History
Biased Wheel Analysis: A Brief History of Roulette Advantage Play
A roulette wheel is supposed to be perfectly random. But physical wheels wear unevenly. A wheel is a machine, and machines can be analyzed. That is how advantage play began.
History
The club has a long memory. These pieces trace how the games we play got here, from riverboats and back rooms to browser tabs.
- Big Wins
The Largest Televised Cash Game Pots in Poker History
Doyle Brunson has watched the biggest pots ever pushed across felt. From the high-dollar games at the Bellagio to the Tuesday night action at the Aria, he has seen money move in ways that make most people's yearly salary look like ante change.
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.
4 min
- Celebrities
Kirk Kerkorian: The Quiet Billionaire Who Built Vegas Three Times
Kirk Kerkorian isn't famous like Steve Wynn. That was intentional. But he literally built Las Vegas three times over. Here's his actual story.
3 min
- History
The First World Series of Poker: Johnny Moss vs Nick the Greek
In 1970, two men sat down at Binion's Horseshoe to decide who was the best poker player in the world. The game lasted for months. Only one man left alive.
3 min
- History
How to Build a Sports Betting Model From Scratch
Building a sports betting model isn't magic. It's data collection, cleaning, and calibration. Here's how to start from first principles.
4 min
- Bonuses
The Evolution of Slot Bonus Rounds Over the Last Decade
Slot bonus rounds used to be static. Now they're systems. They evolved because players demanded complexity and casinos demanded retention. Here's what changed.
4 min
- History
Micro Markets in Sports Betting: Betting on Every Pitch and Play
The sportsbook used to close at half time. Now it never closes. There is a line on every pitch, every down, every throw-in. What changed is technology. What stayed the same is the house edge on each individual bet.
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.
3 min
- Bonuses
The Evolution of Slot Bonus Rounds Over the Last Decade
Slot bonus rounds have changed more in the last ten years than in the twenty before that. The changes are partly technical and partly mathematical, and the two are not always moving in the same direction from the player's perspective.
4 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.
3 min
- Celebrities
Kirk Kerkorian: The Quiet Billionaire Who Built Vegas Three Times
Kirk Kerkorian built the biggest hotel in the world three separate times. Not the same hotel. Three different hotels, each one the largest on the planet when it opened. This is actually the most underrated story in Vegas history.
3 min
- Big Wins
The Biggest Game in Town: Al Alvarez's Poker Book Classic
Al Alvarez spent two weeks in Las Vegas in 1981 watching the World Series of Poker, and the book he wrote afterward changed how the English language thought about card players. A slow, precise account of what happens when money becomes a language all its own.
4 min