The accepted casino table naming convention seems to be that if the table has high limits you name it after something very precious. Gold, Diamond, Platinum are all favorites. Then there’s the ever-popular VIP. If you think your table limits are above and beyond any one of these labels then what do you call it?...
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The year was 1991. The race meet was the Australian Jockey Club’s Easter Racing Carnival. The course, Royal Randwick in Sydney. The late Kerry Packer, known for his voracious betting appetite, was betting big. Unconfirmed legend has it that over the 3 day carnival he lost $55 million to a bookmaker named Bruce McHugh. ...
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There’s an old saying that goes, ‘the House always wins‘. And this isn’t far from the truth, because lets face it, the house does win more often than not. How else do you think those massive structures and all the staff running around inside them are financed? So when we hear about a casino...
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Had a quick peak at Evolution Gaming’s new London roulette today. Evolution Gaming describe it as an “opulent, live online Roulette environment replicating the rich experience of playing at one of London’s top casinos. No detail has been overlooked – from the superb interior design, lighting and ambience, to the intuitive user interface, to...
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Figures revealed at a Crown Casino AGM today confirm what many expected…VIP player activity at the Melbourne based casino is waning. CEO Rowen Craigie told shareholders that turnover from VIP players was down 10% in the trading period from 1 July. This comes on top of a drop in VIP turnover in the last...
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Just about every major Australian Casino (terrestrial) has ambitious plans for facilities improvements with the prime objective of winning a slice of the Asian high roller market. Crown Casino in Melbourne declared their hand early in the year, with a planned $212 million face-lift to VIP gaming areas, including 11 new private gaming salons,...
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Reports continue to filter out of Singapore of some very, very big numbers being dropped by higher rollers at that city’s two new casinos. Back in August Henry Quek reportedly went on a S$26 million ($20 million) spree at Resorts World. We thought that was pretty big. Apparently not. The word is that since...
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It’s not too late to get in on this one, but you’ll have to go hard to get to the top of the leader board. The promo is being run at Party Casino and up for grabs is a trip to Vegas worth $13,000. This includes return airfares to the value of $8,000, limo...
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Most online casinos offer VIP or loyalty programs and as a general rule, the bigger the casino the more compelling the program. It’s simple economics (or accounting) – the big guys have bigger budgets at their disposal to reward their VIP players. So rather than a few hundred dollars in bonus funds here or...
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OK so we did a post on the biggest roulette and blackjack limit games, so to be fair to the baccarat players we should let you know where the highest live baccarat limits are. And while the big brand European operators running Evolution Gaming’s platform seem to have a mortgage on the high roller...
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