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Maryland Casinos in Hiring Frenzy
Wednesday December 12, 2012
Last year Ohio casinos were frantic about getting enough casino employees hired and ready to work in the state's four new casinos. 2013 promises to bring another round of casino jobs as Maryland expects to expand from just three casinos to six. The casinos built in Ohio were all of moderate size, more like Tunica or Reno. Maryland already has two small race-track casinos, but the latest expansion brings Las Vegas style resorts to the state.
The new Maryland casinos are huge, with nearly 5,000 slot machines in place. Maryland Live! expects to be allowed to offer 24-hour gaming at the end of the month, and new live table games will be coming in 2013. Penn National's Hollywood Casino, in Perryville, MD is accepting applications for their dealing school scheduled for early next year.
Likewise, Maryland Live! in Hanover, MD is planning to hire 800 new dealers for their casino. Applications are currently being accepted for the school slated to begin January 7, 2013. Filling out the form for Hollywood casino or Maryland Live! is just the first step. You can expect to undergo a personal interview and skills assessment if your application is chosen. And, you will of course need to attend and graduate from the dealing school. Applications must be 21 years of age by the first day of class.
The new Maryland casinos are huge, with nearly 5,000 slot machines in place. Maryland Live! expects to be allowed to offer 24-hour gaming at the end of the month, and new live table games will be coming in 2013. Penn National's Hollywood Casino, in Perryville, MD is accepting applications for their dealing school scheduled for early next year.
Likewise, Maryland Live! in Hanover, MD is planning to hire 800 new dealers for their casino. Applications are currently being accepted for the school slated to begin January 7, 2013. Filling out the form for Hollywood casino or Maryland Live! is just the first step. You can expect to undergo a personal interview and skills assessment if your application is chosen. And, you will of course need to attend and graduate from the dealing school. Applications must be 21 years of age by the first day of class.
White Christmas for Reno - Tahoe Casinos
Monday December 10, 2012
With Northern California and Nevada already buffeted by several storms, the skiing in the Sierra Nevada's is looking good for the season. Another light storm is expected to bring a white Christmas for 2012, and the closest skiing to Reno's casino resorts, Mt. Rose, has a base of 35 - 70 inches. 80% of the terrain is available via lift, with Northwest Magnum 6, Blazing Zephyr 6 and Ponderosa open. All roads to Reno and Lake Tahoe are currently open with no controls.
If you have never skied, you can learn for as little as $44 at Mt. Rose. If you already ski, you might want to take advantage of some of the very reasonable ski packages at Reno casinos offered right now. Some of the great ski deals start at as low as $75 for a lift ticket and one night stay at casinos in Reno that are as close as 45 minutes from the slopes.
Of course you don't have to ski to enjoy Northern Nevada casinos during the winter season. Although the mountain passes will occasionally require chains, most driving is safe and sane, as the roads are well maintained even during storms. Although Lake Tahoe may require chains near the casinos on rare occasions, I can't ever remember needing them for driving in Reno.
However, most ski packages also offer transportation to and back from the ski resorts for $15. You can ski all day and gamble all night! Enjoy.
If you have never skied, you can learn for as little as $44 at Mt. Rose. If you already ski, you might want to take advantage of some of the very reasonable ski packages at Reno casinos offered right now. Some of the great ski deals start at as low as $75 for a lift ticket and one night stay at casinos in Reno that are as close as 45 minutes from the slopes.
Of course you don't have to ski to enjoy Northern Nevada casinos during the winter season. Although the mountain passes will occasionally require chains, most driving is safe and sane, as the roads are well maintained even during storms. Although Lake Tahoe may require chains near the casinos on rare occasions, I can't ever remember needing them for driving in Reno.
However, most ski packages also offer transportation to and back from the ski resorts for $15. You can ski all day and gamble all night! Enjoy.
Spending Your Christmas Bonus
Wednesday December 5, 2012
If you get a Christmas bonus this year, well good for you. My informal poll (20 people employed in differing businesses) shows 55 percent get something. Obviously 45 percent got nothing, that's pretty bad. On the bonus side the worst was a free turkey. The best was 10 percent of their base pay, because the business hit all their budget projections. However, the overall worst was a place that gave nothing at Christmas, and no raise this year, even after the company hit all their projections. That stinks.
I don't think of a Christmas bonus as something designed to retain employees. I see it as a year-end thank-you for your help keeping the business running all year - and that means even a business that didn't make all their goals should be sharing something, or they really are Scrooge's.
Now whether you got a bonus or not, you might be considering playing a little at the casino this holiday season. So, keep in mind that casinos tend to be generous (to their players) at this time of year. I've gotten several free play, free match play, free night stay, and free slot play coupons. Apparently the casinos need my bucks this year, and I'll probably oblige. The most interesting one I've gotten so far is for $100 in free slot play and I'm not sure how to approach it.
The deal is this: I get to play as long as I want on one machine of any denomination from 2-cents to $1. When I decide to quit, I get to keep anything I've won, or they rebate back to me anything I have lost, up to $100. I can't decide whether to play $1 video poker where I could win $4000 on a royal for free, but won't last more than a few minutes, or 25-cent video poker, where I'm likely to last an hour enjoying carefree play and will probably end-up getting my money back at the player's club. HMMM.
Online Poker Bonus
If you are able to play cash games online, this is a good time to join a poker site. The competition is getting heavier as European sites see the US market turning finally to soon-to-be-legalized intra-state games and they want to impress those of us in the States before it's too late. Clearing an online poker bonus takes time. You won't be able to do it quickly, but if you get a $100 bonus at work, you can deposit it and get double that at William Hill. So, $100 gets $200 in bonus.
If you've never tried to clear a bonus, you only get your original deposit to start with, but as you play more hands, the site continually adds available cash from your cleared bonus to your playing account. It's not that hard, but the US government currently say's you can't play (WHAAAA). That's going to change soon, and besides, some people are already playing!
I don't think of a Christmas bonus as something designed to retain employees. I see it as a year-end thank-you for your help keeping the business running all year - and that means even a business that didn't make all their goals should be sharing something, or they really are Scrooge's.
Now whether you got a bonus or not, you might be considering playing a little at the casino this holiday season. So, keep in mind that casinos tend to be generous (to their players) at this time of year. I've gotten several free play, free match play, free night stay, and free slot play coupons. Apparently the casinos need my bucks this year, and I'll probably oblige. The most interesting one I've gotten so far is for $100 in free slot play and I'm not sure how to approach it.
The deal is this: I get to play as long as I want on one machine of any denomination from 2-cents to $1. When I decide to quit, I get to keep anything I've won, or they rebate back to me anything I have lost, up to $100. I can't decide whether to play $1 video poker where I could win $4000 on a royal for free, but won't last more than a few minutes, or 25-cent video poker, where I'm likely to last an hour enjoying carefree play and will probably end-up getting my money back at the player's club. HMMM.
Online Poker Bonus
If you are able to play cash games online, this is a good time to join a poker site. The competition is getting heavier as European sites see the US market turning finally to soon-to-be-legalized intra-state games and they want to impress those of us in the States before it's too late. Clearing an online poker bonus takes time. You won't be able to do it quickly, but if you get a $100 bonus at work, you can deposit it and get double that at William Hill. So, $100 gets $200 in bonus.
If you've never tried to clear a bonus, you only get your original deposit to start with, but as you play more hands, the site continually adds available cash from your cleared bonus to your playing account. It's not that hard, but the US government currently say's you can't play (WHAAAA). That's going to change soon, and besides, some people are already playing!
WSOP Reader Poll - Go Back to Old Format
Friday November 30, 2012
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In a highly unscientific poll taken this past month by less than 100 unknown readers, 83% say Go back to the old way of showing the Championship table of the World Series of Poker. Let's face it, nobody wants to watch ice cubes melt, paint dry, or a player on the final table go "into the tank" and think about what to do on a hand for three minutes - every single round!
While early broadcasts of the WSOP by CBS Sports were less than perfect, I'd much rather watch that kind of recap from the 1980's than sit through another year of "live" broadcasts from ESPN that will likely kill me with. Even Doyle Brunson, who's been at the championship final table many times, used his Twitter account to tell his fans that the play was way too slow. He thought he'd pass watching the following year unless it was changed, perhaps with the aid of a "play clock" or timer of some sort. I agree.
In other news, the 79-year old Brunson also Tweeted that he has been diagnosed with been a rather slow-growth form of skin cancer - Squamous cell carcinoma. Our best wishes go out to him as he continues to play great live and tournament poker.
As for ESPN, I can't wait to hear what they have come up with for next year's final table so I can decide whether to watch or not.
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