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News from casino floors and boardrooms, shelved as it lands and kept for the record.
21 entries. Latest shelved 12 Oct 2026.
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Bally, IGT, and the Companies That Built the Slot Industry
The names behind the machines read like a history of discretion. A gentleman from Reno, a firm from Nevada. The details emerge only when the light is low.
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- NW·F521
The Flamingo: Bugsy Siegel and the Birth of the Vegas Strip
What constitutes human existence besides appetitive impulse? Aristotle interrogates this examining appetite fundamentals.
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- CL·P375
Pete Rose, the Betting Ban, and Cooperstown's Door
Pete Rose is not in the Baseball Hall of Fame because he bet on baseball games while managing the Cincinnati Reds.
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- BW·C761
The Whale at Crown: One Man, 1.5 Billion, and the House Always Wins
His name was Genting High Roller, though that was not his name. Nobody uses their real name when they're losing a billion and a half dollars.
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- NW·B522
Black Friday 2011: The Day Online Poker Changed Forever
On April 15, 2011, the U.S. Department of Justice shut down the three largest online poker sites: PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and Absolute Poker. The government seized $3 billion in player funds....
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- HS·A624
Gambling in Ancient China: Where Lotteries Began
A common misunderstanding: people assume gambling started in the West, with casinos and cards and the legal frameworks that grew around them.
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- BW·B432
The Biggest Online Poker Pots Ever Played
Online poker pots reach sizes that would be impossible in physical casinos. The logistics of handling millions in a single hand reveal how poker actually works.
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- SL·M258
What Makes a Slot Go Viral: Mechanics, Themes, and Streamers
A slot game becomes popular through a combination of smart mechanics, theme appeal, and streamer exposure. None of those alone is sufficient.
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- CL·R422
Richard Marcus: The Infamous Past-Poster and Casino Cheat
Richard Marcus was caught stealing from casinos using a simple sleight-of-hand technique. It worked for years because it was almost invisible.
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- BW·P651
How Poker Became a Global Spectator Sport
In 1988, poker was a hustle game played in smoky rooms by professional grinders. By 2006, it was prime-time television. Here's how that happened.
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- HS·V368
The Venetian Ridotto: The World's First Legal Casino
In 1638, Venice opened the Ridotto, the first legal gambling house in the world. It was organized partly out of necessity and partly out of wisdom about how people actually spend money.
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- NW·R423
The Rick Tocchet NHL Gambling Ring Scandal
When an NHL coach-turned-analyst ran an illegal sports betting operation in 2007, it exposed the murky intersection between professional sports and organized wagering.
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- BC·T373
Terrance Watanabe's $127 Million Loss at Caesars Palace
The largest personal gambling loss in American history reveals how prospect theory and mental accounting trap even rational people in catastrophic bets.
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- BW·C769
The Crown Casino Scam: How $33 Million Was Stolen via CCTV
Crown Melbourne lost 33 million Australian dollars to an internal cheating scheme involving surveillance footage. It is a story about access, trust, and the quiet theft.
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- NW·H268
The Hansie Cronje Match-Fixing Scandal That Shook Cricket
Hansie Cronje, captain of South Africa's cricket team, fixed matches. In 2000, he was exposed. The betting world went into shock. The sports world went into shock. But if you read the betting patterns before the scandal broke, the game was already made.
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