Kerry Packer: Tall tales & true stories

He was an Australian media tycoon who loved to take a punt.

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/books-magazines/kerry-packer-tall-tales-true-stories/story-fna50uae-1227243375900

The Death of Blackjack and What Games Are Replacing It

The casino is losing its mystique, and the product of gambling is maturing. As a consequence, the tastes of the modern gambler are changing, such that there is an increasing demand for gaming activity that is more social in nature, and an increasing demand for gaming activity at least partially based on skill.

But what does that really mean for the next wave of casino games?

Read more: http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/02/28/the-death-of-blackjack-and-what-games-are-replacin.aspx#ixzz3THMFWpN1

The Man Who Broke Atlantic City

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/04/the-man-who-broke-atlantic-city/308900/

Don Johnson won nearly $6 million playing blackjack in one night, single-handedly decimating the monthly revenue of Atlantic City’s Tropicana casino. Not long before that, he’d taken the Borgata for $5 million and Caesars for $4 million. Here’s how he did it.