Casino Bets On Sports Success

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A Casino plans offer sports betting on its Port Canaveral-based gambling ship within two months. The South Florida-based company also plans add betting on horse and greyhound races to the gambling options on its new Port Canaveral ship - the Surfside Princess. This will be the first time a locally based gambling ship will go beyond the traditional casino table games and slot machines on its offshore gambling excursions.

The Las Vegas-style sports-betting operation will allow gamblers to wager on professional and college games, and watch the action on a bank of televisions. The company has offered such betting on its gambling boat at John's Pass outside Tampa for several years, but the sports and parimutuel betting on the Surfside Princess would be done on a much- larger scale.

The only other of Florida's 17 offshore gambling vessels to offer sports and parimutuel betting on horse and greyhound racing is the Palm Beach Princess out of Palm Beach, said Jean Walder, executive director of the Day Cruise Association, which represents the state's gambling-boat operators.

The casino hopes to have sports and parimutuel betting in operation on the Surfside Princess within 60 days. About half of the ship's fourth deck will be devoted to the new betting. The system would operate with a satellite hookup and a number of video screens. The casino would hire one or two contractors to run the sports and race betting and the casino would share in the revenues.

Passengers will be able to bet on live races and various sporting events broadcast on the ship. Passengers also will be able to place bets on future games and races, and, if they win, return to the ship to collect their winnings.

Über Glücksspiele Las Vegas - Gambling in Las Vegas:

Las Vegas liegt im Westen der USA im Bundesstaat Nevada und ist das Glücksspiel-Paradies von Amerika.

Las Vegas hat rund 100 Spielcasinos. Im Bundesstaat Nevada sind sogar über 300 Spielcasinos registriert. Die grössten Casinos sind das Bellagio, Caesars Palace, Venetian / Palazzo, Wynn / Encore, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay.

Weitere bekannte Casinos sind das Mirage, frühere Heimat von Siegfried und Roy, das Luxor in Form einer Pyramide oder das Casino Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, in welchem jährlich die Pokerweltmeisterschaft (World Series of Poker WSOP) durchgeführt wird.

Die bekanntesten zwei Strassen sind der Las Vegas Boulevard, welcher auch als Las Vegas Strip bezeichnet wird. Daneben ist die Fremont Street eine gut besuchte Casino-Meile, wo beispielsweise das legendäre Casino Binion's (vormals Binion's Horseshoe) seine Spiele anbietet.

Las Vegas erstreckt sich über eine Fläche von 340 km2 und hat rund 650'000 Einwohner.

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