The Dice-o-Matic is basically a seven-foot-tall vertical conveyor belt, which rolls and cycles its dice by carrying them to the top of the assemblage on little shelves, then sending them tumbling down to the bottom to repeat the whole process again. The results of the rolls are recorded by a camera, which is triggered each time a scoop passes by, and processed by a laptop with custom-built die-reading software.

If that sounds familiar, it's because the same site—GamesByEmail.com—built a much smaller rolling machine out of Legos back in 2005. Since then, they've outgrown its 80,000-a-day rolling rate, which the new mega-roller can pull off in about an hour and a half.

The machine's designer goes into more technical detail on this project page, but it takes a video to really do this system justice. [GamesByEmail via Reddit]

Card counting itself is not illegal, but using a device to help you do so is considered a felony under Nevada gambling laws. Not that casinos are fans of card counting without devices. But if they catch you using this unnamed app they have a choice to either turn you over to the feds or handle your punishment themselves, neither of which seem like great options to me. [AP]

For $15, I can't imagine exactly how good those sensors are—my experience with Jack Potty's brand, Safety 1st, has not been positive at all, but that's not the real issue. I know Walmart is trying to help, and I'm sure it makes sense to them: The percentage of people who throw away most of their Social Security checks on slot machines probably do tend to spend whatever remains at Supercenters.

But how will this affect kids, mentally? Risk of gambling addiction aside, a friend of mine said it best: When our girls are old enough to visit Las Vegas and look out over the sea of slot machines, will they say, "Wow, check out all those public restrooms!"?? Scary. [Walmart via Consumerist]

Then yeah, this 2GB poker chip flash drive is totally worth your $28. Because we both know that when you told all those stories about the "system" you used to make boatloads of cash playing online poker, you were just bluffing. [Product via OhGizmo]

If that wasn't interesting enough, the press release states that the phone "will have the ability to become the world's first handheld slot machine, bingo, video poker or black jack device"—although details are scarce on how that sort of functionality might work. No matter how you look at it, a dual-mode GSM/CDMA gambling smartphone aimed at the US market is a little on the weird side. Still, the product should be available now— somewhere for some unknown price. [Product Page via SlipperyBrick via Crunchgear]

Yes. Those who succeed in the minigame will see a payout up to 7% higher—which is a huge amount in Vegas where the minimum payout is 75%. We're not big on the slots, but with PONG and the possibility of Breakout coming down the line, our mad gaming skills could pay off...literally. In all reality, we'll just be losing 7% less than all of our money. [forbes via therawfeed]

[Via Crunch Gear]

Nope, there's no fancy digital roulette table to place our chips upon, and this little wheel o' fortune is only 2.5 inches in diameter. But for a mere $19.95—less than the cost of just one of Frucci's manly Vegas wagers—we'll make do. – Charlie White

Product Page [Vat 19, via Nerd Approved]

But most of all, the Harvard Casino Coffee Table reminds us that smart design—not overhyped technology—drives innovation. – Mark Wilson

Product Page [via uberreview]

Corian is a solid surface material composed of acrylic polymer and alumina trihydrate made by DuPont. It is said to be a thermosetting plastic, but can be thermoformed by heating it to 300°F (149°C), allowing unique shapes to be created. Its primary use is for countertops.

Corian Roulette Table [YankoDesign]

Business/Financial Props [Bodog]

Product Page [Via OhGizmo!]

• Will Sony reduce the $499/$599 price tags on PS3 before the expected United States launch date of November 17th, 2006?
• Will the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approve Sony's Playstation 3 for release by November 17th, 2006?
• Which Sony Playstation 3 game will sell the most copies on the expected United States launch date of November 17th, 2006?

Maybe I'm overlooking something, or just stupid, but since when does the FDA approve a console? Maybe Bodog missed the joke of Jason Chen's headline regarding the PS3's FCC approval. Good job, Chen. Your witty humor has cost my beloved Bodog a lot of money. – Travis Hudson

Betting Page [Via Kotaku]

The one feature that won't be digital is the shit-talking. Now you can really tell GDawg6969 that he is a dumbass for chasing a gut-shot straight all the way to the river beating your trips you flopped. The other thing that won't be digital is when GDawg6969 really kicks your ass. – Travis Hudson

Online Poker nad Live Poker Meet: The 'ePoker Room' is here [via The Raw Feed]

UK gamblers looking to get their teeth knocked out will be happy to hear the news that a company has developed a device that makes cheating at the roulette tables much easier. Costing around $1,900, the device employs a time recorder, a computer and an earpiece. When put in the hands of someone who actually knows how to gamble properly (not a newbie, in other words), the odds of winning can be greatly stacked in their favor. One estimate showed a 100 percent increase in the likelihood of winning.

The device measures the acceleration speed of the wheel and sends the info to the on-board computer. The computer then calculates where the ball will send based on the acceleration data and sends the result to an earpiece inside the user's ear canal. All very tricky, all very likely to get you thrown out—if not worse—from your local house of gambling. – Nicholas Deleon

For sale for £1,000: gadget that means you'll never lose at roulette again [The Guardian via Ubergizmo]

Las Vegas Sands to unveil mobile gambling [Yahoo!]

It's hard to think of technology in Las Vegas beyond updating the neon lights and the surveillance cameras surveying every pit, but the truth is a lot of time and money goes into developing new products for use in casinos. Take the Table Master by Shuffle Master, at your left, for instance. It's a fully-automated casino: no cards, no dealer, runs 24/7 and can't be cheated. Doesn't sound like very much fun to us, as we're big fans of human interaction, but it might be just the perfect thing for some casinos, or maybe even places like airport lounges.

The Wynn Las Vegas isn't the kind of place to have Table Masters but all their poker chips are made by Shuffle Master and have RFID tags embedded within, so the resort can track their movement from cashier to table back to cashier. Chips aside, the Wynn might just be the most technologically up to date resort in the world right now. Every room has HDTV and a speaker wire so you can plug your own MP3 player in. They also have what they say is the largest VOIP installation in a hotel: 4,200 phones, each with an interactive display.

Click: Vegas gambles on a hi-tech future [BBC News]