PokerStars hat seinen ersten eigenen Live-Pokerraum eröffnet. Doch wer nun dachte, dies sei in Las Vegas geschehen, der irrt. PokerStars suchte sich als Location für ihren Cardroom das Grand Waldo Hotel und Casino in Macau aus. Grabd Waldo Hotel und CasinoDort stehen 160 Tische für die pokerbegeisterten Gäste bereit. Wöchentlich werden die unterschiedlichsten Turniere und Cashgames angeboten. Den Auftakt machte vor wenigen Tagen ein Charityturnier, dessen Erlös an die Opfer des verheerenden Erdbebens gespendet wurde.

Das Glücksspielmekka Las Vegas zieht viele interessante Menschen an, die mit außergewöhnlichen Jobs ihren Weg in der Glücksspielindustrie machen. ISA-GUIDE hat einen Mann getroffen, der als Versicherungsmathematiker seinen Traumberuf in Las Vegas gefunden hat. Er berät Automatenhersteller und betreibt eine Internetseite, auf der er Spielern die beste Strategie bei Casinospielen erklärt. Michael Shackleford, the Wizard of Odds, berichtet im Interview mit ISA-GUIDE über seine Arbeit in Las Vegas. Das Interview haben wir in Englisch geführt.

Das Glücksspielmekka Las Vegas zieht viele interessante Menschen an, die mit außergewöhnlichen Jobs ihren Weg in der Glücksspielindustrie machen. ISA-GUIDE hat einen Mann getroffen, der als Versicherungsmathematiker seinen Traumberuf in Las Vegas gefunden hat. Er berät Automatenhersteller und betreibt eine Internetseite, auf der er Spielern die beste Strategie bei Casinospielen erklärt. Michael Shackleford, the Wizard of Odds, berichtet im Interview mit ISA-GUIDE über seine Arbeit in Las Vegas. Das Interview haben wir in Englisch geführt.

Like all successful businessmen, Yuchun Lee is passionate about his experience of making money. The 42-year-old Taiwanese-American gushes about "big players", "advanced techniques" and "ace tracking". None of these exotic terms relate to Unica, the software house based in Waltham, Massachusetts, that he founded in 1992. Mr Lee is reminiscing about gambling tactics and his time with the Amphibians, a gang of top-grade students and graduates from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Atlantic City, New Jersey - A court has ruled that an admitted problem gambler who voluntarily put his name on a list barring him from Atlantic City's casinos for life cannot take his name off the list. The man, identified only as S.D., put his name on the self-exclusion list in 2004, which bars him from Atlantic City's 11 casinos. But what he didn't know was that the names on the list can be shared with casinos in other states, who also can bar the individuals from gambling there.

Gamblers lost USD 632.9 million in downtown Las Vegas casinos in 2007, slightly more than the year before, ending a three-year slide for the historic Glitter Gulch gambling market. But the operator of Golden Nugget, the fanciest casino in the Fremont Street area, is claiming credit for downtown’s surpassing of the 2006 results, which amounted to USD 630.4 million.

I think I've heard more tales of big wins from Jean Scott and her husband Brad than from anyone I know. Big tournament wins, big video poker hands, even a BIG stuffed gorilla they once won in a promotional drawing. The latest big one came in late November, when Brad hit the button a quarter Hundred Play video poker machine, and up popped, in order, Ace-10-Jack-King-Queen of hearts.

Here's a year-end heart-warmer for gamblers: You really do need to pay taxes on your winnings, whether you won USD 10 or USD 1,000, and a pair of experts have come out with a book to explain it all. And no, their initials are not IRS. Las Vegas tax adviser Marissa Chien's book, "Tax Help for Gamblers," co-written by gambling book author Jean Scott, just might be one of the biggest revelations about gambling in years.

Boston (AP) -- Gov. Deval Patrick, leading off a casino gambling hearing that lured Las Vegas chief executives to Beacon Hill, testified Tuesday that lawmakers shouldn't moralize against casino gambling. The Democratic governor pushed his three-casino legislation as a way to create new revenues and jobs at a time when Massachusetts needs both. He said Massachusetts residents currently spend USD 1 billion annually at Connecticut's two casinos.

Crown casino chiefs have been ordered to go to trial over claims they allowed a banned problem gambler to blow USD 30 million. Supreme Court Justice David Harper today ruled that the Southbank casino had a case to answer in its explosive dispute with millionaire Gold Coast property developer Harry Kakavas. Mr Kakavas, 40, alleges he lost USD 30 million playing baccarat in a 14-month gambling spree starting in June 2005.

Gold Coast property developer Harry Kakavas is suing the Melbourne casino and its chief operating officer John Williams for AUD 30 million he claims to have lost in a 14-month period from June 2005. The Victorian Supreme Court was told Mr Kakavas, who was banned from Sydney's Star Casino, was lured by Crown Casino with offers of free flights in private jets, hundreds of thousands of dollars to gamble and a promise of a 20 per cent rebate on all losses.

The Bahamas is in a strong position to attract Chinese highrollers who want to combine a vacation stay with their love for gambling. The activity is illegal in mainland China, forcing many of its citizens to travel abroad. The ability of long haul tourist hotspots such as Las Vegas and Atlantic City to attract considerable Chinese tourists, means that the Chinese may be willing to travel to the tropics to gamble.