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Friday, January 12, 2007
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Star City Casino
Star City Hotel and Casino(formerly Sydney Harbour Casino) is a hotel and casino in Pyrmont, Sydney, Australia. Fronting onto Darling Harbour, Star City features three gaming floors, six bars, seven restaurants and four-hundred and eighty hotel rooms. It is licenced to be New South Wales' only casino until 2007.
Gaming Areas
The casino features three gaming floors - the main gaming floor, the Endeavour Room, with average table bet range of $100 to $75,000 on baccarat, and the Inner Sanctum, with table bet range of $100 to $200,000 on baccarat; the latter two are only available to high rollers and international guests following an application for membership and review by Star City managemement.
The main gaming floor is divided into three major parts - Table Games, Electronic Gaming, and Poker. The amount of poker tables has been steadily increased by Star City management and now stands at 14 tables.
Table Games
Star City provides many traditional casino games to patrons, including baccarat, blackjack, Caribbean Stud, craps, Pai Gow, poker, Pontoon, roulette, Sic Bo, Three-Card Poker, and Four-Card Poker.
In December 2005, a new game Double-Chance was trialed but was discontinued soon after; Players, referring to the games high house advantage, dubbed the game 'No-Chance'.
References on the New South Wales Casino Control Authority website show that Star City has received approval for the rollout of a new game, Three-Card Baccarat, and a even money variation of the same game.
Electronic Gaming
Star City provides a selection of electronic gaming machines, including slot machines bingo, and video poker. Rapid Big Wheel was introduced in early 2006 to replace the often slow paced table game version
Rules and Etiquette
* Cameras and mobile phones are not allowed at the gaming tables.
* In Blackjack and Pontoon, players are required to show a clear hand signal to indicate hit and stand. Hit is motioned as a tap on the table, while stand is indicated by waving the air in a "go away" motion.
* In games where playing cards are used, the player is not allowed to touch the cards once the hand has commenced (except for Caribbean Stud, Poker, and Three-Card Poker)
* In Pai Gow and Caribbean Stud, speaking in languages other than English is prohibited. Specifically, any discussion at all is not allowed, though rarely enforced unless the discussion directly related to the hand.
* Tipping gaming workers or other staff is not permitted. It is acceptable, however to tip waiters or bar staff.
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Friday, September 22, 2006
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casino games A casino is a facility that accommodates certain types of gambling activities. Casinos are often placed near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships and other vacation attractions. Some casinos are known for hosting live entertainment events, such as concerts and sporting events, especially boxing. The term originally meant a small villa, summerhouse or pavilion built for pleasure, usually on the grounds of a larger Italian villa or palazzo. There are examples of such casinos at Villa Giulia and Villa Farnese. During the 19th century, the term casino came to include other more public buildings where pleasurable activities, including gambling and sports, took place. An example of this type of building is the Newport Casino. In modern Italian, this term designates a bordello (also called "casa chiusa", literally "closed house"), while the gambling house is spelled casinò with an accent. Gambling in casinos In most jurisdictions, gambling is limited to persons over the age of majority (21 years of age in most of the United States and 18 to 20 in most other countries where casinos are permitted). Customers may gamble by playing slot machines or other games of chance (e.g., craps, roulette, baccarat) and some skill (eg., blackjack, poker) [for more see casino games]. Game rules usually have mathematically-determined odds that ensure the house retains an advantage over the players. This advantage is called the edge. Payout is the percentage given to players. In games such as poker, the house takes a commission (a "rake") on bets players make against each other. Our money refers to the situation where a winning player is placing bets with money that has been won from the casino. Security Traditionally, casinos have had a major concentration on security. Large amounts of currency move through a casino, tempting people to cheat the system. Security today consists of cameras located throughout the property operated by highly trained individuals who attempt to locate cheating and stealing by both players and employees. Among the most secure and watched areas of a casino are the count rooms and the surveillance room. http://www.enterbet.com
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