Remainders: The Indians Called It “Maize”

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· Remington Park’s new slots-only casino opened on Monday, leading all seven of Oklahoma’s horse racing fans to wonder what happened to their preferred parking. [Blood-Horse]
· And you thought the Apple dorks were bad, now the Linux dweebs are geeked because they can play casino games online. Yes, but can you play “Doom” on it? [PRWeb]
· Punters from all over are lined up for the new Galaxy Casino in Macau. Reggie Roby, Jim Arnold and Mark Royals among luminaries welcomed at grand opening. [Finance Asia]
· A food bank in California has rejected a donation from the local Indian casino. Reportedly, they were confused by labels on the cans that read “MAIZE.” [San Diego Union Tribune]
· Turfway Park is looking forward to seeing how their synthetic turf course will hold up in the fall and winter racing months this season. We’re looking forward to the first set of excuses from our fellow horseplayers who try to find a track bias on this turf. [Blood-Horse]

Remainders: Kyl’s Crusade, 60 Minutes Musings, and Mennonites Take To The Cobblestones

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· Wicked Chops takes it to Senator John Kyl, the 60 Minutes naysaying Senator from last night. He didn’t mention that Kyl’s crusade (no credit card/bank accounts can be used to fund online gambling) is easily circumvented by sites like Neteller, making his whole platform that much more pointless. [WickedChops]

· What’s funnier than a casino in remote and rural Kansas? Put it square in Mennonite country, and watch the fireworks begin. [Casino City Times]
· Gambling911 advises (via press release) that the 60 Minutes report could actually boost the billion dollar industry of online gambling. They did show it was pretty easy to boost dad’s Mastercard and play roulette at Golden Palace, maybe they’re on to something. [PRWeb]
· Ozzy Osbourne would like you to know that he did not order a life-sized silicone clone of himself. It’s actually destined for the Rainbow Bar and Grill in Las Vegas. This shouldn’t remind you of the RealDoll, but if it does, you should be turned off of that fetish for good at this point. [Blabbermouth]

Remainders: Poconos, Atlantic City, and Legalizing It For The Good Of Our Children

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· A new casino is being planned for the Poconos, Shecky Green to be permanent headliner. [WNEP]
· Harrah’s is looking to upgrade and expand on their Atlantic City property. Likely to go with a Kevin Smith or rusted-piles-of-scrap-metal theme to celebrate their Jersey home. [Las Vegas Sun]
· Legalizing it would bring billions into US tax coffers. Yes, we’re still talking about gambling. [Casino City Times]
· Slot gambling has gotten off to a strong start in Maine. Likely to soon replace “antiquing” as the state’s #3 industry. [Kennebec Journal]
· There are dumber things to consider when booking your Vegas casino vacation, but if you absolutely cannot live without your Mountain Dew, there’s a map that’ll tell you which casinos serve Coke or Pepsi. [Las Vegas]

Remainders: Scores Las Vegas, No Smoking In Jersey, and Bodog For Sale?

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· Double-dipping at LasVegasVegas today, they report that not only is a Scores strip club opening up in Sin City, but Heidi Fleiss will be the new face of the all-male bordello somewhere out in the desert. For the eleven guys who keep clicking in to Oddjack from the Fleshbot/Gay page, you now have a whorehouse to call your very own. [Las Vegas]
· The potential for a smoking ban in New Jersey casinos has gambling palace owners crying economic doom. You know, they tried a no-smoking casino in Vegas once. Did you know it went out of business - fast? [Newsday]
· The thrill ride on the Stratosphere Casino’s tower will stay shut down until inspectors can figure out why it took 90 minutes to rescue six people stranded on it this week. Problem was, three Japanese tourists refused to accept aid, assuming getting stuck upside-down was part of the thrill. [KRNV]
· New Zealand’s Ministry of Health claims there has been an increase in the number of people seeking help for gambling addiction. Video Poker Parlor operators claim that number has instead decreased. Who to believe? Neither side could possibly have a bias in this case, right? [Radio New Zealand]
· Rumors that Bodog.com was going to be bought out by a bigger online gambling outfit were squashed this week by CEO Calvin Ayre. Good thing too, we would rather gamble with a “Mom & Pop” (and Bodog Babe) site than a huge conglomerate. [Online-Casinos]

Remainders: Bay Meadows OTB, Baccarat Bores Us, and The Greatest Casino Resort On The Planet

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· Even though they’re tearing Bay Meadows race track down, the OTB clerks are likely to keep their jobs. Score another one for the service industry. [San Mateo County Times]
· If you’re thinking the skinny house advantage in baccarat means you can play for hours and hours, don’t forget about the casino’s little friend called “variance.” [CasinoCityTimes]
· Steve Wynn says that casinos are “at the bottom of the list” for what Vegas tourists look for. Sure, if you’re traveling with a woman. [Cincinnati Enquirer]
· Irishmen are evading casino bans by joining gambling clubs, where we’re absolutely sure you get paid out in potatoes. [Bloomberg]
· Which casino was voted best gambling resort in the world? Here’s a clue, you’d have to change flights in Auckland just to get there. [The Star]

Remainders: Buried In Pennies, Aussie Excuses, and Do Your Xmas Shopping In Vegas

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· A California woman plunked some pennies into a slot at the Bear River Casino and hit the jackpot for $500,000. She is currently being treated for copper poisoning at a local hospital. [Times-Standard]
· A short Steve Wynn profile accompanies news of a speaking engagement in Ohio. His first Vegas job? He ran the slots at the Frontier, giving hope to every Vegas casino employee with a shit job and eighteen dollars in the bank. [Cincinnati Enquirer]
· Remington Park in Oklahoma City is opening a new 650-machine casino next week. This should do wonders for the eleven people that make up the Oklahoma horse racing industry. [Blood-Horse]
· More Florida gambling oddities - they can’t call their “gaming machines” slots, and the Hard Rock has the new no-dealer poker tables installed. Oh, and Louie Anderson is headlining next month. [Northwest Indiana News]
· Gambling interests in Australia are blaming rising “petrol” prices for a 3.2% slip in gambling revenues recently. “Petrol?” First the dingo/baby excuses spread like wildfire, now they’re just making shit up to pass the blame. Nice try Aussies. [Melbourne Herald Sun]
· Looking to get some Christmas shopping done? LasVegasVegas suggests the Forum Shops at Caesars’, just in case you need an excuse to book a trip to Vegas in the next couple weeks. [LasVegasVegas]

Remainders: Visit Beautiful Downtown Mesquite

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· One good reason to pull for the Supreme Court confirmation of Samuel Alito? He’ll get keep you drunk at the casino. [Newsweek]
· The impartiality of Gambling Online Magazine is being called into question, but when the outlet pointing fingers is Online-Casinos.com, multiple grains of salt must be taken to believe it. [Online-Casinos.com]
· “Online gaming can feed into the lifestyle of the isolated student,” they say. So long as that isolated student just applies for as many credit cards as possible and uses those lines instead of real money, we don’t see a problem. [Times Online]
· Casino developers are eyeing the Nevada/Utah border town Mesquite for further development. It’s about 90 minutes outside of Vegas, but cheap as hell with inexpensive golf. [Las Vegas Sun]
· You’re at the pool in Vegas, sipping a drink, and don’t think it can get a whole lot better, right? How about wireless blackjack from your deck chair? [Gambling Magazine]
· Former racing greyhounds found good homes in Indiana this weekend, although without a mechanical rabbit running your fence line, your new pooch is going to feel a little empty inside. [South Bend Tribune]

Remainders: Pachinko! Casino Long Island, and Ask Your Grandfather About Backgammon

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· Osu! Bancho Pachinko Simulator debuts at number one in Japan this week, reinforcing the continued popularity of Japan’s most prevalent form of legal gambling. You can make your own Pachinko kit at home with a bucket full of BBs and a funnel. Imagine the possibilities. [GamesIndustry]
· A federal judge has ruled that the Shinnecock Indians are a bonafide tribe, which may lead to a casino based on New York’s Long Island. Of course, they’ll be importing some of their labor from New Jersey, birthplace of over 73% of America’s surly cocktail waitresses. [Blood-Horse]
· Now’s the time to book if you’re planning on Vegas for the holidays. Now’s also the time to bury the hatchet with your mother if Vegas was indeed in your plans for the holidays. [Dallas Morning News]
· The two families that won the $345M Powerball jackpot went crazy-go-nuts on the network morning news shows, demanding private jets, luxury hotels, and SNL tickets in exchange for interviews. Five minutes with Katie Couric “just to see if they’re real” was the breaking point for NBC. [Online Casino News]
· Online backgammon continues to expand as more entrepreneurs join the online gaming revolution. Seriously. Ask your Grandpa. [PR Leap]
· Lastly, set your Tivos for Monday and Tuesday’s PBS showing of American Experience: Las Vegas: An Unconventional History, if for no other reason than you’ll know which network it is that you’re not sending a donation to again this year. [Salt Lake Tribune]

Remainders: That One Time Sophomore Year, Greektown’s Fifth, and Gamble With the Alpha Delta Pi Girls

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· Arkansas Baptists have adopted a set of resolutions against gambling, gays and beer. This, of course, is about five years too late to erase what happened to you sophomore year in college. [Arkansas Democrat-Gazette]
· Charges were dropped by Baltimore police on the 80 people cited in last week’s poker raid. Still waiting on rebates of their buy-ins. [WJZ]
· The Florida senator in charge of handling special session gambling legislation was recently the recipient of a $48K gambling junket to Canada. In Canadian money, that’s like a million dollars. [Gainesville Sun]
· Detroit’s Greektown Casino is celebrating its fifth anniversary by opening a new 630-space valet parking garage. Then they’ll douse it in tzatziki sauce, roll it up in a pita, and serve it with fries. [Detroit Free Press]
· Here’s a line only your dad’s going to get… The Moody Blues are performing next weekend in California’s Fantasy Springs Resort Casino. Sheesh, talk about days of future passed. [MarketWire]
· Dressed in formal black attire, the sisters of Alpha Delta Pi at NC State held their annual casino night Wednesday. There were Blue Motorcycles and Apple-tinis served at the bar, and “I Will Survive” was trotted out a record fourteen times in the neighboring karaoke lounge. Congrats girls! [Technician Online]

Remainders: Crown Casino Stays In The News, Emotional Distress, and Check Pat Sajak Before Assuming the Worst

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· Nine employees of Australia’s Crown Casino (home of unlucky toilet ghosts) were taken to the hospital after a small fire started in a television in the back of the building. These wallabies will do anything to stay in the news. [ABC Online]
· Barry Shipherd thought he won almost $400K on a slot, the casino said it was really $620, but he gets $50K from the courts for “mental anguish?” Where’s our movie check Banky? [Big Online Casinos]
· Five reels, nine lines, and an amazing array of symbols of luxury mark the “Lap of Luxury” slot from Lasseters Online. Diamond Ring, Mink Stole, Fifty-Foot Yacht, Fifty-Foot Yacht, Rolex Watch = you lose again. [WebWire]
· Kansas City police are searching for a 77-year-old woman who went missing while visiting the Ameristar Casino with a relative. We suggest looking at the bank of “Wheel Of Fortune” slots, she’s probably over there. [Kansas City Star]
· Sheikh Mohammed al-Maktoum’s bid of $9M was enough to secure purchase of former champ, future broodmare Ashado at this week’s Keeneland auction. Look for her offspring at the track in about three years. [MSNBC]
· And just to prove that all adults are basically high school girls at heart, even math geeks and Internet millionaires, we present Paul Phillips’ graceful farewell to the 2+2 boards. [Paul Phillips]

Remainders: Shocked… Shocked To Find Out There’s Gambling In Bulverde

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· There’s still a movement to put a casino on part of the hallowed Gettysburg battleground. When we heard it was going to be slots-only, we registered our strong opposition. [Bloomberg]
· There’s a Bingo freebie giveaway at the Station Casinos in Vegas this week, but you’re not that hard up for Kwanza gifts yet, are you? [Las Vegas]
· Slotland.com is pleased to announce they have renewed their sponsorship of an Ontario curling team that plans to be Olympic-bound in 2006. We’re pleased someone’s finally paying curling the attention it deserves. [Online Casino News]
· “There’s not much that can happen in Bulverde without somebody finding out,” says the Police Chief who happened to find an illegal casino in a house just around the corner from the station. [KSAT]
· Famed Downtown Vegas casino Binion’s is getting their ass kicked ever since ditching the “Horseshoe” name. Who ever said horseshoes were lucky anyway? [Casino City Times]

Remainders: We’re Not Saying You Can’t Get Laid, Things To Do In Buffalo, and Casino Nepal

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· “You can do things legally, but I’m not going to tell you that you can’t go in there and get sex for money,” said a Las Vegas Police Captain. Nothing beats a Vegas stripper. [Las Vegas Sun]
· Is there anything to do in Buffalo besides eat wings and wait for the next McGahee cruciate ligament to tear? Well, besides opposing the upcoming downtown casino? [Buffalo News]
· Steve Wynn says despite third quarter losses, no one at the Wynn will be laid off. He’ll pay their wages out of his own pocket change if he has to. [Casino City Times]
· Conservatives in the British Government today cried wolf that the “lethal cocktail” of gambling and alcohol threatens public welfare. More so than assholes and “football?” Madonna and Kabbalah? [Conservatives.com]
· Pokhara, Nepal welcomes their newly opened casino at the Phulbari Resort and Spa, giving us now a reason to bump Nepal above Somalia on our vacation wish list. [Casino City Times]
· A pension thief with a horse fetish betting problem was said to have spent almost 2M pounds on tip sheets from track pundits. And to think, we put all those Breeders’ Cup picks out there two weeks ago for free. [IC Uxbridge]