ESPN.com: Page 2 : Gambling and the alpha dog

ESPN.com: Page 2 : Gambling and the alpha dog: There's a famous gambling story about Michael Jordan. Actually, there are many famous gambling stories about MJ, but this one is my favorite.

Busted flush: Las Vegas on a losing streak - Telegraph

Busted flush: Las Vegas on a losing streak - Telegraph: Four years ago Las Vegas was the fastest-growing city in the US. Now it's America’s foreclosure capital

DailyTech - Top Poker Site, Poker Celebrities Caught in $444M USD Ponzi Scheme

DailyTech - Top Poker Site, Poker Celebrities Caught in $444M USD Ponzi Scheme

Loto-Québec poursuit la Ligue de tournois de poker

Loto-Québec poursuit la Ligue de tournois de poker

7 seconds away from €9.1 million - Poker/Casino/Betting News from BankrollMob.com

7 seconds away from €9.1 million - Poker/Casino/Betting News from BankrollMob.com: "Joel Ifergan couldn't believe his eyes when he realized that he had 7 correct numbers on the 2 lottery tickets he had bought from a betting shop nearby his home in Montreal. A very happy and excited Joel Ifergan took the tickets and went to the betting shop to check how much he had won. Once he arrived and handed over the tickets to the person working at the betting shop, he got some good news followed by some really, really bad news. The good news was that he had won €9,147,140. The bad news was that both tickets had expired."

Update 18:27 - BREAKING NEWS - Fulltilt Poker License suspended - Poker/Casino/Betting News from BankrollMob.com

Update 18:27 - BREAKING NEWS - Fulltilt Poker License suspended - Poker/Casino/Betting News from BankrollMob.com: "Earlier today the following statement was issued by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission:

'Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) has today issued Hearing Notices under Regulation 46 of its Regulations to Vantage Ltd. Oxalic Ltd, Filco Ltd and Orinic Ltd, collectively trading as FULL TILT POKER."

Playboy bunnies are back on MSN Video

Playboy bunnies are back on MSN Video: "Hugh Hefner, 85, took time away from planning his marriage to a 25-year-old woman in order to end a party to mark the opening of a new Playboy Cub in London."

Watch Archie Karas: Won 40 million playing poker then lost it all

Watch Archie Karas: Won 40 million playing poker then lost it all Video at VideoHippy: "Watch Archie Karas: Won 40 million playing poker then lost it all"

CAESARS AIMING HIGHER - Business - ReviewJournal.com

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

Video Roulette Perceived as Riskier Than Real | Wired Science | Wired.com

Video Roulette Perceived as Riskier Than Real | Wired Science | Wired.com: "People may be less willing to take risks on activities depicted online through video feeds than they are in person, even when the activity is the same."

Confessions of a Las Vegas Blackjack Dealer - Careers Articles

Confessions of a Las Vegas Blackjack Dealer - Careers Articles: "I am Antoniya Hamberg and I have been a Las Vegas blackjack dealer for over two years, working at Binion's Hotel and Gambling Hall (which used to be known as the Horseshoe), as well as at a couple of other properties."

There Will Be a Lot Less Poker on TV - Entertainment - The Atlantic Wire

There Will Be a Lot Less Poker on TV - Entertainment - The Atlantic Wire: "Poker-themed TV shows are on the chopping block. Bloomberg has relayed the news that ESPN is pulling the plug on its poker advertising and programming in the wake of last Friday's FBI crackdown on popular online poker destinations."

U.S. Government Moves To Shut Down World’s Biggest Online Poker Companies - Nathan Vardi - The Jungle - Forbes

U.S. Government Moves To Shut Down World’s Biggest Online Poker Companies - Nathan Vardi - The Jungle - Forbes: "Federal prosecutors today unsealed a sweeping indictment against Isai Scheinberg and Raymond Bitar, founders of the world’s biggest online poker companies, and moved to try to shut down their businesses."

Addiction fear over live roulette on TV | Mail Online

Addiction fear over live roulette on TV | Mail Online

Really funny stuff - Poker Anyone? (15 pics)

Really funny stuff - Poker Anyone? (15 pics): "Here are some instructions on how to build a great poker table. All you need is some wood for a table top, some legs, some felt, chips and cards and with these instructions you’ll be playing poker with your buddies in no time."

How I Beat Scratch-Off Lottery Tickets - Joshua Green - Personal - The Atlantic

How I Beat Scratch-Off Lottery Tickets - Joshua Green - Personal - The Atlantic: "Scratchers are a simple odds game. The tickets come in packs of a couple hundred. Watching alchies scratch tickets all day, you eventually realize that there are a more or less fixed number of winners per pack. You also realize that if the ten tickets just scratched were losers, there's a pretty decent chance one of the next ones will be a winner. So I fell into the habit of buying a couple tickets anytime I witnessed an alchie on a losing streak. I'd scratch 'em off in front of the poor guy, and more often than not, I'd win a few bucks."

Poker face busted? Our eye position betrays the numbers we have in mind, new study

Poker face busted? Our eye position betrays the numbers we have in mind, new study: "It will be harder to lie about your age or your poker hand after new research by the University of Melbourne, Australia has revealed that our eye position betrays the numbers we are thinking about."

La vie d'un champion du monde - RDS.ca

La vie d'un champion du monde - RDS.ca

RFID poker gets DIY kit, automated card counting now available at home (video) -- Engadget

RFID poker gets DIY kit, automated card counting now available at home (video) -- Engadget: "When Andrew Milner built himself an RFID-equipped poker table and the automated video overlay system to match, it was certainly a labor of love."

Joan Ginther: Texas Lottery Winner for Fourth Time - ABC News

Joan Ginther: Texas Lottery Winner for Fourth Time - ABC News: "Joan Ginther might be the first person with an answer to that question."

Cracking the Scratch Lottery Code | Magazine

Cracking the Scratch Lottery Code | Magazine: "Fundamentally, he believes that creating impregnable tickets is extremely difficult, if not impossible. “There is nothing random about the lottery,” he says. “In reality, everything about the game has been carefully designed to control payouts and entice the consumer.” Of course, these elaborate design elements mean that the ticket can be undesigned, that the algorithm can be reverse-engineered. The veneer of chance can be peeled away."

CTV British Columbia - Gambling addict who faked cancer sentenced to 3 years - CTV News

CTV British Columbia - Gambling addict who faked cancer sentenced to 3 years - CTV News: "A B.C. gambling addict who faked cancer to dupe her husband, in-laws and friends out of hundreds of thousands of dollars is going to prison."

Amarillo Slim Defeats Doyle Brunson in Scooter Race at WSOP

Amarillo Slim Defeats Doyle Brunson in Scooter Race at WSOP: "During the dinner break of Monday’s World Series of Poker (WSOP) Champions Invitational, poker legends Doyle Brunson and Amarillo Slim squared off armed with scooters in the halls of the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino."

Betfair Zero Roulette optimal player strategy - 1324 system

Betfair Zero Roulette optimal player strategy - 1324 system: "Betfair's Zero Roulette is the only Roulette in the world with no zero."

$8.9m poker prize up for grabs - humans only please • The Register

$8.9m poker prize up for grabs - humans only please • The Register