When you think of famous movies involving casinos, you probably think about the likes of Brad Pitt, Robert De Niro and Daniel Craig. This is certainly not a definitive list by any means, but here are five famous movies that used casinos as key plot points: 1. Casino Royale. This James Bon...
The story is legendary. Sean Connery sits down at Casino de la Vallee in Italy in the early 1960s and goes on an epic winning spree while playing roulette. The story goes that Connery, after losing two straight bets at the roulette table, decides to put it all on 17. Connery wins, and pu...
In 2014, TMZ reported that Ben Affleck had been "banned" from the Hard Rock Casino for life for counting cards while playing blackjack. Affleck has a well-known love of gambling, and is also a very good poker player. In fact, he once won a major poker tournament. Affleck confirmed the re...
A common question that we often hear: Will counting cards get me arrested? The answer is no. - Counting cards isn't ILLEGAL - after all, you are not cheating the game by counting cards in your head. Having said that, casinos are completely within their rights to ban you from their p...
Do casinos maintain a "black book" that they use to block people? Is there a "black list"? The answer - absolutely. - To start, gaming commissions and control boards maintain lists of people that aren't allowed into any casinos in their states. In Nevada, this is called the Excluded...
On January 3rd, 1992, noted casino whale Akio Kashiwagi, aka the "Warrior", was murdered in the kitchen of his Fuji home. Kashiwagi, who inspired one of the characters in Martin Scorsese's "Casino" movie, was reportedly stabbed up to 150 times with a katana sword. The case is still unsolved ...
Imagine this scenario playing out. You head to your local casino for a night of gambling and fun, and sit down at your favorite progressive slot machine. After a bit of play, your life changes - you hit a massive jackpot. You have won a massive jackpot - tens of millions of dollars. ...
Why are there no clocks inside of casinos? The next time you step foot inside of a casino, look around. Do you see any clocks? The answer to that question will almost certainly be "no". The truth is - casinos do this intentionally. They don't want you to know what time it is. I...
It's not secret that the mob used to control various Las Vegas casinos, including some of the most popular older casinos on the Strip. Take a movie like "Casino", which was largely fact-based - the mob would control a casino from a safe distance, "skimming" money from the casino for their own po...
Do casinos spend big money to try to lure "whales" (gamblers with lots of money) to their games? Absolutely. This is a well-known fact - one that casinos don't try to dispute. "Whales" have been known to drop millions and millions of dollars in a single weekend in a place like Las Vegas o...
Charles Barkley, aka the "Round Mound of Rebound", is a Hall of Fame basketball player who is know arguably the most valuable sports commentator in the world. Barkley, who made a fortune while playing in the NBA, has made even more money post-retirement, as he pulls in an estimated $20 million+ ...
FedEx, which is worth $58 billion, is a company that practically everybody knows. Did you know, however, that the founder of the company, Frederick Smith, once flew to Las Vegas with FedEx's last $5,000 in a desperate bid to attempt to save the company? In the early 1970s, just a few years af...
Prior to Dennis Rodman joining the Chicago Bulls before the 1995-96 season, Michael Jordan was asked if he was interested in bringing basketball's "Bad Boy" to the team. Would it miss with team chemistry too much? Would the Bulls be able to manage Rodman, who enjoyed partying in Las Vegas more t...
On April 11th, 2004, Ashley Revell bet his entire life savings on "red" at the roulette table. We aren't saying that he took all of his life savings and decided to try to be a professional gambler in Las Vegas, which is what many people attempt to do. Instead, Revell bet EVERYTHING on one sp...
Twitch.tv is bringing the hammer down. After a number of different gambling related scandals on the streaming site, Twitch.tv is implementing some new rules that will take effect on October 18th. In order to stream slots, roulette or dice, sites must be licensed in "either the U.S. or other ...
