Lore
What the club remembers, filed by the month it was told. Look a story up or step into one room.
June 2026
- Regulation
What Is eCOGRA and What Does Its Seal Mean?
The eCOGRA seal is a certification that a casino has passed independent auditing. It does not mean the casino is safe, only that it has been audited and met minimum standards.
Told by Mila Novak · 3 min
- Regulation
Player Fund Segregation: How Regulators Protect Balances
When you deposit money at DraftKings or Bet365, that money does not go into the company's general operating account. It goes into a segregated trust account. If the company goes bankrupt, your money is protected by law.
Told by Trey Coleman · 3 min
- Payments
Fast Payout Casinos: What Actually Makes Withdrawals Faster
A gentleman from Hamburg asked me why some casinos moved his funds in three hours while others took three days. The answer is not what most people think. It is not about the operator being noble. It is about the payment processor.
Told by Kayla Reyes · 3 min
- Live Casino
How Online Poker Sites Keep Games Fair
Your first night on a poker site, you get AA three times in 40 hands. It seems rigged. Statistically, you just got lucky. But how do you actually verify that the site is not cheating?
Told by Trey Coleman · 3 min
- Scandals
The Circus Circus Heist: Heather Tallchief's $2.9 Million Disappearance
She walked out of the Circus Circus casino in Las Vegas with a duffel bag containing $2.9 million in casino chips. Nobody stopped her. Her brother was waiting in the parking lot. They drove away.
Told by Kayla Reyes · 3 min
- Crypto Gambling
KYC vs Anonymous Crypto Casinos: What Players Should Know
Tversky and Kahneman showed that people value loss aversion 2.5 times more than equivalent gains. A crypto casino without KYC exploits this asymmetry. No verification, no paper trail, no control.
Told by Jaxon Miller · 4 min
- Crypto Gambling
How Stablecoin Betting Is Changing Online Sportsbooks
USDC. USDT. DAI. These tokens peg to the dollar but live on blockchain. They eliminate currency risk from international betting. They are also eliminating the middleman that payment processors have always been.
Told by Deshawn Brooks · 3 min
- History
Mobile Poker Apps: What Features to Look For
I tested 12 mobile poker apps across iOS and Android. Most are bad. Some are serviceable. Here's what separates them.
Told by Deshawn Brooks · 4 min
- Craps
Mobile Craps vs Desktop: How the Experience Compares
Craps is a table game. Mobile craps is not a table game. Here's what you're actually getting when you play craps on your phone.
Told by Mila Novak · 3 min
- Blackjack
Landscape vs Portrait Mode for Live Dealer Games
Live dealer games have a specific problem on mobile: the dealer sits on the edge of the screen. Portrait mode and landscape mode solve this differently.
Told by Kayla Reyes · 3 min
May 2026
- Crypto Gambling
Plinko on the Blockchain: How Provably Fair Plinko Works
Plinko looks simple. You drop a ball from the top. It bounces off pegs. It lands in a slot. You win the payout for that slot.
Told by Jaxon Miller · 3 min
- Live Casino
How HTML5 Transformed Mobile Slot Design
HTML5 changed everything for mobile slots. No Flash. No plugins. Just pure browser performance. Let me show you what actually happened.
Told by Mila Novak · 3 min
- Crypto Gambling
Mines Game at Crypto Casinos: Strategy and Probability
Mines is everywhere at crypto casinos. Simple game. Click squares. Don't hit the mines. The thing is, the odds are uglier than they look.
Told by Kayla Reyes · 3 min
- Crypto Gambling
Mines Game at Crypto Casinos: Strategy and Probability
The Mines game is deceptively simple: a grid, hidden bombs, and a choice of when to stop. The probability math is transparent. The psychology of stopping is not.
Told by Mila Novak · 4 min
- Baccarat
Why Most Casino Bonuses Have Low Table Game Contributions
Slot machines contribute 100% toward wagering requirements. Blackjack usually contributes 10%, sometimes 5%. Roulette is often excluded entirely. This is not an accident. Here is the math behind why.
Told by Trey Coleman · 3 min
- Crypto Gambling
Using VPNs at Crypto Casinos: Risks and Realities
Yes, people use VPNs at crypto casinos. Some get away with it. Some get their withdrawals blocked permanently. Here is what actually happens when you try to access a geo-restricted platform through a masked IP, and why the risk calculus is worse than most people assume.
Told by Jaxon Miller · 4 min
- Poker
How to Recognize Problem Gambling Signs as a Poker Player
Poker is unusual among casino games because it contains genuine skill expression. That same feature makes it harder to recognize when the game has stopped being a game and started being something else.
Told by Kayla Reyes · 4 min
- Blackjack
Mobile Craps vs Desktop: How the Experience Compares
The craps table is the most spatially demanding game in the casino. Putting it on a phone screen requires genuine design tradeoffs, and not all of them are resolved in the player's favour.
Told by Trey Coleman · 4 min
- Crypto Gambling
Plinko on the Blockchain: How Provably Fair Plinko Works
I spent a lot of time playing games where I had no idea if the outcome was real. Provably fair Plinko is different in a specific, verifiable way. That doesn't mean it's harmless.
Told by Kayla Reyes · 4 min
- Baccarat
Landscape vs Portrait Mode for Live Dealer Games
Turning your phone sideways seems like a trivial decision. For live dealer blackjack, it restructures the entire information layout and changes what you can see before you have to act.
Told by Trey Coleman · 3 min
- Payments
How to Verify a Poker Site's Legitimacy Before Depositing
I lost money to a site that turned out to be operating without a real license. Not a lot of money, not the worst thing that happened to me during those years, but it was entirely avoidable. Here is what I check now before I put a dollar anywhere.
Told by Kayla Reyes · 4 min
- Big Wins
Rakeback in Crypto Gambling: What It Is and How It's Calculated
Rakeback is the house returning a fraction of its edge back to you. On crypto platforms it gets dressed up in various ways, but the math underneath is not complicated once you strip out the branding.
Told by Jaxon Miller · 4 min
- Crypto Gambling
Pending Time vs Processing Time in Casino Payouts
Two numbers sit between you and your withdrawal. The casino controls one of them entirely. Understanding which is which saves a lot of frustrated support tickets.
Told by Mila Novak · 4 min
- Security
Recognizing Phishing Emails That Impersonate Online Casinos
Online casino phishing has become, if one is being precise about it, a minor art form. The fraudsters have gotten good. The emails arrive with the right colours, the right bonus numbers, and just enough urgency to make a reasonable person click before they've finished their coffee. Here is how to read them.
Told by Deshawn Brooks · 4 min
