Vegas report "The gamblers source" Issue 1 Volume 1 
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The wild growth of the gaming industry;
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Never has anything enjoyed the phenomenal growth of the gaming industry, with
new Casinos growing at a rate so rapid it is virtually impossible to keep up.
Gaming technology is enjoying no less an explosive growth. A recent trip to
Las Vegas, after a 16 month absence, just blew me away. Sinatras theme song
NY NY became a Casino reality along with Monte Carlo, and the crowds just
keep coming. 

Down with the old up with the new
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In the past four years Vegas has witnessed the demise of many Casinos like
the Dunes, the Sands and the Marina to mention a few. All of them quickly
replaced with huge gambling palaces with thousands of rooms and gigantic
Casinos. Three new Casinos are being built as we write, one to replace the
Dunes, one for the Sands and a new one with a Parissiene theme just down
the strip from ballys'. 

Ballys MGM Shuttle
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Of course the shuttle monorail from Bally's to MGM Grand has now been 
running for close to two years, seems like yesterday it was in the 
planning stages. Now a neat streamlined train carrying passengers back 
and forth every few minutes is old news. For those of you who have not
been to Vegas in a few years, your in for a real surprise.

New machines new technology new graphics.
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On my last trip to Lake Tahoe and Las vegas I saw for the first time the
new Wheel of fortune machines, quite exciting. Patterned after the real
game, when the correct symbol appears on the third reel and on the middle 
line the player is eligible to spin the "Wheel of fortune" and depending 
on where the wheel stops, wins the prize indicated by the wheel.
The Imperial Palace features some new machines with "knockout" graphics.
Any one of four games can be chosen by touching the screen. My favourite
was fort knox. When all the right conditions are met the combination to
the safe at Fort Knox unlocks the safe and coins (graphics) cascade into
the "graphic" hopper and apprear as credits you can cash in or play.

Virtual Casinos the latest craze
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I get lots a Email asking about the on line Casinos. The questions are
almost always on the honesty of On line casinos. Are they fair, do they
pay off, how will I get my money, in short are they rigged? My answer is
alwyas the same. Like land casinos in Vegas or anywhere else, they have
more to lose than they have to gain by being rigged. I believe for the
most part the games are as random as technology will allow, that is 
where randomness is the essence of the game such as Roulette and Black 
jack. The virtual slots are set similar to any slot machine found in 
Vegas, Reno, Tahoe or anywhere elese in the country. As most know, slots 
are set to pay back, at least the legal minimum, and up to anything over
the legal minimum determined by the Casino. Available technology can
provide similar results.

Here comes the commercial;
Some on-line Casinos featured on my gambling site at ;
http://www.netcore.ca/~billk/vegas_casino.html
Starluck Casino, Casino-on-net, Royal Magic Casino and ElGordo lottery. 
Patronize the above casinos and lotteries.

The unforgiving internet grapevine.
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Virtual Casinos engaging in rigged gaming would soon be found out and 
hounded out of the business. I can't imagine a worse fate, as a Virtual
casino operator, than being exposed as a fraud on the Internet. Perhaps
I'm being naive, but thats my take.  

I've kept this letter purposely short so as not to lose your interest
too soon. If you have enjoyed this letter my Email address is 
<billk@netcore.ca> I'd like to hear your comments and things you would 
like to read about in future issues.

Cheers
Bill Konrad (Interex NA)