I recently came across the shocking story about the man who managed to lose nearly $127 million over the course of a year in the Caesars Palace and Rio casinos in Las Vegas sometime during 2007. Its believed to be one of the biggest losing streaks in history. The unlucky player is now in an ugly legal battle with the casino companies involved about whether they are partly to blame and should share some of the...

This clip where a guy bets his whole lifesavings on the single spin of the roulette wheel has been pretty widely circulated around the net. Whilst he got lucky (actually extremely lucky), I’d say there are at least two reasons why he’s a bit of an idiot (not mentioning the most obvious being that he bet every penny to this name!). First, he apparently placed a wager of US$138,000 on normal American roulette...

More than 35 million people visit Las Vegas every year and 87% of these visitors end up gambling during their stay in Las Vegas There are about 1701 licensed gambling places in Las Vegas No city in the world has more casinos than Las Vegas (somewhere around 180) The average gambling budget per trip is USD$559 Las Vegas is one of the fastest growing cities in the US and has a 100% population growth since 1990 There...

You can play all the classic casino games at just about any online casino today: blackjack, poker, roulette, craps, baccarat … just to name a few.  And that is one beauties of online gaming – the variety of games offered by virtual casinos is much more extensive than land based casinos. But perhaps you’re getting a little bored with the old favorite and looking for something different to break up...

I just found a great Roulette trick on Youtube, watch it and you’ll master the basic strategy of online Roulette. It’s fun to test it and challenge the casino just to see how it works, also a good way to lean the game if you are a new player. If you are a new player to online casinos you should try it playing on practice mode before playing on real money. There are a lot of strategy types, and it’s important...

Playtech Ltd is one of the most successful gaming software development companies ever and the chances are that if you have ever played any online casino games, online poker, online bingo or any arcade games you were using software produced by Playtech. It has a reputation of being one of the most innovative online casino software providers and offering the highest quality graphics. Playtech’s closest competitor...

Playtech gaming software provider released this month some new slots games. The games has improved design and new bonus rounds including free spins and more. I tried it and I must say that a better design is an important factor when it comes to the valuation of your gambling experience. playtech added more animation and music as well which improved the experience even more. Among the new games are, Sparta, Gladiator,...

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Recently I run across one of my Portuguese friends, He really like gambling online, usually he play blackjack but sometimes craps too. The last game you can find him playing is slot, dunno why, I guess its too silly for him I dig that…. Anyways, in our conversation about gaming sites in Portuguese he mentioned one site that he always uses, So i thought I’d mention it too, for my Portuguese readers...

Counting cards is no doubt the key to winning at blackjack.  It doesn’t mean that you’ll win but it does give you a chance to make a better guess and modify your betting. If you’re pretty good with mental arithmetics and can hold your concentration you might be able to master the trick of card counting. It’s really rather simple actually if you don’t have any distractions. So how’s it done? There...