjack Cheating Dealer Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

Mike Waseleski, one of the six defendants charged for cheating at the blackjack tables and winning around $800,000 back in 2009, has been proved to have illegally assisted Tran Organization to win $1.5k at the blackjack tables of Resorts East Chicago Casino. He has been sentenced to $250,000 fine and 5 years imprisonment.

According to the trial records at the court, the arrested belonged to Tran Organization that was formed in 2002 in California. They trained blackjack dealers to pretend to be shuffling cards at blackjack and mini baccarat games. The act of pretend shuffling enabled them to memorize the order of the cards. The members of the casinos would specially request the dealers not to shuffle the cards and use this knowledge while wagering. Allegedly, Waseleski took such a training course at Houston, Texas.

The US department of justice says that the cheats also used secret software and hardware to win thousands of dollars at a time. The gang cheated at the blackjack tables of around 27 casinos.

In March 2009, Phuong Quoc Truong, who belonged to the Tran Organization, was sentenced to 6 years federal imprisonment after making illicit wins worth $868,000 in just 90 minutes at the Resorts East Chicago Casino.

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Blackjack Player Robin Hood Offers 50K Bounty for Bellagio Gunman

Sunday, December 26th, 2010

The noted blackjack player, who uses the handle “Robin Hood 702” and is known for his charitable work, recently put a bounty on the head of the armed culprit who robbed the Bellagio casino of a million and a half dollars. The bounty is worth $50,000 and is given upon the arrest of the gunman.

Robin Hood hopes that the bounty will spur people to help get the culprit apprehended and tried in a court of law. The masked and armed gunman hit two blackjack casinos, of which the Bellagio was the last to be targeted. The gunman was said to be riding a motorcycle and wearing a helmet to hide his identity. He walked in to the casino, held up a croupier and rode away with the loot.

Robin Hood 702 hopes that the Bellagio incident will be the last of the robberies and expects that the bounty will help get him caught. “I’m just trying to find this guy and stop any copycats. If the Bellagio was hit, the Palazzo could be hit, the Venetian, the MGM Grand, it could be every casino. This guy has to be apprehended quickly…. Fifty grand is a lot for someone to have in their pocket. I’m hoping other casinos will kind of add to the bounty and make this an incredible thing,” the player said.

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