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The Hard Rock Already Planning for Life After Wasted Space; Announces Wireless Betting

August 9, 2010 at 5:12 PM | by juliana | 3 Comments

Girls will have to find new places to kiss other girls now that Wasted Space is closing to make way for a new and improved sportsbook, yet The Hard Rock is wasting (heh) no time in tricking this new venue out with the latest in gaming technology.

The new sportsbook isn't set to open until Spring 2011 but Hard Rock has already announced their partnership with Cantor Gaming to provide wireless betting during sport games. This is the same sort of technology that you can already find at the M Resort's sportsbook. [Update: and we forgot to add The Palazzo.]

Even more interestingly, according to Mr. Pappagiorgio, the soon-to shutter poker room may be opening up next to the new sportsbook.

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The Madness Ends Tonight

April 5, 2010 at 5:05 PM | by Mr Pappagiorgio | 0 Comments

NCAA men’s basketball is almost over and there’s one last chance to make up for our bracket losses. While we had plans to run thousands of Butler vs. Duke simulations to come up with our own predictions, we got distracted by the fact the game is being broadcast in 3D. After pulling ourselves away from thoughts of college aged pom-poms bouncing through the screen, we instead hit the Vegas sports books to check their numbers.

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Betting on March Madness: Vegas Secrets to Bracketology

March 16, 2010 at 11:24 AM | by Whalehead | 6 Comments

Buckle up, sports bettors—save for Super Bowl Sunday, there’s no better time to hit Las Vegas sports books than the annual National Collegiate Athletic Association men’s basketball tournament, which starts with a play-in game on March 16.

This ritual, known as March Madness, plays out over the course of three weeks every spring, and pits the 65 best teams in the country against each other for a shot at the national title.

The 2010 national championship game is April 5, but the best part of the tournament is the first full weekend—March 18-21. Sports fans like this weekend because 48 of the tournament’s 64 games take place over four days, providing virtually non-stop tailgate-like excitement in the books. Bettors like these matchups because, inevitably, oddsmakers undervalue certain teams, providing ample opportunities to strike it rich.

We won’t waste this space to tell you where to watch the games (after all, we’ve already rated the best sports books in town). We will, however, provide you with five important pointers on how to get the most out of your March Madness experience, and how to ensure that the ritual doesn’t leave you, well, mad.

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Wynn's Bookmaker Sets Odds On Top Chef Las Vegas Contestants

August 26, 2009 at 2:55 PM | by Whalehead | 0 Comments

By now it’s no secret that the newest season of Top Chef was filmed in Las Vegas. We've been keeping track of rumored and confirmed locations for the past few months and we've just started doing re-caps of each episode. (Stay tuned for tomorrow's recap!)

But less well-known are the odds on the show hung weekly by Johnny Avello, executive director of race and sports operations at Wynn Las Vegas.

The fast-talking native of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., runs the only sports book in all of Sin City that sets odds on entertainment. Though you can’t actually bet money on any of the lines (the Nevada Gaming Control Board only allows books to take wagers on events played in sporting arenas), Avello's insights offer interesting indications of who are the favorites and who aremost likely to be asked to pack their knives and go.

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