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Casinos warned of iPhones, iPods that count cards
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LAS VEGAS — Nevada gambling regulators have warned casinos about a card-counting program for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch that can illegally help players beat the house in blackjack.
Card counting by players is not illegal in Nevada but using a device to count cards is considered a felony.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board warned casinos of the program last week.
Nevada learned of the program from California gambling regulators who said an Indian casino found customers using it.
But board member Randy Sayre says the agency hasn't received any reports of the program being used in Nevada.
Card counting can help blackjack players determine when they are likely to win a hand and should adjust their bets.
EXXON MOBIL ADDS MORE OIL RESERVES
LONDON — The world's largest oil company, Exxon Mobil, said yesterday it added more proven oil reserves than it produced last year.
Exxon Mobil said it added 1.5 billion oil-equivalent barrels of reserves during 2008, replacing 103 percent of production.
Exxon said it's the 15th straight year that reserve additions have outpaced production. The reserves base is split evenly between liquids and gas.
STIMULUS BILL WILL LIMIT CEO PAY
NEW YORK — The high life for bank CEOs has ended.
President Obama is expected today to sign the economic stimulus bill, which could place a $500,000 limit on salary and tight caps on how much bonus executives can earn if they take in government money.
These tighter provisions were thrown in at the last minute by Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., who was responding to the anger across America over how taxpayers' money was being used in the bank bailout
CITYCENTER SITE LACKS INSPECTIONS
LAS VEGAS — A review of private inspector reports at the site of the $8.6 billion CityCenter construction project on the Las Vegas Strip shows construction moved forward in hundreds of instances without engineering approval.
The review by the Las Vegas Sun shows that in those instances, contractors worked from last-minute drawings that had not been approved by Clark County, but affected buildings' structural integrity.
