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The Future of Gambling

While spending every second of your Vegas vacation gambling sounds terrific, everyone knows a room-service club sandwich can properly be enjoyed only in your room. Take your crippling addiction mobile, with the eDeck, now test-running at the Venetian. Thrillist - Mobile GamblingAfter five years of development and regulatory approval, LV-based Cantor Gaming's unleashed a wi-fi'd PSP-like device that lets you play for real money on-the-go, free from obnoxious fellow players and dealers so deep in your head you can't even get your drink order right. Just set up an account with an attendant, log in with your player's card/PIN, roam around and get your game on; later, assuming you don't accidentally send your winnings to voicemail, press a cashout button to retrieve your e-lucre from the cashier. Current fun includes blackjack, baccarat, slots, video poker, and roulette (American or European); future offerings will include live-action poker, sportsbook parlays, and proprietary games like the one Cantor's creating based on characters from Heavy Metal magazine -- so instead of losing money to a shifty guy in a bow tie, you can lose it to a busty space valkyrie. During the prelim trial, the eDeck'll only work in the Venetian's high-stakes slots lounge, but assuming all goes well, you'll soon be able to use it throughout the hotel: at the pool, in the club, and, maybe someday, in your room -- where feasting and betting you'll utter that fateful line, "This club sandwich will pay for itself".

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The Future of Gambling (Emailed on July 22, 2008)

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