Bizarre Gambling Stories

Gambling is full of unexpected events and gambling news is as bizarre and intriguing as gambling itself.

After more than a year on writing Gambling Tales, I had managed to come by the 6 bizarro listed below.

• With high profits enjoyed by casino, underground casinos making more than 10 times was unexpected.
• Casino gained government's acceptance due to the existence of the black market.
• Bookies in UK blame the weather for bad performance
• The hot hand phenomena were believed and practice by monkeys.
• Slot Machines Deceive by making use of different sounds
• The Edge Sorting Grandmaster is treated like a crook.

Some of the bizarro of gambling can leave you shaking your head with astonishment. I categorized them as misfits.

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Gambling Borrowed Money

I have covered the stories of the typical punters getting into trouble by gambling on borrowed money and 3 sources of loan for gamblers.

• Gambling Addiction Traps
• The Stealing Trustees
• Pay Day Loans
• Pawnshop
• Loans for Whale Gamblers

Gambling on borrowed money will drain you out of your future earnings. It will pull down your self-esteem.

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Taking Advantage of Adolescence Gamblers

Protecting the young and vulnerable will always have a great appeal because it is regarded as a noble deed. At the same time targeting the young can be very profitable because they can be easily molded. Listed below are 6 areas where the young gets involve in gambling.

• Using the Social Media
• Varsity Students Gambles to Make Ends Meet
• Students Gamble away Study Loans
• Underage Gambling Violations
• Recruiting Student to Promote Gambling
• Allowing Minors to Gamble with a Chaperone

With evil springing from the love of money, children will never be safe.

Adolescence and the vulnerable hardly acquired the skills to survive and defend themselves. It would be unethical to take advantage of them.

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Casino and Government

The law is supposed to be blind so that it would be impartial when passing down judgment. The reality is justice sees through a glass tinted by the almighty dollar.

The 6 articles below, on casino and government, point to this ugly truth.

• Bow to Gambling
• Casinos Supports Politicians
• Lip Service to Treat Gambling Problem
• Abuse of Casino Policies
• Unjust Court Ruling
• Loopholes of the Laws

It makes me think of George Orwell's novel entitled 1984.

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Hot Hand Exposed

Modern times attributed the origin of hot hand to basketball. The credit goes to NBA legend Walt Frazier in his 1974 memoir, "Rockin' Steady: A Guide to Basketball & Cool."

On 27 February 2014 the Wall Street Journal reported that Ethan Wragge as the latest example of the hot hand phenomena. The recent win by the Saint Antonio Spur is another hot hand effect for the team.

Behavioral science had concluded that hot hand is older than human that even ancient monkeys believe and practice it.

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Casino Fuel Pawnshop's Growth

Pawnshop is a lesser evil to the payday loan firm. They fuel gambling addiction. Being fueled to reach the status of a financial powerhouse, many will bow to it like they bowed to the casino.

This article studies the success of pawnshops. Unfortunately pawnshops had been flourishing if there is a nearby casino in their vicinity.

All the public did was stand in awe in admiration of their progress when these firms become public listed companies. Nobody would stop to question that they had thrived on the ill fortune of others. The public did the same with the casino and now they are doing the same for pawnshop without realizing it was blood money that gave pawnshop their status.

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Unshuffled Cards Used at Casinos

In the past 3 years, there were two cases of unshuffled cards being used in the game. Both cases were for baccarat and took place in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

The court decision for the last case was out of expectation for those who had followed it since April 2012.

Casino employees are good at spotting an unshuffled deck because randomness of any card games to give the casino an edge over gamblers.

If committing this error is unforgivable, then not being able to spot this mistake is totally absurd.

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