Posts Tagged ‘South Point’

Nevada Poker Licensees Go Hi-tech with Slot Machine Offerings

by , Aug 22, 2012 | 9:00 am

For a guy who just recently learned how to answer and send an email, Michael Gaughan is about to have one of the most technologically advanced gaming operations in the city.

The South Point recently installed Bally Technologies’ iView Display Manager on 2,480 of the casino’s 2,600 slot machines. The system will be installed on the casino’s 120 bar-top machines by the end of the month.

The iView system offers both the South Point and its slot machine customers a variety of marketing features and options. Players, using a touchscreen slot machine display, can sit at the machines and order drinks, book show tickets and make reservations at South Point restaurants. The casino can market its events and offer various promotions through the system.

“There is a lot we can do with this system that we’ll be rolling out soon,” Gaughan said.

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Tao of Pokerati: Beer Bowling for Dollars

by , May 29, 2009 | 9:52 am

Your favorite intrepid degen journos are back for the 40th WSOP — and what better way to get poker’s version of summer camp started than with some festive prop-betting over a friendly game of bowls at the South Point Casino? Of course it doesn’t take long for old grievances to re-emerge, and by the 9th frame of the second game, Pauly and Dan engage in a battle of dirty tactics that serves as perfect preparation for the world of excuse-making, tilt-induction, substance abuse, and repressed homosexuality that they’re about to step into.

Tao of Pokerati at the 40th WSOP
Las Vegas, NV

Episode 11.1: How We Roll
2:42
[audio:tao/TaoPokerati_WSOP_SouthPoint_01.mp3]

Episode 11.2: Questionable Tactics
2:57
[audio:tao/TaoPokerati_WSOP_SouthPoint_02.mp3]

See the video here.