Zsolt December 12, 2023 12:23:10
A few years after New York broke world records for sports betting right after registration. And New York can’t afford to ban iGaming already! Is this a bad thing? Not! They are receiving a significant amount of tax revenue from the industry. As long as it is kept safe and regulated, this is a great contribution to the quality of life for New York citizens.
Jonathan December 11, 2023 23:02:08
As you might imagine in a heist movie called "The Croupier," there's a lot of artistic licence and liberty. Both in how the inner workings of the casino are shown, as well as the way the charactors interact. Nevertheless, Clive Owen is perfectly cast as the protagonist, a writer who's looking to cure his writer's block by taking a job in a glamorous casino.
Jonathan December 11, 2023 22:35:08
Thanks in part to a long history, as well as the movies of Hollywood, casino roulette remains one of the most commonly thought about games when anyone is speaking about gambling at the casino. This is also in thanks to it being concieved as a rich person's pastime. The casinos have clevery bought together wealth with implied sophistication in order to create a game eveyone finds alluring.
Jonathan December 11, 2023 21:28:29
You might be surprised as to how many gamblers beleive that the casino games are somehow rigged in favour of the casinos themselves. In reality, this is not true in the sense that the games are somehow programmed to allow the casino to make more money. In truth, all casino games are completely random, and this is contrallered by the random number generators.
Jonathan December 11, 2023 21:07:42
Though many see gambling as a harmless activity, it's not really true. There will always be those players who fall from grace thanks to overspending on casino or betting games. So it's only right that society as a whole should question whether the benefits of allowing people to enjoy themselves gambling are outweighed by those poeple who suffer due to the precence of gambling opportunities.
Jonathan December 11, 2023 20:22:23
Part of the shlick of being 007, the cool and sauve secret agent, is a life consisting of a mix of mystery and luxury. So its only fitting that Bond should frequent the world's most glamourous casinos. In movie-land, being able to play and win cards or roulette is seen as a skill rather than games of luck. It's all part of the mystique of the handsome leading man and also helps drive the narrative of Bond being a winner of all things.
Jonathan December 11, 2023 20:00:31
Whether film or literature, gambling is often portrayed as a glamourous and positive expereince. Winning is seen as part and parcel of the whole gambling process. However, reality is very different. Sadly, the unrealistic bature of gambling that's shown in the media has an unrealistic knock-on effect for would-be gamblers.
Jonathan December 11, 2023 16:50:27
In many ways, anime is a perfect fit for a slot machine design. Afterall, they feature bright colours and happy themes from Japanese culture. For many westerners this is quite exotic and makes the games even more interesting. With so many different anime characters and themes to choose from, there's no shortage of favourites to play anime slots with.
Jonathan December 8, 2023 17:11:32
It's no real suprise that most gamblers are superstitious. Afterall, with the need for luck being paramount in having any chance of winning real money casino games, players tend to look for charms and things that represent good fortune to help improve their winning chances.
Jonathan December 8, 2023 16:50:46
Seeing a group of cowboys sitting at a card table in a dark and smokey saloon is a common trope in many Hollywood Wild West movies. With the New World opening up to Europeans, many bought playing cards with them. Being one of the most popular pastimes, it's no surprise that many of today's gambling terms and slang come from the early American pioneers.
