Pin ItemailprintAn ailing veteran in Wisconsin almost didn’t realize he’d won the lottery, which was a $14.3 million Megabucks jackpot, after thinking he had played a different lottery game. Napolean Elvord was a regular lottery player at a local Mobil gas station, so when no one claimed the jackpot, employees got anxious. The day after [...]
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Looks like 50 Cent takes his football pretty seriously . The rapper seems to have placed quite a hefty bet on the Giants-49ers NFC Championship Game, if you believe his Twitter account. It looks like the star made a cool half million dollars betting on the Giants to advance to the Super Bowl. The rap [...]
At a time when the government and big media want to censor the internet with things like SOPA, it seems hard to imagine that the same government would suddenly give the green light to online gambling. Nonetheless, the industry got a big Christmas present from the Department of Justice, which all but cleared the way [...]
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11/11/11, or 11-11-11 if you prefer. November 11, 2011. It’s a date that comes along once every 100 years. What does it mean? Does it mean anything? What will happen at 11:11:11 on 11/11/11? As with many things in life, it depends on who you ask. Among other things, 11/11/11 will be: Veterans Day (formerly [...]
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So, do you feel lucky? Well? Do you? Two gamblers seem to have defeated the odds at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in New Jersey, taking home a combined total of more than $11 million. In April, a blackjack player won $5.8 million at the Tropicana. Then, last week, a different gambler won $5.3 million [...]
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On Saturday, one of the most historic horse races of the year will take place as the 137th running of the Kentucky Derby gets under way. The 2011 Kentucky Derby is scheduled for 6:24 p.m. EST on Saturday, May 7 at Louisville, Kentucky’s Churchill Downs. This year, you can even follow the action on your [...]
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If you love to play online poker, you’re kind of screwed. The founders of the three largest poker websites on the internet were indicted today in what could sound the death knell for the business. Eleven execs at Poker Stars, Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker and several other companies were hit with charges of bank [...]
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Dreamers around the country are fueling the fire tonight, as the Mega Millions jackpot for tonight’s drawing has soared to $355 million. It’s the second-largest jackpot in Mega Millions history. A wise man once called the lottery “a tax on people who are poor at math,” but that hasn’t stopped people from lining up to [...]
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There’s having balls, and then there’s having balls. Police are looking for a helmet-wearing gunman who robbed a famous Las Vegas casino of about $1.5 million in casino chips this morning. Wearing a motorcycle helmet and visor, the man stormed into the Bellagio casino and pulled a gun at a table where people were playing [...]
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Of all the weird places to cash in on the lottery. An adult bookstore in Michigan that sells pornos and sex toys ended up selling the winning $128 million Powerball lottery ticket. I bet they make a porno out of this and call it “Powerballs: The Movie”. It will happen. Bet on it! Uptown Bookstore [...]
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Somehow, Ernest Pullen did it. The man from Missouri beat odds of 1 in 1.36 million when he won a million dollar lottery prize in June, then he did it again this month. Pullen, 57, beat even bigger odds the second time around to win $2 million in “Mega MONOPOLY” with a ticket he bought [...]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is about become the largest city in the United States with a casino, some six years after the state’s Legislature officially legalized gambling. The highly controversial SugarHouse Casino opens on Thursday, Pennsylvania’s 10th casino. The grand opening follows years of protests from the local community. Casino officials, however, are expecting thousands of gamblers [...]
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