Craig Titus and Kelly Ryan

The bodybuilding murder drama that has continued to grip those in the ‘industry’ is moving heavily into the mainstream.

We are just humble gamblers who with no ties to the ‘industry’ other than a few cardio sessions here and there to fight the losing battle against alcohol and drug chocolate donut binges, but the story is rather intriguing.

So, since we keep getting a ton of search engine traffic, we point you to the Craig Titus & Kelly Ryan Investigation Blog who we should also point out were kind enough to give us a shout a while back. Start a fresh cycle of Deca and head on over for all the juicy details (we apologize for the poor attempt at humor).

Poker Fad seems to be dying

Signs are pointing to the cooling off of the Poker ‘fad.’ And we say it’s about freakin’ time. Maybe we can get back to having a decent game again amongst friends.

From MSNBC:

The worldwide poker industry appears to have hit every possible inside straight, long-shot flush and unlikely full house that it could, accumulating a large pot of cash in the process.

But as the holiday season nears an end, the industry’s luck seems to be running out as boxed sets of cards and chips are discounted, ratings fade for some poker-themed television shows and shares of a poker-linked stock slump.

Sports Betting in Vegas just isn’t the Same

According to old school oddsmaker turned novelist, Paul Czuchra, the industry of sports gambling is barely surviving.

From the Las Vegas Sun:

“The industry is really hanging by a thread,” Czuchra said of Nevada-style legal sports betting.

Some major casinos “are not really enamored of sports betting,” Czuchra said. “They figure they have to have it available, but the only reason some places have a sports book is because they know if they don’t, their casino customers will walk across the street to make their bets there.”

You might say Big Gaming views sports betting as a necessary evil. Czuchra has a more colorful phrase for it.

“Sports betting is the unwanted stepchild of the gaming business,” Czuchra said.

Stardust to be History

The changing face of our favorite city continues.

Boyd Gaming announced that the Stardust will be shut down in March, 2007 and torn down to make room for a new $4 billion megaplex, Echelon Place

From the USAToday:

Boyd Gaming plans to tear down the old Stardust casino to make way for a $4 billion hotel and casino complex on 63 acres of the Las Vegas Strip — one of the largest such developments planned in a town known for mega projects.

The complex, to be called Echelon Place, is scheduled to open in 2010 on the northern end of the strip, the company announced Wednesday. It will include four hotels with 5,300 guest rooms and suites, a 140,000-square-foot casino, theaters, a shopping promenade, spas and acres of convention space.