Tourism and Gaming Will pari-mutuel wagering get bigger in Nevada?
When state Gaming Control Board member Randall Sayre rolled out a series of proposed regulations the board and the Nevada Gaming Commission may consider in the months ahead, one was of extreme interest to Lynwood, Wash., lawyer Harry Platis, whose two-person practice focuses on auto accidents, medical malpractice and wrongful-death claims.
The proposed regulation has nothing to do with car crashes, doctors or wrongful death, but Platis was interested because of one of his other passions: pari-mutuel wagering.
While one of his business cards lists him as a lawyer for the Platis Law Firm, another has him as chief executive of international operations for Parimutuel Entertainment LLC, a company that acquired instant credibility in December when the Gaming Commission approved its concept and agreed to draft regulations to incorporate it into the state gaming scene.
Platis proposal is to allow pari-mutuel wagering on athletic events and races that haven t been in the pari-mutuel spotlight in the past.
Pari-mutuel wagering is different from other casino gambling. Instead of playing against the house, pari-mutuel bettors compete against each other.
Under a standard pari-mutuel wager, a bettor chooses an entrant among a field of contestants. It s most popular in horse racing, where a field of horses is in a race and bettors wager on which horse will win, place or show.
Pari-mutuel has some more exotic bets which require the selection of the top two finishers a quinella or the top two finishers in the correct order a perfecta or the top three finishers in order a trifecta .
Under the pari-mutuel system, all bets are placed in a pool. The house takes a commission of that pool as its cut and a percentage of the winnings is paid to bettors who placed wagers from participants that finished first, second, third and sometimes fourth. The winnings are calculated based on the number of bettors who wagered on a specific participant. Pari-mutuel differs from fixed-odds wagering in that the pool and the odds aren t known until wagering is closed.
Horse races, dog races and the sport of jai alai once played in Las Vegas when Bally s was known as the MGM Grand and had a jai alai fronton are popular pari-mutuel contests.
Now, under Platis system, wagers could be taken on golf tournaments as opposed to fixed-odds wagers , on billiards or pool tournaments think of the big events that occur annually at the Riviera , dart tournaments they re gaining in popularity and auto or motorcycle racing a new way to bet NASCAR .
The system also could be used for big tournaments such as the World Series of Poker, said Platis legal representative, Jeff Silver, at a recent regulative workshop.
To allow such wagers, regulators would have to amend the state s Regulations 22 and 26B. In a proposed amendment to Regulation 26B, Platis concept is identified as a regulated competitive tournament.
Under the proposed amendment golf, billiards, darts or auto or motorcycle racing tournaments would have to have at least 16 entrants for a pari-mutuel wager.
To allow wagers for card games, another regulation 23 would have to be modified and the proposed regulation would require a field of at least 32 contestants and it would have to be conducted by or sponsored by a nonrestricted Nevada gaming licensee or by one of its licensed out-of-state affiliates.
Will the concept catch on? There are mixed feelings within the industry.
Sayre made it clear that while regulators can put the rules in place, it s entirely up to promoters like Platis to market the concept.
Vic Salerno of American Wagering, which operates the Leroy s chain of sports books in Nevada, questioned whether the pari-mutuel concept for sports is necessary since bettors can wager on car races and golf tournaments already and they aren t big draws. Would there be any market at all for bets on dart and billiard tournaments?
Silver concurred that it will be up to promoters to develop the market. He noted that the Control Board and the Gaming Commission see game inventors every month at their meetings, all of them hopeful that their latest variations on poker or blackjack will catch on in casinos and be the next table game like Let It Ride to take hold.
Silver told the story of a former associate of his, colorful Gaming Today Publisher Chuck Di Rocco, who died in 2004. Silver said Di Rocco offered a proposal for wagering in Nevada on horse races in other states when satellite broadcasts were introduced. That, Silver noted, was a new concept that set a standard that is now the backbone of race book wagering.
It s unclear when regulated competitive tournaments will come before regulators, since the Control Board and the Gaming Commission will take on noncontroversial regulations first and save the more complex proposals for later in the year.
In other gaming and tourism news:
It s no secret that it s been more difficult to sell real estate in these hard economic times.
One of the signs of the times is that gaming regulators are receiving an unusually high number of requests to allow one of those Nevada oddities, the eight-hour tent casino.
When a location with a gaming license is bought or sold, it has to house some form of gaming for at least eight hours in a year to maintain the license. Often, a licensed operator sets up a trailer or tent and offers slot machine play for an eight-hour period on 16 slot machines, the minimum number for a nonrestricted site, to maintain the license.
A high-profile example: Station Casinos trailer casino on the site of the old Showboat and Castaways site last year. The company isn t sure whether there ever will be a casino at that site, but just in case it does, it opened a casino for the requisite time to keep gaming active.
At May s Nevada Gaming Commission meeting, regulators approved a 16-slot tent casino at the Beach, a sometime nightspot with a nonrestricted gaming license at Paradise Road and Convention Center Drive, across the street from the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Representatives of United Coin Machine Co., primarily a slot-route operator, got the license. At the time of the meeting, it was unclear when the tent casino at the Beach would be operated.
But United Coin officials said they have at least two more similar requests coming up in the next few months at properties that have been difficult to move during economic hard times.
It now appears that the United Airlines-US Airways merger deal is dead.
Although there s no way to know what would have transpired had the deal been done, the early analysis would have to point to this being a good thing for McCarran International Airport, a good thing for Las Vegas, a good thing for Phoenix and a bad thing for United.
Having gotten to know and understand US Airways Chief Executive Doug Parker s strategy, his bid for consolidation of the industry likely would have resulted in fewer flights for Las Vegas. It also would have meant Phoenix losing a major corporate citizen in US Airways, as the operation was expected to move to United s home, Chicago.
Parker would have had a monumental task unifying labor groups, whose members also are rejoicing about last week s announcement about the No. 2 carrier at McCarran.
When Parker relayed the no-deal news to US Airways employees, he didn t even make reference to United. Here is what some of his e-mail said: After much work and many conversations with other airlines, we have come to the conclusion that consolidation involving US Airways will not occur at this time. This is not to say that something won t occur in the future as you know I strongly believe that consolidation is required in our industry and that US Airways would benefit from participating. Rather it is simply unlikely that anything will happen in 2008 as our industry continues to struggle with how to function in a world with $130-per-barrel oil prices.
This environment, while challenging, is not one that we did not anticipate. We are doing a great job of taking care of our customers and we are well prepared to withstand the current environment. Thanks to your hard work, we are No. 1 in on-time performance so far in 2008 and have great momentum as we head into the summer. We have more cash relative to size than most of our peers and have fewer obligations coming due in the next few years.
While we are prepared for this environment, we, like all airlines, need to adapt our plans and business models in light of much higher fuel prices. We are working a number of initiatives and you ll hear more about them in the weeks and months ahead.
One of the latest belt-tightening initiatives that already have begun on US Airways flights is that the airline no longer will give away snacks. US Airways will still give out free soft drinks, but the days of free pretzels and peanuts in the airline s economy cabin are over.
Police departments across the valley routinely conduct sting operations to monitor the illegal sale of alcoholic beverages to minors.
On May 25, Henderson Police officers, with the help of young volunteers, conducted compliance checks at 12 locations. Five of them sold alcoholic beverages to underage buyers.
Among the five locations receiving citations were two that in addition to selling alcohol hold nonrestricted gaming licenses: Casino Montelago at Lake Las Vegas and Terrible s Town on Boulder Highway.
While those two locations will have to deal with Henderson on the illegal liquor sale allegations, state gaming regulators may have more to say about it, since citations like these often lead to Gaming Control Board punishment.
A television documentary is in the works on the design and construction of the Grand Canyon Skywalk, the controversial tourism attraction owned by the Hualapai Indian Tribe at Grand Canyon West.
The National Geographic Channel, a joint venture of National Geographic Television Film and Fox Cable Networks, is producing the hourlong show with details and never-before-seen footage of the glass walkway perched 4,000 feet above the canyon floor.
The show is expected to be aired in early 2009.
The tribe has come under fire on a number of fronts since the attraction opened early last year. Many of the traditional tribe members questioned the wisdom of building the high-profile attraction on a world-renowned natural treasure.
Tourists have complained about the high price of admission. Although prices have fluctuated since opening day, most visitors haven t been able to walk on the Skywalk without paying $50 to $75. Many disgruntled visitors who cough up the big bucks to get on the Skywalk are then shocked to learn that they can t take their cameras on the attraction. The tribe fears people who drop their cameras may damage the horseshoe-shaped glass walkway.
I look forward to seeing the National Geographic documentary, if nothing else to hear whether any of the environmental and cultural issues are discussed and to see if National Geographic cameras are allowed on the walkway. Richard N. Velotta covers tourism for In Business Las Vegas and its sister publication, the Las Vegas Sun. He can be reached at (702) 259-4061 or by e-mail at velotta@lasvegassun.com.
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I bet, at the top of the fundamental drama of the opera is gambling on gambling strategy and the corresponding rate of return. Baccarat on the surface does not seem to 21:00 and similar strategies, but the type and 21.1 percent, with a number of licensing and played a lot of the licensing round, it is foreseeable that there should be a floating Baccarat Rate of return.
A pair of Baccarat before calculating the basic information can be seen, then, all the licensing is still the licensing helicopters, have not been issued a licence rate of return.
Dealers in a short period of xiwan cards, before the start of the game has yet to the initial state, in a card, each an average of four cards with the games, this state is broken, there will be a different kind of departure from initial state the situation. And 21:00 on the method used, we first study compared exceptional circumstances, an average of a licence, a separate licensing changes in the number of gamblers, the impact of the rate of return, such as licences, to understand the role of baccarat, So as to the role, all the licensing.
Assume that a certain number of licences is not four, but more than any other card for the X 4 0.5 X, and then the rest of the 12 kinds of licences to be less than the 0.5 X swap in order to maintain a balance in order to facilitate the study, we That this 12 kinds of licensing opportunities are the same, they have the same probability. Therefore, in more than one card in the X - the licensing of probability is:
(4 0.5 x) the / 52
Baccarat (Baccarat) on the basic rules of baccarat an important reason for popular because it is very simple: not enough. - Ganjue players (player) only need to decide what kind of injection under. Makers (banker), and then see the licence, it is money, or shuqian.
In a small baccarat, which is usually a we have seen, you do not cut the licensing opportunities. The mainland, baccarat, players can also reduce at least by the Commissioner for entertainment.
Bet
You can bet your own card wins (player (player)), the advantage this time, casino is 1.24 percent; gambling, bookmakers (banker) can also win if the casino to pay the money deducted 4 percent, their advantage , 0.6%, 5% is hiding, they are the advantages of 1.06 percent. Also draw Please note that this method can be casino gambling in up to 5 per cent of the advantages (if it is 8:01). Therefore, when the betting should be careful not to draw attention to.
Strategy
Players (player) is usually to a casino should ask ourselves the question: How can I improve my chances of winning on this issue, in the Middle East baccarat the answer is simple: you have no way out. Furthermore, in order to not waste money tied up in the note that you do not have anything to do other things.
Perhaps you have to ask, if I can be licensed TV seems to be often as his. In fact, this is a waste of energy, because the sign face is open, and can not in itself make the operators. Unless the licence is not just the past few Otherwise, the licensing of operators is not efficient, even if only the past few years, operators of the advantages of the licence is also very limited. Basically, you millions of dollars, the insurance industry can save 10 dollars. If we do not return to the streets to others active automotive glass.
Therefore, in this game, the strategy is to understand its own strategy and not at all, is luck. As long as the understanding of the basic rules of justice. Following is the rules:
Target
Baccarat goal is to obtain a licence to two or three hands of the licensing, bankers give you more than about 9.
10, J-, K, Q is zero, is a 1, all other cards are worth their point.
If you have a point, a total of more than 10, 10, 7:00 and 9:00 of the hand, a total of six (16-10).
No matter how many, rather than 21:00, in the bulge death.
Rules
Makers (banker) players (player) and pumped two cards if Makers (banker) or any of the total audience is August or September, the two sides entered the card automatically stop.
If the total number of players (player) is 6 or 7, then to the audience one-stop licensing.
If the card to the audience to stop, bankers (banker) the licensing of less than or equal to five pairs Makers (banker) continued to card.
If less than or equal to five players, players on the automatic licensing, bankers cards are issued to the third player (player).
If the players (player) was the third card, then Makers in the following circumstances, often brought about the third card:
Makers (banker) of the total score is 0,1,2: Makers (banker) has always been to the third card.
Makers (banker) of the total score is 3: If the players (player) in the third card is in addition to 8 other than the licensed bookmakers out in the third card.
Makers (banker) of a total of four points: If the players (player) is the third card 2-3-4-5-6-7, bookmakers (banker) to continue to take the licence.
Makers (banker) of a total of five points: If the players (player) The third card is 4-5-6-7, bookmakers (banker) to continue to take the licence.
Makers (banker) of a total of 6:00: If the players (player) is the third card on June 7, bookmakers (banker) to continue to take the licence.
Makers (banker) of the total score is 7: Makers (banker) to stop the licensing.
Finally a card, the total value of about 9 o clock, or even who wins.
The Special Representative, Las Vegas casinos around the baccarat table is isolated velvet rope, beauty, gathered in at any time for senior players to provide services. Serious and more serious clothing for the dealer, which is full of wealth and prestige at the scene. Official because all of these, some people think that baccarat is a very complicated and only suitable for wealthy people playing games. In fact, this is not the case. Baccarat is the most easy to grasp one of the game, the strategy did not bet less and less, complicated.
This part will help you understand what you baccarat is the chances of winning what is, and how to take the right decisions, and increase your chances of winning.
Here are some people think that the probability of baccarat win would ask general questions:
Baccarat: Where is the best option
Manufacturers betting, casino s advantage, only 1.17 percent, and between the Home Betting, like Dayu and 1.35 percent. Therefore, you can see its appeal. But you must also remember that the majority of casino gambling will be taken after the bookmakers to win the five percent Committee. This will tell you, if the bet wins the possibility of larger, also is the best bet.
Baccarat: Should we bet drew
This is generally not recommended by the gambling experts, because the grantor the opportunity to draw a small victory. However, because of its very high odds (8:1, 2:1, and more general), making it for those who want to make money quickly, the players or those in improvisation and the feeling that the audience is irresistible. If you choose not to gamble, draw, then do not expect to win soon. If you choose to gamble and won the tie, to congratulate you!
Baccarat: How many poker game when you choose, it is an important factor, which is licensing the use of volume and neglect, it is not intentional. Below, you will be able to use the card game, less the number of Vice-Chairman, the greater your advantage. Poker series in the form of the left column, the Middle East, is a betting choice, the most recent of these is the probability of winning bets.
