Regulation
Nevada Legalized Gambling in 1931: Here is Why
Nevada legalized gambling in 1931 to generate tax revenue during the Great Depression. The decision created the foundation for everything that followed.
News
What changed this week in the casino world and whether it matters to you. We keep it short and skip the press-release gloss.
- Regulation
The UIGEA Explained: How One Law Changed Everything
The UIGEA was supposed to kill online gambling. It did not. Instead, it created the legal framework that made the entire industry possible in a regulated form.
4 min
- Regulation
Antigua 1994: The License That Created Online Gambling
Before any casino went live on the internet, before anyone even imagined it was legal, Antigua issued the first gambling license for an online operator in 1994. Everything after that was just following their template.
4 min
- Big Wins
The Longest Craps Roll on Record: Fujitake's Four-Hour Dream
The night a retired accountant rolled the dice at the California and never really stopped. Four hours. Over a thousand rolls. The kind of thing that happens once in a career, maybe never.
3 min
- Scandals
The 1993 Stardust Casino Robbery: When Crime Met the Vegas Night
You walk into the Stardust on a Friday night in 1993 and the lights hit you like a boxer's jab. Two hours later, someone had lifted $420,000 in chips from the cage. This is what the perfect casino theft looked like.
3 min
- Live Casino
What's New in Live Dealer Game Design
Live dealer games have evolved from straight blackjack to games with multipliers, side bets, and game-show mechanics. The change is insane, and it is happening right now.
3 min
- Celebrities
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: Gambling Culture on Acid
Hunter Thompson's 1971 book captured a moment when Las Vegas was still a frontier of excess. What the book actually documented was the end of one era and the beginning of another. The gambling never stopped.
4 min
- Roulette
The Ritz Club London Laser Roulette Scandal
The Ritz Club scandal was not about a game being rigged. It was about information asymmetry. Three players used a hidden device to read wheel behavior. The marketing lesson: if someone is describing themselves as using "advanced physics techniques," they are probably cheating.
4 min
- Scandals
The Rick Tocchet NHL Gambling Ring Scandal
In 2022, a former NHL player and coach was arrested for operating an illegal sports betting ring. The mechanics reveal something useful about how underground gambling actually works.
4 min
- Baccarat
Edge Sorting Explained: The Baccarat Technique That Made Headlines
Phil Ivey walked into a Macau baccarat room and won $10 million using a technique that was not technically cheating but was technically a massive lawsuit waiting to happen.
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.
3 min
- Bonuses
Allen Iverson's Casino Bans: What the Reports Actually Say
Allen Iverson got banned from multiple casinos. Not for cheating. For losing too much money too fast. Here's what actually happened.
3 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