What if Each Presidential Candidate Hosted a Home Poker Game?
Read MoreYou’ve probably seen the hideously kitsch portrait of poker playing presidents. Let’s update that picture.
Why I’m Boycotting Star Wars
Read MoreIt’s impossible to ignore.
“Star Wars” comes out tomorrow. Everywhere you look, it’s “Star Wars” this and “Star Wars” that. The movie isn’t even out yet, and I’m already sick of fucking “Star Wars.” I think most other people are sick of it, too.
Who Are the New Secret Owners Behind the Curtain at the Las Vegas Review-Journal?
Read MoreWho controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
— George Orwell (“1984”)
Busting a Myth: How the 1919 “Black Sox” Gambling Scandal Actually Helped Baseball
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In this column, I expose a myth that baseball suffered in popularity after the 1919 Black Sox scandal. All evidence proves otherwise.
There’s overwhelming evidence that suggests gambling (and all the associated publicity and media fallout) may have significantly increased baseball’s popularity.
The facts on this appear to prove irrefutable.
Pete Rose Didn’t Just Hurt Baseball, He Disgraced Sports Gambling
Major League Baseball made the correct decision. Keep Pete Rose out. Too bad gambling can’t do the same. He deserves to be shunned by Las Vegas and all sports gamblers.
Read MoreThe Last Supper: “Buzio’s,” WSOP’s Favorite Restaurant Closes After 25 Years at Rio
The last two customers on the final night, with Darcy and Sally at Buzio’s (Rio)
Read MoreOur fondest memories are of people and places.
For many, Buzio’s at the Rio in Las Vegas was one of the fondest of places because it was full of so many good people. It was more than just a casual restaurant. Buzio’s was a cradle of friendship and bastion of happiness. It was a boardroom of wheeling and dealing. It was a place to gossip, to drown our sorrows, and to celebrate. If the World Series of Poker, held at the Rio each summer since 2005 had an office, a break room, a social club, a watering hole, and a place of reprieve and relaxation — it was most certainly the public alcove in the form of a once-popular seafood restaurant along the so-called “bad beat hallway” leading back to the main casino.
An Ugly Fact: I Went 0-28 in the NFL Last Week (Free Picks!)
A Life Force — U2’s Stunning “Innocence and Experience” Concert in Paris
Read More“ISIS and these kinds of extremists are a death cult. We’re a life cult. Rock ’n’ roll is a life force, and it’s a joy as an act of defiance. That’s what U2 is.”
— Bono
Silence of the Shills (Is this the End for RAWA’s Hessians?)
Read MoreWhile the American Revolution was being fought, the British government found it easier to hire and arm foreign mercenaries than to recruit and train its own soldiers.
Billionaire Sheldon Adelson apparently hasn’t studied that page from American history. He’s convinced that shoveling millions of dollars into what amounts to the rusty coal furnace known as the Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling will somehow deliver that most elusive of political victories — a federal bill outlawing most forms of online gaming. That’s now seemingly a fool’s paradise after his forces were thoroughly demolished in Wednesday’s committee hearings before members of congress on Restoring America’s Wire Act, otherwise known as “RAWA.”
Online Poker’s Biggest Victory in Years (RAWA Bill Sponsor Gets Disemboweled Before His Own Subcommittee)
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Watching Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) flounder and fumble his way through multiple hours of congressional testimony on Wednesday reminded me of painful memories on my high school debate team.
I was engaged in a debate on some topic or other and as we went back and forth, I gradually came to realize the futility of my arguments. By the closing remarks, I was in complete agreement with the other side. Unfortunately, when engaged in a team debate competition, one can’t simply concede defeat and walk off the stage. So, I used my final summation to run through the motions in a halfhearted attempt to save some face and then exit the room as quickly as possible.
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