Gambling
Gaming
Defining a Dark Allure
February 28th, 2013
The recent revelation that former San Diego Mayor Maureen O’Connor had reportedly embezzled more than $2 million from a charitable foundation to feed her gambling addiction has focused attention on pathological gambling. Read more »
Green Felt Journal
Problem Gambling: A Dark Allure
The Maureen O'Connor case reminds us how much we still don't know about pathological wagering
February 27th, 2013
San Diego mayor Maureen O’Connor lost a staggering amount of money over years of frequenting casinos nationwide. The question is, How could it have been prevented? Read more »
Green Felt Journal
How the Brits Gamble
February 7th, 2013
While the British casino industry may be tiny by American standards, sports betting is alive and well. Read more »
Green Felt Journal
Online Poker’s Offline Impact
January 12th, 2012
There’s some historical precedent for what’s about to happen, and it suggests that online poker in Nevada will strengthen, not diminish, the appeal of brick-and-mortar poker rooms. Read more »
The Week
The Power of Ones
November 10th, 2011
Las Vegas has a fascination with numbers, especially when they seem to be lucky ones. Witness the barrage of 11-11-11 specials designed to cash in on the once-in-a-century numeric convergence this Nov. 11—$11.11 show tickets, 11-times point multipliers at locals casinos, $1,111 prizes and even $11,111 long-shot jackpots. Read more »
The Latest
Caught in the Crossfire
The ‘Dotty’s model’ has the county rewriting the gaming tavern rulebook. Meanwhile, it’s shut down tavern development.
April 7th, 2011
The debate over the “Dotty’s model” of a gaming tavern—an establishment with no kitchen, no beer on tap and an emphasis on slot machines—has divided the gaming community. Read more »
Going for Broke
Rebels’ road woes will continue in San Diego
November 25th, 2010
If this is supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year, then why am I more depressed than Oscar Goodman at the sight of an empty gin bottle? No, it’s not because I went 6-2-1 last week and yet cleared only $77 (seriously, this is getting ridiculous; I’m 21-11-2 over the last four weeks, and I’ve lost $234!). Rather, my melancholy stems from the news that the Minnesota Vikings fired coach Brad Childress, which comes just two weeks after the Dallas Cowboys gave Wade Phillips his pink slip. Read more »
Going for Broke
Angry Colts will stampede over unbeaten Chiefs
October 7th, 2010
The list of surprising stories this football season is as long as Tiger Woods’ “to-do” list. There’s Michael Vick resurrecting his career in Philadelphia. You’ve got the Chiefs—losers of at least 12 games in each of the last three years—as the NFL’s lone remaining unbeaten team after four weeks, while the Rams (6-42 from 2007-09) have the same record (2-2) as the Colts and Chargers. And college football enters the second week of October with a Top 25 poll that includes five teams from the Mountain West and Western Athletic conferences—Boise State (4th), TCU (5th), Utah (10th), Nevada (21st) and Air Force (25th)—but no USC, Texas or Penn State. Read more »
Going for Broke
Time is right to look at interleague play, future bets
June 24th, 2010
I don’t know what was more shocking last week—that I actually turned a bit of a profit on the NBA Finals or that the players on France’s World Cup team threw a hissy fit and refused to play for their coach. (Really? France refusing to fight in an international event? How come we couldn’t wager on that?) Read more »
Going for Broke
Following the right trends proves profitable in baseball
May 27th, 2010
You often hear how there’s no such thing as a “sure thing” in sports. Not true. Here are plenty of examples: The UNLV football team underachieving. An NBA superstar whining whenever he’s called for a foul (and the same referee subsequently whistling a makeup call in the next three minutes). Read more »
