Interview and photograph of Daniel, a compulsive gambler in New York City, by Soft White Underbelly. Compulsive gambling, often known as gambling disorder, is the uncontrolled need to continue gambling despite the negative consequences. Gambling involves putting something valuable at risk in the expectation of gaining something even more valuable.
Gambling has been around for thousands of years and games of chance are just one of the evolutionary tendencies that we can't shake off. In the 21st century, people are just as divided about gambling as they were in the past. Gambling was against the law in Egypt and gamblers were...
Alan Woods, a huge winner with a massive bankroll, bets millions the way the rest of us gamble dollars. In 1987, he made his first million dollars by shorting the Hong Kong stock exchange. He lost it the next year by shorting the Japanese market. In 1994, he won $8...
The world of online casinos has risen substantially in recent years, owing mostly to the pandemic, which has driven many gamblers to seek out new ways to play their favorite games. Technology has also played a crucial role in the spread of online gambling trends. As we approach 2022, more breakthroughs...
Paul Pierce, nicknamed "The Truth," is being sued for $180,000, which he allegedly lost playing high-stakes poker games. The case was brought by Stephen Carmona, who alleges Pierce borrowed the massive cash from him but never paid it back. Pierce, according to Carmona, visited him in January while he was holding...
If you're seeking for some of the highest paying slot machines in Las Vegas, you've come to the perfect place. In fact, the Nevada Gaming Control Board estimates that there are over 160,000 slot machines in Sin City. Slots may lead to large payouts, and their no-nonsense style of play...
The first-ever BetMGM Poker Championship will be held at the ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, according to BetMGM, a leading iGaming and sports betting company based in New Jersey. The No-Limit Hold'em tournament will begin on June 23 and end on June 26 with a $3,500 buy-in and...
Adam Kucharski examines the long and complex relationship of betting and science, explaining how gambling affected everything from probability to game theory, chaos theory to artificial intelligence, spanning mathematics, psychology, economics, and physics. Adam Kucharski is a Lecturer at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where he studies infectious...
Hello there, guys! In today's video, I show how I used math to generate money from sports betting and ended up being blacklisted as a result. This strategy is known as arbitrage betting, and it is a risk-free approach to benefit from betting. In this video, I go over the...
In contrast to a fixed jackpot, the amount you can win from a progressive jackpot changes every time a player wagers on a progressive video slot. Typically, a little percentage of each wager is added to the prize pool, which continues to grow until one lucky player wins the progressive...
