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December 27, 2012

Caesars Palace Could Be Next To Receive Online Poker License

Filed under: Casino — Tags: — OCE News @ 3:11 am

As of late, a number of companies have received licenses from the state that allow them to offer online poker to individuals throughout Nevada. There have already been a number of companies that have received the license, and now, the most popular casino in Vegas, Caesars Palace, has been put up for a recommendation for an online poker license. The online unit was recommended for licensure as an online intrastate poker operator in the Nevada area. The meeting was held in Carson City, during which the State Gaming Control Board voted to recommend a license for the company. They are the group that is in charge of the recommendation of licenses, and the commission is believed to be planning to issue the license before the end of the year.

The casino currently has the largest share of the physical casino market in the United States, and is certainly the largest casino in the Nevada and Las Vegas areas as well. They are planning to offer online poker, in conjunction with the World Series of Poker brand that is currently a subdivision under the company. It is thought that the company is going to be easily approved for the license, and become the 17th company that is been licensed to participate in the upcoming state-sponsored online poker licensing program. Some of the previously approved applicants are already in the testing phases of their software, which is a period of time that is going to be required before they are able to go live.

Caesars Palace is already planning to launch their online poker, once their technical partner, 888 Holdings LLC, a company that is located in England, is licensed as well. The two of them are going to be working together to put together a platform that allows people to play poker online, through the World Series of Poker brand, which has become increasingly popular in recent years. The company commented on the story after receiving the recommendation, saying that they had all of the necessary people in place to move forward, and would begin once they had secured the license.

So far, the online poker that is approved in Nevada is not community poker as you would commonly seen casinos and bars, and instead is poker that allows players to compete against one another. It will be interesting to see what kind of rules and regulations come down not only from the states themselves, but from Congress and on the federal level regarding online gaming. Online poker and other gaming activities was popular as short as 2 to 3 years ago, before many of the large companies were raided and had their assets frozen, suspected of allowing Americans to gamble online, acting outside of federal law.

With no company being sure exactly how the changes are going to affect them, it is clear that a number of companies have decided to play the hand that they’ve been dealt, and prepare for the Nevada licensing of state online poker, and an effort to ensure that they are able to provide online poker, as soon as possible, regardless of what kind of rulings come down from the federal government in the meantime.

December 26, 2012

Rome Casino Announces Its Online VIP Program for Its Members

Filed under: Casino — Tags: , — OCE News @ 2:50 am

Rome Casino recently announced that they will have an online VIP program that is available for their members. Rome Casino is one of the many brands, under the Rome Partner affiliate program. This is a program that encompasses many online casinos, and as the name may imply, it is a casino where you can truly capture all of the glory of ancient Rome into the casino atmosphere. The bonuses that the casino has to provide to players have also made it immensely popular, since the bonuses fit into the theme of the casino. Recently, Rome Casino announced that it will be launching a VIP program to its members. This VIP program, which may be no surprise to some, is called Club Colosseum.

Rome Casino has said that the Club Colosseum will be a place for all of Rome Casino’s best players to gather and compete in their own classes. Getting invited to the Club Colosseum is not going to be easy, it’s an invitation-only club. The access will be given out based off player deposits, activity, participation in events, skill level, and of course, your loyalty to the Rome Casino. When you become a Club Colosseum player, you will be given an online gambling experience like you could never imagine. You’ll get access to VIP levels, while receiving deposit bonuses, expedited withdrawals, cash back on your bonuses, and many other types of VIP level perks. If you enjoy playing slot machines, table game tournaments, or other competitive games, you should prepare to battle it out with other players in the Club Colosseum VIP section, so that maybe one day, you could become the Emperor of Rome.

The start of Club Colosseum begins as players start to earn VIP points, which essentially start to give you some of the benefits to being a VIP member at Rome. This is called the Legionnaire Class. In fact, you will even have a VIP account manager that will go over your VIP points for you and make sure that you are on your way to getting VIP certified. Some of the players who earn VIP points will be able to access certain features like quick withdrawals, weekly withdrawal raises, and much more. You will also gain better eligibility, as long as your activity stays prominent.

The next VIP class to gaining Club Colosseum access is called the Centurion Class. In this class, you will be passed the Legionnaire Class and you will be much closer to getting into the Club Colosseum. The rewards in this class are far better, you can get tips and advice on hot games to play, as well as games that have higher chances to win. Your weekly withdrawal limits will also be raised to a whopping amount of $4000.

The final classes are called the Senators class and the Emperor class. These are designated for people who are in charge of the Colosseum. Your weekly withdrawal limit will be raised to $5000, and you will have a dedicated VIP manager as well. The Rome Casino offers something unique and engaging to the online casino experience.

December 25, 2012

Owner of Las Vegas Bar Accused of Lewd Conduct Asks for Leniency

Filed under: Casino — Tags: — OCE News @ 3:09 am

The owner of a Las Vegas bar were gaming agents witnessed patrons performing sex acts in public, has asked for leniency from the Nevada Gaming Commission, should they choose to bring down harsh sanctions on the company. The owner of the bar states that she will be financially ruined if the harsh sanctions are handed down, and states that the activities that were witnessed by the gaming agents were not something that was allowed by the establishment.

The State Gaming Control Board originally filed their nine count complaint earlier in the year against Judy R Nelson, who was the owner of the Las Vegas Eagle, and establishment that had a restricted gaming license. The restricted gaming license allowed for slot machines at their location on E. Tropicana Ave. The complaint that was filed with the Nevada Gaming Comission stated that on July 2011, during a routine inspection, and following numerous complaints of inappropriate activity at the location, agents found photos on craigslist along with sexually charge postings, attempting to get people to visit the location.

Upon the finding of these advertisements, agents visited the bar at various times throughout November and April, where they witnessed lewd activity including a competition where five individuals compared buttocks in public, and other incidents in which patrons were having sex in the view of other customers. The complaints state that this is not a one-time thing, and was an ongoing activity in the bar, which can be showed to the investigation files that have been released. Now Nelson, the owner of the bar, through her attorney Robert Lueck has filed a complaint asking that the commission determine whether or not the allegations were founded, and that her gaming license not be revoked. She asked that if any punishment is handed down, that it be a probationary period and a small fine, in order to help her to avoid financial ruin.

A six-month probation was handed down by the Clark County Business License Division in May. There had been no complaints about the business since that time, and Nelson is hoping that she will be able to get the board to consider a more lenient penalty for their discretion, in order to allow her to keep her business open, and not have to file for bankruptcy.

The commission so far is not set a date on the hearing for the complaint, but the recommendation from the board has been a fine on each of the nine allegations and action against her gaming license. Nelson is hoping that this is not have to be the case, and not an amicable decision can be reached that does not involve the removal of the gaming license. Nelson has acknowledged that there was some lewd activity in the bar during an “underwear night” promotion that the barrette held in April, but as stated that since then there has been no lewd activity and that the lesson has been learned. Nelson has been licensed for more than 25 years, in six different cars in the Las Vegas area. Prior to this recent investigation, Nelson has never had a complaint raised in front of the Gaming Control Board, which is one of the reasons why she stated she was hoping for leniency in the ruling.

December 24, 2012

Full Tilt Poker Has Been Dishonoring Player and Affiliate Contracts

Filed under: Casino — Tags: , — OCE News @ 2:49 am

Recent reports behind the Full Tilt Poker Company suggest that their Black Friday roster of professional players are not going to be compensated with back pay after they newly relaunched their website. The company released this information to the players by sending out an e-mail, which went out to everyone within the casino.

Just before Black Friday, Full Tilt Poker was at its peak, and they were able to employ as many as 100 professional poker players. Many of these poker players were called Red Pros and were part of other leagues around the world. Full Tilt Poker is actually establishing their own poker league, they are known as The Professional, but they are a much smaller team than Red Pros.

Dustin Iannotti is Full Tilt’s Manager and the e-mail that he released read: “Other than the non-US player balances, The Rational Group did not assume any liabilities of the previous Full Tilt Poker companies and therefore previous contractual agreements that Full Tilt Poker may have had including with FTP Red Pros were excluded. As such, The Rational Group is not liable and will not pay for any amounts which may have been due to you under your agreement with any former Full Tilt Poker company.”

Of course, Full Tilt’s “The Professional” poker players certainly can’t be happy about not being compensated for what they rightfully deserved. However, the players are not the only ones that have missed out on this. In fact, affiliates of Full Tilt were also uncompensated for their referrals and website traffic that they delivered to the company.

That e-mail essentially states that any earnings, either as a player, or as an affiliate, will be unpaid by Full Tilt. They announced this after relaunching their website, specifying that any of the money you earned from their previous brands is no longer applicable as an agreement, since they have relaunched and are no longer the same company. A lot of the players and affiliates are very upset about this, because they work hard to deliver traffic and sales to the company, and then they’re just left empty-handed. Affiliates put in a lot of time and dedication into making their affiliate marketing campaign successful, so to have this money go unpaid could be devastating to their finances. Affiliate marketers are people just like you, they promote programs on the Internet so that they can make an income and work from home. A lot of them have families to support and when a company like this cuts ties, a lot of the money they were counting on will no longer come. For Full Tilt, they may never recover some of these affiliates that they will lose because of this settlement. Some of the poker players are even expected to leave the league because of this unfortunate news. Online casinos definitely have to be careful with the actions that they take, deciding to pocket the money instead of paying out the people that work hard and deserve it can be disheartening news to deliver.

December 23, 2012

Colliers Gaming Group Analysts See Bright Future For Strip Revenue

Filed under: Casino — Tags: , — OCE News @ 3:06 am

Colliers Gaming Group is a gambling analysis group that is known for accurately predicting the trends of the Las Vegas area. The company recently stated that they believed that $1.5 billion will be invested in the Las Vegas gaming market over the course of the next two years, allowing for strip revenue to continue to grow at a fast pace. The prediction specifically came from Mike Mixer, the head of a new national gaming group that was established last summer by Colliers International. The firm is known throughout the Las Vegas area as being a major company in the hotel, office, and retail sectors. Now, the company is looking to add gaming to that list, and get into the gaming industry as well.

The team includes executives that have been in the area for a long time, including executives Josh Smith, and Gabe Telles, both of whom work for competitor CBRE before coming over to the company. The investments that they are currently anticipating include the sale of a few new casinos as well as construction that will be fired for the updates, the renovation of the Sahara hotel and casino, which is being heavily invested into and renovated on its way to becoming the SLS Las Vegas.

Other huge investments in the coming years will be the transformation of the Imperial Palace, in the Quad, Caesar’s investment into the Linq entertainment promenade at the Flamingo, and the redevelopment of Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall.

With many of the largest casinos throughout the strip and Las Vegas areas seeing a huge increase in revenue this year over previous years, it is no surprise to see predictions of huge money flowing into the region in the coming months. Also, a number of companies that have been previously unable to sell during the downturn in economic times, have found new buyers were willing to invest in the properties. It will be interesting to see if the totals reached the number that was predicted by Mixer, whose predictions are much higher than some of the other analysts in the area. While most are predicting that huge amounts of money will be flowing into the region now that casinos and resorts in the area have once again become profitable for the first time since 2008, not many are willing to go as far as the $1.5 billion estimate that Mixer handed down.

When asked about why his prediction was so bold, Mixer stated that ” The light switch was off in 2009 and 2010. As our visitor volume has rebounded to peak levels or near-peak levels, it’s a strong catalyst that begins the discussion. Seeing our occupancy level at a number that’s the highest in the nation with 151,000 rooms, that’s impressive.”

It is clear that sources of investment from around the United States are once again becoming interested in investing in Las Vegas area properties. In 2008 and 2009, the area saw far less dollars from tourism, the main attraction the Las Vegas. These types of estimations from large, well-known companies have helped to show that the area is beginning their true recovery. Although Nevada still sees foreclosure rates and unemployment rates higher than the rest of the nation, a turnaround in the health of the casinos could greatly help the company.

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