The Riviera Casino & Hotel » Games http://rivierahotel.com An Authentic Las Vegas Hotel Experience Sat, 25 May 2013 05:14:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Let It Ride: History of the Game http://rivierahotel.com/let-it-ride-history-of-the-game/ http://rivierahotel.com/let-it-ride-history-of-the-game/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:24:18 +0000 devAdmin http://www.rivierahotel.com/?p=4767 Unlike all of the other games we’ve featured previously, Let It Ride is truly a modern, American creation. John Breeding, founder of Shuffle Entertainment, invented an automatic deck shuffler for casinos. In order to popularize the device, in 1993 he created Let It Ride, which is a player-friendly variation of Five-Card Stud (poker). Compared to [...]

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]]> http://rivierahotel.com/cheating-in-vegas-protecting-our-casino-guests-from-cheats/feed/ 0 The History of Baccarat http://rivierahotel.com/the-history-of-baccarat/ http://rivierahotel.com/the-history-of-baccarat/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2012 23:30:24 +0000 devAdmin http://www.rivierahotel.com/?p=4495 What is Baccarat? We might thank James Bond for Baccarat’s prominence in pop culture: it’s the favored game of author Ian Fleming’s most famous spy-hero. Bond plays Baccarat in multiple Bond books and movies, like Dr. No and the 1967 version of Casino Royale. Usually regarded as a “classy,” high-stakes game frequented by high rollers, [...]

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]]> http://rivierahotel.com/the-history-of-baccarat/feed/ 0 The History of Slots http://rivierahotel.com/the-history-of-slots/ http://rivierahotel.com/the-history-of-slots/#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2012 22:54:34 +0000 devAdmin http://www.rivierahotel.com/?p=4082 Introduction: Made in the USA Slots is as much about the machine as the game. As such, its history is a fascinating technological trip. It’s also one of the few classic games of chance with American origins, as opposed to all those many others with international pedigrees. Mechanical: The Liberty Bell It all started in [...]

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]]> http://rivierahotel.com/the-history-of-slots/feed/ 0 How craps rolled into modern gambling http://rivierahotel.com/how-craps-rolled-into-modern-gambling/ http://rivierahotel.com/how-craps-rolled-into-modern-gambling/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2012 07:00:48 +0000 devAdmin http://www.rivierahotel.com/?p=3757 So far we’ve poked around the histories of several card games – blackjack, poker and roulette – but what about those other storied games of chance involving dice? Ah, dice. For millennia and across the world, everyone from people on the street to kings and emperors – like Caesar Augustus – were known to have [...]

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]]> http://rivierahotel.com/how-craps-rolled-into-modern-gambling/feed/ 0 Poker Etiquette http://rivierahotel.com/poker-etiquette/ http://rivierahotel.com/poker-etiquette/#comments Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:57:00 +0000 devAdmin http://www.rivierahotel.com/?p=3439 The Riviera Hotel and Casino is renowned for its fabulous Poker Room.  One of the most frequent questions we’re asked is about poker etiquette, so here are a few guidelines to follow, no matter where your game takes you. Silence is golden. Chatting about your hand, or what you wished you’d played, or how others [...]

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]]> http://rivierahotel.com/poker-etiquette/feed/ 0 FIVE TIPS FOR DOING SIN CITY ON A BUDGET http://rivierahotel.com/five-tips-for-doing-sin-city-on-a-budget/ http://rivierahotel.com/five-tips-for-doing-sin-city-on-a-budget/#comments Mon, 02 Jul 2012 07:00:15 +0000 teamriviera http://www.rivierahotel.com/?p=2926 Yes, you can enjoy Las Vegas and still save money: Sin City is rife with activities and opportunities that won’t drain you wallet.  You just have to know where to look.  Here are some of our favorite money-saving tips for exploring Las Vegas. Book a Room at the Riviera Las Vegas Hotel & Casino Not [...]

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]]> http://rivierahotel.com/five-tips-for-doing-sin-city-on-a-budget/feed/ 0 HOW POKER TOOK OVER THE AMERICAN WEST http://rivierahotel.com/how-poker-took-over-the-american-west/ http://rivierahotel.com/how-poker-took-over-the-american-west/#comments Mon, 11 Jun 2012 07:00:54 +0000 teamriviera http://www.rivierahotel.com/?p=2749 Is there no card game more exciting, requiring more cunning and strategy (and, sometimes, drinks) than poker?  We think not.  And here at the Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, we respect the mighty gambler’s game so much that we decided to poke around into its history. And what a history it is!  Poker’s [...]

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]]> http://rivierahotel.com/how-poker-took-over-the-american-west/feed/ 0 THE HISTORY OF ROULETTE http://rivierahotel.com/the-history-of-roulette/ http://rivierahotel.com/the-history-of-roulette/#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2012 12:36:43 +0000 teamriviera http://www.rivierahotel.com/?p=2744 People have always loved games and gambling.  Even the royal French court got into it: Did you know that the exciting, deceptively simple game of roulette has been around for about 250 years? It’s not clear how exactly roulette came about, but we do know a few things about one of our favorite games here [...]

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]]> http://rivierahotel.com/the-history-of-roulette/feed/ 0 THE HISTORY OF BLACKJACK http://rivierahotel.com/the-history-of-blackjack/ http://rivierahotel.com/the-history-of-blackjack/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 08:00:35 +0000 teamriviera http://www.rivierahotel.com/?p=2335 Before we get to why the Riviera Hotel & Casino offers, bar none, the best table game odds on the Las Vegas Strip, let’s take on a wee history lesson, shall we? As in, where does blackjack come from? Across zee ocean, it seems.  You see, the French have given much to the world:  Baguettes. [...]

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