Tuesday, January 22, 2013

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Nate Silver Confirmed as Crown’s Special Guest for the 2013 Aussie Millions Poker Championship

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 02:50 PM PST

Melbourne, Australia. Tuesday 22 January 2013. Crown can today announce that one of the world's most influential political forecasters, also a renowned statistician, sabermetrician, psephologist, writer and semi-professional poker player, Nate Silver, will be arriving on Friday 25 January 2013, as Crown's special guest to attend the Aussie Millions Poker Championship.The American genius predicted Obama had a 90.9% chance of winning a majority in the electoral votes and by crunching polling data he successfully predicted the correct result in 50 out of 50 states Silver has now confirmed he will attend the Aussie Millions.

He will start by playing in the coveted Aussie Millions 'Main Event' (Sunday 27 January at midday) that has an estimated first prize of AUD$2,000,000.Nate Silver said today "Poker played a major role in helping my life to become what it is today, and is a great way to develop the critical thinking skills that allow us to make better decisions under conditions of uncertainty. No venue puts those skills to the test more than a tournament like Crown's Aussie Millions Poker Championship with elite players from all around the world."Poker is something of a lodestone in Silver’s life.

It taught him about chance and the role it plays in life. “And it gave me better training than anything else I can think of about how to weigh new information, what might be important information and what might be less so. Our basic instincts tend to be not very good. We tend to overweigh new information”, said Silver.Before he came to politics, Nate established his credentials as an analyst of baseball statistics. He developed a widely acclaimed system called PECOTA (Player Empirical Comparison and Optimization Test Algorithm), which predicts player performance, career development, and seasonal winners and losers. He is the author of a series of books on baseball statistics, which include Mind Game, Baseball Between the Numbers, and It Ain’t Over ’til It’s Over.

Nate has written for ESPN.com, Sports Illustrated, Slate, New York Sun and the New York Times. His work has been reported in such publications as Newsweek, Huffington Post, and Vanity Fair.Silver's new book, The Signal and The Noise: Why Most Predictions Fail – But Some Don’t, is a New York Times bestseller and was published in November 2012 by Penguin. Data-based predictions underpin a growing sector of critical fields, from political polling and hurricane watches to the stock market and even the war on terror. Nate takes readers on a tour of modern prediction science, uncovering a surprising connection among humility, uncertainty and good results. It’s an essential read for anyone interested in how data can be used to understand the future.

Nate Silver has been honoured by a series of accolades, from Time Magazines 100 Most Influential People of 2009 to Rolling Stone’s 100 Agents of Change. FiveThirtyEight.com won Best Political Coverage in the 2008 Weblog Awards.Aussie Millions Poker ChampionshipThe landmark Aussie Millions Poker Championship event comes on the heels of a record year in 2012, when the Aussie Millions generated entries from the most countries ever to compete for the multimillion dollar prize pool.

The 2013 Aussie Millions Poker Championship will include a total of 26 separate poker events with the AUD$10,600 'Main Event', the AUD$100,000 'Challenge', the AUD$250,000 'Challenge' and the Super High Roller events touted as the biggest highlights. Winning the 'Main Event' at Crown's Aussie Millions makes instant stars and instant millionaires out of those with a dream and the determination to outmanoeuvre and outlast the competition.

Lasseters Hotel Casino Alice Springs

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 02:35 PM PST

Lasseters Hotel Casino has completed their new $450,000 world-class security system. The innovative new Dallmeier Semsy III system will provide better security coverage across the entire property with an upgrade from analog to a high definition digital system, and is one of the first of its kind in Australia.The new surveillance system has been two years in the making and sees Lasseters partner with local supplier, Ronin Security.

In a statement from Lasseters' Chief Operating Officer, Chris Sartori said, "Our patrons' safety and security is always of utmost importance. We also understand the importance of supporting local businesses and we are pleased to be partnering with Ronin Security.

Our investment of $450K has enabled us to upgrade to our security surveillance system with technology that is equivalent to, if not better than, any casino around the world. The system also ensures we keep pace with the expansion and redevelopments our property is currently undertaking"The state of the art security system is the first of its kind to be used in the Territory & is the same security system that is used at the Marina Bay Sands Casino Singapore & other world class casino destinations such as Macau.

The system is environmentally friendly and uses 70% less power and energy than the previous set up.Recent expansions at Lasseters include a hotel wing of 66 Premium rooms as well as a heated resort pool & spa. Developments to come include a new 180 seat contemporary Australian restaurant, commercial gym & massage treatment centre, a new VIP gaming area, & new hotel lobby. The projects are expected be completed by December 2013.Pictured: (left) Lasseters Hotel Casino Director of Security & Surveillance, Justin Rooke and Ronin Security Director, Grant Byrnes

For further information regarding developments at Lasseters, visit: http://www.lhc.com.au/hotel/developments