Some numbers about Vegas

With an astonishing 24,462 conventions held in town, Las Vegas is really a Guinness-book city. Here with go with more facts from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority: http://www.lvcva.com

Playing in a casino, but as the dealer!

We got some questions about training as a dealer. Soon, we'll give you the info you asked for.

For now, enjoy this casino simulation which allows you to play, for fun, as the dealer.

Good luck! :-) And remember that you now play with the house odds.

Doing business in Vegas and in Nevada

Let's give a look at some numbers and facts about doing business here, so you can decide on your own where it's better to run your business! :-)

Verbatim from Nevada Commission on Economic Development:

"In Nevada there is:

No Corporate Income Tax
No Personal Income Tax
No Franchise Tax on Income
No Inheritance or Gift Tax
No Admissions Tax
No Unitary Tax
No Estate Tax*
Competitive Sales and Property Tax Rates
Minimal Employer Payroll Tax - 0.7% of gross wages with deductions for employer paid health insurance

(* A small assessed "pick-up tax" that cannot exceed the maximum allowable credit against the federal estate return.)"

AND here we go with some cool graphs from Nevada Development Authority

The Governator in Las Vegas

By Kevin Rademacher, from http://www.lasvegassun.com:

Amid hundreds of screaming fans, theatrical smoke and pounding music, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday strolled down a catwalk at the Fashion Show mall.

He followed the requisite waves and thumb-pumping with a brief speech pitching the joys of doing business in the Golden State.

"I'm here to promote the great state of California," Schwarzenegger said. "I'm here to let everyone know California wants your business."

So far, the first tangible result of his speak has been the billboard which stands near the Mandalay Bay hotel.

Another article on this topis, from http://www.kfmb.com:

The $600,000 campaign was paid for by the California Commission for Jobs and Economic Growth, a privately funded nonprofit group created by Schwarzenegger in March.

Schwarzenegger didn't predict how many companies he might win back for the state, which is eager to add new workers and businesses to its tax rolls. Schwarzenegger said he picked Las Vegas as a backdrop for the event because of its excitement, but it's also a state that has aggressively cherry-picked dozens of companies from California in recent years.

Nevadans in the crowd were in no rush to terminate their jobs and head for the coast.

Jason Young, 31, a department store manager at the mall, said he fled Southern California for Las Vegas two years ago and had no plans to turn around.

"Why?" Young asked with a frown. "It just seems difficult to live and work in California - from the housing to the traffic. I live in a house (in Las Vegas) with twice the square footage I had in California, with a pool, for less money."

CHI Cubs @ SF Giants - More food to feed your sport fever!

Fr Aug 6 – 10:15 pm EST
Sa Aug 7 – 4:05 pm EST (FOX)
Su Aug 8 – 8:05 pm EST (ESPN)
The Rockies are always a hard team to beat at Coors Field but that didn’t stop the Cubs scoring 10 in three innings in an 11-8 win on Wednesday night, to take sole possession of first in the National League Wild Card standings. After pinch-hitter Mark Sweeney hit a go-ahead two-run homer for Colorado, Aramis Ramirez homered to make it 7-6. Todd Walker added a two-run homer two batters later for the Cubs, who used 15 hits to win their third straight game and fifth of six.

On the same night the Giants lost to the Cincinnati Reds 8-7 at SBC Park, to fall two back of Chicago and one game behind the Padres in the NL Wild Card race. The loss sent the third-place Giants tumbling to 6 ½ games back of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League West.

The two teams meet at SBC Park on Friday for the start of a 3-game weekend series.

Always from Nigel's mind...

PGA Tour Golf, The International

As promised...

Th Aug 5 – 4:00 pm EST
Fr Aug 6 – 4:00 pm EST
Sa Aug 7 – 3:00 pm EST
Su Aug 8 – 3:00 pm EST

This week’s event is decided by a stableford scoring system, rather than the usual strokeplay format, which means that attacking play is rewarded, and therefore favours certain types of player. Ernie Els is our favourite this week and it is not difficult to see why when you consider he has finished no worse than sixth in the last five years! The question is whether he will want the extra pressure that a win will put on him going into next week’s USPGA Championship, the final Major of the year, especially considering he has finished runner-up in two of the three Majors
played so far. He has twice let-down short price backers the week before both of the last two Majors. At the odds, better value can found in the shape of Charles Howell, who boasts three top-20’s here in the last three years, and who is obviously suited by the format here. A prolific scorer of birdies and eagles in strokeplay events, but often with plenty of bogeys too, his aggressive play can be rewarded this week (two points for a birdie, five for an eagle), whilst he will not be over punished for his bad holes – only minus one point for a bogey. Another player with an obvious
liking for this event is Australian Geoff Ogilvy, after finishing eighth and 14th in his last two starts here. He has yet to win on Tour but is shaping up into one of the most consistent players around. Rookie Vaughan Taylor is tops in the field for eagles and 14th in birdie average on Tour, so he can be expected to score some points this week. With two top-10’s in his last seven starts he could be ready to breakthrough this week.

Again, keep looking for more Nigel’s tips, coming soon on your LVConfidential.com blog!

NASCAR Nextel Cup Series – Brickyard 400

Bettors should have the edge this week by looking at the drivers who have been competitive at not only last week’s race at Pocono but also at the race held there on June 13th. Because Pocono is so similar to Indy due to its long straights and tight turns most drivers will in fact be using the same car this week, so the correlation between the two is pretty strong, only last years Indy winner, Kevin Harvick, had never won at Pocono. Of the top drivers, Jeff Gordon boasts the best record with half of his Pocono starts in the top-5, winning three, while at Indy he’s top-5 in 10 starts with 3 wins. Other drivers with solid records include Dale Jarrett, with 3 wins at Pocono and two at Indy, and Bill Elliott, who won back to back in Pocono and then at Indy in consecutive weeks two seasons ago. However,
it is hard to ignore the claims of last week’s winner Jimmie Johnson.

After taking the June 13th race, he proceeded to make the others look silly last week with another awesome display of brilliance. No one has ever done the Pocono-Indy 3 step, winning all three in a year, but no one has looked as good as Johnson in some time.

Thanks to Nigel Ridgway for these betting tips, more to come soon!