The Supreme Court yesterday ended a longstanding ban on sports betting outside of Nevada casinos, and New Jersey casinos and racetracks could see an estimated $10 billion per year in …
Eddie Teams has taken an astonishing amount of cash from minor casino games most top gamblers ignore.
The most notorious casino gamblers congregate once a year for a secret party that’s invite only.
In the heyday of online Texas Hold’em, one man assembled a team of pros so successful they were flagged as robots.
How one savvy lady, known as the baccarat machine, won an eight-figure score, but was denied her payday by a London casino.
Nobody likes to lose. But you'd think that the owners of Atlantic City's best casino would be able to take a dusting like the professionals that they are. In the case of Phil Ivey and his …
Last year, Bill McBeath made the kinds of promises that you expect from a newly installed president-CEO at a Las Vegas casino. Brought in by the Blackstone Group, the new owners of …
A casino surveillance expert reveals the card-counting cover-ups, chip-swapping ruses and blunt-force scams of Las Vegas cheaters.
Downtown Vegas may never regain its star power, but revitalization has brought new life and new interest to this older part of sin city.
It's impossible to look at the Poker Central website, launched in 2015, without feeling a twinge of nostalgia. Its homepage is dominated by rectangular links to old poker-themed game shows …
Everything being equal, Assani Fisher would much rather be in Las Vegas. But, like all professional gamblers, he follows the action. And, as of this past October 15, the world capital of …
Five years ago, I wrote a story for Cigar Aficionado that focused on guys who managed to win six-figure sums by playing fantasy football. At the time, online poker thrived and offshore …
During the summer of 2004, Binion's Horseshoe was renamed Binion's Gambling Hall. It played host to the World Series of Poker for the final time. Patent attorney Greg Raymer won the …
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas has always offered a lot to recommend: Cool nightlife, some of the best cocktails in town, fantastic rooms with balconies (a rarity in Vegas for obvious …
If you're a wealthy businessman, secure enough to acknowledge where you stand among the world's top professional poker players, what do you say to Phil Ivey before squaring off against him …
Viewed from the distance of a highway, Atlantic City’s skyline never exactly inspired awe. But its familiar, shimmering casino logos still managed to trigger the buzzy anticipation of …
This Vegas veteran is a living bastion of the old guard, but he has more than just old stories up his sleeve
From blackjack to baccarat, gambling tournaments require an entirely different type of strategy
