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Apr

14

Gaming Hits Top 100 List

By Simon Collins on April 14, 2008 1:27 PM |

The Real Business Hot 100 shows gaming have put on the afterburners despite the credit crunch in 2007. Entrepreneurs having a flutter with online gambling are cashing in, Companies such as Cashcade's (63rd) Patrick Southon (owner of Getminted.com) and King.com's (35th) Riccardo Zacconi and Toby Rowland.King.com is now the world's largest skills gaming site, hosting more than 80 million games every month.

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Apr

14

Doh!!!!! Movie makers drop a clanger in gambling blockbuster!

By Graham Clifford on April 14, 2008 12:06 PM |

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Artistic licence went too far on the set of hit gambling movie 21 it seems as it transpires that there are a number of mistakes relating to the appearence of Las Vegas in the film.

Critics have referred to a scene that was meant to take place in a room at the Hard Rock casino.

Caesars Palace and the Bellagio could both be seen through the window, despite neither resort being anywhere near the Hard Rock in real life.

As well as the Caesars gaff, a similar inaccuracy is pointed out by a user on the Movie Mistakes website, who said the Wynn casino, which features in the film, was not built during the time when 21 is set.

"What wrecked the credibility for me wasn't their methods or that they could get away with this or even the big table-turning sting that ends the movie," the Southtown newspaper review read.

"It was the movie's lapse in attention to Vegas detail."

The movie was released in the UK last Friday and it's expected that it will continue to rake in massive revenue.

Apr

10

Mfuse Bags the Cash

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By Simon Collins on April 10, 2008 8:22 AM | | Comments (0)
Mark Blandford has become a significant investor in Mfuse as well as taking up a non -execuative role with the mobile gambling firm. The funding is to allow product expansion for paddy Power Mobile, ladbrokes Mobile, and Stan James Mobile platforms. The management team feel it is time to scale up their operations to dominate the mobile gaming sector.

Apr

9

21 Bringing Down The House

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By Simon Collins on April 9, 2008 1:42 PM | | Comments (0)
The Movie Twenty One which is based on the activity of card counting is hitting UK screens.
 
Since the writing of the book "Bringing Down the House" which is the basis for the film "21" it is amazing how many M.I.T. card counters are coming out of the woodwork. While previously card counters made a point of trying to disguise themselves, now they are openly appearing in every form of media that exists. I doubt if many of them will ever be able to seriously continue their card counting activities especially in US casino operations, which take the necessary precaution of tracking them.
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Apr

3

Britain braced for arrival of top gambling film

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By Graham Clifford on April 3, 2008 2:13 PM | | Comments (0)

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Reporters in the States have gone pun-tastic in their praise of the latest blockbuster film to hit the big screen.

The gambling drama "21" they say 'hit the jackpot in it's first weekend opening in number one position in the US and taking in about £12 million over two days.'

So why all the fuss? Well for one the film is based on a true gambling story and stars the Oscar winning actor Kevin Spacey.

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"21" tells the story of a team of MIT whiz kids who were inspired by their professor to count cards at blackjack tables in Las Vegas Casinos and rake in massive profits.

Spacey plays the role of the student's coach in the film which is due to be released here in the UK next weekend (April 11th).

Its claimed the film is inspired by Ben Mezrich's best-seller "Bringing the house down", the true story of some Massachusetts students who took Vegas by storm in the early to mid ninties.

The film attracted much criticism in pre-production over a racial issue. Although the main characters upon which the film 21 is based were Asian-American, studio executives determined that "most of the film's actors would be white, with perhaps an Asian female."

Now though it's time to see one of gambling's most succesful and legendary dream teams return for one last hustle. It's a gambler's dream, miss it at your peril.

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