SportsCrew.com, the most comprehensive portal for online gaming, announces the launching of a full section dedicated to casinos, with the latest casino information and live events coverage.

  SportsCrewCasino.com is dedicated to both the land based and online casino world today. "We already have the most comprehensive and informational sections for Sports Betting, Sportsbooks Reviews, Sports News and Poker; a dedicated section to Casinos was our next natural step" says Heather List, Casino Manager with SportsCrew; she went to say: "With the addition of casinos throughout the world, especially the hundreds of online casinos launched in the last several years, we had an overwhelming response to devote a full section to casinos."

SportsCrewCasino.com provides in-depth knowledge and coverage for those players, who are just learning the various casino games offered online as well as in land-based casinos. A significant percentage of this new section on the site offers rules and strategy for each game inside the casino. This varies from games like blackjack to less popular ones, such as baccarat.

As an unique feature, SportsCrewCasino.com offers an ever growing community of online casino experts and other online casino players just like you. Here you can interact with others, as well as posting your questions relating to casinos.

SportsCrew Casinos also offers top gaming-related news of the day, along with the 'featured casino of the week.' If you're looking for an online casino to register and get your gamble on, SportsCrew highlights some of the top sign-up bonuses currently being offered and gives real insight on the odds and services provided by the hundreds of online casinos out there.

And as a special treat, Heather List writes the 'Top of the World' column, where she views her recap of the current casino news and gaming industry throughout the world. Check out SportsCrewCasino.com today, and see all that SportsCrew has to offer you.

Whether it's just to peruse the casino section, learn about online sportsbooks and sportsbook reviews, read about the latest news in sports, progress your poker game or simply check out the beautiful SportsCrew models, SportsCrew.com something for everyone.

About Heather List:
Heather was born and raised in Miami, and graduated from Florida International University in 1999 with a degree in Finance. A true Casino Aficionado, Heather travels to Vegas on a regular basis on business and for vacation; which has allowed her to acquire invaluable experience on the most proficient ways to earn the best comps in Vegas and unique insight in the Casino industry. A true renaissance woman, she's an avid poker player and a truly skilled pool player, as she enjoys shooting pool on her weekly APA team

SportsCrew is a high-traffic sport and gaming portal (6,206 Alexa Ranking) that focuses its resources on the promotion and expansion of the online poker and gaming industry through print media, broadcast media, website marketing, guerrilla marketing strategies and live-event sponsorships. Visit SportsCrew.com today: SportsCrew.com.

The Casinos Reviews recent survey found over six hundred thousand slot machines and video lottery terminals at casinos in United States.

Nevada has the most slot machines of any state. The largest states by slot machine count are 175379 slots in Nevada, 56047slots in California, 42331 slots in Mississippi, 41322 slots in New Jersey, 29064 slots in Oklahoma, 28716 slots in Louisiana, 23010 slots in Michigan, 20749 slots in Minnesota and 17974 slots in Washington. The casinos in Nevada and a state by state listing are at Videocasinoreview.com/video-poker/Nevada-casinos.htm

The largest casinos in the United States are in Connecticut. The top casinos include: Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut has 7450 slots, Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut has 6300 slots, Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort in New Jersey has 4800 slots, Soaring Eagle Casino And Resort in Michigan has 4704 slots, Tropicana Casino And Resort in New Jersey has 4495 slots, Harrah's Atlantic City in New Jersey has 4200 slots, Mystic Lake Casino Hotel in Minnesota has 4000 slots,Showboat Hotel & Casino in New Jersey has 3970 slots, Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa in New Jersey has 3640 slots, Charles Town Races and Slots in West Virginia has 3500 slots, Caesars Atlantic City in New Jersey has 3301 slots, Harrah's Cherokee Smokey Mountains Casino in North Carolina has 3300 slots, Ameristar Casino - St. Charles in Missouri has 3247 slots, Resorts Casino Hotel in New Jersey has 3240 slots, Mountaineer Racetrack & Gaming Resort in West Virginia has 3200 slots, Seneca Niagara Falls Gaming in New York has 3200 slots, Grand Casino Coushatta in Louisiana has 3200 slots, Bally's - Las Vegas in Nevada has 3100 slots, Paris Las Vegas Casino Resort in Nevada has 3100 slots, Orleans The Hotel & Casino in Nevada has 3000 slots, Creek Nation Casino Tulsa in Oklahoma has 3000 slots. The casinos with the most slots machines are listed at Premierslots.com/slots-home.asp

Accounting for slot machines in United States is compounded by “video lottery terminals” that some Indian tribes claim are not slot machines. Some video lottery terminals look exactly like keno slot machines and appear to function in a similar manner. The casinos review approach was to count those establishments that were listed as casinos on major directories and their slot machines. The Casinos Reviews recent survey found over six hundred thousand slot machines and video lottery terminals at casinos in United States.

HR.com, the largest research and Web destination for Senior HR Professionals, today posted a Case Study on its site that details the successful experiences Station Casinos has been enjoying by implementing JobFlash in its recruitment process. The immediate impact of launching JobFlash at Station Casinos was the significant improvement in the quality of the applicants that the team has experienced across all 13 locations. In the five months since JobFlash was launched, Station Casinos has received resumes from approximately 37,000 candidates; the JobFlash system automatically scheduled appointments with some 13,000 qualified applicants for current positions at Station Casinos. In the study Station Casinos reports, "During the very first meeting after going live with the JobFlash system, there was one unanimous theme of feedback from the Recruiters – the candidate quality and volume had significantly and noticeably improved. Three layers of screening and a uniform process from sourcing to scheduling delivered the right candidate to our door in the shortest timeframe." The Case Study gives an overview of the development and growth of Station Casinos and the eventual need to source a partner to assist in the interview process. About HR.com Established in 1999, HR.com is the Trusted Advisor to HR Executives, connecting them with Peers, Best Practices, Industry Thought Leaders and Suppliers. HR.com is funded by the leading venture capital firm Ventures West. About JobFlash JobFlash is an award-winning phone-based automated recruiting software and service for the instant fulfillment of hourly workers. JobFlash's patent-pending voice-web solution facilitates real-time supply of labor to meet actual demand.

  
GameAbyss has long had their casinos directory and reviews, as well as the gambling search engine. Now the gambling community has a vote. Casino voting allows each casino, lottery, poker site, sportsbook, and more to place a vote box on their site.

Visitors may vote for the casinos with a ranking of either: poor, fair, good, very good, or excellent. Votes may be placed on the actual gambling site for visitors to vote, or users can vote directly at the GameAbyss Gambling portal. This is an important feature for gambling sites that do not have a large marketing budget, or are brand new.

If they provide good service and experience their users may love the site but how do they get the word out to others? By placing a vote box on their site, online casinos can now level the playing field and let their users recommend them to others through the vote.

GameAbyss has now split their gambling categories to sort based on reviews and also sort based on votes. This is a change for lesser known sites to become known through the use of their loyal user base.

To obtain a vote box each gambling site must make sure they are in the GameAbyss directory. If not they can submit their site and then obtain the voting code.
Last month GameAbyss released the first gambling weblog community, another first for the gambling portal. Now GameAbyss launches the first online casinos voting system for users.

About GameAbyss:
Corporate site is found here at GameAbyss.biz. GameAbyss manages a suite of entertainment portals, primarily GameAbyss.com, GameAbyss.net and PartnerHits.com. GameAbyss.com consists of human edited reviews of online casinos and gambling sites. Poker, Casinos, Sports Books, Lotteries, Bingo and more. GameAbyss.net is a PPC (Pay Per Click) search engine of online gambling sites providing millions of relevant results. PartnerHits.com is a website page exchange allowing gambling sites, and related sites, to trade their exit traffic with other gambling sites for free. GameAbyss Gambling Blog provides a blog and RSS feed for the latest online gambling news and casinos promotions.

Disclaimer:
GameAbyss.com Corp. (GameAbyss, GameAbyss.com, GameAbyss.net, "We") is an independent directory, search engine, and information service not affiliated with any casino, we only display advertisements and are not engaged in the business of betting or wagering nor do we operate a casino. As we are an information service only we do not accept any wagers at all, neither over the Internet, nor over the phone, nor in person. GameAbyss.com Corp. websites, affiliates, subsidiaries, and all other GameAbyss.com Corp. related websites and communications are to be used for informational purposes only. It is your responsibility to ensure you meet all age and other regulatory requirements before entering casinos, or other online gaming sites, or placing a wager. You are responsible for determining if it is legal for you to play any particular games or place any particular wager and we do not assume any liability.

  Group taps into new media space in casino setting. Adult targeted branding right on the tables, chips, cards & slot machines.

Casino Media Group has launched a new media network that places advertising directly inside the Casino on gambling table felts, on poker chips, on playing cards and in surrounding POS, the company announced today. Casino Media is in discussions with major beer, spirits, pharmaceutical and lifestyle brands to launch the first wave of media in Q1 2005.

Casino Media Group has negotiated exclusive arrangements with more then 150 casinos around the US giving them unprecedented access to the casino floor and to 60 million adult consumers who made almost 300 million casino trips last year.

“Casinos are an untapped adult media landscape,” said Walter Marcinowski, Marketing Director at CMG. “The audience is more affluent, they are predisposed to enjoying, to traveling, to spending and to trying new things.”

CMG data describes a vibrant adult experiential setting with a higher than average median income, a very desirable advertising target. Women comprise 54% of the market. Demographic gaming preferences also allow the advertiser to target specific groups such as 21 to 34 yr old males who prefer poker. Females in the same group will play Slots or Black Jack.

“Of course, the opportunity extends beyond the Casino. With all the media interest in Poker as spectator sport, there are all kinds of marketing tie-ins we can create,” said Marcinowski, “including night club and hotel cross promotions, as well as sampling and events.”

Even the commemorative chips are a hot item, because they have an impact on the consumers for years after the promotion is over.”

Professional blackjack player and strategy creator Andrew Johnson also known as AJ just launched his winning blackjack course at Black-jack-secrets.com

He will be teaching how he has been making a fortune literally robbing the casinos legally for years playing blackjack without the use of the now famous card counting strategies which the casinos combat by banning professional players.

Blackjack has long been considered one of the few games where you, the gambler, can achieve an edge over the casino. For some reason the casinos seem to think that after you have mastered the game of blackjack that you, the honest gambler, needs to be penalized. There are very few blackjack players that have the ability and or desire to become a world class card counter. This select group of very few players now have to hide their identity in order to gamble at a casino, playing their favorite game, blackjack

Law-makers around the world are beginning to agree with casino executives that drastic measures are needed to prevent skilful players from beating the game of blackjack.

Blackjack was derived from the French game vingt-et-un or twenty-one. Until about the mid 1950's, it was believed that the game was a lot like baccarat and the house had the edge because the player played first.

In 1956, a paper was published by Baldwin, Cantey, Maisel, and McDermott in the "Journal of the American Statistical Association" laying out a set of recommendations for the play of the game, these recommendations were very close to today's basic strategy.

The following year, they published a manual for the public with this system of play, but it attracted little interest until, Edward O. Thorp(PhD), saw the paper and understood that there were parts of the game that had been missed in the past. The first being that the composition of the deck changed with each card dealt, also, some combinations of the remaining cards favoured the house and others favoured the players.

In 1962, Dr. Thorp published his now famous book, "Beat the Dealer", which contained a simple yet profound message that decks of cards have memory. Each hand is dependent on the makeup of the deck at that time and by paying attention to the cards already played, the player can almost predict what will be appearing in the deck next.

Andrew Johnson has been playing blackjack as a business for over 10 years. He holds blackjack seminars and schools around the world and January 24th he decided to reveal his personal winning system for beating blackjack.

The newly launched website is called at Black-jack-secrets.com and anyone interested in knowing the insider secrets about the game of blackjack and how to profit from gambling should take a good look because AJ is a legend when it comes to professional blackjack!

To Have Happy Guests, Casinos Must Look Inward; Happy Employees Create An Enjoyable Gaming Experience 
   
  All casinos want their guests to have an enjoyable experience at their property. Guests are more likely to have fun if the casino's employees also are having fun.

To Have Happy Guests, Casinos Must Look Inward;
Happy Employees Create An Enjoyable Gaming Experience

"One way to have happy employees is to roll out an incentive and recognition program," says Martin R. Baird, president of Phoenix, Ariz.-based Robinson & Associates, Inc., a guest service consulting firm for the gaming industry. "Most people are thrilled when they are recognized and rewarded for doing a good job."

Baird offers the following five tips on the importance of happy employees and how to show them their hard work is appreciated.

Number 1: If employees have a poor attitude or do not want to be at work, the casino's guests will immediately know it. "Guests pick up on attitudes very quickly," Baird says. "It's not easy to enjoy yourself when those around you have a negative outlook. Guests will not go to a casino that isn't fun."

Number 2: Before starting an employee incentive and recognition program, determine what behaviors you're look for from your staff. "Make this decision first so you know which behaviors to reward," Baird suggests. "Smiling certainly projects a positive attitude. What else do you want to reward?"

Number 3: Assign an unbiased, third party to observe and decide whether employees are performing the way you want them to. "A third party has no stake in the outcome and that results in fair treatment of all employees," Baird says. "If bias intrudes, your program will fail."

Number 4: Decide what the rewards will be. Baird says studies show that a tangible gift is preferred over cash. "There are plenty of gift companies that can give you ideas," Baird says. "Research them on the Internet. They have hundreds of gifts to choose from."

Number 5: Give the reward as soon as possible after the desired behavior is observed. "Employees may not make the connection if the reward is presented three or four weeks after they did the right thing," Baird notes. "Quick feedback reinforces the desired behavior."

Owned by Lydia and Martin Baird, Robinson & Associates, Inc., is a guest service consulting firm that provides specialty guest service training, management skills training, presentation skills training, team building programs and employee incentive and recognition programs for the gaming industry. The Bairds have a Web site, Casinocustomerservice.com, that's devoted to helping casinos improve their guest service so they can compete and increase revenues. Robinson & Associates may be reached by contacting Lydia at 480-991-6421 or at e-mail protected from spam bots. Robinson & Associates is a member of the Casino Management Association and an associate member of the National Indian Gaming Association.

Just A Few Short Months After The Search Engine Giants Google, MSN, Yahoo and Others Drop Casinos and Gaming Properties From Their Listings RabbitLuck.com Wishes Them Many Thanks

  Rabbitluck.com wishes many thanks to the search engine giants for their actions against casinos, gamers and gamblers alike.

  Rabbitluck.com wishes many thanks to the search engine giants for their actions against casinos, gamers and gamblers alike. This new casino and gambling only search engine welcomes any and all casino and gaming advertisers and affiliates to be a part of the new revolution in casino advertising. Rabbitluck.com offers its clients a better search and more economical ppc marketing solution than the giant searches, with more relevant top categories specific to their marketing needs.

Rabbitluck.com offers marketing resources in a wide variety from pay per click ads, pop-unders, banners, classified ads, exit pages to top search engine listings, whatever the advertiser chooses we’re sure they will be satisfied with the results. Not to mention our underlying network (Jumpat.com) generates one million unique search clicks a day. That in itself would be reason to jump on board and get your advertising in place before the giant searches drop your ads and you’re left wondering what happened to you sales.

Rabbitluck.com caters to the consumer also, where there are gambling ads their will surely be players. Gamblers will be assured of finding all their favorite card games, slots, sports books and lotteries. Every aspect of gaming and gambling will be represented and listed on Rabbitluck.com’s search, after all we are the largest gambling search engine online.

For those advertisers that are worried and unsure of their advertising future stop by Rabbitluck.com and get your free advertising and take Rabbitluck.com for a test drive. Advertisers and consumers alike will not be disappointed with the results.

Good Casinos.Net Expands No Strings Attached $500.00 Free Cash Giveaway Contest

  Due to overwhelming response to their free cash contest Good Casinos.net announced today that they would add a $25.00 weekly and a $500.00 yearly “Mega Draw” giveaways to their already successful $100.00 monthly “Cash Draw” giveaway.

Due to overwhelming response to their free cash contest Good Casinos.net announced today that they would add a $25.00 weekly and a $500.00 yearly “Mega Draw” giveaways to their already successful $100.00 monthly “Cash Draw” giveaway.

The contest is easy to enter and does not require the giving away any personal information just an acknowledgement that you are of legal age and signing up for their news letter.

Winners are notified by email when their name is drawn and the winnings are deposited directly into their Neteller account they are then automatically eligible for the $500.00 Mega Draw.

Good Casinos.Net Marketing Director Said The contest was started back in October of 2003 we had no idea that it would take off with such a bang!

We believe the success is due to our no strings attached method.
Most promotions of this sort have restrictions on the money, like only depositing into a casino account or using the money on their website only.

Not our contest, the money is deposited directly into your Neteller account, yours to do with what you want we believe that is what has made it such a huge success.

Expanding the contest is just one of the many things we have been working on lately. Look for other promotions rolling out from Good Casinos.Net in the near future.

Allot of online gamblers comb the net for casinos that offer deposit bonuses. Savvy past winners using the prize money to make the deposit can get a 200% match bonus from online casinos, and an additional Neteller deposit bonus of 10% getting basically $310.00 in their casino accounts to possibly win even more.

“You are virtually gambling on the net free!” Says one past winner “Nowhere else will you find a contest like this!”

Neteller.com is an online payment solution like Paypal. Anyone can easily open an account in a few minutes and transfer their contest winnings to any bank account, or spend it online at participating Neteller online retailers.

Entering the contest is free for anyone of legal age and void where prohibited, taxed, or otherwise restricted.