Winning the lottery can be a life-changing experience, but for some people, it can quickly turn into a nightmare. From accidentally throwing a 3 million pound lottery ticket in the bin to spending an entire 16 million dollar prize in under 90 days, these are the absolute dumbest lottery winners...
In this video, a representative of Evolution Gaming is presenting the sequel of their game called "Crazy Time" to the audience. He describes the game as having four bonuses, including a "Bar" bonus and a "Stay Alive" bonus. The game has different colored balls and players move up by drawing...
Hello everyone, my name is Brantley and I am here today to debunk some of the myths that you may have about slot machines. I'll also be answering some of your questions about how they work and common misconceptions. But before we get started, let me give you a little...
I recently came across a news story that has left me quite concerned. It was about a man named Liam Manifold, a 30-year-old maintenance engineer from Staffordshire who placed a bet with Coral bookmakers nearly two weeks before the World Cup started. Liam combined three outcomes in a treble bet...
Professional Betfair Trader - Caan Berry. In 2009, I began dabbling with something called Betfair trading. Despite my optimism about the possibilities, I had no idea how much it would change my life at the time. I decided to get serious after a year or so of messing around, making...
Daniel Negreanu is a professional poker player from Canada who has won six World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets as well as two World Poker Tour (WPT) championships. Negreanu was named the best poker player of the decade by the independent poker ranking service Global Poker Index in 2014. As of...
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:...
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...
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...
Real money casinos have been experiencing a growing problem with scheme streamers. The issue consists of different parts, with the first being that streamers do not disclose their special terms of affiliation with a casino. The second issue is that players who watch these paid streamers think that it is...
Cheating in poker is as old as the game itself. Cash games and tournaments have become bigger and better with huge amounts of money to be won, creating a perfect hunting ground for scammers and cheaters. Not all players try to win money in a fair game, and some have...
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...
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...
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...
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...
