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.

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 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.

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.

The height of the 2009 tourism season in Atlantic City runs from April through October no matter what the weather might throw at the region. Atlantic City enjoys such a long tourism season because of its many casinos. The tourism season in 2009 was full of strife though. The United Auto Workers were constantly protesting on the Atlantic City boardwalk in support of the casino dealers and other staff members who were working without a contract. The United Auto Workers won their first election in Atlantic City back in March of 2007. Dealers in the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino and Bally’s Atlantic City voted to organize in 2007 and the officials at these two casinos have decided to appeal the vote. The other two casinos where dealers voted to organize the Caesar’s Atlantic City and Tropicana Casino and Resort.

“The world has changed, and Atlantic City has changed. In 1978, Atlantic City desperately needed hotel rooms and nightclubs and the amenities that go along with a first-class hotel. Five hundred rooms made all the sense in the world. But where we are today, you can go to Philadelphia or Delaware or other jurisdictions where the entry fee to build is much lower,” Whelan said. “You can get in for tens of millions of dollars. In Atlantic City, 500 rooms costs you $800 million, minimum, and nobody’s writing checks for $800 million or $1 billion nowadays.”

Pippa Flanders, an up and coming poker star in not only the United States but also around the world, has won another major event. This time Flanders won the PartyPoker Women’s World Open IV by defeating fellow countrywoman Helen Firth, both from England. The tournament cost $3,000 to buy-in and featured 24 of the world’s finest poker players. The tournament took two days to play and included the inaugural winner of the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event Annette “Annette 15″ Obrestad. Other notable contestants in this tournament included Team PartyPoker pro and ‘High Stakes Poker’ commentator Kara Scott, the tournament’s defending champion Aisling Collins, runner-up Kim Wooka, the PartyPoker Women’s Open II champion Soraya Homam, Christine Klecz and Maria Demetriou. All of these women were eliminated in the preliminary rounds of the tournament but the final table was still an incredibly epic battle.

“He will need to have a huge passion for the gaming industry, be in touch with the digital age, and understand how to run one of the biggest retail estates in the country.”