The governing board of Las Vegas State University, chaired by Chancellor Roy L. Flush, is currently considering adding another college to our University, namely: The College of Online Gaming.
While no final decision has been made about the addition of this college, the board agrees it merits consideration.
Las Vegas State University is a fictional university located only online at: www.LasVegasState.com and is proud that its Chancellor, Dr. Roy L. Flush, now has a podcast available at iTunes.
March 17, 2006 in College of Online Gaming | Permalink | Comments (0)
Online Texas holdem poker tournaments are much talked about poker events these days. These tournaments have added to the craze and popularity of online holdem poker. The increasing popularity of the online poker tournaments is on the account of the glamorous TV telecasts of online poker tournaments such as World Series of Poker and World Poker tour. The poker professionals have acquired the celebrity status and enjoy heightened media coverage. Thanks to enormous popularity of online Texas holdem poker tournaments.
Online Poker Tournaments- Have the Fun without Paying for It!
Online Texas holdem tournaments are a sure way to add more thrill and fun to your gaming experience when you play poker online. The biggest advantage of playing in an online holdem poker tournament is that you can win large amounts and have virtually unlimited fun by paying just of fraction of what you would risk otherwise playing regular casino games. Most of the online Texas holdem tournaments act as a satellite of huge prize money tournaments of WSOP (World Series of Poker), WPT (World Poker Tour) and other high profile poker tournaments. This means that you get a chance to enter and play in these tournaments by winning small prize money online holdem poker tournaments.
You have to pay the buy-in towards the prize pot and a small fee to play in an online Texas holdem poker tournament. The buy in if you play a typical online poker tournament is at $6 and fee is$1. The fee is the amount charged by the poker room for organizing the poker tournaments. All the players in an online Texas holdem poker' tournament receive same amount of poker chips to play. The play goes on until the time one of the players wins all the chips of other players participating in that online holdem poker tournament. The player winning all the chips is the winner of online Texas holdem poker tournament and wins the prize pot. The prize pool money of online poker tournaments is divided among all the players who reach the final table of the online poker tournament. The winner of the tournament gets the lion's share of the prize pot and all the runners-ups share the remaining amount.
Besides winning the prize pot, the winner is given a free entry in an online poker tournament with larger prize money and series of such wins can ensure you a berth in any of the televised poker tournaments with millions of dollars as prize money.
July 05, 2006 in College of Online Gaming | Permalink | Comments (0)
The great thing about playing poker online is that you can pretty much play whenever you have some free time. Got 30 minutes to spare? Then just sign on, find a game you like and start playing. It's really that simple.
The only problem as I see it, there are so many different places to play online, how do you choose? By whoever offers the biggest bonus? The fanciest looking site?
When looking for a place to play online, consider how long the card room has been in business for - 4-5 years is a long time in the online gaming world. Sites associated with professional poker players also are more likely to be reputable - the theory being that they don't want to be associated with a shady outfit. The pro players do not want to put their reputations on the line.
You can belong to more than one online casino or poker room as I do. Some poker rooms offer a better sign up bonus, some have better or more frequent freeroll tournaments. Another may have easier ring games. There is no limit to the number of poker rooms that you can join.
Do some research at a site that you trust which reviews online casino and poker rooms. Start out by making a small deposit. Try out the software and see if the site fits your needs. Does the site offer games at the limits that you want? Is it easy to withdraw cash? Are there enough players online when you are likely to play so that you'll always have a good game available?
By checking out the lobby of an online site you will get to see who the players are in a particular game, the percentage of flops that they are seeing - which helps you find a tight or loose game, the number of hands being played per hour.
The most profitable games will be the ones that have larger than average pots and a high percentage of players that are seeing the flop.
Because of the relative ease that players have in switching tables, playing during lunch or before dinner means that at times you will be playing in shorthanded games.
When you are playing in a shorthanded game you should expect to play in a greater number of games. You should expect to play more hands as the value of low pairs now increases. The value of drawing hands will also decrease because there typically not enough players in the hand to make the pot large enough to chase.
Just about all online casinos have games that start out at limits as low as .05/.10 which are great for a beginner and increase in increments small enough so that you can slowly get acclimated to playing for larger pots. Of course if you prefer to go to the higher limit or no limit games, there is no shortage of these either.
One important note, if you are going to play on line, open an account with NetTeller (www.netteller.com) because most credit card companies will not allow you to deposit directly into an online casino account. Netteller will accept the credit card payments into an account and you can transfer in and out of it from there. Just about every online casino deals with them.
July 06, 2006 in College of Online Gaming, College of Poker | Permalink | Comments (0)
With the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act going before the American Senate we may see the end of online gambling and sportsbook betting coming to an end in the United States if this bill is passed. What the American Government fails to understand is that nobody should have control over the internet as this is a global way of commerce and communication for all citizens of the world.
The American Government should learn from the past that more that you restrict people from access to a product or service the more that people will seek to get these products or services illegally. The National Prohibition of Alcohol from 1920 to 1933 is proof of the failure of trying to restrict people from a product that they wanted.
If anything the National Prohibition of Alcohol promoted organized crime, made millionaires of those who ran liquor illegally into the United States and corrupted public officials who were part of the illegal operations. Please check the following article written by Mark Thornton who was the O. P. Alford III Assistant Professor of Economics at Auburn University in 1991. http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-157.html.
Concerning the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act and claims of money laundering by these offshore gambling establishments, I have been unable to find public information on this to substantiate this claim on the internet. If they are also worried about people becoming addicted to online gambling, how about those that have become addicted to playing at the land based casinos in the United States.
It is estimated that gambling in one form or another is an approximate seventy to seventy five billion dollar a year industry in the United States. Types of gambling includes bingo, lotteries and land based gambling established within the United States as well as online casinos and sportsbooks that operate outside of the United States.
The estimate for 2005 was that 12 billion dollars was gambled online either playing at online casinos, poker rooms or online sportsbooks. The United States Government claims this money has left the country, well that is not true.
As most online casinos, poker rooms and sportsbooks pay back approximately 96% of their take back to the players who gamble that means that $11,580,000,000 came back to the United States. That means that $480,000,000 was kept by the online casinos, poker rooms and sportsbooks.
As these online casinos, poker rooms and sportsbooks have affiliate webmasters to pay they also make payments to them. You will find that they average for the affiliate is 30% commission and that means $144,000,000 goes back into the United States and taxes are then collected on these monies.
What the American Government should be more concerned about is the pressing problems in their own country of an increasing national debt that is increasing by close to 2 billion dollars a day since September 30, 2005. With the National Debt close to 8.4 Trillion Dollars they better worry about getting their spending under control.
The National Debt per person in the United States is over $28,000 per person. Comparing this to their neighbors to the north in Canada they have a National Debt of 600 billion in Canadian Dollars or equivalent to 522 billion in American Dollars. Having a population of close to 33 million that means their debt per person is $15,820 in American Dollars and the National Debt in Canada has remained unchanged since 1999.
Another concern the American public should be more aware of also is the cost of the War in Iraq and how it is contributing to the ever growing National Debt of the American Government. With the cost of the War in Iraq over 295 billion and growing the cost has been $1,182 per person so far. This means that War in Iraq has so far contributed to 4.2% of the individual debt of $28,000 per person in the United States.
Please check the following three websites for more information on the above topics.
http://costofwar.com/index.html
http://havenworks.com/us/debt/
http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
My personal feeling with the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act is the American Government should let people be responsible for their own actions not the government to take control of those actions. If people are allowed to gamble throughout the United States freely at land based casinos, bingo halls or purchasing lottery tickets then the same should be for online gambling and sportsbook betting.
July 14, 2006 in College of Online Gaming | Permalink | Comments (0)
I am not a gambler. But every-so-often I get an itch to try my luck at a hand of blackjack or a round on the slots. It's the same urge that warrants me to randomly ask for a lottery ticket or circle lotto numbers on a quick trip to the local convenience store. You got to be in it to win it, I tell myself, thinking about a life filled with exotic vacations, fancy cars, and elegant dining. Even just a win of a few dollars would help pay for all the typical day to day expenses of life. So with anticipation, I cross my fingers and buy a ticket or two.
Usually it is when I win a few dollars that I dream about a trip to Vegas. I have been there before. During my trip I took up occupancy at the dollar slots and $5 blackjack table. I guess you wouldn't call me a high roller. The $100 gambling money I took along managed to last me the entire vacation. Even though I didn't bring home the progressive jackpot, like I was hoping, I had a good time trying.
It was during one of my speals about wanting to book a vacation to Vegas that a friend of mine told me about online gambling. "If your going just to play a few dollars, might as well", he informed me. At first I wasn't too sure how I felt about turning my computer into a casino. But then his logic made sense. Why spend the money on airfare, hotel accommodations, and a rental car to risk a mere $100. For a small-time player like myself, it really was kind of silly to incur all those expenses and take the vacation time from work.
It was then that I learned how big of a business online gambling is. Because it is a convenient and inexpensive way for those who do not live near a casino to be able to get in on the action, online gambling has become a hugely popular past time for millions around the world. I felt like I was just let in on a big secret. Gambling without having to deal with airport parking and security or the crowds. The casino would come to me. I liked it.
But I wasn't too sure about risking my hard earned $100 online. My mouth rumbled out my doubts to my friend. How do I know which online casino is legit? My computer doesn't have a coin deposit. How do I wager my bets? And if I win, how do I get my money?
My friend led me to my computer and did a quick search. In an instant he brought up sites dedicated to being online casino guides. One in particular, CasinoDawgs (http://www.casinodawgs.net), caught our attention with their extensive array of information and real casino feel. With a few clicks I was being told which casinos were safe to risk my money at, as well as the ins-and-outs of online gambling. There were instructions for all sorts of casino games, and even better, hints to help me win. I was surprised to see sections on Casino Bonuses, which in essence is free money the different online casinos were offering me to come and play at their site. The more I read, the more enticed I became. It was like a modern day trip to Vegas. My journey into virtual gambling had begun.
July 14, 2006 in College of Online Gaming | Permalink | Comments (0)
Ever since I could remember entering the workplace, I often looked forward to the day I could throw in my hat and call it quits. I especially felt that way immediately after my alarm clock stirred me from my slumber on a snowy winters morning. Half awake, I would crawl out from the comfort of my warm bed, take a steaming hot shower, and dress myself for the elements. It was what was to come next that I despised like nothing else. Shocked awake by the too brisk morning air, I would be met by a windshield waiting to be scraped and a white-knuckle snail paced commute to work. Awaiting me at my destination was a boss who expected too much and appreciated very little. It didn't take me long to start dreaming of retirement.
The days passed, as well as the years, until finally one summer morning that long awaited moment arrived. Retirement. The newness of my freedom delighted me. I indulged in long-forgotton hobbies, tinkered around the house, and read the paper from front to back cover. I set up card games with my other retired friends and planned outings with my adult children.
But then winter came along, and everything changed. A few friends fled to warmer climates. Those that stayed hibernated. I found myself tagging along my wife around the house, longing to fight the lonliness that had started to engulf me.
My son saw my plight and had delivered to me his solution. A computer. More precisely, the internet. With patience he tried to teach this old dog how to surf the web. "Type in what you want to look up" he told me. I knew what I missed most, and with a grin typed in "POKER". As the search results displayed before me, one in particular caught my eye; CasinoDawgs (http://www.casinodawgs.net). An odd website name, no doubt, but it stood out in the crowd of others. I clicked on the link and my winter depression instanty lifted.
It was then that I discovered online poker playing. It was a world that I never knew existed. In the warmth of my own home, all by myself, I could spend idle time playing my beloved poker. Heck, I could even play in my pajamas! Suddenly winter didn't seem so bleak.
Jim Kennedy
July 14, 2006 in College of Online Gaming | Permalink | Comments (0)
