August 2014

Music To Win By: Gambling's Best Tunes

It has been said that life requires a soundtrack, in good times and bad. The right mood music can make all the difference sometimes. In that spirit we present the following list of gambling classics. Whether you're on a long road trip to Las Vegas or looking for the perfect...

The Sad State of Gambling In New Jersey

As brick-and-mortar gambling locations across Atlantic City are closing or declaring their intention to do so, the New Jersey online gambling scene is growing. In spite of some downward revised earnings estimates for online gambling in the garden state, the number of new accounts continues to grow. Currently individuals in...

Twelve Sports Fan Bases That Make A Difference

Fans make a difference, whether through apathy or by being true to the word “fan”-atic. Even the non-sports fan has heard of die-hard fan bases like the Cubs true believers or the infamous Black Hole of the Raiders nation. But it makes you wonder how much it matters - and...

Mystery Science Theater 3000: XXX

Shout Factory brings us, fortunately not a Triple-X version of the venerable Mystery Science Theater 3000 (aka MST3K), but instead the thirtieth box-set installation of the iconic movie-riff show. Host and show creator Joel Hodgson (later replaced by the show’s head writer, Mike Nelson) and his robot friends Tom Servo,...

Werewolves Of Manitoba

Some great movies just fall through the cracks— lack of star-power, bad distribution, or something as simple as a tough-to-synopsize-in-one-sentence concept can all lead to the strongest movies to fall under the radar. But if a movie is good enough and strikes the right nerves with the right audience, it...

World Series of Poker Player Loses $1M

This cringe-worthy video - via the folks at SI - is not for the faint of heart or the spendthrift. The risks of public embarassment in the high risk World Series of Poker have never been more apparent. Connor Drinen was in the midst of a high stakes game at...