

Tales of Triumph: The Final Chip
With beginner’s luck comes a blind arrogance, and I had an abundance of it back in the fall of 1997. Although a novice dice roller at the time, my track record remained unblemished at the craps table.
May 313 min read


A Character Study: The Joe Montana
The clock is tickin’ and he’s taking a lickin’. His hand scrambles into the pocket, searching for a hint of salvation and feeling nothing but lint.
He’s well behind in this struggle, but this is no time to panic or fret. He’s got ‘em right where he wants them. After all, he’s the Comeback Kid.
May 162 min read


Three of the Gutsiest Casino Moves You’ll Ever See
They’re not quite of the same peril as snapping Polaroids during an inverted 4G negative dive at a range of two meters (“one and a half, actually”). But some of our friendly casino daredevils have performed many reckless gaming stunts that would do even Maverick proud. And unlike the Russians, who outright denied the incident at the climax of Top Gun, we’re assuring you that these wild casino stunts actually did happen.
May 116 min read


Royale with Extra Cheese
We’re talking gun fights, machete fights, sex romps, vehicular rollovers, elevator drownings, foiled terrorist attempts, defibrillator shock pops, smackdowns in speedy gas trucks, rope-induced testicle torture (yes, you read that right), and a whale of a foot chase up, down, and around a crane chain at a Madagascar construction site.
May 53 min read


Se7en Deadly Sins of Gambling
Somewhere between the ultra-creepy Nine Inch Nails intro and discovering what was in the cardboard box, the cerebral Detective Somerset (Morgan Freeman) lays it all out for us about the Seven Deadly Sins.
These major no-no’s date back to the biblical writings of Dante Alighieri and Saint Thomas Aquinas and signify those pesky little demons dwelling within each of us.
Apr 295 min read









