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Alabama is a southern state located in “the Heart of Dixie”, with a rich history dating back to the Civil War. It is known for its Magnolia trees, lush gardens, grand old historic homes, and southern hospitality. Alabama, with a population of over 4,500,000, is adjacent to Georgia, Mississippi, and Florida. The capital of Alabama is Montgomery, which was the first capital of the Confederacy.

Alabama casinos are for the most part bingo casinos, which are run by Native Americans. Casinos can only be run on Native American land, since there is no legalized gambling as such in the state of Alabama. The revenue from the Alabama casinos, as a result, is not taxed by the state of Alabama, since Native American tribes own them. The majority of gambling in Alabama can be found at the horse racing tracks and dog races, in addition to a few slot machines, video gambling machines, and pull-tab cards at these locations.

There are three Alabama casinos, all located within 20 minutes from the capital of Montgomery, that do a thriving business. The Creek Entertainment Center in Atmore is open for gambling Monday through Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 12 Midnight, and Friday and Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. There are 1,000 bingo seats for live games, 200 electronic bingo machines, a number of pull-tab card selections, and one restaurant at the Creek Entertainment Center. The largest of the three Alabama casinos is the Tallapoosa Entertainment Center in Montgomery. The Tallapoosa is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week for casino gambling. There are 480 electronic bingo seats in 21,000 square feet of gaming space, with a full bar and grill for added convenience.

The list of Alabama casinos also includes the Riverside Entertainment Center, located in Wetumpka, which is run by Native Americans as well. The Riverside casino is open 24 hours a day, Monday through Saturday, from 12:00 Noon to closing time, and Sunday, from 1:00 p.m. to closing time. This Alabama casino has 16,000 square feet of gambling area, a large selection of over 530 slot machines, and an onsite restaurant.

Alabama could profit enormously from having casinos located along the Gulf Coast, both onshore and on riverboats. This would encourage competition between Alabama and its neighboring state, Mississippi. The revenue to be gained from legalizing Alabama casinos and the boost it would provide to the economy may hopefully spur the state government to open Alabama to legalized gambling in the near future.

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Guatemala is situated in Central America bordering Mexico, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador, with the Pacific Ocean on the southwest border and the Caribbean Sea on the northeast border. Its location, culture, and history make Guatemala a favorite spot of tourists from around the world.

The only Guatemala casino is situated in Guatemala City, which is also the capital city of the country and is called the Fantastic Casino. The Fantastic Casino offers for your gambling pleasure three table games, of which two are for blackjack and one is for roulette, as well as 190 slot machines. You are required to be 18 years of age or more in order to participate in any gambling in the Guatemala Fantastic Casino, and the same rule applies for consumption of alcoholic beverages. It is advised to carry recent photo identification with you when visiting the Guatemala casino, even though they do not solicit the same on a regular basis. Those new to gambling can also find free lessons offered periodically by the friendly Fantastic Casino staff, which will initiate you to the thrill and fun of the gambling world.

Spanish is the official language spoken in Guatemala; however, due to the high number of tourists visiting each year, many locals understand and speak fluent English. This is true especially with those that work in the Guatemala Fantastic Casino, restaurants, bars, and hotels where tourists are part of the daily interaction.

A Guatemala casino is a legal gambling facility, but they also practice and enjoy other forms of legal gambling such as bingo and keno. There are lottery facilities, as well, but those are mostly restricted for the locals and printed in the local language. Then too, you must be a Guatemalan citizen in order to participate in the same, unless you play the scratch and win lottery cards, which are made available to both tourists and locals alike.

Locals enjoy the thrill of gambling as well as the tourists, and therefore there are plans in the future to expand gambling facilities with other Guatemalan casinos as soon as possible. Meanwhile, you can enjoy the rich history and ancient ruins of the country, as well as the many water activities during the daytime or when you are away from the casino.

While traveling in Central America, you’ll find that Guatemala is a country of charming and welcoming people.

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Slot machines in casinos are the top money earner. In the late 90’s the slot machine builder, IGT came out with a new machine called Visions. They were simply already everyday common casino slot machines with an added feature, a bonus. Most of these came out as a monitor located somewhere in the top section of the machine. Ninety percent of these machines were beatable slot machines. Yes beatable, you can win on slots! How you ask? It was secret that was actually a very simple concept.

A traditional slot machine has a random generator which is activated and chooses the spin the moment your first credit is activated. This is what determines what you hit on the pay line and what the machines final percentages will be. Traditionally the higher you go in denomination on a slot, the better the percentage it is set. So how do you win?

On a Vision machine from IGT the difference is this. The percentages on the pay line is far less than a traditional machine. This is because some of the percentage is added to the bonus on the Visions. This bonus which is usually found in the video screen can be many different ones. Have you ever seen a picture of a cartoon looking cherry pie in a monitor on top of a cherry pie slot machine? Or a picture of a diamond mine that has a little cartoon looking screen flashing by while you play. These are two of the many IGT Visions we are discussing.

There are hundreds of different styles of beatable IGT Visions, the Cherry Pie and Diamond Mine are two of the most popular machines here. As an example we will go into the details on the Diamond Mine. The Diamond Mine (like almost all IGT Visions) has a video screen at the top. There will be 3 columns that hold up to 10 Diamonds each. The traditional version is on a Double Diamond machine. On the reels all is the same except the added diamond. Not the Double Diamond emblems that represent 2 x on the pay line, but actual graphics of a diamond. This diamond does not count for anything on the pay line. It only adds 1 ,2 , or 3 diamonds (depending if you bet 1,2, or 3) into the columns above on the video screen when you hit a diamond on the adjacent reel.

When you get 10 diamonds in any one column, you get 10 credits. There are simply 2 things to know about a Diamond Mine.

1) How many Diamonds must it already have? (How many Diamonds are needed on the machine before you can play it with a positive expectation)

2) How many coins do you need to bet each spin. (This depends on the pattern of Diamonds divided in the 3 columns).

The Diamond Mine is one of the least volatile beatable slots (bonus comes very fast) of all the Visions and why it is one of the most popular with ‘Hustlers’ that have a short bankroll. We will provide a link below to a website with the full information.

One last note:

If you ever played a lot of slots, I bet this happened to you. You noticed it seemed like every time you were on certain machines, someone was over your shoulder watching you play. If it was a IGT Vision there is a good chance there was indeed! These are the guys that knew about this long ago and the same people that eventually caused many to be taken out of casinos. They would tell friends about it until so many people knew about it, they would literally almost break out in a fight when a machine was left with a “Full Bonus”.

Those days are far gone, which is honestly a good thing for someone trying to just have a good time and not blow all their cash in the casino. The reason they are gone, is there are FAR less beatable slots today in casinos so there are far less people doing it today.

Now there may be hot spots that come up from time to time, but honestly I would tell you that this is really nothing more than good knowledge to know so that you can apply it the next time you run across a casino that still carries these machines. Believe one thing, beating slot machines is very real! The editor of this article did it personally for 4 years!

For a long time, gamblers in West Virginia had to travel somewhere else to play blackjack games, craps games, roulette games, etc. The only casino gambling action available to them was slot machine gambling and horse betting. But recently, Wheeling Island Gaming and Mountaineer Casino Racetrack and Resort received permission to add table games to their offerings. So the gamblers who used to travel to Indiana can now get their blackjack fix a little closer to home.

Blackjack isn’t the only new game that’s available to gamblers in the area. Texas holdem grows ever more popular, and both of the locations already mentioned now have poker card rooms where aspiring Doyle Brunsons can now go all-in and hope they don’t get a bad flop.

Wheeling Island Gaming

Wheeling Island Gaming is located on an island in the Ohio River. The casino offers a tropical island ambience including a waterfall and multiple faux-palm trees. The island itself is only about 2 miles long, and Wheeling Island Casino offers several restaurants and bars. Be warned that this casino is extremely popular, and the blackjack games there are a big attraction. You should be prepared to wait if you want to play blackjack at any stakes lower than $50 per hand. (The higher stakes tables aren’t as crowded.)

Gamblers who are tired of slot machines, blackjack, and craps can step outside and spend some time betting on the dog races that are also offered at the location. Or if you’re not the rough and rugged outdoors-y type, you can watch the races from inside as well.

Mountaineer Casino Racetrack

The Mountaineer Casino Racetrack is located in the countryside, somewhat removed from the rest of civilization. Like Wheeling Island Gaming, the Mountaineer offers multiple restaurants and bars. They have a radically different decor and theme though, favoring a 1920’s gangster/speakeasy decor over the tropical island theme present at Wheeling Island. The casino is a little bit larger, and finding a lower stakes blackjack table with a seat open is a little bit easier here.

And if you get tired of gambling, a golf resort is located nearby, so you can get some fresh air and exercise while taking a break from the tables and the slot machines.

Some Blackjack Advice

If you’re new to blackjack strategy, here are a few tips for how to minimize the house edge:

• When you’re not sure about the correct play, assume that the dealer has a ten as her hole card, and also assume that you’re going to be dealt a ten. The deck has more tens in it than any other card, so this is a decent assumption about what’s going to happen next, and the basic strategy decisions become pretty obvious.
• Always split aces and eights. If you’ve got aces, you get twice as many chances at a blackjack by splitting. And you’ll often draw a ten when you hit. 10+8=18, which is a mighty respectable blackjack hand any time.
• Never split fours, fives, or tens. A pair of fours is a hard total of eight, which means you’re next card, if it’s a ten, will be an eighteen, which is a mighty good hand. (Two hands with a total of fourteen each would be a bummer to play though.) A pair of fives is a total of ten, so doubling down is a good idea here, since you’re hoping to catch an ace for a 21 or a ten for a total of 20. And a pair of tens is a total of 20, which is an outstanding hand no matter what.
• Don’t play with money you can’t afford to lose.
• For more blackjack strategy advice, including a hand-by-hand guide to basic strategy, visit Blackjack Hero’s blackjack basic strategy tutorial.
• To practice a little blackjack online before your tips, try the free blackjack games available with no download at Free Flash Blackjack.

Good luck at the tables in West Virginia. The house has the edge unless you’re counting cards, but you’re the one having big fun.

Another great blackjack resource for new blackjack players is Blackjack Tactics.

Nestled between Thailand and Vietnam, Laos is one of the true jewels of Southeast Asia. Though some parts of it may not be as highly developed as its Indochina counterparts, there is one area where it has managed to keep up – casino gambling.

The Dansavanh Casino is located in Ban Muang Wa-Tha, Vientiane Province. This Laos casino brings in many jobs for the locals, who sometimes do not always have a chance to earn a living wage. The Dansavanh Casino is heavily reliant upon tourists in order to make money. Locals normally only work there and do not spend their wages on gambling. Because neighboring countries such as Thailand are littered with flashy, flamboyant casinos, Dansavanh Casino relies more on tourists from China, which borders Laos on the Northeastern tip (though they do get some Thai tourists in to gamble).

The Chinese government has always been very much against gambling, especially within its own borders. This is why places such as Laos can open up casinos and be instantly successful–gamblers from other countries. Because gambling is so taboo in China, the tourists flock to casinos in excitement to satisfy their curiosity, and they usually spend pretty big. Laos casinos have long benefited from this type of spending.

Recently, the Chinese government forbid their citizens to travel to other countries to gamble. This especially meant neighboring countries such as Thailand and Laos. Because Laos does rely so heavily on commerce with China for income, they agreed to enforce the ban. Though this greatly hurt the income of Dansavanh (amongst others), they are still open for tourists from other countries. It is also believed that many Chinese still come to Laos to gamble, but it is not always in big public Laos casinos, such as Dansavanh.

Casino gambling in Laos features many of the same games that you would find at any other casino around the world. Games such as blackjack, baccarat, roulette, slot machines, and video poker can be found in the casinos. You can even have private or public tables to play at, if you so desire.

Due to the beautiful resort communities and the ability to gamble within its borders, Laos will continue to be a force in the Southeast Asia tourist market. More beachfront properties and even resort casinos are in the planning and are likely to be opening in the near future. This provides not only entertainment, but also a source for jobs and government income for this underdeveloped nation.

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