This is a pretty good list. There's a number of things that are way too easy, like poker chips, some you wouldn't think of like an automatic card shuffler, and things that are a little off the wall like steel playing cards.
You can check out the site HERE to see the whole list.
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Woodford Reserve has been the Official Bourbon of the Kentucky Derby for the past eleven years, and has created a special bottle for the 2009 event. The limited edition bottle features artwork by retired jockey Tom Chapman.
Chapman’s vibrant, colorful image captures the excitement and intensity of the Kentucky Derby as two jockeys in brightly-colored silks concentrate on the race with the historic Twin Spires of Churchill Downs in the background. The artist’s signature adorns the neck band of the bottle, and an attached tag bears information about the artist and product. The limited edition liter-size bottle will be available beginning in early April throughout the nation in 38 states.
The bottles are going for around $45.
Woodford Reserve is also holding a sweepstakes to send you and a guest to London, England to attend the Derby Festival at Epsom Downs Racecourse.
The Grand prize includes roundtrip coach airfare for two to London, England where the winner and guest will attend the Derby Festival at Epsom Downs Racecourse (black tie – tails and topcoat required) on June 6, 2009. The winner will also receive $1,000 for race attire (For men, a tuxedo and top hat are required.), $800 spending money, and a 4 days – 3 night stay at a London hotel.
You can enter the contest at the Woodford Reserve site HERE.
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It's always good to see a a casino opening, especially lately since most of them are having serious trouble.
The resort is located on the former site of the Bethlehem Steel plant and will have 3,000 slot machines, a 24-hour Cafe, an Irish pub, a marketplace featuring a wide selection of cuisines, a celebrity chef steak house, and a 300-room hotel. In the future there are plans to add 2,000 more slot machines, an additional 200,000 square feet of retail space, and 50,000 square feet of multi-purpose space for conventions and special events.
The Sands Casino In Pennsylvania will open up to the public on May 22 with the official grand opening scheduled for June 9, 2009.
You can check everything out HERE.
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The Blue Chip Casino & Hotel in Michigan City, Indiana has opened their new 22-story hotel and spa. The Spa Blu Tower was part of a $130 million dollar expansion that added 300 new rooms, 60 suites, two restaurants, an event center, and luxury spa.
Rooms start at around $95 (more on the weekends of course), and are your pretty standard 415 square feet in size with the usual amenities. The suites start at around 560 square feet and go all the way up to the The Loft at 1,575 square feet. The Loft has wrap around glass exterior walls that offer stunning views of Lake Michigan, a bathroom with a deep-soaking bathtub, three sinks, and a walk-in shower with dual shower heads and body sprayers, large living room, dining room, and in-room bar. They also state that "All of these extravagant amenities are separated by beautifully sculpted “living glass” partitions."
The Casino itself (which is the important part of course) is still considered a "riverboat", but has 65,000 square feet of gaming all on level. They even have a dedicated poker room, which I think is a necessity.
You can check out their new digs over at the Blue Chip home page HERE.
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The PokerMate table is a completely electronic poker table, that comes in 6, 8 or 10 seat models. Each player has their own touch sensitive screen which shows them their cards, face down, that actually curl up to let you see what you have when you touch them. The central screen shows the community cards, bets, and so on. Players can fold, check, post blinds, raise or call during the course of a game, all with a simple touch. The software itself will handle distributes cards, splits pots, calculates side pots, payouts and rake without error.
No word on price yet, and honestly I'm not sure that I would like one of these. Sure, I play online, but when I'm in a casino, I like the feel of the chips and the cards. It might be fun for a time or two, but overall, I just can't see it catching on.
You can read more about it at the Amaya site HERE.
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I'm not sure if these will be popping up in a casino anytime soon, but you have to think someone will try it out.
The table itself uses a 56” touch sensitive LCD screen that has a 3840×2160 resolution. Using a patent pending technology, the screen can identify which of the players are responsible for which clicks. This lets up to seven people place their own bets, all at the same time.
The table keeps track of how much money the players have, automatically awards money if you win, let's you repeat your bets and generally makes the game go a lot faster. There's even a help function so players can learn the game. Another added feature that the casinos might like is the fact that you can connect several tables to a single wheel, which means you're going to have a faster game, with few people to run it.
You can read more about it on their site HERE.
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The MGM Grand at Foxwoods is set to open up on May 17, 2008 in Mashantucket CT. The $700 million dollar hotel expansion will have 825 rooms, a 5,000-seat theater, a convention center and ballroom, nightclubs, a spa, a casino with 1,500 slot machines and restaurants by celebrity chefs Tom Colicchio and Michael Schlow. The added shopping will include names such as Dunhill, Bally and Apple, among others.
You can start booking your rooms at the hotel now, at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods site HERE.
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The Mount Airy Casino Resort, a $412 million casino and resort has recently opened in the Poconos area of Pennsylvania. The stand alone casino has 2,500 slot machines, video poker, blackjack with virtual dealers and roulette. The resort portion of the site has two restaurants, a diner and a buffet, 188 luxury guest rooms including 25 suites, a 150-seat nightclub named Gypsies, full-service luxury spa, The Glass Bar located in the center of the casino and an 18-hole championship golf course opening in 2009.
Not exactly Vegas, but you have to think it's a lot closer, and cheaper to get to, for those in the Midwest. You can read all about Mount Airy at their site HERE.
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If you're planning a trip to Las Vegas, maybe need a map to settle a discussion or a bet, the Visit Las Vegas site is the palce to go.
They've created an interactive map that you can view HERE that will give you a great look of what's where from the big casinos to dinning and shopping in the area. You can also click on each location to get more information on each site.
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Preregistration dates for the 2007 World Series of Poker is set, and is scheduled for June 1 through July 17 at the Rio Hotel and Casino. You can pay for one of the upcoming 55 events with cash, a cashier’s checks, or a wire transfer. The Rio's casino chips are also accepted, including a special WSOP $10,000 chip. The 38th annual main event will stay the same at $10,000. For all other tournaments the buy-in range goes from $1,000 to $50,000.
Dates, buy-in amount, registration information, and other rules can be found at the official WSOP website HERE.
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