JackpotCity Online Casino Blog

A huge statement yes, but after this last trip to Vegas (hence the lack of posts recently) I’m convinced that online casino is the way to go! It’s not that I had a bad trip, hell I’ll always love Vegas, but I missed the pure selection of games (over 350 and counting) that JackpotCity.com has to offer. Games like American and European Roulette, Baccarat, Slots and even Video Poker.

Yes, yes, you get many of these games in Vegas, but the major difference is you don’t have to wait for a game online. You want to play it, you play it. Not like in Vegas where you sometimes (read most times) have to wait for that specific table or machine.

Ok changing the subject a bit, but one thing I must say I did enjoy was looking for things in Vegas that I have recently blogged about. Things like the $10,000 touch screen tables at Harrah’s and the new Trump Hotel. I even kept an eye out on how full the casinos are to see if they look like casino revenue is down, see here. It might be, but the casinos still look damn busy to me.

Well, it’s good to be back I must say, and I promise I’ll be posting every day again until my next trip over the pond!

Cheers for now and see you in the software!

Justin

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Ok, ok I know I’ve done a few posts on Trump casinos (or in this case lack thereof), but the man is a legend! But I digress…

Earlier on I was reading the online version of the Mercury News (I basically read newspapers from all over the world all day) and came across an article about the new Trump hotel in Las Vegas. Nothing strange there you might think, but please note that I said hotel, not casino, not hotel and casino, but hotel. The reason… Simple really, because the hotel does not HAVE a casino!

I know, I know, it sounds crazy to spend $1 billion on an amazing piece of Vegas real-estate surrounded by the Wynn and the Palazzo casinos and not even build your own casino, but Mr Trump has done it and done it in style!

But is it a clever move? Unfortunately only time will tell, but if Mr Trump has read the market correctly (and let’s face it he normally does) then this little bit of Manhattan glitz might just be the sanctuary some people need from the hustle and bustle that is Vegas. Hell, even if it doesn’t work, I for one must give “the man” kudos for trying something different in Vegas. It’s about time somebody shook things up (to quote another Vegas legend).

Cheers for now

Justin

It is with great sadness that I read this article about the owners of the Tropicana casino filing for bankruptcy. As a lover of all things casino I have on more than one occasion spent a wonderful evening at the Blackjack tables and slot machines of this Las Vegas institution.

Hopefully the rumour about MGM Mirage, the casino conglomerate who owns MGM Grand, New York-New York and Excalibur, being interested in acquiring it are true. I for one would be very unhappy to see another great casino experience disappear.

Guess I’ll just have to console myself with a few rounds of online Blackjack here in my software.

Cheers for now and see you at the tables

Justin