Slot Machine - Las Vegas Sun

Slot Machine - Las Vegas Sun - Learn how a slot machine works by playing one... Explore what goes on inside the machine, and uncover slots-related myths.

Kim Peek, the original Rain Man, dies - Times Online

Kim Peek, the original Rain Man, dies - Times Online: "Kim Peek, the autistic savant who inspired the Oscar-winning film Rain Man, has died, aged 58."

Online Casino Roulette | Smart Live Casino

Online Casino Roulette | Smart Live Casino: "Online casino roulette is brought to you from the comfort of your own armchair! Play online roulette live here on our website or use your phone to play on our roulette TV channels. Play free or real money roulette!"

The Changing Face Of Online Casinos

The Changing Face Of Online Casinos: "Live dealer online casinos, as the name suggests means the broadcasting of live real dealer action across the internet and on TV so players can place bets on the outcome of real results delivered by real croupiers and dealers.

At the forefront of this technology and now becoming the UKs fastest growing live dealer action is http://www.smartlivecasino.com/ which has developed its own technology platform for live roulette and live blackjack games. These games are hosted by qualified croupiers who are also entertainment presenters. The casino action is streamed live to online players with no delay so that players can place bets and see the results in real-time.

Smart Live Casino also broadcast their casino action on SKY and Freesat television channels were players can join the action by playing and placing bets over the phone negating the need for a computer or internet connection for a player to participate. Smart Live Casino has it's own broadcasting studios based in London and has developed it's own safe and secure technology for players to place bets as they would in a real casino environment. Players are also able to interact with the casino presenters and see their usernames appear on TV when they win."

Viva Las Vegas And Some Probability Too

Viva Las Vegas And Some Probability Too: "I had relatives visiting from out of town and, because they had never been to Las Vegas, we took a two day, one night, short plane trip over the mountains.

Naturally, I won some money. Is that because I am a mathematical genius? No, everyone except the truly elite is going to lose money in a casino by knowing just enough probability to be dangerous while the truly stupid are going to be the foundation of any gambling town."

Analysis Of A Roulette Strategy

Analysis Of A Roulette Strategy: "As Hank explains in a recent article, when he visits a Casino he plays the Roulette. His simple strategy consists in betting on a single colour, doubling the bet every time he loses; when he wins, he starts back with the minimum bet."

One Man’s Discarded Ticket Can Be Another Man’s Salary - NYTimes.com

One Man’s Discarded Ticket Can Be Another Man’s Salary - NYTimes.com: "For the past 10 years, Jesus Leonardo has been cleaning up at an OTB parlor in Midtown Manhattan, cashing in, by his own count, nearly half a million dollars’ worth of winning tickets from wagers on thoroughbred races across the country."

The Gambler Who Blew $127 Million - WSJ.com

The Gambler Who Blew $127 Million - WSJ.com: "LAS VEGAS -- During a year-long gambling binge at the Caesars Palace and Rio casinos in 2007, Terrance Watanabe managed to lose nearly $127 million."

City of Dreams (40 pics)

City of Dreams (40 pics) "It is a huge entertainment complex situated in Macau.
City of Dreams is in the style of a podium, with four towers: namely, the Hard rock Hotel, Crown Towers, the Grand Hyatt Macau, and a 47-storey luxury apartment block. Its three-floor podium includes a mega-casino, over 200 shopping facilities and hotel guest facilities. City of Dreams has a very vast gaming space (420, 000 sq ft), over 20 restaurants and bars one of the largest in the city.
This place is even referred to as the Asian Las Vegas and the complex is not yet complete.
Well, now let's move on to the photos and look at all this luxury."

Loto-Qu�bec - Vers un poker en ligne - �Finances - MSN CA

Loto-Québec - Vers un poker en ligne - Finances - MSN CA: "Loto-Québec veut investir Internet. La société d'état espère offrir un jeu de poker en ligne dès l'été prochain, a annoncé le PDG, Alain Cousineau."

Casino denies man jackpot. [VIDEO]

Casino denies man jackpot. [VIDEO]: "Casino denies man jackpot"

Card counters' days are numbered - tech - 09 October 2009 - New Scientist

Card counters' days are numbered - tech - 09 October 2009 - New Scientist: "GAMBLERS who adopt a well-known probability strategy to beat the house at blackjack beware - UK researchers have developed an automated system that will detect card counters before they can cash in."

Computers to crack down on card counters : Christopher Null : Yahoo! Tech

Computers to crack down on card counters : Christopher Null : Yahoo! Tech: "First they start paying out 6 to 5 on natural blackjacks, and now this? The little guy gets the short end of the stick once again, as UK researchers say they've developed a computer algorithm that can analyze how Blackjack players manage their chip stack and bet on each hand, sniffing out card counters inside 20 hands of the game."

Woman wins 4 cars in 4 weeks at casino

Woman wins 4 cars in 4 weeks at casino: "LINCOLN, Calif. - Thunder Valley casino has given away eight cars and trucks in the past two months, and four of them have gone to the same Sacramento woman.

Last Sunday, the woman won a Lexus convertible worth $43,000 and the week before it was a Mercedes convertible worth $47,000. Last month she won two pickup trucks."

Why Derren was banned from so many casinos – the inside story.

Why Derren was banned from so many casinos – the inside story. Derren Brown Blog: "Phillis has just received news from a previous acquaintance of Derren’s about the bearded trickster’s crafty exploits and how they lead to him being banned in casinos across the country."

Birthday kid on Price Is Right. [VIDEO]

Birthday kid on Price Is Right. [VIDEO]

How to win the lottery: A guide to how you can take home the jackpot | Mail Online

How to win the lottery: A guide to how you can take home the jackpot | Mail Online: "We've been doing our own soothsaying, uncovering Lottery winning methods from the mathematical to the random, from the sublime to the ridiculous."

How did he do THAT? Derren Brown predicts winning lottery numbers... and he'll reveal his method on Friday | Mail Online

How did he do THAT? Derren Brown predicts winning lottery numbers... and he'll reveal his method on Friday | Mail Online: "On Wednesday at 10.35pm, having boasted for days that he would predict the six main ball numbers in the midweek National Lottery draw, Brown went on-air, live across all Channel 4's terrestrial and satellite channels."

The Coin Flip: A Fundamentally Unfair Proposition? - Coding the Wheel

The Coin Flip: A Fundamentally Unfair Proposition? - Coding the Wheel: "Have you ever flipped a coin as a way of deciding something with another person?"

HOW INTERNET GAMBLING IS KEEPING WALL STREET RICH: DETAILS Article on men.style.com

HOW INTERNET GAMBLING IS KEEPING WALL STREET RICH: DETAILS Article on men.style.com

What's luck got to do with it? The math of gambling - physics-math - 11 August 2009 - New Scientist

What's luck got to do with it? The math of gambling - physics-math - 11 August 2009 - New Scientist

How to Gamble: Gambling Guide for Beginners | The Art of Manliness

How to Gamble: Gambling Guide for Beginners | The Art of Manliness

How and Why to Become a Professional Gambler | The Art of Manliness

How and Why to Become a Professional Gambler | The Art of Manliness: "Today we feature a singularly interesting and unique job, that of the professional gambler. Many a man has gambled in his day, whether with real money or cookies. But Christatos Aristad was able to parlay his talents in gambling into a real profession, a lucrative one at that."

Crime branch may probe onshore casino functioning - Goa - Cities - The Times of India

Crime branch may probe onshore casino functioning - Goa - Cities - The Times of India: "Sources said that the issue of roulette machines 'being manually operated, 'as in the case of Majorda beach resort's casino, has prompted an investigation into the functioning of casinos permissible under the Goa Gambling Act that provides for electronic gaming machines
."

Chris Ferguson - Poker Articles written by Chris Ferguson

Chris Ferguson - Poker Articles written by Chris Ferguson: "To ensure that I keep my bankroll intact, I've adopted some key rules:

* I'll never buy into a cash game or a Sit & Go with more than 5 percent of my total bankroll (there is an exception for the lowest limits: I'm allowed to buy into any game with a buy-in of $2.50 or less).
* I won't buy into a multi-table tournament for more than 2 percent of my total bankroll and I'm allowed to buy into any multi-table tournament that costs $1.
* If at any time during a No-Limit or Pot-Limit cash-game session the money on the table represents more than 10 percent of my total bankroll, I must leave the game when the blinds reach me."

Ed Thorp: Having the Edge on the Market

Ed Thorp: Having the Edge on the Market: "'The overlap of interest between gambling and the stock market is very high. It's an amazing phenomenon,' says Thorp. 'But there are so many similarities and so much one can teach you about the other. Actually, gambling can teach you more about the stock market than the other way around. Gambling provides an analytically simpler world, and you can see principles and test theories.'"

ReviewJournal.com - Business - CAESARS AIMING HIGHER

ReviewJournal.com - Business - CAESARS AIMING HIGHER: "Caesars also raised the betting limits on roulette, going from $500 to $3,000 for 'any way' wagers, including single numbers, splits and quads."

Rob The Casinos Legally (E-book - $87.50)

"Let me explain this approach to you. In many ways, investing in the stock market, the commodities markets, or buying and selling options is very similar to playing the game of Roulette. Both have certain probabilities to winning and losing."

Lessons From Las Vegas

Lessons From Las Vegas: "Although the word 'gambler' is often accompanied by other, more disparaging words, such as 'irresponsible,' I believe that Las Vegas teaches valuable money management lessons."

Don't Lose Grandma's Money!

Don't Lose Grandma's Money!: "Humor me while I tell a little story.

You're walking to work one day when you spot a dollar bill lying on the sidewalk. You pick it up and, feeling a little superstitious, spend it on a lottery ticket. The next day, you find you've won $5,000. Great news! You take the winnings and buy a long-shot biotech stock -- Dendreon, for instance. Let's say this day was in late March, and you were able to buy 1,000 shares of Dendreon at $5 each.

The stock pops the next day on rumors of an imminent FDA approval, and you sell out a few days later at $22. $22,000! You're really feeling your luck now, and you decide to push it -- by taking that money to a casino. You hit the roulette wheel and put it all on number 22, a 35-to-1 bet, and win $770,000. You let it ride -- keep all the money on the same number -- and win again. Now you're up to a whopping $26,950,000. You feel that nothing can stop you now and let it ride again -- but the little ball drops in 23 instead.

Oops. You're wiped out.

Now here's the question: How much did you really lose? A dollar? $22,000? Almost $27 million? Nothing?"

Feds Bust Ring of Alleged Casino Cheaters | Threat Level from Wired.com

Feds Bust Ring of Alleged Casino Cheaters | Threat Level from Wired.com: "Federal prosecutors in Tacoma, Washington are charging four alleged members of a cheating ring that hit roulette tables at three Indian casinos before being arrested last November."

Annual report shows dramatic fall of casino profits - Las Vegas Sun

Annual report shows dramatic fall of casino profits - Las Vegas Sun