Archive for March, 2010
Next Entries »Las Vegas: Home to More than Just the World’s Best Casinos
Sunday, March 14th, 2010Las Vegas has a lot more than just casinos to entertain you. You would have to go to L.A. or N.Y. to find more shows and events. All of the major casinos have some type of show on their regular calendar, and college sports and big-name prize fights are promoted every week. Professional boxing has [...]
What Happens in Vegas vs. Your Vegas is Showing
Sunday, March 14th, 2010Let’s get serious here… a killer slogan like “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” is not easily replaced. I don’t know why the people in charge of this would change something that worked so well, but I guess the new slogan doesn’t make the old disappear. People will be saying the old slogan for [...]
Homeless in Las Vegas
Saturday, March 13th, 2010A city like Las Vegas has always had homeless problems. Any town that that has risk taking as its credo will have its share of down-and-out citizens. It’s estimated that Las Vegas has over 13,000 homeless people and the number is growing fast. It’s growing so fast that school districts have been approved to purchase [...]
Living in Las Vegas: Growing Up Strong Under the Neon Lights
Saturday, March 13th, 2010Growing up in is different than any place in America. There’s no way that a person could not be heavily affected by this town. It’s natural and fabricated beauty is unlike any other place on earth. Growing up in Vegas offers more opportunities than any city of 1.5 million in the world. It’s the fastest-growing [...]
Fight Over $22,000
Friday, March 12th, 2010Jens Peter Dragon, of Paradise, was branded a cheat by Adelaide’s SkyCity casino and was left facing a 10 year jail term after winning $22,000. Mr. Dragon received the winnings, but the casino claimed he had done so because of a malfunction playing a horse racing game machine. “They tried to put me in jail [...]
Casino Gambling Rules Welcomes Jessica Stevens
Thursday, March 11th, 2010Jessica sent me an email asking if she could write a few articles for Casino Gambling Rules – I asked to see some writing samples and was blown away! This girl has some talent, and she knows her stuff when it comes to gambling and casinos. Jesscia lived in Las Vegas for several years before [...]
21 and Blackjack
Thursday, March 11th, 2010Blackjack is said to have became popular during World War I, and was called “black-jack” from the practice of paying a bonus to a player who held an ace of spades with a jack of spades or clubs. There is claim that this rule first appeared in 1912, when 21 tables appeared in horse-betting parlors [...]
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