2010 January 24 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

ATLANTIC CITY Casinos thought they had a winning combination when simulcast betting was introduced in 1993.

Online poker room Full Tilt Poker has introduced a new kind of poker game. The Rush Poker game can only be played online due to its unique style.

The Indianapolis Colts are favored to win Super Bowl XLIV by Las Vegas oddsmakers, but early money wagered at Nevada sports books has been on the New Orleans Saints. The Colts opened as a 5.5-point favorite on Sunday evening by the Las Vegas Sports Consultants, the group that sets the betting line. The group set the over-under total at 56 points. Within one hour, however, the number was bet down …

LAS VEGAS — Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts opened as a four-point favorite to beat New Orleans in the Super Bowl. That was the line provided by oddsmaker Sean Van Patten of Las Vegas Sports Consultants, which provides betting lines for roughly 90 percent of sports books in Nevada.

The Indianapolis Colts are favored to win Super Bowl XLIV, according to Las Vegas oddsmakers, but early money wagered at Nevada sports books has been on the New Orleans Saints. The Colts (16-2) opened as a 5.5-point favorite Sunday evening by Las Vegas Sports Consultants, the group that sets the betting line.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts opened as a 4-point favorite to beat New Orleans in the Super Bowl. That was the line provided by oddsmaker Sean Van Patten of Las Vegas Sports Consultants, which provides betting lines for roughly 90 percent of sports books in Nevada.

The Nooksack tribe is in court with its lender; the Snoqualmie tribe’s new casino east of Seattle is in trouble; and the Skokomish tribe has already closed its casino.

Gambling in Montana has fallen dramatically over the last few months and it has a lot to do with the Clean Indoor Air Act. But the Northern Winz Casino in Box Elder has actually seen a sales increase since the smoking ban passed last October.

Advisers to Gov. Chris Christie have called for casino regulatory reform, a public-private Atlantic City marketing initiative and possible state intervention in city government as ways to save New Jerseys casino industry from competition and its failed business model.