by I. Nelson Rose | Aug 19, 2021 | Blogs, Information
UPDATE: Osaka Prefecture has selected MGM and Orix for the Integrated Resort. Osaka will submit the proposal to the Japanese national government in April 2022. MGM Resorts Int’l. and its Japanese partner, Orix Corp., has officially applied for the right to spend one...
by I. Nelson Rose | Feb 19, 2021 | Articles, Columns
It is time to look again at the controversy over the right of casinos to shuffle cards in blackjack whenever the remainder of the deck favors the players. Although the issue of casino dealers counting cards has been stewing for decades, the most recent flare-up is the...
by I. Nelson Rose | Feb 13, 2021 | Articles, Columns
It seems the eye in the sky has acquired a brain. The watchers have learned to count cards. Casinos have installed computer programs that can tell whether players are counting cards at blackjack. By recording how players change the size of their wagers and how they...
by I. Nelson Rose | Feb 13, 2021 | Articles, Columns
Government regulators ought to at least pretend to be neutral. This is particularly true of regulators whose main job is to protect the public. Imagine the Atomic Energy Commission saying nuclear power plants can set their own safety standards, and anyway, there is...
by I. Nelson Rose | Aug 21, 2018 | Blogs, Information
The bad news for the legal gaming industry is that Canada and the European Union have imposed a ten percent additional import tax on playing cards manufactured in the United States. The only good news, if you can call it that, is that China has so far not followed...