Author Archives: Nicolae Sfetcu

Like I said in a previous post, the strategy of a big company like Microsoft to buy a big company like Yahoo!, cannot be based on a simple offer only. It takes into consideration multiple denies of the targeted company, … Read More

Blind Hookey is a card game played with a full pack of cards, sometimes used for the purpose of gambling.The players, of whom there may be any number, cut for deal, the lowest having the preference. The pack is then … Read More

Backgammon is a simple game with deep strategic elements. It does not take long to learn to play, although obscure situations do arise which require careful interpretation of the rules. The playing time for each individual game is short, so … Read More

Google PageRank is based primarely on the “votes” submitted by other web sites under the form of the links. It uses a complex algorithm to assign values, in order to measure the relative importance for every hyperlinked element. An interesting … Read More

In ancient times the most common form of advertising was “word of mouth”. However, commercial messages and election campaign displays were found in the ruins of Pompeii. Egyptians used papyrus to create sales messages and wall posters. Lost-and-found advertising on … Read More

US gambling revenue dropped  15% in May. In Las Vegas, the percentage is 16.4%. As for Atlantic City, the casinos gambling revenue down 11% in June, comparing with the same month of the last year (a single casino shows an … Read More

Casino Royale 3411 Las Vegas Boulevard SouthLas Vegas, Nevada 89109 Number of rooms 152 Theme European Villa Notable restaurant(s) Outback Steakhouse Denny’s Noble Roman’s Subway Ben & Jerry’s Owner Tom Elardi Date opened 1992 Casino type Land-Based Previous name(s) Nob … Read More

Blind man’s bluff is a version of poker which is unconventional in that each person sees the cards of all players except his own.The standard version (also called Indian poker) is simply high card. Each player is dealt one card … Read More

Backgammon is a board game for two players. Each player has fifteen pieces (checkers) which move between twenty-four triangles (points) according to the roll of two dice. The objective of the game is to be first to bear off, that … Read More

equity One’s mathematical expected value from the current deal, calculated by multiplying the amount of money in the pot by one’s probability of winning. For example, if the pot currently contains $100, and you estimate that you have a one … Read More

Basic strategy As in all casino games, the house has a statistical advantage over the players that will play itself out in the long run. But because blackjack, unlike other games, has an element of player choice, players can actually … Read More

CaliforniaLas Vegas, NV 89101 Number of rooms 855 Theme Hawaiian Gaming space 85,000 ft² Owner Boyd Gaming Corporation Date opened 1975 Casino type Land-Based Casino website California Hotel and Casino The California Hotel and Casino (The Cal) opened in 1975 … Read More