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Editor's
Note:
Gambling
has
certainly
become
a
major
past-time
for
seniors
and
the
rest
of
the
world
seems
to
be
jumping
on
board.
Below
is
a
story
of
a
new
gambling
TV
show
and
at
right
are
links
to
several
current
reports
on
seniors
and
gambling.
Casino
Connection,
the
Nation's
Only
Television
Show
Dedicated
to
Casino
Gambling,
Debuts
in
Atlantic
City
and
on
Players
Network
Industry
news,
'Inside'
Player
Information
to
be
Offered
in
One-Hour
Live
Talk
Show
ATLANTIC
CITY,
N.J.,
April
3,
2001
--
WWAC-TV
53
in
Atlantic
City
and
Players
Network
today
announced
that
Casino
Connection,
the
nation's
only
weekly
television
program
dedicated
exclusively
to
casino
gambling,
will
debut
this
week
on
broadcast
television
and
the
Internet.
The
one-hour
live
talk
show
will
be
broadcast
on
television
every
Wednesday
at
9
p.m.
EDT,
with
a
focus
on
gaming
industry
news
and
"inside"
information
for
players.
The
hosts
for
Casino
Connection
are
Roger
Gros,
former
Senior
Editor
of
Casino
Player
magazine,
author
of
"The
Winner's
Guide
to
Casino
Gambling"
and
acknowledged
national
gaming
expert;
and
Dave
Bontempo,
the
Award-Winning
Color
Commentator
for
ESPN
and
other
network
sporting
events.
Casino
Connection
will
focus
on
Atlantic
City
but
will
include
news
from
casinos
around
the
world.The
show
will
reveal
where
to
find
the
loosest
slot
machines,
the
best
blackjack
and
table
games,
how
to
get
the
most
comps,
and
more.
Casino
Connection
will
be
broadcast
live
on
WWAC-TV
53
in
Atlantic
City,
which
is
owned
by
Lenfest
Broadcasting,
and
carried
on
cable
in
seven
counties
in
Southern
New
Jersey,
reaching
more
than
580,000
homes.Segments
of
Casino
Connection
will
be
available
on
the
Players
Network
website
(http://www.playersnetwork.com
).
Casino
Connection
is
a
joint
venture
between
Lenfest
Broadcasting
LLC
and
Inlet
Communications.
"We're
pleased
to
be
able
to
launch
the
only
weekly
television
program
in
the
nation
devoted
solely
to
casino
gaming,"
says
Robert
M.
Lund,
VP/General
Manager
of
WWAC-TV."Casino
Connection
will
connect
with
a
large
segment
of
our
viewing
audience
who
are
also
regular
guests
of
the
Atlantic
City
casinos.
Another
large
part
of
our
marketing
is
the
casino
industry
workforce.We
will
reach
them
with
this
program
as
well
as
key
industry
executives
that
influence
the
future
in
our
area."
Mark
Bradley,
the
President
of
Players
Network,
says
Casino
Connection
is
long
overdue."Considering
the
size
of
the
gaming
industry,"
says
Bradley,
"it's
surprising
that
there
is
no
weekly
television
program
that
provides
the
information
important
to
both
industry
executives
and
players.
It
provides
Players
Network
with
another
source
of
content
unavailable
anywhere
else
on
the
Internet."
Each
edition
of
Casino
Connection
will
include
exclusive
interviews
with
gaming
celebrities,
experts,
public
officials
and
casino
executives;
a
segment
featuring
the
hot
attractions
of
gaming:
the
top
10
buffets,
slot
clubs,
blackjack,
entertainment,
rooms,
restaurants,
etc.;
a
segment
dedicated
to
new
slot
machines,
techniques
and
strategies
of
slot
or
video
poker
play,
special
slot
events
at
casinos,
interviews
with
slot
directors
or
slot
manufacturers,
and
other
slot-related
topics;
and
the
secrets
about
playing
table
games..
A
special
"Game
Watch"
segment
on
Casino
Connection
is
produced
by
Players
Network.Game
Watch
demonstrates
the
latest
slot
machine
and
video
poker
technology
on
games
such
as
Little
Green
Men,
Wheel
of
Fortune,
Triple-Five-Ten
Play
Poker
and
more.
Roger
Gros
is
a
nationally
recognized
gaming
expert,
with
appearances
on
ABC-TV's
The
View,
CNN's
Newsstand,
The
Learning
Channel's
Secrets
of
the
Casinos,
and
other
national
shows.Dave
Bontempo
has
hosted
ESPN's
Friday
Night
Fights
and
has
been
a
commentator
at
many
of
the
sport's
major
matches.
He
was
recently
named
to
New
Jersey's
Boxing
Hall
of
Fame.Together,
Gros
and
Bontempo
have
previously
hosted
a
cable
television
program
called
Inside
Gaming
and
ESPN's
highly
rated
U.S.
Poker
Championships.
Lenfest
Broadcasting
LLC
purchased
WWAC-TV
53
in
August
2000,
and
has
made
a
commitment
to
become
the
leading
provider
of
innovative
and
exclusive
high-quality
local
and
regional
programming
that
connects
all
segments
of
the
viewing
audience.Through
community
relationships,
strategic
alliances
and
syndication
agreements,
Lenfest
expects
to
make
WWAC-TV
53
one
of
the
prominent
stations
in
the
Greater
Atlantic
City,
Southern
New
Jersey
and
Greater
Philadelphia
markets.
Players
Network
Inc.
owns
and
operates
PlayersNetwork.com,
a
broadband
gaming
and
entertainment
Internet
Portal,
which
includes
originally
produced
gaming-related
content,
e-commerce
and
full-streaming
video
programming
on
the
World
Wide
Web.Players
Network
also
operates
the
first
and
only
24-hour
digital
gaming
and
entertainment
cable
television
channel,
which
is
broadcast
directly
into
hotel
and
casino
guestrooms.
The
company
recently
signed
a
deal
with
British
Telecom
to
provide
gaming
centric,
information
and
rich
media
content
to
BT
for
use
with
its
Internet
access
products
and
content
services
across
all
platforms,
which
will
include
narrowband,
broadband,
and
wireless
services.
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