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Hail the Gods of the Gridiron
Our own Lightning (aka The Lucky Irishman) sizes up the current field of starting quarterbacks and ranks them in order from herculean to hobbitlike. Be it your weekly wagers or your organized fantasy affair, we know the quality of the ball-slinger in the pocket weighs heavily upon your betting tendencies.
Aug 135 min read


App Fight: FanDuel vs BetMGM
In the arena of organized gambling, two almighty titans stand nose to nose, chest to chest, each claiming rights as the true conqueror of all your sports wagering desires.
Aug 63 min read


The Buffalo of Bills
Sifting through the aisles of digital consoles, it’s easy to jump abord the Cash Express Legend Buffalo. After all, these machines, unveiled in 2025 by Aristocrat Gaming, have infiltrated your local gaming quarters like a full-fledged herd. Combining two franchises into one gaming extravaganza, the Cash Legends Express flavor of the Buffalo slot series offers up a plethora of exciting new features to optimize your reel-spinning adventure.
Jul 202 min read


Tales of Triumph: The Way, Way Back
They say you’ll never know the sweet smell of a fresh bloom until you’ve languished beneath the sod from time to time. And it was supposed to be that savory type of day – my friend Rick’s birthday – when we settled upon Boston’s Encore casino with a hefty roll in our wallets and the highest of hopes in our hearts.
Jul 165 min read


A Character Study: The Sugar Ray
The most formidable presence within casino walls (aside from the House, of course), is undoubtedly the man who employs a strategy to hit and not be hit. That’s why we call this slickster the Sugar Ray.
Jul 122 min read


A King's High or Royal Crush?
In 2026, poker junkies needn’t sink into an eight-foot plywood table or pursue World Series hysteria to find their fix of flushes and straights. It may just be as accessible as surfing the 24-hour premises of that wavy, unpredictable gaming floor.
Jul 83 min read


Riding Roulette’s Golden Rule: ‘Cuz Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad
It’s a popular scheme in which you, the player, vie for a slow, methodical ascent toward prosperity and good fortune. Whereas many of the game’s faithful lay their hopes on the off-chance of hitting one of their lucky digits, the 2/3 rule is a more strategic approach to steadily building your bankroll.
Jul 52 min read


The Thirty Percent Rule: While Ahead is When Thy Shall Quit
The only challenge comes in the form of the almighty discipline. In the event your new bankroll dissipates into nothingness, you must resist the urge to dig into your pocket to keep the meter running.
Jun 293 min read


The A-Peel of High Stakes Baccarat
The Price is Right, the longest running act in game show history, features an iconic entry entitled One Away, a segment in which contestants guess the proper value of a sparkly new automobile gracing the showroom floor. If he/she can conjure up the correct digits (which are displayed one away from the actual price), they’ll be departing the Haven Studios lot in some nice new wheels, courtesy of Drew Carey & Co. As they narrow in on that fifth and final figure, the anticipatio
Jun 254 min read


Sin City that Never Sleeps
The high-octane rollercoaster that zig-zags its way around the exterior of the New York, New York Hotel & Casino is a fitting parallel to all the thrills (and sometimes chills) that dwell with its 84,000-foot gaming premises. Rocketing up, down, and all around its Manhattan skyline (and sometimes spinning you upside down), it’s an adventure that mimics the abrupt shifts in fortune that too often come with the Las Vegas experience.
Jun 122 min read


Playing the Field: Twenty Dollar Slot Method
Enter the $20 slot method. Conceived sometime during the post-Covid era, the $20 method is a low risk/high reward campaign being embraced by many lovers of the one-armed bandit.
Jun 82 min read


Taking No Craps
First glance down the endless stretch of the crapless craps table leaves one to question his or her own sobriety levels. It’s like a prone-positioned Leonardo DiCaprio (Wolf of Wall Street) under the spell of heavy-duty quaaludes, peering down a staircase of six steps and seeing sixty.
Jun 53 min read
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