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Ministers in charge of reform must resist the gambling lobby Conservative peer Michael Grade, who produced a raft of recommendations for reforms to the Gambling Act, urges the government to listen to the families of victims of addiction Wednesday’s meeting of the families of gambling-related suicide victims could not be more timely. The government is

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UK gamblers could be asked for payslips to stop unaffordable losses Minister overseeing review indicates tougher regulation of gambling industry Gambling firms could be forced to ask punters for payslips to prevent “unaffordable” losses, the minister overseeing a landmark review of the sector has said, citing a “moral obligation” to tackle addiction. Chris Philp, who

From 1974 to 1980, I was involved full-time in backgammon — to the tune of 3,000 hours a year, including playing, studying, and for a brief while running a tournament. I went broke. While I had done well against new players, the backgammon craze waned, and the remaining players were superior to me. Playing against

What Is the Cotai Strip Macau Exactly? Casinos can be found all over Macau, some quite grand, others not so much. However, it is the Cotai Strip that is the hottest new development property in town. It is already littered with out-of-this-world integrated resorts that will blow the mind of every gambler that descends upon

Sports aficionados take great delight in explaining the esoteric rules of their favorite sport, so much so that those rules are no longer esoteric. Sunday couch potatoes know the difference between “the call stands” and “the call is confirmed.” Olympic hockey fans know why T.J. Oshie became the Russian nemesis. And those who watch regular-season

Bereaved families demand investigation of every UK gambling-linked suicide Despite an estimated 400 such deaths in England a year, charity claims regulator has looked at only two since 2015 On a summer’s day in 2015, mathematics graduate Joshua Jones put on his suit and headed to his gleaming office block overlooking the River Thames in

[No, Anthony Curtis is just fine, thank you. I went with the clickbait headline to go with the lede.] “Ken Uston’s lawsuit that forbade Atlantic City from barring skilled players ruined playing conditions there.” I’ve tried before to extinguish this fallacy, and I don’t hear it much anymore (today’s BJA counters don’t even known who

In Part 1 of this blog, I discussed the WSOP Main Event (ME) from an observer’s point of view. Now I want to look at the ME, as well as the entire WSOP experience, from my perspective as a player. As a kid, the anticipation for Christmas started at least a month before. As a

Our guest this week is magician, and card counter Steven Bridges. In 2018 Steven was a street magician in London.  He decided to learn to count cards, and document his journey in a YouTube series. . Show Notes [00:00]  Introduction of blackjack player, Steven Bridges [00:44]  Being “unintentionally retired” [01:51]  Stephen’s YouTube channel [03:33]  Colin

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In terms of number of hands played, or number of dollars played, 9/6 Jacks or Better has been the video poker game I’ve played most in my career. Not so much recently, but certainly over my entire career. The major things I like about the game are: a. Return (99.54%). This isn’t high enough to

Last time, we discussed the value of being female for an AP. Since female skill will tend to be underestimated by predominantly male casino bosses, females can be ringers at the game. Unfortunately for the female AP, that benefit is tempered by the increased visibility and memorability that they’ll have. But Munchkin’s statement was that

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[Editor’s Note: This review of Arnold Snyder’s latest book is written by Frank Kneeland, a long-time gambling pro (he was actually raised in an advantage-player family) and author of The Secret World of Video Poker Progressives.] When I began reading Arnold Snyder’s book, Radical Blackjack, I couldn’t help but think of the scene from Airplane

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Nowhere in The 21st-Century Card Counter did I see the percentage of BJA members that are women, but I’m quite curious. I suspect the figure is quite low, as it is even in some other fields that do not involve a meaningful physical component–such as chess or computer science. I remember scanning the auditorium for

 Our guest this week is Mike Shackleford, aka The Wizard of Odds.  We talk to Mike about what he had been up to lately, as well as his book Gambling 102. Show Notes [00:00]  Introduction of Michael Shackleford, the Wizard of Odds [00:48]  Gambling 102 [03:27]  Wizard of Odds newsletter and James Bond movies [09:25] 

WV Gambling Laws in 2021 West Virginia gambling laws are quite liberal when compared to many other states in the country. This is true for both retail and online gambling products, making West Virginia one of the best places to be a gambler in the US. To make a long story short, WV players get