• Interactive Gambling: 2003 And Beyond

Hangovers, parades, football, and retrospect... Yes, the New Year is upon us, and that means it is once again time to reflect on what the previous year brought and speculate on what the next year will bring. As the I-gaming industry matures, each passing year is harder to define, but what sticks out most in my mind is the underlying theme of survival. If your glass is half empty, then you're well aware that this industry is constantly under attack from all directions. If it's half full, then you recognize that I-gaming once again proved its staying power in 2003. [...]

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• Lottery Ticket For $155 million Sold In Ohio

SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio – As reported by the Associated Press: ``One ticket sold in Ohio won a multistate Mega Millions lottery jackpot worth $155 million, lottery officials said Wednesday. "The ticket for Tuesday's drawing, sold at a convenience store in this Cleveland suburb, was the only one to match all five numbers and the Mega Ball number", said Mardele Cohen, spokeswoman for the Ohio Lottery. "The buyer opted to ask for the immediate cash payout, $90 million before taxes, rather than getting the $155 million over 26 years", Cohen said. It is the biggest lottery prize ever in Ohio, which joined the Mega Millions lottery in 2002. Lottery officials were waiting for the winner to come forward. Jagdish Shah, owner of Quick Shop Food Mart, where the ticket was sold, learned about the prize when he arrived to open about 7 a.m. Wednesday and his parking lot was full of reporters and television station trucks…

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• How To Win At RealTime Gaming Video Poker

Video Poker is one of the fastest casino games on the Internet. RealTime Gaming software offers 16 varieties of video poker, in five denominations ranging from 5¢ to $1.00. There are three key factors in winning video poker. 1) Pick the best pay tables, 2) Learn how to play flawlessly, and 3) Pick a casino with great comps. Picking the best pay tables Video poker pay tables can vary from casino to casino and in some cases from denomination to denomination. The pay table determines how much of an advantage the house has over the player, or vice versa, for optimal play, over the long run. There are several software packages widely available that can calculate the theoretical machine payout for a particular pay table. Two of the most common are WinPoker and VPTutor. Each of these can calculate the payout percentages for most of the games RealTime Gaming licensed casinos offer. For an example of a great pay table, check out the nickel Double Double Jackpot Poker game at Sci-Fi-Casino.com. It pays out 100.35%. [...]

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• Las Vegas Resorts Enjoy Safe, Profitable Holiday

For Las Vegas resorts, the New Year's holiday couldn't have been better and most agreed the unprecedented security mobilized in response to a threat of terrorism was worthwhile. With an estimated 300,000 people in the city for what turned out to be a safe holiday, the extra security paid off, resort officials said. Anthony Curtis, publisher of the Las Vegas Advisor newsletter, said Las Vegas learned its lesson of failure well in the 1999 when a New Year's Eve celebration fizzled amid the Y2K scare heading into the new millennium. Curtis said he observed the Las Vegas scene from a different perspective this year -- in front of a television set. "I'm usually down in my office and can see a small part of things, but on TV, I could see it all and Las Vegas looked fantastic," Curtis said. [...]

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