Degenerate gambling stories
Categories: live poker, lottery, offline casinos, online casinos, slots, sports betting 1 May 2021 506
Reading time: 18 min, 3456 words

Degenerate gambling stories

Gambling is a common activity that many people engage in for fun or profit. While some gamblers may have success and win big, others may fall into the trap of degenerate gambling. This type of gambling involves chasing losses, taking bigger risks, and experiencing negative consequences that can spiral out...

Sports athletes who are also decent poker players
Categories: live poker, online poker 21 Oct 2020 505
Reading time: 3 min, 487 words

Sports athletes who are also decent poker players

Though Shane Warne may not be a widely known name in the United States, he is a legendary cricket player and is well known around in many countries. Since retirement from cricket, he has taken to poker and has enjoyed a decent amount of success, with over $152,000 in live earnings. This...

History's biggest gambling losses
Categories: live poker, other games, slots, sports betting 10 Dec 2020 490
Reading time: 11 min, 2127 words

History's biggest gambling losses

When you sit down at a casino table, there is always a chance, but big losses are not too frequent if you are smart enough. Well, it was too hard to resist for the gamblers who missed all the temptation. If they took an ego trip or were searching for...

Las Vegas most expensive hotel-casino ever
Categories: offline casinos 22 Nov 2020 487
Reading time: 2 min, 400 words

Las Vegas most expensive hotel-casino ever

One of the new casino projects being built on the Strip is Resorts World Las Vegas. To come in second place among the tallest buildings in this casino area, it will stand 57 floors high. The West Tower has a 100,000 square-foot facade that is lit up as a focal...

Top 5 biggest slot jackpots won
Categories: jackpots, offline casinos, slots 15 Oct 2020 486
Reading time: 4 min, 855 words

Top 5 biggest slot jackpots won

The creation of the progressive jackpot on slot machines can be largely credited to some of the biggest wins in gaming history. A number of slot machines can be associated with this jackpot system, and with every spin that yields no wins, a portion of the money from the spin...

JJ prodigy poker scam
Categories: cheating, online poker, video 6 Oct 2021 485

JJ prodigy poker scam

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...

The sports betting fake guru that makes $100K a day
Categories: crime, sports betting, video 19 Jun 2021 483

The sports betting fake guru that makes $100K a day

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 Matusow $783,000 debt
Categories: interviews, live poker, online poker, video 29 Sep 2021 481

Mike Matusow $783,000 debt

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...

Legendary gamblers: Alan Woods
Categories: blackjack, gambling history, other games, sports betting 10 Jul 2022 471
Reading time: 7 min, 1326 words

Legendary gamblers: Alan Woods

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...

Poker players who are sport bettors as well
Categories: live poker, online poker, sports betting 29 Oct 2020 468
Reading time: 7 min, 1262 words

Poker players who are sport bettors as well

Poker and sports betting are two of the most popular forms of gambling in the world. While some people prefer one over the other, there are also many who enjoy both. In this article, we will explore the world of poker players who are also sports bettors. Several notable poker players...

Interview with a Compulsive Gambler
Categories: interviews, video 31 Jul 2022 462

Interview with a Compulsive Gambler

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:...

The story of Wiktor 'limitless' Malinowski
Categories: online poker, video 11 Jan 2021 457

The story of Wiktor 'limitless' Malinowski

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...

What is the biggest progressive jackpot won online (Top 5)
Categories: online casinos, slots 8 Oct 2020 455
Reading time: less than 1 min, 102 words

What is the biggest progressive jackpot won online (Top 5)

5. Jonathon Heywood, from the UK, took home nothing less than £13,213,838 million on October 6, 2015. The Jackpot was won on Mega Moolah Progressive slot machine, at Betway Casino. 4. Mega Moolah 17 August 2020 Swedish anonymous player at Lucky Casino €14,679,069 3. Mega Moolah 30 January 2019 Canadian anonymous player...

How science is taking the luck out of gambling
Categories: other, video 25 Apr 2022 453

How science is taking the luck out of gambling

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...