Darius Wey
07-04-2005, 01:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/02/national/02casino.html?ei=5088&en=2feae6e0c8f1041d&ex=1277956800&adxnnl=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1120449957-nwG1/dvTggFUhYaqEKKL+A' target='_blank'>http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/02/n...TggFUhYaqEKKL+A</a><br /><br /></div><i>"No more need to fret about all that wasted time waiting in line for the buffet at your favorite casino. Or those tedious talks in a convention room just a few yards from the casino floor. Help is on the way to make it possible to gamble any time - in fact - all the time. Gov. Kenny Guinn signed a law last month authorizing gamblers in Nevada to play slot machines, video poker, blackjack and other games on hand-held wireless devices from public spaces in casinos. The spaces include restaurants, bars, convention rooms, even swimming pools. Hotel rooms, however, are off limits, to make sure that minors do not get their hands on the new devices, which resemble personal digital assistants or tablet personal computers, depending on where they are being used."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/wey-20050704-HandheldGambling.jpg" /><br /><br />Now gambling can devour your life...in the palm of your hand. Last month, in the state of Nevada, a law was signed to allow people with wireless-enabled mobile devices to gamble within the public casino spaces. Current United States laws prohibit internet gambling, which makes this mobile gambling system an eye-catching alternative, since under the proposed scheme, mobile devices will be connected to a local casino network, and not an internet server. Well, thanks, but no thanks. I think I'll stick with <a href="http://www.birdsoft.biz/holdem.htm">Birdsoft's All-In Texas Hold 'Em</a>. :P