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lemmy kilmeister The slot machines that used to tour with Lemmy of Motörhead Gareth Branwyn
playing with fire Social media punishes those who short GameStop stock Jason Weisberger
jackpot Darth Vader wins $95 million lottery David Pescovitz
sleight of hand What Steve Forte can do with a pack of cards borders on the unbelievable Ferdinando Buscema
bets Professional sports bettors are desperate to capitalize on coronavirus, too Thom Dunn
bad beats The bizarre story of China's most prolific bank-robbers, who stole literal tons of cash and spent it on losing lotto tickets Cory Doctorow
poker RFID implicated in live-streamed poker cheating scandal Jason Weisberger
vices Secrets of a Vegas high-roller suite from its manager David Pescovitz
thinking in bets MIT has an open course in winning at Texas Hold 'Em Cory Doctorow
fruit machines New gamblers who see a short video about slot-machine psychology don't get tricked Cory Doctorow
shannon vs law How Claude Shannon used information theory to cheat at Vegas roulette Cory Doctorow
gambling Bet on what will Trump ban during his first term Mark Frauenfelder
prngs Russia's slot-machine bans let criminals buy machines on the cheap and reverse-engineer them Cory Doctorow
poker Libratus poker AI beats several of the world's best players Andrea James
edge-sorting Judge rules that winning casino baccarat by taking note of asymmetries in card-backs is cheating Cory Doctorow
gambling Woman wins $43 million on a slot machine, receives steak dinner instead of cash jackpot Mark Frauenfelder