jeudi 5 avril 2007

Halifax Today Local News - Here lies the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo

Halifax Today Local News - Here lies the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo: "He was an engineer employed locally at Henry Bottomley's mill.
It was in 1875 that he literally struck gold, winning more than two million francs in eight days, which at that time was about �400,000.
Jagger had gone to Monte Carlo on holiday and the roulette tables aroused his interest because he believed the wheel cylinders could be faulty."

mardi 13 mars 2007

Newsvine - Las Vegas' Stardust Casino Imploded

Newsvine - Las Vegas' Stardust Casino Imploded: "LAS VEGAS — From Stardust to just dust. The Las Vegas Strip's first mass-market casino-hotel was imploded early Tuesday in a hail of fireworks to make way for Boyd Gaming Corp.'s $4.4 billion megaresort Echelon."

dimanche 11 mars 2007

Hurricane Mikey: Asleep at the Wheel

Hurricane Mikey: Asleep at the Wheel: "For those of you unfamiliar with Rapid Roulette, it's exactly the same as regular roulette, except that instead of eight players sitting around a table reaching over each other placing chips all over a layout, there are twelve individual slot-like terminals configured around a central table."

lundi 5 mars 2007

dunhill - Luxury goods for men

dunhill - Luxury goods for men: "Exclusively designed for dunhill, the Tradition Touring Poker and Roulette Compendium is a comprehensive and authentic poker and roulette set."

mercredi 21 février 2007

Entertainment: World-First Roulette Computer Conference

Entertainment: World-First Roulette Computer Conference: "At what is believed to be the World's first conference regarding casino game prediction devices, several roulette computers will be demonstrated to a live audience. The 3-day conference is being hosted by Stefano Hourmouzis, an Australian gambling consultant. Several other gambling consultants are expected to attend, and will demonstrate various other devices to beat casinos including card-counting computers."

jeudi 15 février 2007

Magnetic roulette ball con beats casino | Germany | Europe | International News | News | Telegraph

Magnetic roulette ball con beats casino | Germany | Europe | International News | News | Telegraph: "A gang of conmen has won hundreds of thousands of pounds from an Austrian casino by planting a remote-controlled magnetic roulette ball on a table."

samedi 10 février 2007

Whitefish Pilot News Page

Whitefish Pilot News Page: "Antique store owners Ron and Eila Turner were taken by surprise last week when three state gambling control agents showed up at their business and told them they illegally possessed gambling devices.

After being checked out by Whitefish police officers, the Montana Department of Justice agents hauled away two antique punch boards, two roulette wheels and one 'chuck-o-luck' dice cage."