2301 stories by Erik Gibbs
NFL’s Week 17 Sunday Games Have Teams Fighting To See The Postseason
It’s come down to this. The NFL regular season is almost complete, and several of today’s Week 17 games will determine whether teams get an extended vacation or keep their postseason hopes alive. The Philadelphia Eagles are going to take the NFC,...
Brazilian Lottery Shop Heist Sees Bungling Burglars Lose Loot in Botched Escape
As a perfect example of why poorly-conceived plans produce poor results, a trio of would-be thieves in Brazil attempted to rob a lottery shop, only to have their plan fall apart during the escape. Fortunately, their botched escape was caught on film...
Official Recognition of Poker as a ‘Mental Sport’ Helps Push Legislation in Mexico
Poker has had an interesting spot on the international stage for decades. If the National Poker Sports Association (NPSA) in Mexico gets its way, it will give the game more stability and a place alongside many mainstream sports. Poker is a game...
Fast-Moving Fire at Cambodian Casino Resort Claims Lives, Leaves Dozens Injured
Update: Authorities have increased the death toll to 19 and report that 58 people are still missing. At least 11 people have died and 30 were injured during a huge fire that consumed a casino located in the Cambodian city of Poipet,...
Spain’s Loot Box Debate Draws Attention from Dapper Labs and its La Liga-Tied NFT Operations
Spain is considering adopting legislation to limit the presence of loot boxes in video games. This has spooked Dapper Labs, which is concerned that tighter controls could impact its NFT (non-fungible token) business, including a deal with Spain's La Liga. Loot boxes...
Fake UK Homebuilder Becomes Homewrecker as Gambling Habit Leads to Shoddy Work
He passed himself off as a skilled construction artist capable of building additions to homes and breathing new life into them. Instead, Richard Nicholls was nothing more than a con artist who ripped off clients in the UK to feed his gambling...
Daniel Negreanu Had a Productive Year at the Poker Tables Despite a Few Misses
Poker is full of faces whose names are forever imprinted on the game. Alex Foxen, Daniel Negreanu, and Doyle Brunson are a few who have excelled over the years. Negreanu proved that, based on his 2022 performance, he’s still a formidable opponent...
UK Lottery Players Pocketed More Than $5.4B in 2022
2022 was a good year for a number of lottery winners, with the Powerball, Spain’s El Gordo, and EuroMillions handing out billions of dollars. In the UK, lottery players scooped up £4.5 billion (about $5.4 billion), and the National Lottery found that...
Pasig City in the Philippines Outlaws Online Gambling
Pasig City in the Philippines is taking the country’s desire to improve “moral welfare” to the extreme. Its government announced Tuesday that it isn’t going to issue permits for online gambling companies, and those with existing permits will have to move out....
South Korea Casinos Future Bleak Once Japan’s Resorts Live: Expert
Japan continues to work on the opening of integrated resorts (IR), with the project taking longer than expected. Once the casinos emerge on the country's horizon, one gaming industry expert believes they could put South Korea's casino industry in jeopardy. Jeju Island...
