Harvard-trained American architect, Bryan Berg has successfully turned the world's largest casino into the record breaking world's largest house of cards. Crowds of people visited the Venetian Macau casino at the heart of Macau's Cotai Strip on Wednesday to witness Berg break his own Guinness Word Record and place the final card on the card stacked replica of the casino.
Measuring 10 meters by 3 meters and weighing in at 272 kg the structure took a shocking 44 days to create. Several times it looked as though it might collapse. No glue or sticky-tape was used to hold the cards together. Every piece of the structure involved careful planning and placing.
"This has been the most ambitious project I have undertaken to date," said Berg in a recent interview. "It's really like a real construction project because you have to engineer every single adjacency and every support that's supporting everything above."
Visitors of the Chinese casino can see the 10-meter by 3-meter construction themselves; a replica has been created inside the building near the gaming floors.
Explaining why he decided to take on the project Berg told interviewers, "I was inspired to stack cards by my card-playing grandfather; maybe I can inspire some visitors at The Venetian Macao to try their hand at building their own structures."
Other structures that Berg has created replicas of include the White House and Cinderella's Castle at Walt Disney World.
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So far this year things have been relatively quiet for Cryptologic who made plenty of headlines last year for signing a flurry of new licenses. The leading online gaming software provider recently broke the silence with a press release announcing an agreement with Betsson Malta Ltd.
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"We are confident Cryptologic's highly innovative games will enhance our customers' gaming experience and attract more demand. We look forward to working with CryptoLogic to help us achieve just that," said Business Area Director of Betsson, Magnus Grinneback in a recent statement.
Overall the deal with Betsson is similar to a number of other deals the online gaming software provider has made in the past. For three years Cryptologic will license at least nine of its most popular betting games to Betsson for use on their sites.
The site has already started this process by releasing Cryptologic’s most popular casual slot game Bejeweled on their site Casino Euro. Bejeweled is always the first game to be licensed in such agreements so the move should come as no surprise to regular readers. The remaining games are set to be rolled out in progressive stages throughout the year.
Already this deal has further extended Cryptologic's reach in the European online gambling market. Vice-President of Cryptologic, Justin Thouin, points out that expansion is key to seeing future profits, "With every new licensee Cryptologic not only expands its global reach but also strengthens its base for generating long term revenues."
Last year the company saw a $21.5 million dollar drop in revenue despite their more recent signings. Experts say this is due in large part to the decrease in wagering seen across the online gaming industry which the company relies on for profits. It isn’t all bad news though the company saw a $0.3 million increase in revenue from branded games which proves that their strategy of focusing on branded games is on the right track.
Cryptologic's President and CEO, Brian Hadfield, said in a recent statement, "We look to the year with cautious optimism."
The world has been celebrating International Women’s Day since March 8, 1911 and 99 years later women now have more rights and reason to celebrate than ever before. Women are now as successful as men and in some cases have accomplished great things. Females are now able to run for president among many other things that were not possible nearly 100 years ago. This is thanks to the many men and women who fought for equal rights no matter what gender a person is.
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Wednesday night took a dark turn for people at the Graceland Hotel and Casino in Secunda. Police say that at around 21:15, 17 men stormed the casino in a botched robbery that left on person dead and two wounded.
A witness told reporters that he was just standing around in the casino area when the perps entered the scene. They pulled out guns and screamed for everyone to get on the floor.
“We all fell to the ground, we were terrified. I don’t know how many of them there were, but there was a lot,” said eye witness Dirk Engelbrecht.
“They fired several shots inside the gambling area of the casino…They robbed the patrons of their personal belongings, including cell phones and cash,” said police spokesperson Captain Leornard Hlathi.
The thieves then began to “cleaned out” the tellers on the gambling floor and attempted to unsuccessfully to gain access the casino vault.
When police arrived at the scene they were met by gun fire. The assailants injured two officers with shots to the legs as they made their escape. Upon exiting the building they hijacked 44-year-old Gitrath Banda’s BMW allegedly shooting the man dead as they scrambled into the car.
Still in shock from the incident Engelbrecht says that he found the body just outside the casino. “I tried to feel for his pulse, but didn’t get anything. I wasn’t sure whether he was dead or that I couldn’t feel the pulse because I was so scared.” Paramedics later confirmed that the man was indeed dead on the scene.
Police say that the money stolen from the casino and all three vehicles from the incident have already been found abandoned at different spots in Secunda but that so far no arrests have been made. Authorities urge anyone who might have information on the crime to contact police immediately or call him personally at 082 462 0804.
Julie van Wyk of Peermont (the casino’s parent company) had this to say about the event, “The tragic and unfortunate incident is very upsetting to us all. The Graceland security and Saps handled the situation very professionally and it was very unfortunate that the deceased arrived on the scene outside the resort. On behalf of Peermont and Graceland, I would like to convey our deepest sympathies to the deceased’s family and friends. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and loved ones during this very difficult time.”
HBO will be broadcasting a new television series about gambling. The upcoming series is dubbed "Luck." Academy Award winner Dustin Hoffman will play the leading role in the David Milch scripted show.
Variety magazine recently announced Hoffman’s casting. Apparently, Hoffman will be playing the role of Ace Bernstein, an autodidact caught up in gambling on the horse-racing track who recently completed a four-year prison term.
Joining Hoffman will be a distinguished cast of actors. Dennis Farina will star as Bernstein’s driver, Gus Economou, a sporadic man who is loyal to his boss. Along with, John Ortiz who will play Turo Escalante, a Peruvian trainer based on Julio Canani.
David Milch previously created “John From Cincinnati” and was also an executive producer on the popular Deadwood series. His experience and creativity should bring much depth to the project.
The pilot of “Luck” will be directed by Michael Mann, who will also co-produce the series with Carolyn Strauss, David Milch, and former Sopranos producer Henry Bronchtein. Mann has directed some phenomenal television hits in the past, including the 1980s classic Miami Vice.
Miss B says: There are so many brilliant people involved in this project. I’m most intrigued to see how Dustin Hoffman will perform. He has spent much of his career on the big screen. So I’m excited to see him work on a television series.
HBO will be broadcasting a new television series about gambling. The upcoming series is dubbed "Luck." Academy Award winner Dustin Hoffman will play the leading role in the David Milch scripted show.