How games of chance reflect and influence the world around us.
If you’ve got tremendous insight into current events, a new site can help you blow off some steam and earn virtual money based on your predictions of unfolding news stories. From Wired: Nigel Eccles, a news junkie and former online betting site employee, wanted to try pursuing both interests at once. Thus was born Hubdub […]
I’ve explained, opined, asserted, declared, and suggested, but at last I’ve reached the stage in my career where I can quip. From the Daily Review: After defeat at polls in 1974, a gaming referendum in New Jersey succeeded two years later thanks to an alliance between gaming interests and the Roman Catholic Church, explained David
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gambling & culture, news about gamblingIf you’ve ever wanted commit to something but need online peer pressure to make you go through with it, check out stickK.com (via the Undercover Economist): On stickK, you draw up an official commitment contract that binds you to achieving a personal goal, be it big or small. By agreeing to this contract, you publicly
Ever wonder what sorts of information you’d need to disclose if you want to own a casino? If you’re really curious, you could download the Multi Jurisdicitonal Personal History Form (pdf) yourself. If not, check out this list of tidbits that’s I’ve pulled out on a slow news day. You’ve got to tell regulators: Any
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gambling & culture, news about gamblingIf you’ve ever wondered what “pressing a bet” is, thanks to the magic of YouTube, you can see it for yourself: Link if you can’t view the embed:YouTube – Casino Scam #3 One comment: it looks like the guy demonstrating the move drops a black ($100) on top of a pile of green ($25) chips.
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gambling & cultureOn the heels of the news that
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gambling & cultureUsually, winning a million dollars is an unambiguously good thing. But for ex-con, a winning scratcher might be a ticket back to jail. From the Boston Globe: His odds of winning $1 million on a scratch ticket were 1 in 1,247,400. His odds of being busted if he won? A pretty safe bet. Timothy Elliott
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gambling & culture, haphazard worldFor a long time, I’ve been saying that the best way to make money in a casino is to invent a product or method that decreases labor costs–casino execs will line up to buy it. For some reason, people asking me for “lucky numbers” at keno don’t seem to appreciate that insight so much. But
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gambling & cultureWith the Global Gaming Expo dominating the world of Las Vegas gambling, it’s only appropriate that I post something about it. From the LVRJ: For some casino operators, the Global Gaming Expo serves as a preview to the future. Others want to know what can go on their gaming floors immediately. This year’s industry trade
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gambling & culture, life in vegasMost of us–unless we’re Phillip Pullman–would like to think that God, or Divine Providence, is on our side. It’s comforting to think that, in the words of Pharaoh Sanders, “The Creator Has a Master Plan,” and that you are part of it. But we usually keep our mouths shut about it. Apparently, this year’s WSOP
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gambling & cultureIf you like to read and also like poker, Tim Peters, who writes for Card Player (among other venues), has a great site here: The literature of poker… Tim has links to his articles, his reviews of several books, and a blog that details his adventures–and commentary on–the world of poker. Best of all, he’s
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gambling & cultureIt took a big story to get me back into gambling. From the Telegraph: Yudhisthir lost Draupadi gambling. Centuries on, another woman of Malipada village in Khurda, about 20km from here, was put on bet. Binodini Moharana (19) was hurriedly married off to 28-year-old Kailash Moharana, a carpenter, on September 19 after her brother-in-law lost
There’s not too much pressing news, so I’m posting a link to this article about why poker players might be good at playing the currency exchange game: Poker is arguably the most popular game of chance in modern gambling. Its popularity has seen unprecedented heights over the last decade with tournaments frequently broadcast on major
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gambling & cultureIf you are a fan of Hong Kong racing, like me, and you live in Nevada, like me, you might be in luck. From the RGJ: Nevada bettors soon might be able to bet on horse races in Hong Kong and partake in high-paying, pari-mutuel pools with overseas gamblers, if the proposals are approved by
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gambling & culture, life in vegasThis is probably the only positive expected value deal in Vegas: get paid $4000 to study gambling for a month. From H-Net: What you get • A $4,000 stipend to cover housing and expenses • Desk space in the UNLV Special Collections Reading Room, • Use of a laptop computer What you give • One
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gambling & culture, life in vegasCalifornia Indian gaming is a $7 billion/year business already, but it would get substantially bigger, I think, if a casino popped up in the heart of Orange County. From the LA Times: Even in a city that has entertained the most improbable of dreams, the latest plan to woo tourists and big bucks to Garden
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gambling & cultureWas this year’s WSOP, held under the shadow of UIGEA (also known as the Internet gambling ban), a success? Look at some of the numbers from CardPlayer and judge for yourself: The dust stirred up by the thousands of players who traipsed through the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino the last two months has cleared,
This might put the kabosh on plans to bring an NBA franchise to Las Vegas…or not. An NBA ref has reportedly used his position to influence the outcome of games he had action on. From UPI: An NBA referee is reportedly under investigation by U.S. authorities for allegedly fixing games over the past two seasons,
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gambling & cultureIn what has become almost routine, an amateur with only a few years experience won poker’s top prize, the WSOP’s No-Limit Texas Holdem event. From the AP via the LV Sun: Jerry Yang, a 39-year-old psychologist and social worker from Temecula, Calif., won the $10,000 buy-in main event of the World Series of Poker and
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gambling & culturePennsylvania hasn’t had slots for long but already people are beginning to suspect that the state is dependent on the revenues the one-armed bandits bring in. From the Inquirer: Pennsylvania’s new casino industry established itself as a commanding presence in the great budget showdown, leading some to wonder: Is the state already hooked on slots?
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