Atlantic City, as a whole, suffered in the year 2009 because of the tough economy across the country, but it really suffered in the gambling industry as each casino saw a decline in revenue. There is some good news out of Atlantic City though in terms of revenue reports. The month of March saw only a small decline in revenue for the casinos after double digit declines in revenue over a span of a couple of months. The revenue for the casinos fell just 5.6 percent in the month of March for 2010. The casinos saw a revenue of $300.8 million in March of 2010 compared to $318.4 million in March of 2009. The only casino in the city with higher revenue was Harrah’s, according to a report released by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission.

A new, $75 million casino is in the works for Tunica, and Askew Nixon Ferguson Architects is the company that has been selected to design the brand new casino. The companies that chose Askew Nixon was Abston-McKay Ventures LLC and Lakes Entertainment Inc. The casino will be named the Sportsman Casino and Lodge. The design for the brand new casino is scheduled to be complete by the month of October, with construction on the new casino beginning towards the end of the 2010 year, and the casino could open to the public by the end of 2011. A representative from Askew Nixon had the following to say about the company’s biggest deal in a very long time:

Penn National Gaming has reported that it has experienced first quarter revenue of $592.3 million. In a press release from the company, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Penn National Gaming, Peter M. Carlino, had the following to say:

States across the country have been drafting legislation that would regulate and tax poker and gambling players on the Internet, with some of the states ratifying the new legislation and other states vetoing this legislation. One such state, that of Florida, has finally received new poker laws it had been anticipating for quite some time. The new poker laws have been passed by both the Florida Senate and the Florida House and poker players across the state are waiting in anticipation for the legislation to be signed by the governor and approved by the Department of Interior. The new laws would provide the state of Florida with uncapped poker.

There has been plenty of arguing back and forth between state legislators regarding state revenue shares, renovations, and regulations of Delaware’s three casinos but an agreement has been made regarding table games. Table games in the state of Delaware first made their debut in the Harrington Raceway and Casino at the very end of May, on Memorial Day weekend. A trial run of the new table games at the casino took place four days prior to the casino opening them to the public. The table games available for play include blackjack, roulette, craps and poker. This was called a soft opening, which was required by the state’s lottery office, to allow the casino to fix any problems with the table games and the dealers. Harrington’s CEO, Patti Key, had the following to say:

There are millions of people across the world who play the game of blackjack, the traditional version and all of its variants, in casinos and on the Internet on almost a daily basis. This means that each player has their own strategy that they employ from hand to hand. Their strategy can change from hand to hand or stay the same. A player’s strategy might change as their game playing skill improves over the years but not every player will change his or her strategy as they get older. Some players stick with the very first strategy they used from day one because it has been successful since they began playing the game.

One of the newest versions of the game of blackjack is being played by thousands of gamblers at the Red Hawk Casino in El Dorado County. The newest derivative of the game of blackjack is known as Blackjack Switch. This new version of 21 allows gamblers to switch up some of their top cards between two hands, which helps the gambler maximize the percentage of winning, or even their percentage of losing, depending on how the cards fall. The beginning of the game starts with the players placing equal bets on two betting positions. The dealer then proceeds to deal two separate blackjack hands to each player at the table.

The iPad, the new newest piece of technology released by Apple, has sold thousands of pieces across the world since its debut a couple of months ago. The iPad allows people to do thousands of activities on this device no matter where they are located at the time of use. It has an e-reader, a map, the Internet and many other applications. One such application that is going to become one of the most popular is the blackjack application. This application, released by Spin3, allows iPad owners to play their favorite gambling game on the go whether they are sitting on a bus, riding a train, or flying across the United States.

Designing and building a casino is a large task for the company chosen to complete the job but it is an even tougher job when you are in charge of designing appealing restaurants for new casinos or existing ones that need a fresh start. Designing a restaurant in a strip mall is difficult enough without the added pressure of having it be located in a casino where millions of people will see it each year. Floss Barber is one of those restaurant designers who is responsible for some of the venues located in the Sands Casino Resort in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Barber is the chief executive officer and interior designer of Barber Inc. Barber is in the midst of designing the entire SugarHouse Casino, including its entire gaming floor and food and beverage venues.

There have been heated debates over the past couple of years across the country regarding the regulation of online poker websites and online gambling. Those arguments have occurred in almost every state’s Congress and even in the Nation’s Congress. Some states want to regulate gambling on the Internet so that the players are protected from scams and other misfortunes, while other states do not want to touch the online gaming industry. Some states are only interested in regulating online gambling for the sole purpose of accumulating more revenue for their state in hopes of fixing their state’s budget deficit. A bill from the state of Maryland might allow the public residing in the state the opportunity to vote on table games.