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28
Sep
Author: Chris // Category: Las Vegas Casinos
Stupak continued his self-promotion throughout the city of Las Vegas as he was also looking for new projects and bigger and better rewards. With plenty of financial backing, Stupak had the ability to create whatever it was that he wanted even if it wasn’t profitable or in the casino industry.
His next adventure still remove him from the gambling and casinos as he opened his own coupon business. Although his business was successful overseas in Australia, he still is longing for his lifelong dream. As he returned to the United States realized his dream, he opened yet another venue known as “Bob Stupak’s World Famous Historic Gambling Museum & Casino.”
This was his first taste of creating a gambling venue on the Las Vegas strip. The museum burned down, therefore Stupak had to look for another casino to fulfill his dream. Vegas world opened in 1979 and was a piece of property that lay a quarter-mile off of the Las Vegas strip. As distance was a problem, and that area not very safe, Stupak had to find a way to bring his casino to the general public.
The first step that he made was to hold a press conference to claim that the Strip had been extended and his property was now located officially on the Las Vegas strip.
Finally in 1996, Stupak achieved his dream and build a stratosphere Hotel and Casino. This enormous tower became one of the focal points for the Las Vegas area and drew tourists to the venue were awestruck by its size and entertainment. Looking back at this tower, is seen as a magnificent idea, however at the time didn’t prove to be so and went bankrupt.
Stupak never let go of his dream and tried once again to build a hotel and casino. This time it was to be Titanic themed it would be 15 stories high. The project would’ve cost over $300 million and is therefore rejected by the city of Las Vegas.Stupak continued to strive for his dreams all the way to his final days.
28
Sep
Author: Chris // Category: Las Vegas Casinos
Among Stupak’s crazy ideas were slapping a TV reporter in 1987 as he loses the race for mayor, betting $1 million on a Super Bowl game and winning, and many other antics such as challenging Donald Trump to boardgame but Stupak himself created.
Even with this antics, the thing that he is best known for his producing his dream casino, that has now become an icon for Las Vegas. The stratosphere Tower was Stupak’s creation and now has become one of them most recognizable hotels and casinos on the Las Vegas strip. The tower stands 1149 feet tall and offers excitement both in the casinos and at the top of the tower with a stratosphere roller coaster sits.
According to a history professor Michael Green, “The best way to describe him is as a 20th century version of P.T. Barnum,” he continued by saying “He was a visionary, and what he envisioned, he achieved.” Stupak was familiar with casino gambling and have been a participant of it throughout his entire life.
After making his first gambling wager at the age of eight, he then followed up on his soon-to-be career by holding craps games amongst army buddies in creating new methods for gambling games. “I realized that people were prepared to gamble a little if they had a chance to win a lot,” said Stupak. “I understood the principles of gambling and the greed factor, which everyone basically has.”
At a very early age that Stupak fell in love with the idea of Las Vegas, as many friends recall, and he knew that his dream would be to create something magnificent there and change the face of gambling industry.
Stupak was his greatest supporter and greatest promoter. Before his casino stint, he opened a restaurant in Las Vegas calling it: “The World’s Greatest Restaurant in the World’s Greatest City.”
28
Sep
Author: Chris // Category: Las Vegas Casinos
Another Las Vegas legend falls by the wayside as he passes away of leukemia at age 67. Bob Stupak recently passed away at Desert Springs Hospital after his continued struggle with the disease. This casino icon fought many battles until he finally lost his last one this past Friday.
Bob Stupak built a name for himself in the Las Vegas casino district by being involved in many different aspects of the community. Although he was not successful in every attempt or achievement, he was regarded as a person who gave it his all and definitely made a name for himself within the gambling community.
In his time in Las Vegas, Stupak owned a hotel and even ran for public office. Although these ventures are not always successful, he still will be remembered throughout the community. Stupak was known for his zest for life as well as his need to be mischievous. “There will be a big hole” without Stupak, said Sandy Blumen, Stupak’s ex-wife. “Nobody’s creating mischief. Now it’s just boring.”
Stupak caught the eye of many prominent individuals within the community including Senate majority leader Harry Reid, who was Stupak’s friend for over 35 years. Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman also spoke of Stupak’s antics and how they will be missed within the community.
In a city of shimmering lights, is difficult to stand out amongst the crowd, but Stupak found a way to monopolize the towns ideas as he forced his way into their lives. The Las Vegas strip is full of hotels and casinos that have a long-standing name in the state of Nevada. Stupak changed that when he held a press conference stating that his new hotel was an extension of the Las Vegas strip, self-declared of course.
It was this type of attitude and perseverance that brought Stupak into the limelight.
28
Sep
Author: Chris // Category: Las Vegas Casinos
Paddy Power continues to be a strong force as it expands its online arsenal by networking with other large companies to strengthen its brand. Paddy power is based out of Ireland and has recently sealed a deal with International All Sports. This agreement saw Paddy power buy Al the Australian company for €22.4 million. Now that it has been approved by the Supreme Court of Victoria, Paddy power will move forward in its expansion of its online gaming.
The initial takeover began in May when the online company purchased 51% of the shares of international all sports. IAS is the sports bookmaker has become one of the largest in the area. Through this purchase, Paddy Power took control over SportsBet who owned a mere 19.98% of the shares of IAS.
Paddy Power has now grown to be on the largest bookmakers in Ireland and has committed services to online customers as well as a separate telephone division. Licensed betting offices are also available in Ireland and throughout the United Kingdom. The company has grown so large that their telephone operations through sports book and Dial-A-Bet have increased their productivity as has their new division that operates mobile gaming devices.
By taking advantage of all aspects of the gambling market, Paddy power continues to expand throughout the world and dominate the sports book and gambling industry.
As of June of this year, Paddy Power has combined IAS and sportsbet into one powerful online business. Matt Tripp, SportsBets Chief Executive Officer will now be in charge of this division and its expansion throughout the gambling community.
“This acquisition underpins the potential of Sportsbet to build its market position under Matt Tripp’s leadership and expands Paddy Power’s reach into the Australian market,” said Patrick Kennedy, Chief Executive Officer for Paddy Power.
As the gambling industry continues to embrace Paddy Power and its ability to grow the market, other online gambling businesses such as CentreBet had been edged out of the picture and now no longer are direct competition.
28
Sep
Author: Chris // Category: Casino Games
Online banking transactions the new business for the Internet allowing customers the opportunity for more online shopping as well as other activities that can be purchased online. This is extremely helpful to the online casino industry where transactions need to be made in an efficient manner in order to add to the ease-of-use for the online gamblers fun experience.
Now, First Atlantic Commerce has revealed that they have formed a partnership with Ukash in order to provide online customers with easy methods of payment for online activities. First Atlantic is based out of Bermuda and now offers the opportunity for European online gamblers and shoppers to participate using this fast and easy method of transaction.
Since first Atlantic commerce can now accept cash and through their website and use of Ukash, online participants will be able to enjoy the ease-of-use like cash as well as modern technology of the Internet. Another benefit of this system which lends itself to the inner workings of online casino gambling is the ability to create online transactions with complete anonymity. The secure private transactions within not be able to be tracked back to any individuals. As online casino gambling becomes more regulated, this could be the best way for online casino gamblers to participate at their favorite websites.
This new method for online shopping still utilizes the opportunity for Visa, MasterCard and American Express as well as many other online opportunities such as PayPal. “We are excited about the addition of Ukash to our payments platform,” said Andrea Wilson, Chief Executive Officer for FAC.
Now to these payment options online, First Atlantic Commerce will be able to utilize newer markets such as Brazil, Uruguay, Russia and Poland. The expansion into these markets widen their customer base and provide an ease-of-use to these new areas.
28
Sep
Author: Chris // Category: Casino Games
Slotland casinos, one of the top online casinos on the market is now celebrating its 11th birthday. He continues to pAve the way of the top online casinos in the gambling industry by providing many promotions for the online gambler this month.
As it is the online casino’s 11th anniversary, many promotions involving number 11 are being brought out, but still provide many opportunities for online gamblers to win. Slotland has built its name from the very beginning in paving the way as it became one of the very first online casino gambling forums.
Now as it celebrates its 11th birthday, Slotland casino will be doing random draws for $11, $111, and $1111. To add to the excitement they will be an 11% bonus on deposits made between October 1 and October 7. Slotland continues to prove why it’s one of the best casinos on the market by adding to these bonuses a birthday bonus for all new and existing players. As of October 1 and will be more money credited to the accounts of players who are celebrating their birthdays with Slotland. New players will receive an extra $10 and existing players receive a $50 gift for their birthday to be used for casino gambling.
Slotland has created a great marketing tool in order to celebrate its birthday, however their hopes are that someone will hugely benefit from this, therefore adding to their casino publicity. “What would really make this a birthday to remember,” said Ondrej Tuma of Slotland, “Is if someone hit our jackpot during our birthday celebration week!”
Slotland has one of the favorite online casino gambling venues for customers as it holds large jackpots that are hit frequently. When customers see how frequently jackpot is hit, they tend to want to play the slots and better their chances of being the next person to win the casino jackpot.
28
Sep
Author: Chris // Category: Online Casino News
Security remains an issue with online businesses. This occurs in many industries and is no different in the online casino business. Many gamblers may stay at a land-based casinos due to the fact they feel that their money is well protected in those venues. Especially in the older generations that are still becoming acquainted with the Internet, they don’t feel comfortable adding their credit card information and personal information into bank accounts disability easily accessed through identity theft.
For those who grew up in the Internet age, there’s a feeling of security that allows the younger generation to add their credit card information in their bank accounts for easy online transaction. With many banks existing only online and not having a brick-and-mortar location, the future appears to be showing that these location will soon be phased out. This is especially important in the online Casino world where a high rate of information will be passed through the Internet at a rapid pace. The need to protect this information is vital and is the top concern for gamblers as well as gambling operators.
It has been discovered that online casinos use the same type of encryption that banks use in order to process online transactions. These companies use the 128 bit secure socket layer encryption technology in order to secure the banks transactions and protect individuals personal information.
This kind of technology would be the equivalent of going into the casino and using an ATM. Other methods have now been employed over the Internet to further add relief to the online gambler. These types of systems include purchasing a card that can be recharged, where the online gambler doesn’t have to release any private information for their personal banking.
At this time online casino gambling has also ensured other methods to provide a safe gambling experience for their customers. If deposits or withdrawals reached a certain dollar figure, the camera will receive a telephone verification call in order to make sure that their funds are not being misused.
28
Sep
Author: Chris // Category: Las Vegas Casinos
MGM Mirage hotels and casinos have been under a watchful eye are still in the news for their 92-year-old billionaire major stockholder. Kirk Kerkorian who owns the majority of the shares in the company was recently revealed to have information regarding a private investigator was following his ex-wife as they engaged in a disagreement concerning the custody of their child.
Kirk Kerkorian was never charged with any knowledge of the case, as the private detective was convicted. This issue has again resurfaced as the 2008 file has been reopened by US District Judge Dale Fischer. Kirk Kerkorian is a major player in the casino industry and is noted for making Las Vegas the city that it is not for today. He is a major player who built the MGM Grand as well as created a legacy that is the MGM Mirage. Through his work in past years he has created the MGM brand that now exists as a worldwide symbol, operating in different countries and in different currencies.
As the court case first began, Kirk Kerkorian denied that neither his attorney, Terry Christiansen nor private investigator, Anthony Pellicano were participants in tapping the phone of ex-wife Lisa Bonder Kerkorian. This issue came about in 2002 and finally came to a head in 2005 when Christiansen was removed from the board and indicted. Although Christiansen and Pellicano were charged for their illegal conduct, the billionaire casino giant managed to escape free of charges.
At this point in case, the MGM Mirage is taking no statements concerning the casino giant’s involvement in the wiretapping issue. Ex-wife Lisa was also not innocent in this case as she was claiming that Kurt owed $320,000 a month to support their four-year-old daughter, but was later found to have cheated on a DNA test by using saliva from her oldest daughter. The attorney test and finding out that Kurt was not involved, the judge awarded her only $50,316 a month.
28
Sep
Author: Chris // Category: Online Casino News
In the quest to legalize online casino gambling, many factors go into the decision-making process, therefore involving varying opinions. Since the ban of online casino gambling in 2006, many representatives have been fighting the battle trying to gain as many allies as they can in hopes of getting the bill passed to overturn the ban on online casino gambling.
One issue that the government was hoping would play into the factor of having an opportunity for passing the online casino gambling ban would be to use it as a method to generate revenue said that the government could then pay for or assist in paying for programs such as health care.
Health care has become a huge issue in the country and is at the forefront of most government officials minds. President Obama has been working diligently with his team in order to come up with a plan that provides better health care for American citizens. The online casino gambling community was hoping to use the need for revenue as a way to pair up the ability to generate revenue through online casino gambling.
The online casino business could rake in billions of dollars every year in the US economy and hopes were that this money could be used to benefit those who cannot afford healthcare.
Unfortunately for the online gamblers, it appears as though the group of people that are opposing the health care reforms are the same people that are opposing the online casino gambling. This has dissuaded many government officials from pursuing the task of legalizing online casino gambling.
Sen. Ron Wyden has already removed the bill from his agenda in his belief that now is not the proper time to address this issue. Jim McDermott and Barney Frank continued to press forward and voice their concerns to Wyden and his staff. According to Barney Frank in regards to using the revenue to pay for other programs he said,” It’s a great idea,” “Why should we leave all that money untaxed?”
28
Sep
Author: Chris // Category: Las Vegas Casinos
We have seen the youth of the world begin to dominate all sports in the world today. As younger generations get an earlier start on sports, they are beginning to take over and bloom as the Michael Jordans of the event. For such is now becoming the case with the creation of the online casinos and the televised poker events.
Before poker players would not be exposed to the game outside of land-based casinos, now they have the opportunity to learn through online sources as well as televised sources providing some of the top poker players in the world at the touch of a button.
One of these gambling experts is Chris Moorman, a 24-year-old poker player from the Brighton area of the United Kingdom. It has recently been revealed that Chris is now part of Doyle Brunson team. Doyle Brunson has been known as one of the greats in poker and now this young poker player will join the ranks of the knowledge gained from Internet and television.
Doyle Brunson commented, “Moorman reminds me a lot of me, except for the British accent. He’s a poker natural, a legend in the making, and that’s why I’ve handpicked him to be the next member of The Brunson 10, my new team of elite poker players who truly are young legends of the game.”
This is just the beginning of Moorman’s rise to the top of the gambling world, has already amassed over $1.6 million and has not even hit his quarter life crisis. Doyle Brunson will choose 10 players to be a part of this young team of experts, and Chris was the fourth player hand-picked by Brunson himself.
Brunson has opened up this Internet gambling with a team of professionals that will compete in showcase their talents to the online community. This young group of talented men will bring new excitement to the game.
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