In the Philippines, we investigate the inner workings of human trafficking syndicates that trick Chinese nationals into illegally entering the country to work in online gambling businesses. Runaways are apprehended, beaten, and ransomed for large sums of money. The Philippines Senate investigates these internet gambling organizations' illicit activities and finds a...
The two phenomena of online high stakes poker were Tom Dwan and Isildur1 a.k.a Viktor Blom 10 years ago. Back in the days of Full Tilt Poker, people used to wait in nosebleed stakes to see both durrrr and isildur1 play as high as $500/$1000 blinds.
If you're going to cheat in a card game... make sure you don't do it in Sammy "The Bull" Gravano's club. Sammy is an former American gangster who has been the Gambino crime family's underboss. Gravano played a significant role in helping the prosecution sentence John Gotti, the leader of the...
Multi accounting is a type of poker cheating that is rather widespread nowadays, but back in 2006, this was one of the first major multi accounting scams that drew the attention of the poker community. In this poker video, we cover how Josh Field, also known as JJProdigy, scammed the...
Why gamblers pretending to be millionaires are fraudsters, why you shouldn't buy anyone's sports predictions, and why Mazi VS doesn't truly make his money from sports betting. Author explain why casinos and sports books eliminate anyone who has an advantage on the books and why it's extremely difficult for handicappers to...
Mike "The Mouth" Matusow is one of poker's most controversial figures. Some find his outbursts, antics, and frequent talking at the tables amusing, while others find it incredibly bothersome. But, whether you like him or despise him, Matusow is one-of-a-kind. Mike has established quite a poker career over the years, becoming fairly...
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. Interviewer:...
Wiktor Malinowski is a high stakes cash game poker player known in the poker world as "Limitless". He has won millions of dollars playing live poker and online poker, and is considered to be one of the greatest online poker players ever. This is a poker documentary about Limitless 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...
Michael Franzese (born May 27, 1951) is the son of former underboss John "Sonny" Franzese, a former New York mobster and caporegime of the Colombo crime family. After his father was sentenced to 50 years in prison for bank robbery in 1967, Franzese dropped out of Hofstra University's pre-med program...
Poker is one of the most popular card games in the world, known for its thrilling gameplay and the potential for big wins. Over the years, there have been some truly massive pots in the game, with players competing for millions of dollars in prize money. In this article, we...
When it comes to professional poker players, few can match the sheer talent and success of Bryn Kenney. With millions of dollars in winnings and numerous high-profile titles to his name, Kenney has become a household name in the poker world. But who exactly is Bryn Kenney, and how did he...
It's in our DNA to take a risk. Every day, whether it's gambling on a slot machine or riding a skateboard, we engage in activities that have both a risk and a reward. The surge of dopamine motivates us to take these risks. The same pleasurable reward pathways in our brains...
While researching the interaction of thermodynamics and information theory, scientist Juan Parrondo discovered that a system of losing games could create a winning outcome. And it's not simply by playing them strategically; it's also feasible for two sure losers to produce a winner when played at random. The test of our...
A while ago, I deposited $200 into a sports betting account, and a couple of months later, I received an email from the platform stating that my account had been changed, and I was banned from the platform. By that time, I had turned my initial deposit of $200 into...
Archie Karas, a gambler who started with $50 in 1995 and made it into $40 million in three years, only to lose it all in three weeks. Man with one of the most outstanding streaks in gambling history tells his life story. See more: Archie Karas: $40 million streak
