Lore
What the club remembers, filed by the month it was told. Look a story up or step into one room.
May 2026
- Blackjack
How Progressive Side Bets on Table Games Really Work
Progressive side bets look like a small extra wager against the table. In practice, they're a separate revenue stream with their own house edge, their own jackpot mechanics, and their own way of separating enthusiastic players from their money faster than the main game does.
Told by Jaxon Miller · 4 min
- Baccarat
Squeeze Baccarat: Why the Slow Reveal Is So Popular
Squeeze baccarat takes a game that resolves in about eight seconds and stretches it to something closer to a minute. The house edge doesn't change. The cards don't change. The ritual does all the work.
Told by Mila Novak · 3 min
- Blackjack
Why Blackjack RTP Is Calculated Differently Than Slots
Slots just spin and the math is fixed. Blackjack hands you the wheel and asks what you do with it. That one difference changes everything about how return-to-player gets calculated.
Told by Trey Coleman · 3 min
- History
The First World Series of Poker: Johnny Moss vs Nick the Greek
In 1970, Benny Binion invited the best card players in the world to sit down together at Horseshoe Casino in Las Vegas. There was no tournament structure, no trophies yet, just a vote. Johnny Moss won it. What happened in the weeks before that vote is a story worth sitting with.
Told by Trey Coleman · 3 min
- Blackjack
Best Ways to Practice Blackjack Strategy Before Playing for Real
There is a correct way to learn blackjack basic strategy, and it involves slightly more rigor than sitting down at the Bellagio with twenty dollars and good intentions.
Told by Jaxon Miller · 4 min
- History
How to Build a Sports Betting Model From Scratch
A sports betting model is a quantitative tool for estimating the probability of sporting outcomes independently of bookmaker prices. Building one from scratch requires decisions about data sources, statistical methods, and validation procedures that are often glossed over in introductory treatments of the subject.
Told by Kayla Reyes · 5 min
- Slots
What Are Grid Slots and How Do They Differ From Reel Slots?
Grid slots replace the traditional reel structure with a fixed symbol matrix and cluster-pay mechanics. The mathematical implications for expected value and variance are significant and worth understanding before choosing one over the other.
Told by Jaxon Miller · 4 min
- Mobile
Mobile Poker Apps: What Features to Look For
Testing mobile poker apps across 40 sessions on three platforms with a $200 starting bankroll each time. Here's what actually matters when the interface is four inches wide.
Told by Trey Coleman · 3 min
- Blackjack
How to Calculate the House Edge for Any Blackjack Rule Set
Casinos change blackjack rules the way protocols fork: quietly, with fine print that costs you money. Here's how to actually compute the house edge before you sit down.
Told by Deshawn Brooks · 3 min
- Sports Betting
Baseball Betting Fundamentals: Run Line and Money Line
American baseball presents the European sports bettor with a peculiar challenge: a sport that refuses to organise itself around points spreads, offering instead two primary wagering structures whose logic requires some adjustment of expectation. The run line and the money line are not equivalents dressed in different clothes. They are genuinely different instruments.
Told by Trey Coleman · 4 min
April 2026
- Craps
Craps Don't Pass vs Pass Line: The Mathematical Difference
The Pass Line and Don't Pass Line at a craps table pay the same 1:1, but their house edges differ by 0.08 percentage points and their psychological profiles differ by considerably more. The math is simple. The social dynamics around it are not.
Told by Trey Coleman · 4 min
- Baccarat
Biggest Baccarat Wins in Casino History
The largest documented baccarat wins reveal something interesting: the game's low house edge does not protect players over long sessions. Extraordinary short-term wins are possible precisely because the variance is high enough to overcome the edge.
Told by Deshawn Brooks · 3 min
- Poker
The Best Bankroll Management Rules for Poker Players
A gentleman from Hamburg once asked me what separates the professional from the amateur. The answer is simple: one respects the money.
Told by Jaxon Miller · 3 min
- Mobile
A Guide to Portrait Mode Slots for Mobile Players
My mate Dave got me into portrait mode slots about a year ago at a pub quiz, of all places, and I've been down that particular rabbit hole ever since. There's a whole design philosophy in there that nobody really talks about, and it matters more than you'd think.
Told by Deshawn Brooks · 4 min
- Slots
Cascading Reels: How Tumble Mechanics Change Slot Math
Casino promotions describe cascading reels as 'bigger win potential.' Technically accurate. Practically, it means the maths engine works differently enough that your intuitions about spin frequency and RTP are probably wrong. Here is what the marketing copy is not telling you.
Told by Deshawn Brooks · 4 min
- Baccarat
Archie Karas Turning $50 Into $40 Million: A Timeline
Archie Karas walked into Binion's Horseshoe in 1992 with $50. Three years later he'd won $40 million. Then he lost it. The timeline is the moral.
Told by Trey Coleman · 4 min
- Bonuses
Common Red Flags of Shady Crypto Gambling Sites: How to Spot the Scams
Crypto gambling sites are supposed to offer anonymous play with instant settlement. Many use these promises as cover for theft. I have seen the pattern before: unregistered operator, zero customer service, withdrawal delays that stretch into months. These are the tells.
Told by Kayla Reyes · 4 min
- Big Wins
The Patricia DeMauro Craps Roll: 154 Rolls Without a Seven-Out
On May 23, 2009, Patricia DeMauro rolled dice for 4 hours and 18 minutes at the Borgata in Atlantic City without sevening out. The probability of that run is not a matter of dispute. What it means for your next craps session is.
Told by Kayla Reyes · 3 min
- Slots
Best Horror and Halloween-Themed Slots Year Round
A horror slot is a particular kind of daydream. You are not winning money. You are spending money on the aesthetic of dread, the psychology of fear, the small thrill of the eerie.
Told by Mila Novak · 3 min
- Big Wins
The 25-Year-Old Software Engineer Who Hit $39.7M on Megabucks
A guy sits down at a slot machine in Nevada. Spins once. Wins 39.7 million dollars. This is not strategy. This is luck so extreme it hurts to think about.
Told by Deshawn Brooks · 3 min
