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By Ashton Jenkins

 Since 1989, the American casino gaming industry honors some its selected members by inducting them into the Gaming Hall of Fame. The 18th annual Gaming Hall of Fame charity dinner and induction ceremony will take place at Wynn Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on November 15, 2006 and will benefit the National Center for Responsible Gaming. The Gaming Hall of Fame purpose is to honor people who contributed to the reputation of the American casino entertainment world. The 18th annual Gaming Hall of Fame charity dinner and induction ceremony is organized by the American Gaming Association. The AGA purpose is to widen the understating of the gaming entertainment industry among the American public.

Former Gaming Hall of Fame inductees include famous Las Vegas entertainers such as Sir Tom Jones, Frank Sinatra, Siegfried and Roy and more and industry developers including William Harrah, William Boyd, Donald Trump and more. Here you can read about some of the most notable Gaming Hall of Fame past inductees.

1) Steve Wynn, the Chairman and CEO of Wynn Resorts is honored for his part in making Las Vegas into one of the top resort destinations in the world. Wynn has been serving in several executive positions in the gaming entertainment industry since the 1960s. Prior to founding Wynn Resorts, Wynn had opened the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino and Bellagio in Las Vegas and spent 27 years as chairman of the board for Mirage Resorts.

2) Alessandro Stratta, the Executive Chef of the elite Las Vegas restaurant Alex, is honored for bringing his top culinary skills to Las Vegas. Since arriving to Las Vegas in 1998, every restaurant that Stratta had served as an executive chef received the AAA Five Diamond Award. Before opening Alex in 2005, Stratta worked as an executive chef at the Renoir at The Mirage. He had gained his experience by serving at some of the top establishments in the world including the Stanford Court Hotel in San Francisco to the Hotel du Paris and Louis XV in Monaco.

3) Franco Dragone of Dragone Group is honored for being one of the top entertainment innovators in the worlds entertainment industry. Dragone is responsible for introducing Las Vegas casino visitors to spectacular shows such as Le Cirque Reinvent, La Magie Continue, Nouvelle Experience, La Nouba and Las Vegas exclusives Mystere and O. Most recently Dragone had created the exclusive Le Reve for Wynn Las Vegas, which featured visual theater, artistic performance and special multimedia effects.

4) In 1989 William F. Harrah, the founder of Harrahs Entertainment received the Industry Leader Award. The first Harrahs casino was opened in Reno, Nevada in 1937. Since then, Harrahs became a leading casino entertainment company with over 40 properties in three countries. William F. Harrah was the first casino owner in the United States to host shows by African American entertainers. In 2000, Harrahs Entertainment won the first achievement award in the Gaming Hall of Fame history for promoting responsible gaming.

5) In 1990, Benny Binion wad inducted to the Gaming Hall of Fame as a casino gaming industry leader. At the same year, he was inducted to the Poker Hall of Fame. By creating the World Series of Poker, Binion has major part in turning poker into the popular game it is today.

6) Frank Sinatra was the first entertainer to enter the Gaming Hall of Fame in 1997, a year before his death. Since then, several entertainers were inducted to Gaming Hall of Fame. One of them is the singer songwriter Paul Anka, who had received the 2001 Entertainment Award by the American Gaming Association. Anka was awarded for his successful performances in casinos statewide for almost five decades.

Ashton Jenkins investigates the history of online casino games in the US and worldwide. Jenkins also writes casino and poker rooms reviews

What’s Best For Corporate Entertainment?
By Shaun Parker

 One of the City’s best known venues transformed into a fabulous, opulent and highly entertaining party as you join Le Masquerade. Le Masquerade is available on an exclusive basis or you can choose to join a shared party night. You and your guests have been invited to the Musketeers Masquerade Ball by Dartagnan himself!

You will enter the party through a starlit tunnel leading to the Musketeers Bar where you will be transported back to 17th century France. Elegant dresses and exquisite masks will be the order of the day and youll need an air of regency in your step! Then it’s into King Louis XIVs Ballroom - the magnificent Gibson Hall, for a delicious dinner followed by dancing to our band and DJ. One for all and all for one, en garde! Dates Available Monday 11th December 89.50 pounds per head Thursday 21st December 94.50 pounds per head Included within package price Exclusive venue hire Reception music and Band after dinner All theming, lighting and production Nightclub disco and DJ Reception drinks, Full event management Unlimited beer, wine and soft drinks, Cloakroom and security Three course seated Dinner, 5 pounds million product and public liability insurance.

We have details of hundreds of Christmas party venues for either exclusive or shared party nights throughout the country. Please call our friendly sales team for further details.

This stunning, award-winning marquee venue is situated within the prestigious surroundings of the Royal Hospital Gardens, Chelsea, home to The Chelsea Flower Show. The Snow Ball is available on a exclusive basis or you can choose to join a shared party night. Guests will be greeted with mulled wine as they warm themselves in our cosy Alpine reception, before walking through to dinner under the stars in a magical winter garden of snowy Christmas trees. The Snow Ball includes delicious food and a full nightclub disco. Dates Available Friday 1st December 89.50 pounds per head Thursday 7th December 89.50 pounds per head Friday 15th December 94.50 pounds per head Thursday 21st December 79.50 pounds per head Included within package price Exclusive venue hire, Nightclub disco and DJ All theming, lighting and production Full event management Reception drinks, Cloakroom and security Unlimited beer, wine &soft drinks Crackers Three course seated dinner or buffet 5 pounds million product & public insurance Casino, White Chocolate Fountain Snow Machine We have details of hundreds of Christmas party venues for either exclusive or shared party nights throughout the country.

We’ve all been to them, a company evening meal in a hotel or venue, you arrive, you have your meal and then you go home - that’s if you’ve bothered to make the effort to turn up at all that is. Why do so many guests not turn up to company dinners? Maybe because they are predictable or maybe they’ve followed the same format for years and your guests don’t feel that they are missing anything if they don’t turn up. This is where so many company’s go wrong, they think that by offering a free meal people will give up an evening of their time and I’m sad to say that it just doesn’t cut it anymore - you’ve got to entice your guests to come along, entertain them while they are there and get them talking about it long after the event.

Your guests have the possibility of becoming one of your best PR vehicles so it makes sense to seize the opportunity! There are many forms of entertainment that can really liven up a meal and they don’t all have to cost the earth! One team event that has been going down a storm this year is Team Generation Game, based on the old TV show, we get your guests working as teams and trying their hand at some surprising activities - a real talking point! We also have Team Millionaire, Company Fortunes and many other quiz formats.

You can entertain guests with a Murder Mystery, a band, a celebrity speaker - the list is endless, we have suggestions for all occasions. So don’t let your company event slip into obscurity, get people attending, get them joining in and get them talking about it!

Events specialist Shaun Parker has been advising on corporate entertainment for clients over the past 3 years. For more information visit Accolade Corporate Events.

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By Sonny Castro

 Putting is much simpler than driving the golf ball and doesn’t have to be a complex set of events.It is an art to be cultivated and acquired through your own individuality or personality.It’s an art because it is a reflection of the

philosophy of the putter. Putting is an important game within the game of golf as it is an art requiring vivid imagination and sharp eyesight to assess the characteristics of the green, good judgment to gauge the distance for long putts, as well as the power and touch to strike a “specialized” stroke and to deliver the perfect putt. Using the putter is both the easiest and most difficult part of golf.It’s the most precise aspect of the game of golf and so the putter must be designed to give the golfer every technology advantage including smooth stroke, good glide, sweet impact, and bounceless topspin ball launch and every technique advantage including perfect fit as to shaft angle and length.

Golfers refer to this as “going to school” on a putt. Golfers, many times, are overanxious to see the result, so they lift their head and turn their body too quickly. Sometimes, golfers also try to hit the ball with their wrists.

The reason putting is an art is because there are no hard and fast rules regarding how one should deliver the perfect putt. Good putting will help your golfscores far more than a bunch of 300-yard drives down the fairway. What makes putting such an important part of your game is that no matter how well you’re able to hit the ball with all your other clubs, until you roll that little white ball into the hole, you have no score. In other words, if you drive your ball 300 yards right down the center of the fairway, and stop your approach shot 15 feet from the hole, neither of those shots have done you any good if youend up 3-putting for a bogie.

Putters are designed for use on the golf green where they are suppose to hit the ball to roll on the surface of the green to land in the hole, thus completing a “hole” in a game of golf which consists of several such holes, usually eighteen but sometimes more or less.

Putting is a big part of his golfing philosophy. It is much too delicate a process to withstand any body motion. This stroke is the greatest test of skill on the golf course and requires regular, high quality practice sessions, ideally on a putting green or with something that represents an actual hole as nearly as possible. Putting is unique, in that it is intended that the ball travel substantially on the ground toward the hole.It’s more sensory, tactile, than any other stroke in golf. It’s about feel, touch, stroke, speed and distance.This stroke is one ofthe most important parts of the game of golf — remember that one half of all the strokes allotted for a score of par are putts. It’s the key to scoring better, no matter what your handicap may be.It’s almost always the maker or breaker of your game and all it requires is some basic confidence and technique. Putting is also different in another way:It is one of the few skills in all of sport in which any player, regardless of size, strength, speed, gender, or education, can compete equally with–and have a realistic chance to surpass

the skills of–the best professionals in the world.

Sonny Castro is an online marketer and entrepreneur who specializes in online niche products. His new product, the insanely popular LeaderBoard Golf Trainer is now available. For more information, please go to: http://tigersgolfclub.com

What Is The Best Team Building Event?
By Shaun Parker

 This varies enormously and depends on what you are trying to achieve, the demographics of your group and what budget you are playing with. We hosted a poll in the office and there were two events that came out top in s favourite summer team building events.

In first place is our School Sports Day a firm favourite and one that everyone loves! This gets your team out of the office, into the fresh air and having bucket loads of fun team building at its covert best! British Airways wanted to have a team building event which had lots of energy, healthy competition and was lots of fun and so they chose a School Sports Day the results were tremendous!

It was a really good way of getting people mixing with others that they may have not spoken to before and those people have taken their new found bonds back into the work place. A very close second place is the motorised and shooting days guys and girls alike love these days. Zoom around a course on a grass based hovercraft and then throw axes at targets amongst many different activities. Teams compete for funny money and it never ceases to amaze the team just how far people will go to be on the winning team!

There are many ways to wake your delegates up and energise the day! We normally find that conference organisers want the graveyard hour which is the hour after lunch, livened up. Delegates are far more likely to settle down in their chairs after a tasty lunch and slowly start to drift off in to their own world while struggling to stay awake we’ve all done it and the smart conference organiser wants to prevent it from happening at their conference!

Wake your delegates up with a powerful and moving drumming session or host your very own company fortunes to see how well your message is getting across. We hosted a drumming session for Argos, 150 delegates were taught different signature rhythms and then the drum master layered each of the signature rhythms one on top of the other, to promote the idea of the individual parts making one company sound. The result was one of the most powerful energizers they had ever experienced and the conference is now referred to as the drumming conference. We have got many conference energisers for you to choose from, we can ensure that your teams wake up, pay attention and regain initial enthusiasm we definitely will bring life back into your day! Click here for more conference energisers

Do you believe in your country? Do you think England have got what it takes? Perhaps you should be looking a little closer to home and spot the talent within your team. With world cup fever sweeping across the nation and England still in with what people are calling their best chance since 1966, we have a few ideas of how you can indulge your team with some world cup activities! Human Table Football is brilliant and it makes a huge impact!

Your pitch is a giant inflatable arena and your team are the players secured to the poles as you bounce about attempting to score vital goals. The goalies are secured to bungee rope, which gives them that extra chance to save the goals! So, who will you be Beckham, Rooney or even Lampard? We’ve also got some fantastic penalty shoot outs, table football and how about England team style Tequila Girls and Guys to help with the celebrations after?

Shaun Parker is an expert on Indoor Team Building and many other team building events due to his specialised job in the industry. Find out more about Team Building at the accolade website.

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