Published: Friday, May 20, 2005 Online-Casinos.com
KING OF LAS VEGAS WILL SOON BE A REALITY
New gambling TV show planned for US Fall season
The apparently insatiable craze for reality TV shows will soon have a newcomer that will be popular with gamblers - King of Las Vegas.
The Las Vegas Sun reported this week that Wayne Allyn Root has entered into an agreement with Spike TV (Cox cable channel 29) to produce "King of Vegas." Root describes the concept as similar to an ironman race, with contestants testing their skill in every form of major gambling found inside a Las Vegas casino.
"To win, you can't just be good at poker," said Root, chairman and chief executive of GWIN Inc., a publicly traded sports handicapping company based in Las Vegas. "Contestants will play craps, blackjack, roulette, baccarat and other games."
The series will culminate with the winner receiving $1 million, being crowned King of Las Vegas and named the best gambler in the United States. Rules for entering the competition will be announced later.
"Donald Trump's 'The Apprentice' inspired me to come up with this," Root said. "The show was a great idea, but if you went to every young male in America and asked them which they would rather do, be with Donald Trump in New York selling real estate or in Vegas, the most exciting city in the world -- two out of three would choose Vegas."
The series will air in the Fall.