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New show!

I am pleased to announce that I finally have gotten my own show on 1180 AM radio station KCKQ in Reno Nevada. The name of the show is Casino Confidential, and it will be about all things having to do with casinos and gambling with an emphasis on technology, surveillance and blackjack.

The show premieres this afternoon, Tuesday, August 8th at 4 p.m. Pacific time, which is 11 p.m. (2300) GMT. In the Reno area you can tune in to 1180 a.m., or you can listen live on the internet at
http://amm.streamon.fm

I'm especially excited to announce that my first guest will be world renown Casino consultant Bill Zenger. Bill and I will be discussing the recent blackjack exploits of professional poker player Phil Ivey, plus what Russian hackers have been up to with slot machines.

I will post a link on this blog later once I have an FTP site setup to download previous episodes. I will also eventually have the show on Apple iTunes and on Podbean.

We will also get into other table games, slot machines and sports betting. And of course we will be talking about all of the scams and techniques used to try and cheat the house.

I will also be taking questions over the phone to anyone who wants to call in. The phone number is 844-790-8255, which is a toll free number. You can also Twitter questions or comments to me, my Twitter handle is @casinologger.  I will also soon have a Facebook show page up and running.

So be sure to listen in this afternoon at 4 p.m. if you can.

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