High rollers on record
The famous names and the famous stakes. What actually happened at the table.
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Tommy Glenn Carmichael and the Slot Machine Cheating Devices
Claim: Slot machines are unhackable, tamper-proof vaults that only the casino can access. Reality: Tommy Glenn Carmichael proved otherwise.
Chris Boyd's $220,000 Roulette Spin at Binion's
Chris Boyd walked up to a roulette table at Binion's Horseshoe in 1992. He placed 220,000 dollars on a single number.
Chris Moneymaker: The Accountant Who Launched the Poker Boom
Chris Moneymaker was an amateur accountant from Tennessee. In 2003, he won the World Series of Poker Main Event for 2.5 million dollars.
Stanley Ho's 40-Year Macau Gambling Monopoly Explained
Stanley Ho Hung-sun held a monopoly on casino licensing in Macau from 1962 to 2002. Forty years. No competitors. One operator.
Elvis Presley at the International: When the King Played Vegas
Elvis Presley performed at the International Hotel in Las Vegas starting in August 1969. This was not his first Vegas appearance, but it was the beginning of…
Elvis Presley at the International: When the King Played Vegas
Elvis arrived in Las Vegas in 1969 to begin a residency that would define the final chapter of his life.
KidPoker: The Netflix Documentary on Daniel Negreanu
I watched the KidPoker documentary on Netflix in one sitting. It is two hours long. I should have stopped halfway through. I did not.
Allen Iverson's Casino Bans: What the Reports Actually Say
Listen, I will tell you straight. Allen Iverson, the NBA player, was banned from casinos because he was winning too much money and casinos did not like it. This is not conspiracy theory.