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Long and informative thread, 23 and 49 is quite hilarious this show really that gambling is for lucky one's mostly those who didn't expect it, they have higher chance of winning lol. It is a interesting topic found myself reading it all.

I enjoyed reading this thread that you've made and I learned a lot from this and it somehow changes my perception towards gambling.

Hopefully until now, Catholics are not against about gambling and they still support it.

So it means that you are very lucky enough to have this card in your hand during your poker game, that's really a super small chance.

But still he succeeded in life, that's the most important thing.

He was dropped out due to gambling addiction and not because he is dumb, so that doesn't mean that you don't have any opportunity to change.

This is the unique and embarrassing, yet lucky accident that they had, it ended up making them rich in just a snap.

This four are interesting enough, at least i don't know about roulette, for example. I will give to you one more highly interesting fact:

• "Gambling addiction affects men much more often than women" proof (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4736715/#:~:text=Gender%20Differences%20Among%20Gamblers&text=In%20a%20national%20telephone%20survey,compared%20to%204.2%20%25%20of%20men.)
  
   :P
  
  You can add this to your post  :)

You can't even tell who are the most lucky person in this world, it is possible to everyone.

If you are lucky enough in gambling, then i'm sure that it will change your life permanently when you use your winnings in the right way.

These facts can be our inspiration to be come courageous when we try to gamble. This really means a lot that we should not be greedy when it comes to spending money, instead, we should wait for the right time where we will also win huge winnings in gambling.

I've read about Tesla briefly, and I think even though he's a gambling addict, his services to create AC power will continue to be remembered.

This is really ridiculous, I can not imagine if this happened to me, it is certain that I will be very ashamed of my husband + very happy.  :D

All of there were really nice facts about gambling hope everyone read all the point to get knowledge of these. Especially the tesla one is a shocking fact to know and I guess many of us doesn't know about it.

This one was pretty interesting. Why though? Maybe they don't want their citizens to become poor? Or maybe the casinos in Monaco are cheating and they don't want their citizens to be the victims? That actually makes sense to me.

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Poor Tesla. Shouldn't have wagered more than he could afford to lose.

She's lucky. She only bought once, some people spend their life time wasting their change to buy tickets.


I was awake when our professor told the stories about hell on wheels. Its usually brothels for the workers of the railroads which the brother houses has red ligts so that its easy to be located by town visitors. This is where the "red light district" label was derived. Most of the workers are Chinese including the gambling house owners because this is the time where there are rebellions on China and they are lured to the land of milk and butter.

Some interesting facts there, surprising to see that gambling has been taxed for thousands of years now.

Nowadays, pretty much every reasonable country has abolished taxes on gambling though, because more people lose than win, hence they would end up paying out more in tax relief than they could claim in revenue.

Also, for somebody to take everything they own and bet it on roulette is a god damn stupid move. I understand he won, but that could have absolutely destroyed him if he lost.

Remember guys, never invest more than you can afford to lose—and certainly not everything you fricken own.

a very nice thread and a lot of interesting articles to read but the most intriguing one is #40, I never thought that compulsive gambling can be caused by medication. the drug is still being used today and I wonder if the doctors monitor their patient's behavior with PD(Parkinson's disease) because the compulsive gambling side effect could be potentially devastating if left unchecked.


according to this article(quoted below), it was because of the potential ill-effects of commercial gambling it might have to their community/citizen and in exchange for not being allowed to gamble, citizens do not have to pay income tax(which I think is a pretty nice deal). also in other countries, it's because of their religious beliefs

Great collection here.
I really loved Every opinion polls happen in a biased environment while gambling is a place which unites every people.
For some history, https://www.gambling.net/history/ it provides a basic timeline of gambling development.

And also, According to a legend here, the deck of card also represents the four seasons and 52 weeks of the year.

36 is just one of those many scenarios wherein some opportunists would try to make an issue on almost everything against a company and try to get money from them. I know some cases like this as well and those cases are easily trashed by the courts since they don't really present a case that can work against the companies that they are trying to sue. Imagine blaming others for your lack of self-control. Now that's something really insane IMO.

21 is just sad. Tesla has no real friends at that time and only took the gambling route to alleviate his loneliness. Nonetheless, he made huge difference in the world still despite him being an outcast on many people's books at that time thinking that he's crazy.

Daebak! I don't know this things before , thank you for providing some details and trivial things like these. Can I request for some top 10 most useful strategy for a beginner gambler? Or some tips to improve playing poker, or does thing is already in this forum? Anyways, thanks again for providing list it such a useful thread.

Wtf no-income tax in Monaco? I heard it before there are many people live in Monaco but somewhat I missed this no-tax stuff. Why don't every rich people in the US move to Monaco then? Or... they already did?

Not really on the house is cheating but government doesnt really want for it citizens to get involved with gambling.If they do get some revenue out of their casino then we know that it would really be a big impact when it comes to economic matters plus providing more jobs or shall we say that there would be a domino effect which would really be a good benefit for those people who live there.They've just been thinking that gambling will
really such be a waste of money thats why they dont allow locals to play but rather focusing on outsider or neighboring countries.

I didnt expect for Tesla to have that kind of past but at least he do able to get out and we know on how great and popular this man become.

You would have to be a citizen first. Mostly it takes years before you become one but it would really be good to be part of it. No income tax means you get the biggest pie of your income. There must be a catch like the health system or education will be compromized being a citizen.

I can only assume Monaco citizens will gamble every payday, they probably have allocated funds for their gambling.

I don't know. maybe there are conditions. like you have to be a natural-born citizen in order to be included in the no-income-tax just like in UAE(not the same as no-income-tax) where the government provide allowance(not sure if it is monthly or how much. I don;t know the full detail) to their local citizen/natural-born citizen.

Tesla lived a very miserable life. Died poor too. I believe many people didn't even know his name before Elon made him famous. Now almost everybody at least knows the name.


Found this:

https://sterlingmigration.com/monaco-residency-by-investment/#:~:text=To%20become%20a%20citizen%20of,foreign%20nationality%20you%20currently%20possess.

Cheaper than what I thought tbh.

All of these are mind-blowing and very interesting to read probably the best compilation of gambling facts we still donot know so many facts about gambling and this one is quite interesting


I don't know if this is just coincidence or there is some association on that, have bookmarked many of the sources and would like to go back and read them from time to time thanks for posting something very interesting and really mind blowing.

What a big slap to his wife and his wife should really eat the words he spoke to her husband. I bet that the wife will do more sratch lottery more than his husband think. This could e a really game changer to a people life especially she believe that there's no point buying lottery tickets.

yeah, it's pretty cheap. but seeing in the article that they can still deny the citizenship application even if you meet all the requirement is too much of a hassle even if you can apply multiple times. also the fact the you'll have to renounce your old citizenship just to get the benefit of no-income-tax is a little too much(at least for me).

So you would rather prefer to have your freedom to gamble over the Monaco citizenship? That's rich bruh. Many people probably would accept to lose their dicks to get a citizenship from Monaco. 8)

yeah, I would like to have my freedom to gamble and to have my original citizenship. I understand if there are some poeple who want to become a Monaco citizen since a no-income-tax is a huge help financially.

a very dangerous mindset to have. a lot of gamblers lost their money after winning because of the thought of "I might win again".

Been in a gambling industry for a time but didn't know this things, this is really mind blowing and entertaining one.

Very informative, really mind blowing. It turns out that there are lots of interesting facts about gambling, some of which even got me surprised.
Although the list of gambling facts in the opening post is quite long, it is worth reading. Just like most members of this forum for me point number
23 most mind blown, I can't imagine winning $ 1 million in just one shot.

Who would have thought that gambling, and religion was so intertwined. I'm not an expert in this field, but I'm pretty certain that gambling is frowned upon within the catholic space these days. Although, we do have to remember that a lot of modern day ethics, and morals are based from a religious stance, even if you're not religious in itself.

This is one crazy gambler, LoL too desperate to bet, but the most craziest thing here is the casino who allowed him to do that, talking about greed both sides are quite on their evil sides.

Never thought this things existed. wew

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hey, I just clicked the source but it didn't get me into the article,I'm more curious on the story of that man, canyou provide? The source is onky for Hell Wheels

The #5 fact.
I didn't know that it was allowed by the biggest religion in the early times. But today, they are the ones that are disallowing it due to the beliefs that they have been teaching in this era. Just like the known quote that we know about change and being constant, yeah it happened to them.

Additional, since we are in a Bitcoin/cryptocurrency forum.

"The first ever involvement of cryptocurrency in online gambling was in August 2011. It was a poker gambling website where all payments were made in Bitcoin." - Source (https://4king.com/history-of-crypto-casinos/#:~:text=The%20first%20ever%20involvement%20of,poker%20for%20Apple%20mobile%20devices.)

So, if this is true, then the last August 2011 is the first included Bitcoin in some gambling, especially it is on a poker.
It's kinda amazing, isn't it? Up until now, using Bitcoin in online gambling is continue to grow and for us gamblers who use Bitcoin, it's more become convienent and more comfortable.

Fixed the source link now. I'm a bit sleepy by the time I'm on the last post of my list. Sorry and thank you for the interest on reading my thread.  :D



Thanks for the additional facts, I will make an update late for the list of contribution here. I forget to create a reserve post which I plan to dedicate on this part.
I will adjust my main thread for this .Keep em coming.

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Iranian tennis showman Mansour Bahrami fled to France where he tried to meet the higher living costs by gambling all his savings in a casino. He lost everything on the first night. Source (https://www.atpworldtour.com/en/players/mansour-bahrami/b001/bio)


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yeah that last part really caught my attention LoL, I really thought this only happens on Cartoons/Movies, this is definitely gone insane for both sides,... Don't know if can call this as "GREED IS GOOD"

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Just read the article, seems like his life went out on a luck by chance and just like a wheel a fortune and a bad luck, but was really amazed for he actually won 😅


Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/

That's correct, religion being perceived to be the powerhouse in terms of morality. Even modern ethical issues as gene editing and the use of AI and so on are being oftentimes scrutinized with the use of an ethical lens which is closely tied to religion.

However, while the Catholic space frowns upon gambling, if I am not mistaken, they do not consider gambling per se as a sin. Neither does involvement with it automatically considered sinful. I know for sure that even some priests gamble.

In Islam, on the contrary, gambling is generally considered haram.

I've enjoyed all the facts written here. Appreciate your efforts to compile all of these.

This one is interesting;

Finland government definitely did a good job on this. Doing some good deeds from gambling gains. First time to see such good idea from one particular country.


This just indicates that even some gambling addict can be change just by diverting attention into other forms of acts, other games, etc. There's always a hope not to be too hooked and too addicted in gambling.

Wife just don't expect that they can win by just doing it 1 times chance to win in the lottery  is too low that there are much more chance that lighting will strike you than to win a lottery. His wife is telling the truth and explaining it to his husband that it is a just a waste of money if you are not really like doing it. It is just different  story when you are doing it regularly.

The spanish time here in our country had influence that much of our gambling activities today. The prayle or the priest before in spanish colonization had been gambling especially during fiesta like cock fighting to which mesa de gallo or the mass of the dawn where rooster usually awake and are always making coc ka do dol do sound were being correlated. So, the fact that the info being listed like that gambling started even before and are very successful.

Now, gambling is already in new style because of the technology that evolves in gambling and there are too many scammer now thab before I guess.

This one was pretty amazing then. A lot could be obtained here for sources of stories tbh, imagine a 4 way meeting between said groups which govern over their respective people. Standard history right here.
I guess I can't say that Gambling doesn't help you now does it. Not. Yeah it doesn't help you, this man is probably 1 out of a million that got lucky, look at Tesla (reference from this post as well)
Should I try this as well? Gotta find a girlfriend first though. ;D
With the amount they earn from gachas? I doubt they even need gambling casinos tbh. Japanese are legit addicted to gachas, I'm also about to actually.
Nostalgia. I can attest to this since I pretty much spent hours trying to control that bloody ball.
Don't, poll makers would lose their jobs.

I guess Singapore just increased the amount of Singapore by then. Germany just made Singapore make a huge 180 right there.

Ahhh that was fun. Pretty good read, had some fun with it. If there weren't so many, I would've requested adding pics to make the read a tad bit less boring. Still, pretty funny facts out there somehow.

I thought the Catholic priest did not only support it in the past but still supports it now even in the modern era or maybe I'm watching to much movies that revolved around bad priests. I also learned that before Las Vegas was called Sin City, it was first called as "The Entertainment Capital of the World" then changed or added another moniker called "The Gambling Capital of the World". Number 21 was really true and that is why they called him Crazy Tesla.

Its just good to see that even gambling has its small beginning before even being promoted Internationally. 

This fact got me thinking since yesterday; if the priest among others where involved in gambling(like what we do today): what happened when they decided to turned against what they used to built their worship palaces?. Could that be Pentecostals churches where or are responsible for this obstruction alongside the Islam?.

Personally, as a Christian, I decided to get involved into gambling because I believed it does no harm to my believed towards the divinity's. This fact has just made my day: I won't bent towards hypocrisy.

This is an interesting topic and some facts were unknown OP from the points you had posted it. It’s good to know about gambling and what is the history and the chances as well. Something like Zimbabwe president, FedEx CEO making the money from gambling and paying the fuel bill. Some are worth reading.

This sounds very strange because Zimbabwe had a huge problem with corruption. I would take such statements with a grain of salt if he really won this or it was just fixed. Zimbabwe is rank 160th out of 180 countries in the International Corruption Perceptions Index. I think we will never know if this winning was legit.

Thanks for the collecting all the info, some of them I know, but majority I heard it for the first time, still up to this day, this kind of gambling facts doesn't die and it's going to be part of the gambling future. Specially those who won against huge odds, and that's what makes gambling really interesting.

@jademaxsuy - I'm not aware that the Philippine priest (Friar) was the instigator, maybe they are the one who spread cock-fighting in the Philippines.  :)

Bro, that wife proving his husband is really funny.

Very interesting facts that I've read. Also, another one that proves how casinos want to keep their customers in their premises in order to get more money from them, that's amazing. Great read, having a bad day and this ends that cloudy day. Will continue reading and following this thread. Keep it coming, keep us entertaining and keep it more interesting.

I find some facts really interesting and fun as well because of the story behind it. While some are already familiar to me, but most of it was new and it's nice to read random facts about gambling. Thanks for sharing this list of information OP. But what's really interesting is how some of these people are really lucky to win a huge amount of money
I still really get amused every time I hear or read stories about some lucky gamblers who won huge money because that's like a once in a lifetime experience.

It's entertaining to read this thread since imagine those mind blowing facts really exist and have supporting articles in the web.


Strange but he can able to play with the money whether it came from good or in corruption but lets not link the winning on their corrupt practices since it will be a different talks and need a proper thread for that things.

Shoook. This bring back my bad memories in gambling. I remember last 2017 when I have bunch of BTC that I accumulate on ICO,Bounty, and P2P trading for almost a year then I decided to try leverage trading, SInce I'm newbie on trading that time, x100 leverage is not a big deal to so I first try using small amount, Luckily I have profit 100% but after my second try during that same day too, I all-in my asset and got liquidated in just an hour. That time I was busy on my paper works at my desk that's why I didn't monitor my trading. I feel devasted and almost quit crypto currency. Right now I recover my loss after I do research and enroll in bunch of trading class.

After that, I never take too much risk even though I have a lot of asset that can afford to lose. Lesson learned.  ;)

24, 28, 34 and 44 are very funny! This facts are mind blown indeed.
Even monkeys will pay for sexual pleasures.

I am seriously a fun of facts about many things in the world and it was pretty awesome to know the facts that the OP have provided ever since the early history of gambling games. I indeed read entirely the whole facts and what I can say is that they are really mind blowing to know such facts for I have been playing gambling for quite some time and those facts that I have read although they were just easy to surf in the internet still surprises me and it was kind of fun knowing those. For me I would consider this as Fun Facts about Gambling for this really gains my interest upon reading the subject and a lot more fun reading the content itself. I would surely get back into this thread while the OP keeps on updating the facts about gambling for I want to know more.

This is just amazing. The best way to describe gambling here is that line about Mansour Bahrami. I love trivias and interesting facts. I found this fact in the past and kept it in my sticky notes, I don't know, after watching The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, it just made me smile.

A frequent "bit" in Westerns is for someone on the losing end of a poker game to lose their temper and accuse the pro of cheating—this can start a Gambling Brawl.

Upon reading this post, I just realize how much I did not pay attention with these things. Thank you for posting these facts! I am really curious about the affiliation of the church and religions with gambling since the teachings are against it tho.

Well we still have the idea that we, humans might be just a monkey evolution coz of all the animals we are mostly alike to monkeys in terms of appearance and some bone structures.

I've read a same story like the no. 34, but it is quite different coz he's not part of any syndicate at all. He won the lottery, he bets all the combination, instructed people to distribute the combinations and won around 10% of what he spent, then he gave his people their part. I forgot the whole story but it goes like that.

44 is very funny, but man if someone teases me with $100,000 to do that I'll definitely do it  ;D lol

Some of the facts are actually unreliable  ;D ;D and I can't believe that is true.

Oh my, a male having breast implants? probably if he doesn't have a lot of money or doesn't have a good job that could sustain him there is a high chance that he is going to accept that bet. $100,000 is a big money but if you probably think that in the way you could earn that amount soon you might not accept that bet for sure.

This topic is very entertaining in my opinion, even though it is quite a long list of gambling facts mentioned in the opening post.
But it's really worth reading, and it's also really a mind blown of the facts. What surprised me, was a lot people who are really
lucky in the world of gambling, this fact slightly changes the way I see the world of gambling.

Yes. He took a lot of effort. Honestly I really found his thread interesting that's why I gave him merit. Getting all these facts needed a lot of time but he manage to get all of this and make a thread. So kudos to the OP. I hope as time passes by this thread will add some more facts about gambling, reading a post like this help my mind rest for losing money today.

I was surprised to see that fact too. The possibility is that due to the donations that the church is getting through gamblers or from the casinos, they have no choice but to support it. They benefit from the donations and then they are also giving the benefit the donators from that money. It's just a speculation of mine as it's also happening today. They might be against to it but there is a tendency that they do accept money that comes from gambling.

I think up until now, there are churches who are still accepting donations from lotteries/gambling. Sometimes they need to, in order to finance their maintenance. On the side note, I don't know about a lot of things in the OP's list and it is really amazing to know those facts. But I can say gambling is one of the ancient games that humanity has. It only changes its form and way of playing, but the gambling idea is always there.

I never knew so many facts about gambling until today. I did visit the website and read few more facts there and thought of leaving my comment but unfortunately, the comment plugin thinks I am a spammer.

Anyways it was nice reading so many facts. Thanks for sharing it. 

Human mind has always lusted for money and more things and comfort in life. Greed and lust is human nature and not only in humans but also in animals. I have seen one dog I was feeding him biscuits and he kept eating and eating and eating till I stopped because I didn't want him to get blasted. All living organism needs more of everything and hence humans have gambled since ages as the lust to have more money in seconds is very amazing to them!

Interesting facts, some of them are really puzzling. It's a pity that most of them we cannot verify reliably.
If I had a large weight in the gambling industry, I would come up with such facts on my own, and would pay people to voice them on my blogs. Perhaps I would even ask to write a history book and put in some facts. Decorate so to speak.

it must be mixed feelings for the wife.
happy to get $1 million.
but she will lose most of the debate when her husband say, "remember when you say lottery is wasting money?" lol.

An absolutely incredible story. Quite a strange choice, to buy a lottery for $ 1 and thereby try to prove that it is a waste of time. If she bought tickets for at least $ 1000 it would be more revealing.
Nevertheless, if this is true, then I would not be surprised if she believed in God.

Don't want to make this any really discussion about the lottery winnings of Mugabe. But this is actually listed in the corruption thread on Wiki under the ZimBank lottery (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Zimbabwe (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Zimbabwe)) So definitely a grey area.

Now that's something else!
Great job. I owe you merits brother.

A lot of information listed here I don't even freaking know. Like that massive contribution of Keno gambling for the Great Wall of China.
That is just one.
Yeah, thanks a lot.

This is a long list of facts and it's fun and worth reading.


This is amazing. Imagine beating the odds almost the same as of lotteries. I wonder how are huge jackpot winners spend their winning or if some of them kept gambling or have really kept away from gambling.



Sometimes diversion is a good way to keep away from any form of addiction. At least they have switched into something not harmful. I was able to get over my computer games addiction when I started to learn how to play sports such as badminton, volleyball and tennis. Which I think helped me a lot.


I have also read a lot of amazing lottery stories and would like to share it here once I found it. It's really amazing reading stories about luck and unbelievable incidents.

Most of these facts are new to me. I always thought about playing the gambling but never try to find out the history and facts related to gambling.
I will share these with my friends too who play gambling.

You wouldnt know these facts if you arent really that a gambler or even if your still a heavy gambler, no one will really just make up some research about these stuffs.

Good thing that op did really make some good topic on here and showing off these facts that i do believe that majority havent known off and its much appreciated.

When you do saw the community feedbacks then you can really say that there are lots of us didnt really know that those things happened.

Japan is very a conservative country, they always have full of catches in their culture and rules but they're one of the best and I respect their culture and very much like the country itself.

As long as the gambler can still exchange the thing that they've won for cash, they will still continue to do it and find a way of exchanging it to plain cash.

It's more about socializing, and people can't help it but stayed more attached to gambling in their daily lives. Most of them were into addiction without knowing that it really affected their personal live, particular with family financial aspects. However some folks find it comfortable to get into gambling even if they're losing more money just have fun and lucky winnings.

ive been addicted to gambling on and off , i know the difference and i know that its happening on me . you know your addicted when you are gambling on the next level . others knew it but they try to hide it and say they isnt

there are also gambling site that arent like socializing , thats when you play ln online casino with no chatbox or forums .

This are really some of the mind-blowing facts as was not knowing myself about it. Some were shocking as well to read it that even this has happened in history. Generally, we just gamble for our self and we keep a track of our profits and losses. So, such things get ignored as what happens across the globe unless some is very keen on knowing the facts. Credits to OP for starting this topic.

Very interesting piece of work you compiled there. All the gambling related trivia are very entertaining and also make you visualize in your mind what might have happened to their interesting lives. I never thought I could ever read the information you just presented nor I never imagines that it actually happened in the past. Gambling really makes many interesting characters and you can either hate them, laugh at them, or be inspired to gamble more.

This is actually very a good idea on how to divert the alcohol and gambling addiction. But aren't they betting on the chess players? All of the people in the vilage are addicted to chess, someone out there must have put all their hearts to chess that can beat chess masters today.

Chess is addicting and at one point in my teen's life I remember playing it all the time in the neighborhood and that every step I do going to a friend's house has to take an L pattern like the knight's hop.

It sounds like a sick joke right from ‘Fallout: New Vegas,’ however, it’s true. In 1951, the US Department of Energy began to set off more than a thousand test nuclear bombs 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas. A terrific spectacle turned the night into day. Nevertheless, the horrifying mushroom clouds, which could be seen from the casinos, attracted lookie-loos, so the city became a thriving tourist location. Vegas is Vegas; the city turned the horror show into business opportunities, advertising atomic bombs and offering special ‘atomic cocktails’ in casino bars. Furthermore, one casino conducted a beauty contest ‘Miss Atomic Energy’ where models wore outfits imitating atomic mushrooms! - Source
 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_Test_Site#:~:text=Nuclear%20weapons%20testing%20at%20the,era%20come%20from%20the%20NTS.)

In theory the Catholic church and their doctrine is against gambling however I have seen many instances in which Catholic churches make use of raffles to raise money for themselves, so in order to not be hypocrites and tell their followers to not gamble while they themselves are participants in the activity it has become a rule that is not really enforced, at least where I live, so gambling is tolerated and accepted as a fact of life but I do not know if this is true all over the world.

when they make raffle for the church they dont say to the public that the money will go straight to thier pocket  and not all are like that , they work on the church and they will do things like that ? its only a raffle for a good cause and its not really considered as a gambling so its fine  but i think they are still against gambling  , thats what i see  but they cant still do a thing to stop people from gambling as long as gambling is allowed by governments  , governments are still powerful than them  .

lot of things are prohibited by the catholic church but they are doing it. priest even violating laws like raping the nuns, some gotten pregnant but it seems fine to their archdiocese.

if members are not allowed to gamble, they'd find out the whole city wouldn't go in the church anymore and they will not collect fundings from its members. catholic church is the most hypocrite church in the world.

Yes, they still do. As long as it's voluntarily given and they have decided to accept it, they will. There could be some protocols on their management or organization to ask where the donation came from but, they can also just accept it without further interrogation from the donator.
The list is great and it's been well compiled, I didn't even know that much history of gambling just as those that are on the list.

I never know Tesla was that of a gambling addict though we still has to owe him the things we used right now even the telecommunication space and the internet. I think there's still mind blowing facts out there to dig I'll just keep this thread bookmarked. Kudos to OP for this list of facts.

This is quite unusual, MIT is known for their quality education in terms of technological development such as robots. I just can't believe they also applied their logical thinking in gambling game such as blackjack, though, there's nothing wrong with it, they could earn allot, but for me, not just as good as a public figure for a university. Good thing that they are still known for technology and not in terms of gambling.

I just wonder, would there be a school or university that teaches gambling?

Yup. And we've got a new update about the fun and mindblowing fact number 51. I never knew that guy but that's what you get when you're trying hard and your resort is to gamble everything you had for the sake high living. On the otherhand, his main land or country has stopped him playing Tennis because they see it as opposed to their believe, the funny thing is that his country saw it as "communist and elitist sport". The source is on a sub-reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/cbl4bp/til_trickshot_king_mansour_bahrami_lost_his_life/)

Nice thread, interesting and informative.
For number 23, I can imagine the reaction of the wife after hitting the jackpot. While her main purpose is to show that its a waste of money it turned out to be the luckiest day of their lives.

This is funny to me. They are blaming nintendo for their own addictions but its their fault actually for not having a self control. I remembered this game and also one of my favorite.

This is one of the threads who kept me entertained while I was reading it.A lot of funny facts about gambling which I knew nothing about until now.I am happy to read as a slot player that the biggest jackpot win comes from a slot machine and that explains why they are so addicting.

Fun fact #44 from the list is funnies and saddest one. A man agreed to become a Frankenstein and spoil his body for a $100k. Not only this man is greedy as hell, but stupid as well. Wearing breast implants for 20 years for a bet that ended 19 year ago.

Reading all the facts makes me realize how unbelievable dumb people are and how sad the world I'm living is. People will do anything for money.

Gambling in Medieval Times was seem like life or death situation. I wonder, how much people are willing to put at stake to win something, from what i know they were betting anything even humans. Back then slaves was a trend, so losing back then will seriously ruin your life not just wealth. Gambling is the proof that no matter how many years has passed it will not be forgotten, even if other sports perish. Gambling will still survive.

These are some resourceful information about gambling, worth to know by the way but not obliged for a gambler since gambling are a game of luck. Anyway thanks for sharing it here, some information are not know till now especially the first gambling has ever been played. The number 51 is the most unluckiest person of all time, Image he lost it all in one night? what kind of strategy is that? another damn way to lose a fortune huh!

Gambling is such a huge industry in Nevada that even the state prison had a casino inside it for 35 years. That's right: inmates could play blackjack, craps, poker, and even bet on sports inside the "Bullpen," a stone building on the prison's grounds in Carson City from 1932 to 1967. A new warden from California shut it down that year, saying gambling was a "degradation" to the inmates. - Source (http://nevadastateprison.org/the-casino/)

Yeah me too, I only heard one of his story in his hit issue about AC and regarding Benjamin Franklin, but who knows right? maybe at that time Nikola Tesla loses to Franklin in one of there bet so he pay Franklin for his invention.


Yes very entertaining, and it also prove to us that they will do everything they can even that Frankenstein man for him to get paid 100k$ it is sad yes, because he gives his body to get money, but we can't blame him, but I do pity him.

Woah. This is cool, however, being inside the prison serves as a rehabilitation center for an individual. Contemplating of wrong deeds and overall character is among the necessary actions and I don't know if this is going to help.

These days some charities are now being investigated, not just the church, for accepting all kinds of dirty money regardless of the source.

I think this is actually a good thing because blockchain technology can now be put to its full use,,, transparency and traceability to ensure funds are not derived from evil deeds. Auditors should start using this.

Lots of fun facts to read but I am more interested in this.
Imagine that engineer sharing all his knowledge to someone and use that kind of trick to any slot machines? The fact that no one knows how to fix it yet is a threat to their business. I wonder if they could find someone is cheating so they could ban that person from playing again. ???

Number 35 is kinda great, I mean his run towards those million dollar winnings is far more interesting story, than those people who win in just one shot. And although, that downfall of him is kind of quick, I still don't feel bad 'bout him, dunno why exactly though  ;D, maybe am that amazed on his journey. Besides, that man (Archie Karas), isn't type of guy who goes crazy, insane or whatever gestures a typical man usually went to when the odds goes against them.

By the way, nice interesting facts!!

I know it is happening in prison but I never thought they will create a space and a table for them.
Could be big profits for the warden just setting this up.  ;D

Well, even if they shut it down they can still make it happen.
Gamblers will always find their way.  :D

   This is amazing story, and it's amazing what was allowed before in some states.
I am sure that warden had his share, and the entire state, it's better to be legal and taxed than illegal and with crime involved. People who wish to gamble will do it anyway, why to not have some benefits from that. I will research more about this prison and
what was happening there, seems like an fascinating story.

I think that this about Tesla still isn't proven to be mith or truth so I"m not so sure about his gambling addiction. However, many great people had many not so usual and surprising habits. No matter the Tesla I'm sure there are so many other mind blowing facts about gambling.

After reading the 51 mind blown facts about gambling in the opening post, it turns out that the world of gambling is full of
surprises and miracles. Maybe my way of thinking about gambling has changed a little after reading the mind blown gambling
facts in the opening post. But I thank you for this topic, a lot of important information that is interesting I can get.

When you are forcing yourself to stop, sooner or later, you will be able to stop gambling anytime because your mind will say that it is enough to play gambling for that day. But it is hard to stop when we can enjoy the games, not just gambling games, but in other things, so forcing yourself will be a good way to prevent the addicting.

If we try to collect the new sensations in gambling, I am afraid that we can get tempted to play more and more. So that can make us spend more money, which can lead to losing more money.

If this thread is going to devolve into what the church can and can't or shouldn't do, then let me chip in by telling you what they should do. They should pay taxes! Do you know that churches in US could reduce the average american taxpayer's burden by nearly $90 billion us dollars?

At the beginning of the pandemic they tried to claim they should be allowed to stay open because they are an 'essential business.' But they don't want to pay taxes like an essential business. Doesn't seem right to me.

The fact is, most religions frown upon gambling, and yet nearly everybody has gambled at some point. There's almost no point even mentioning it to followers anymore.

Didnt expect for them to claim about being an essential business which it isnt supposed to be that way but we cant really escape into that reality and if they do accumulate that much then it is really worth for them to get taxed.About on most religions frown about gambling then its just already  a common word that came from them.People do get used to it already and you do say that majority might
already had the experience on playing gambling.This might be  little off topic but really worth to be discussed.

the church itself in my country gamble on politics. they support opposition today which they even promote these politicians on sunday masses before the election. they lose and still their arrogance call for people power like the separation of church and state is ignored. this is how churches gamble their way to let their politicians stay on power to get favors. 

without these favors, these priests would have been sentenced to death. i'm glad one of the recently died and this is the one who supports insurgents.

Seems Frane Selak's story is missing in OP, not really much related to gambling but finally he won a jackpot worth around 600K euros after slipped from the death for seven times.

for complete story : https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/unluckiest-man/#:~:text=Frane%20Selak%2C%20of%20Croatia%2C%20has,his%20impossible%20brushes%20with%20death!

Im a catholic but im pretty much aware on how these priest do get involved into these immoral things which im a bit shamed of and i cant really blame someone to criticize the religion as a whole
due it had been tarnished out by the church organization itself and thats the sad fact that do happens upto present.

It should really be added up.Thanks for the share.. Slipping from death for 7 times? God still loves him.  8)

Religion is not related to gambling for it is not being taught in Roman Catholics. The priest are also human being wanted to get fun and that they discretely done gambling of course not wearing their uniform. Just like some police officer I know doing stuff when not in duty. Gambling is not bad but it is the effect to which gambling could influence.

Wow, can we make 8 in all? LOL,  this guy prettt sure like a cat with 8 lives. 1 life left and probably it will be the end. Anyway, still good things happen as he was able to win the jackpot. Nice life story to tell and share.

You are right. It is not because of who he is, but it will depend on how he wants to avoid gambling. Even if he is a robber, but he knows that gambling can ruin his lives, he will not play gambling because once he plays gambling and loses control, he will lose all of the money. As long as you can have control in gambling, you know when to stop gambling, it will not be a problem for you to play gambling. But we already know that many people will lose their control in the end because they forget about what they need to do.

well that's the risk when playing at a gambling place because it can give you instantaneous losses but when you get a profit you can become rich instantly but the benefit ratio is very small than the disadvantages, so whoever the person when he wants to gamble should at least have realized that the money can be. just disappear instantly when taking a wrong position.

but he already ruined his life by doing that kind of act which was robbery . robbing is worster than gambling , all robbers are infact more involved on gambling because they arent afraid of loosing anyway  .

 if they lost they can just rob again , ez pz for them . what we are talking on here  is only an example  , all kinds of people can be involved on anything but its how they control them selves

That is actually a fact and most catholic followers are blinded by saying that the decisions of the priest does not reflect on what they really believe. It would actually set a bad example since they are the ones that preaches on what was said to be followed. Lets just hope that some of them really adheres to what they are preaching for since hating on them won't really stop them from doing what they want. Gambling can be addictive and I guess they can still get bad habits.

This is a very interesting fact, I would have never imagine that a prison will have a casino inside it and that somewhat this will be approved by the warden, but this just goes to show us how popular gambling is around the world, wherever there is a gathering of people that is big enough people are going to gamble, I suppose this is because people love to take risks and the promise of gambling of bringing a lot of money in a short amount of time is simply too alluring to pass.

The list can be be longer because there are unreported cases too, if you are a celebrity or a big businessman with reputation people inside the casino will make a buzz on you outside of the gambling hall because you are a news maker, if you are not but losing a lot they can or they cannot record you, it depends if you are newsworthy or buzz worthy.

"LOL" eternal debate..

luck in the middle of trouble "LOL"...

This is the craziest thing that I think is rare to find, I hope he doesn't cut his penis just for a bet...  :D

Oh man, despite that gambling is forbidden is post USSR prisons, everyone in jail playing cards and dice. But compared to this peaceful casino in Nevada, in our prisons everything can happen much worse. For example, it's easy to lose your life during the game, meaning from that time he owe his life to a winner, so winner can ask anything from loser, even to kill someone. Not a fun fact, but enough mind blowing i thought.

Frane selak, I can only read the fifth wife part and that's hilarious lol , other than that i find it's interesting but i guess has no place in what op discussed above , nice story though.

That is too much sauce .. i mean how could you gather all of these information op? Damn u did a really good job and yeah it seems you have a lot of spare times to spend. inspired by 9gag? Damn it's still hillarious. Thanks for that , entertaining a lot to read this.
Anybody interested making a videos version of this?

The ratio of getting losses will be bigger than the winning ratio because the house doesn't let the gamblers get the winning most of the time. We have the risk of losing the money, whether we realize or not, so before we lose all of the money, we can stop gambling because that can prevent the worst situations.


Yes, he already ruined his life by robbing, but he prevents other things that can make him get double bad things by losing the money in the gambling games. That is an example, but if that person knows about the bad thing in gambling, he will not playing gambling, and he will use that money for other things. And if he doesn't have the money, perhaps, he will steal the money again, but not for playing gambling. Yes, in this thing, controlling ourselves will be necessary to prevent the worst thing that might come to us.

Fantasy, this is not happening in this days for we have the international law for human rights. If this really happening in your place then report it immediately. Let us help preserve humanity and resolve issues regarding on human abuses. I can't bear to see these people have this kind of attitude, an animalistic kind of behaviour. Well, we are animals but we are rational and able to think than the rest of the animals.

I guess somehow people are rude but they are also people that has born innate kindness. It is just they are also victims of abuses to which it affects their attitude.

I think this is really happening in the real world that they owe their lives to the winners in gambling that even you report or accuse them from their crimes, it will be useless because they are already in prison that they are no longer afraid to commit crimes. I know it is an act of insanity and animal behavior that the winner can freely ask anything to the loser, even they kill someone or themselves. Still, we can't do anything about it if the prison officers are not strict and not responsible enough for controlling prisoners.

Gambling is related to luck and in the world most people consider Frane as the most luckiest person on this planet every because he cheated the death not for one or two, its 7 times man that crazy story and I know this story completely years ago but I am still wonder how is this even possible man? ::)

Agree, prisoners, don't have much to do in the cell so gambling is one of their main games. To make the activity more thrilling, they are executing this kind of consequences since they don't have nothing to do especially those prisoners that has a life sentence.

Try to read more about gambling among prisoners: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/50990555_Gambling_Among_Prison_Inmates_Patterns_and_Implications
According to the study, they find out that inmate gambling is very common in prisoners.

I saw these scenes in hollywood movies but never thought that these are practice in reality in the prisons. The purpose of moving criminal to prison is not only that he do not commit crimes but also his character is build up and he come out as a better person. If criminals keep play gambling, do fighting and take drugs in jail, then the purpose is not fulfilled.

In some country it's typical that when a drug Lord or rich people arrested and in behind bars some are still treated as if they didn't commit crimes and do glings and make the people their slaves. Some officials were allowing it since maybe they get also something from them. If only their will be a stricted rules and officials will be too faithful in their obligations these things will not happen. It's mind blowing that there are government officials that are still doing it.

As long as you have a lot of money, you can easily do that so basically your system of crime is still functioning because you can still communicate with your people. Those important or rich people have a special prison in which they can still feel home and play gambling whenever they want. Even during quarantine or lockdown, some higher officials are playing gambling without proper distancing, that's how power works.

That's how unfair the justice system, the money is basically the root of all evil because it can easily control people especially those who have positioned in the government. Prisons are useless if the mindset or mentality of a person in jail never changed because he can still commit those activities he doing outside.

I love than people not from post USSR telling me what is true and what is not, why i'm living here. I have my own story, from one man to whom i believe. He has friend which had lost to a former prisoner who was very high in prisoner hierarchies (russian term - вop в зaкoнe). As as a result he gifted his own flat to that prisoner, and he think that this was easy final for him (as i said above, "thief in law" could ask him anything in return for his life)


Prison in post USSR countries just make bad people even worse  ;)

What's with him when he gambles? gambling isn't that much of a deal for a normal person but it is for the judgmental society. Why is popular be condemned when people know they are gambling when it has nothing to do with them and the money they use are not stolen.

Maybe there are thousands of interesting facts and experiences that we may never get to know because no one talks about it.

Corruption is everywhere, it is possible to live haven like life inside the prison itself when you have money.And officials also wants to earn some so they let every criminal to do everything they wanted at the premium price tag, poor administration will lead their country prisons into such conditions.

It is indeed part of the reality which is really happening in todays where people who are rich can really live like king while still get imprisoned just like on what happened here on my country where there are inmates
which are treated like VIP's where they can go in and outside on the jails as they like or even able to get some drugs and prostitutes in and out as they like.We cant really get rid of these stuffs if the administration itself
do really allow this kind of thing just because theyve had been paid off by that certain person in jail.They had been bust out after doing or letting those prison do as they want.

When we talk about corruption, it will depend on how we control our minds not to corrupt. No matter if there is many tempt to corrupt, if we have a strong mind, we will not get the effect. But still, it is very difficult to eradicating corruption everywhere because money will get them there in the trap, and they will follow what the person wants.

We can see that corruption is not just happening in prison, but it is also in the public because many people are hunger for getting "hot money" even if they are paid from their institution. But I am sure that corruption will reduce in one day because many people realize that it is not good for them.

These list is just a short list, and this is just what are recorded there are millions of gamblers around the world we could have thousand more but because people who are involved are high rollers or top government officials or celebrities they need to hide this to public because these are powerful people, there are so many scandals in the gambling table that we don;t know.

This thread is lengthy, but interesting to read. I caught myself reading until the very last number!  Thank you for putting this here. I learned new things about gambling and found some funny scenarios too.

#23 certainly made my day! Imagine having to prove a point and then turns out your husband is  ‘somehow’ right for his claims about gambling. I wonder what her reaction the moment she knew. I guess she had mixed emotions about it 😂

Some numbers made me realize that gambling is indeed a mix of chance and strategy. Sometimes it just depends how lucky you are the moment you risk to an odd ratio of possibility to win. [/list]

True though, I remember a friend of mine, which is a film writer, once told me he was invited to meet a high profile inmate just to talk about the upcoming film of that inmate--which is a film actor by the way and at the same time a politician. The inmate's place looks like a big condominium with its own gold course beside.

The high profile inmate knew he's going out soon so he wants a new film when he go out, probably because he wanted to cover up his corruption side. My friend declined the project cause he felt sick realizing how corrupt our country is, he can't work for someone like that. Well, this really happen in true story, as long as you're powerful.

Laptops and phones can slip right through some of the inmates, and it will only happen with the help of the other authorities, its just that the world is full of imbeciles.

True though, I remember a friend of mine, which is a film writer, once told me he was invited to meet a high profile inmate just to talk about the upcoming film of that inmate--which is a film actor by the way and at the same time a politician. The inmate's place looks like a big condominium with its own gold course beside.

The high profile inmate knew he's going out soon so he wants a new film when he go out, probably because he wanted to cover up his corruption side. My friend declined the project cause he felt sick realizing how corrupt our country is, he can't work for someone like that. Well, this really happen in true story, as long as you're powerful.

Laptops and phones can slip right through some of the inmates, and it will only happen with the help of the other authorities, its just that the world is full of imbeciles.


Or worst, she got addicted to gambling herself cause he realizes there's really a chance to win! LOL

This does not happen in USSR only. In many countries, the criminals either die or spent rest of their life in Jail. But those who move out of jail after spending their time in jail, they became even more worse criminals as nothing has been done for their betterment.

It is estimated that 80 percent of adults in the United States gamble yearly and out of every 100 gamblers, there are 2 to 3 people that have some sort of gambling problem – that is a huge number when you really think about just how many people that impacts around the country.

Number of gambling addicts with an alcohol disorder is 75 percent

Half of the total gambling addicts have had mood disorders

Not all would really be tallied or would be known and for sure there are other great losses  which havent been known and being kept as a secret.For the question about that #35 about that $50
making it to millions and lose it all in a matter of few weeks then that one is devastating but to think that he had only used up $50 in the first place then im somewhat sure that the didnt
make any suicide attempts unlike to those people or player that did really burn up their millions from their own pockets which i can say that it is much more devastating than
on this one.

Imagine you already have those millions in hand and won it for just $50 only then suddenly lose again for sure its still devastating and mind blowing, you already became millionaire but choose to became a hobo back again when betting until all is gone. I think you will still sleepless if you come to that situation even if you start with small amount of money.

Corruption will never end until there is no value for money, no one will ever get satisfied with what they have but not everyone involved in corruption but everyone has been a part in it, if we want to have corruption free country then every individuals should stop giving bribes, just start support the shills and talents so one day we could hae someone to rule with no intention of earning money.

80 percent of gamblers for a country where gambling is restricted is too much  but other country that gambling is legal were sometimes have lower engagement it's because they are less wealthier than on u.s  ,  it also known that u.s has a high number of drinkers compre to other despite drinking alcohol is pretty popular now . Well I guess money does have an impact again and also restrictions . They can be addicted on gambling  but we can't count thier addiction for other stuffs .

Gambling was forbidden for a very long time and you could only do it legally in certain regions of your country but with the advent of the Internet people now can gamble from the comfort of their own home and I think many governments are finding this to be very problematic and that is why some of them are taking actions against it but now thanks to bitcoin those restrictions mean absolutely nothing as you can use your bitcoin in whatever way you can, which means that gambling will only get even more popular from now on.

It wasnt really that much Forbidden but it is really being frowned upon by a certain community on where there are really places where people does have negative impressions towards those people who do get involved with gambling.I dont know but it is much pretty common to have that kind of view.Its just normal to have restrictions into other countries about gambling activity neither they do care into its citizens or just totally disagree or doesnt like for gambling to operate into its vicinity.No matter what the reason is then people who do really likes to gamble cant really be stopped and as mentioned where it is much more easier to gamble when you do only
have just internet connection.People can access places as easy as pie.

It depends where you live, there are many countries in which gambling is forbidden and you get a penalty if you are discovered to be gambling, but in many other countries gambling is not really forbidden but as you say it is looked upon with bad eyes because they think it can lead to addiction, however this is ridiculous while there is no doubt that people can get addicted to gambling the proportion of those people is probably similar to the proportion of people that get addicted to alcohol and yet drinking alcohol is socially acceptable but for some reason gambling is not.

Last year it is estimated that approximately 10 billion pounds were spent on gambling! It is estimated that approximately 5% of compulsive gamblers seek help from a gambling program or gambling rehab. This means that 95% of problem gamblers have their lives ruined by debt and depression.

Hilarious but super lucky. ;D

In #23, I think it was a slap in the wife's face when she wanted to prove his husband how lottery is a waste of money but ended up winning a huge price. I wonder what his husband's reaction was and the wife herself. Does she still think gambling is a waste of money or did she have a change of heart? Haha.

In #49, on the other hand, that was some courage that man got there. What he did was very risky and could result in him losing everything. Good thing, he's lucky enough that day and took home a huge prize. He can then buy more clothes than he originally had.

So damn lucky indeed.

Interesting i have seen a lot of student dropped from school around me and get addicted on gambling .Specially they love to gamble on cricket .Its a reason for me to avoid serious gamble .I am so much control myself that's why it can't addicted me .

Gambling is a BILLION dollar industry. In America, gambling has become a $40 billion dollar a year industry. Las Vegas alone brings in close to 10 billion dollars a year from people gambling at their casinos and placing bets.

The corruption will be happening in all countries because people are hunger to chase wealth from many sides. We will not do corruption if we can feel grateful for everything that we have, and we don't have a passion for chasing more and more. We are okay with what we have, and if we don't have something like others, we don't pursue it because of satisfaction. But I believe that someday, the government will have honest people who can rule with wise people and don't want to corrupt people's money.


That is what happens if we are too often playing gambling until we don't stop that. The risk of gambling can ruin our lives, and debt and depression will be on our lives. If we can't control ourselves, we will end like those people because we will not realize how much money we already spent on gambling. Debt and depression will chase us nonstop, and if we don't try to ask for help from other people, we will not think too long to end our lives.

Putting yourself in her shoes what might be your reaction? Hahaha. for sure after hitting that Jackpot her wife is now a change person not unless the husband changed her wife hahaha.



Find himself lucky and now enjoying more than the usual. Lucks really change people's life.

Interest fact, compulsive gambling does not mean that you are a weak person. Many people who have become problem gamblers are very successful and are seen by others as strong and intelligent people.

Gambling industry is big and it isnt really just limited on Las vegas alone but also world wide on where there are really those people who do really make big bets that which people
dont even expect for them to reach those levels.We know that each person do have its own financial capacity.Those mind blown gambling facts are really showing that
gambling can really make a person do able to make unbelievable kind of decisions.

Only a few do able to make it out or able to pull it through but on bigger percentage majority of them did really fell down into the ground.

That's why most of the government isn't really against the gambling industry, there is a huge portion of funds that comes from gambling taxes. Resource (https://www.casino.org/blog/comparing-gambling-taxes-around-the-world/). If america is spending billion dollars to gambling, it is so surprising that france actually  spend 83.5% GGR taxex on operators and USA only ranked 7th.

But that isn't the case here as we can see gambling platforms dominance in the economy which makes it hard for us to implement gambling regulations.

That is true and that is why it is projected int he world that for gambling nothing better than LAs Vegas. Government earns a huge amount as a revenue form the gambling industry and more it flourishes means more revenue to the government. So, they were little eager as well to reopen Las Vegas in this times.

23 was funny, after all what should have been a lesson for the husband ended up being a lesson for herself because after all even if winning the lottery is incredibly unprovable at the same time someone has to win and this happened to her just as she was trying to prove the opposite point so it is hilarious.

However the 49 point is a clear example of what should not be done, this person risked everything in his life and even if he won that was a huge risk, what would have he done if he lost? That is the kind of loss that can lead to a life full of difficulties and depression.

Indeed, the reality is like that, for the American government the gambling industry includes the largest tax revenue.
So it's no wonder the American government has given permission to reopen casinos not only in Las Vegas, but in several
other cities as well. Even though the spread of the Corona Virus in America has not shown a decreasing. The American
government made this decision will definitely want make the American economy recover. Because indeed the gambling industry
in America can have a considerable influence on the American economy.

The World’s Smallest Casino is Run from the Back of a London Cab

If you’re looking for the address for the world’s smallest casino, chances are that you won’t find it. Why? Because it’s operated from the back seat of a cab in London—it’s a mobile casino!

This casino is an extension of Grosvenor Casino in London. It comes complete with a dealer, gaming table and bar. It even comes with a TV that shows sports. You’re allowed to go anywhere you want with this cab as long as you make a charitable donation.

Source: http://whygavs.com/news/7-gambling-facts-thatll-blow-your-mind.html

That sounds like fun but could go horribly wrong. Imagine being drunk at night and going home in such a cab. I would be losing so much money. Better to leave the credit card at home. But then again a lot of casinos have apps for the phone and it's the same risk. Most of the time I lose money when gambling drunk. Like yesterday night, instead of going straight to bed I decided to play some blackjack and ended up losing $50. It's so hard sometimes to refrain from gambling if everything is accessible 24/7.

Not really I think. Heck, it actually sounds fun imo. It's a kind of new experience, travelling while gambling, and not on a phone at that but rather at a table the cab itself has. Seems like quite a ride to enjoy with whenever I want to just, you know, travel without any real goal or anything.
Just the fact that it brings in money is enough of a reason for the government to allow it. Not to mention the fact that most would argue about America banning gambling, when it has one of the most active and biggest casinos out there, not to mention that gamblers would argue that they are old enough to live their own lives and manage their own finance. And yes, I do agree with that, especially since I believe that America lets their kids know about planning and stuff at an early age, letting them live by themselves early on than later.

Let's also add that they won't ban a hobby they themselves are fond of doing. We all know some politicians are gambling addicts, and some gamblers or owners of casinos are connected to politicians making it harder to ban gambling in a certain country. Politics is dirty and all you need is money and connections, for you to influence about the outcome of a bill in the congress.

I searched on google with the keyword of the bold part. It showed the Santa Ysabel but it has shut its doors years ago.

And for the Grosvenor casino, I've found this video for others to have an idea how does it look inside and out.

Grosvenor Casinos World's Smallest Travelling Casino (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvc3CKOX_lw)

indeed no one should prohibit their hobby in gambling establishments, but these governments just want to get extra money by withdrawing permits to establish or open gambling establishments, so gambling establishment developers have to take that attitude, but in my opinion the regulation is still not applied in all countries, there are still offline gambling places that have survived government regulations.

It's really fancy. Actually I become interested to search this facts because I saw some video on the Facebook regarding this legit card game inside a taxi cab. Luckily I come up to the website which write this fact. I believe the author means on this fact as the smallest travelling casino since the previous is not operating anymore.

It's really cool to play on this cab especially when it comes out from nowhere. I will try to research about there bet size and max/min on bets.

Or maybe that time they are the smallest casino?when they start to operate?but yeah they are closed now as it was indicated in google when i searched.
I wonder how long each time they stay in places?cool to see that there are already moving casino that exist in some countries i hope there will be one in my place.

Many as in majority?or some of them because those people i knew that once a problematic gambler are now becomes poorer .

It is really fun to read this kind of facts not just in gambling but also in other topics as well.
I always find it interesting reading some facts about anything since it would enlighten me and extend my knowledge about it,
Even though it wouldn't really help a lot in real life it is great to know this kind of things.

^^ No way,,, the smallest casino in the world is always in a small Asian classroom inside a pencil case, with one dice and a piece of paper to pretend it is like a betting table, or with the small tiny playing cards you can find inside cotton candy as a deck of blackjack or asian poker;)

Anyone know what I am talking about here?;)

I would like to add to the Lootbox Fact. There was a scandal that involved two Youtubers playing this lootbox and gaining rare CS:GO cosmetics thus encouraging their viewers who are mostly children to play on the site and gamble their money to loot boxes. It turns out that the owner of the website is the Youtuber which caused backlash and lawsuit.

Fact 31 is by far the funniest one I have known in regards to gambling, we all know that courtroom is not something to get goofy and have fun and games but then it happened. A pinball game in a courtroom is legendary and should be a milestone in gambling history.

Catholic and Judaic Priests supporting gambling is something interesting, because in a thread conversation about gambling saw Quran stating gambling is sin. Same as that some made a conversation about Bible verse relating to gambling. The fifth fact is really mind blowing and is controversial. Probably people who are much into religious beliefs will consider it a supporting fact and get into gambling.

lol i can feel you  8)

we even use a typical paper to list our number combination and use that yo make Lucky 9 game.

and yeah you are correct that the smallest casino can be found in our pockets or bags to start a gambling session .

either legal or illegal?yet this is gambling.

If that person is not too "close" with religion, he will not think about the sin or not because he wants to play gambling without thinking much about religion. Maybe on one side, he will realize that it breaks the religion, but on the other side, he wants to feel what inside gambling, although he can lose his money playing gambling. But most religions stating that gambling is a sin, and that will depend on every person itself. And we can not force people to stay away from gambling because that will make each person's decisions.

Sounds even cooler if these taxi casino's will station under the building of each establishments like mine.so even in break time we can make a bet also short time lol.
Does in some countries in asia has this kind of gambling place?

Definitely none. Asian is very conservative unlike EU and US which are liberated. In my country if you was caught by someone know you that gambling in public places, they will gossip about you among your coworkers and will ruin your reputation. Doing something like that is a big here. Even wearing a clothes that reveal too much skin will gain a lot of attention so what more gambling in public places.

All those Asian joke about parents being so strict to there child is REAL. And it reflects how serious Asians are on this kind of things that related to family reputation.

Gambling is all about mind either you lose or you win. Every gambling you bet, there will be always a surprise in it,either  you are a good gambling or not. Gambling is not good for children at the age of 4 to 10 because most of them are still a child in the system.

That is interesting, where I live as long as you do not have a gambling problem people do not care that you gamble even those that you could think they will be opposed to it because of their religious beliefs, but that is probably because were I live people are very relaxed and they do not really get into the issues of other people.

Some of those gambling facts were known by me however the one that surprised me the most is the 4th one, I have never heard roulette to be described as the Devil’s game but now that I know that the numbers add to 666 then I can understand why that may be so.

24. Monkeys can learn to use the money. Capuchins that were taught to exchange silver discs for treats began budgeting for foods they liked, buying more of something when the price dropped and started gambling. Eventually, rich monkeys even figured out they could pay each other for sex.
I had to check the source! It's crazy what happened there, and how some little monkeys evolved (of course with little help from humans). Interesting study and some interesting conclusions: "How did the capuchins react? They far preferred to take a gamble on the potential gain than the potential loss.", "it turns out that humans tend to make the same type of irrational decision at a nearly identical rate." I continued my reading at freakonomics, some interesting stuff can be found there.

35. A gambler named Archie Karas went to Las Vegas with $50, gambled it up to $40 million over the next two years, only to lose it all in three weeks. This is crazy! I understand that one million wasn't enough to make him stop! Somehow I can understand 10 millions, but to make 40 millions and to lose all in 3 weeks is literary crazy!

These are really mind blowing facts. It is funny that in all my years as a gambler, I have across only a small number of the whole article.
 It is nice to know these things. Many of them duly illustrated the fact that luck and chance have helped quite a lot of people in the past and it is still possible for one to the jackpot even with very little amount of money.
I do think however that a gambler should always gamble only what he can afford to lose. Not everyone will have the stroke of luck these guys had. Many have lost their all savings and ended up broke and dejected.

I'm amazed I visited this thread ATM and after watching all the interesting information which I didn't knew before. I never knew Roulette was called a Devil's game, so I'm one of those devils who ambitiously play this game of numbers with those reds and blacks as extras to make money on colors too, awesome combination. BTW, is there any chance we might get the secrets of that Russian Engineer-cum-Genius who's got the idea of looting casinos through their slot machines? I'm no good at slots and I believe this might be life-changing for anyone who will know about this. ;)

I will add another interesting fact to your collection:
Las Vegas gained additional popularity due to the fact that nuclear bomb tests were conducted 65 miles from the city in the 1950s. At the same time, no one was afraid, and the city began to organize events dedicated to the tests.

This is not just good information and facts but also it is entertaining to learn kind of things about gambling didn't know catholics and judaic priests supports gambling before also didn't know that gambling sites predicts better in predicting in elections than polls.

Every country do have its own behavior when it comes on the way of clothing and it is indeed differs if they are that too liberated or not which it isnt surprising and i do agree that in Asian countries then we wont really
like to see these things because of being too conservative so we shouldnt really expect that much that we do find out these things.

44. A male gambler called Brian Zembic is known for doing anything to win a bet and agreed to have breast implants and keep them for one year in return for $100,000. He won the bet and 20 years later still has 38C breasts.Source


Im pretty much aware on this one ^  where people do all things for the sake of money. Having 38c size breast for the entire year?  :D People are indeed crazy.

WOW! this was really an extensive listing of curious facts about gambling :D

Thanks for researching and sharing this info with all the forum members in such a brief and easy-reading way. To be honest, I didn't know any of the facts you shared!

This is indeed an interesting list and one enjoyable to read. There are a couple of facts that I wasn't aware of and I suppose most of them prove the point that gambling has been established quite early on in our society.

And only recently has become more or less popular, the answer to that I think depends on who you ask. In any case, a nice addition to the general knowledge about gambling. Your efforts are much appreciated  :) thanks for sharing this with us on here

Number 49 is one of the reasons why people don't get so excited at gamblers. Having all hopes up in a bet and being too certain it's a win when betting is rather a 50:50 chance. It's so much of a don't and I won't try it nor advice anyone to try it. That gambler has got way too much gusts to make that stake. Assuming he/she lost, he could have been swigging in loans or turn out to be a refugee in his/her country... Very unlikely.
I'm surprised that catholic church at, some point did support gambling. Let's not put it on catholic churches alone though as I believe they seem to be the spear head given that, they were and still remain the first of all churches but then, it's amazing what religion would support if it funds it's Church. Definitely, the church would have been getting something out of it to incorporate it into their doctrine.

Cool as it is.  8)

Never thought of this idea. But it's an interesting innovation which is catchy to the gamblers that will pass-by through the street where they are located.

We got almost everything of mobile. Mobile restaurant and now, I've just seen this mobile casino not the smartphone thingy.

Facts that are very interesting. Let's me give my thought and opinion also here.

Well yeah, gambling has been around us, whether traditional and online, legal and illegal. Gambling is something as a habit at first and going up to the professional gamblers. Everybody knows about gambling, in my country, gambling is forbidden, but there is always gambling  ;D ;D

It is new for me, LV is the one that is said as the heaven of gambling and betting place, and all of pleasure. But well yeah, if it is Maccau, it may be somewhere other again that will be next place with hthe highest gambling city. But, is it about only the amount or other factors?

And then the wife is supposed to be a much better gambler than her husband? I hope that she thinks that it is only about luck, if the wife is interested and also become a gambler,well, I can't think what happen tot eh family  ;D

Really? That is a full risk, betting all of your money including your clothes is bad if you don't win it because you will end up nothing, I wonder how he was able to decide to bet all his money, luckily he won the roulette, he has the good confident about the betting. I don't see myself doing that thing because I am afraid to risk all of my money. I don't want to invest it without any good assurance that I can bring back my money but unfortunately, we don't have that assurance for every investment and gambling we have, all came from taking a risk.

If that really happens, I can not imagine if he loses everything he has in the gambling table. Maybe he will be going crazy and very desperate to see his losses, and there is no way back to get his losses. But his luck comes to him at the right time to win the games, so he doesn't have to lose his money.

Investment and gambling will be different. In the investment, you can get a return from what you deposit while in the gambling. If you lose your money, you will find it hard to recover your money because playing gambling will depend on luck itself.

I really cannot imagine someone with the courage as that of the British gambler. Someone has the guts to risk everything and win the game. I mean I haven't heard of anybody else who did that thing and be able to pull it off. If he lost then we do not know what will happen to that person, maybe he will gamble his way back again or possibly would committed suicide at that point. I am not a judge of his actions, just speculating. I can't do it and I won't do it because of the big risk.

im skeptical if theres a courage involved but to me , anger pushes this guy because he sold everything including his clothes .

the guy have already lost before he decided to do this. i can say that because this also happened to me before but not in an exact way where i sold my clothes and totally everything

but i feel like selling my gadgets and loaning a money to comeback betting and to recover my loss because of too much anger but im still thinking what what if i loose ? these thoughts were in my mind for hours which then made me calm down and didnt go with the plan

It's a big risk but it is really worth it if they win. Perhaps, that person just felt like he will win for that day. Believe it or not, there are instances in our lives that we want to bet all in just because we felt like winning. But it depends, our luck will tell if we deserve it or not but with the proper caution, it is not advisable to bet all in. Especially if that is your last funds and you don't have any assets to take funds from to continue living. There's really a possibility that a person could commit suicide with a big loss.

My advise is to just bet with 5-10 percent maximum of our funds if we feel we are lucky for a day.

Luckily, he can win from those games, and what he risk is not a loss, even he can make big money. That is a coincidence and full of luck to win on those games. I don't want to do the same thing to risk big money in gambling games because I can not imagine what will happen to me if I lose it. The ending story is happiness to that person if he really wins so much money. It is a good lesson for us not to risk the big money if we can not afford to accept the loss.

That is the most stupid thing i ever heard,Even His Clothes?imagine how Fool it is to do such action?how can he be so sure that He will win in Single bet?

i would rather stop gambling than doing that.
Never in my entire life that i will gamble my everything even in real life because i give importance in every small thing specially when it talks in living.

People do have different minds when it comes to their decisions in life and when you are already addicted in gambling then I can say that your decision making skills or even awareness might already
had affected which would really result into these kind of actions.

Who the hell would accept for someones clothes to be included on the bet or gamble? unless if those are valuable then it might be considered but for a $200-300 outfit then it isn't really worth.

If you do end up on losing that single spin bet then you would really go home literally naked and go walking by the street.I cant imagine on how shameful it is just because
on making such very dumb and stupid decision.

And this is what really the addicted gamblers facing,sad and hard to believe but its true.

Their decision mostly are far different when they are still not addicted.

Well Signature clothes are really pricey so having them can be put in auction online,and maybe those are the mentioned in this thread and not those normal clothing.

He has nothing to ho home mate,because he already sold everything.

Maybe if He lose that Spin?for sure he will Hang Himself for nothing he can face the world for being that addicted.

I think he feels desperate with his previous bet, so he might say to himself that it is my last bet, and I want to bet with everything I have, including my clothes ;D
And suddenly, he wins on that games.
But yes, that does not make sense if he bet even with his clothes, but we don't know his reason to do that.
We also don't know if that is a single bet or accumulating from many bets.
But I don't think that he can feel that his last bet will be his fortune to win the game, and I only think that he wins because of his luck come at the right time.
All in all, he really the luckiest person who can win on that game and get a lot of money.
But I believe that we can win in one last shot at the end of our time, and our luck comes to us.

This might could turn into different if that guy will going to lose. You know that base on the story of the gamblers that losses their mind in the gambling like betting to the extent level to which it did result on killing themselves after losing in the bet. Yes, cockfight here in our place is very common and there is a guy who no money and betting huge as it could be his final option to live life if he will going to win and to kill himself if he will going to lose. The result? He did kill himself because he could not pay the bet he raise when it was called upon. He just shoot his head and then died in the cockpit arena.

This should not be the kind of gambler we wanted to see because this kind of betting is a desperate way and it should be controlled as early as possible to find a way to remove all the stress in the hopes of winning and taking back all the money losses that has been accumulated.

Everything matters with luck when you are dealing with gambling.Good thing that he had won that spin and if not then for sure he would really be hanging on a tree due to extreme depression and stress.

To think on where he would go home if he had sold everything including his clothes? Where he would start up? unless if his loved ones will save him up but for sure it wont really be an easy situation
and lots of regrets and blame will really be taken place.

These facts stated on op does show on how possibly people do make out impossible things or we didnt really expect for them to do.

Although I never met the guy before he suicide, I already heard about a husband who punches his wife or his parent because of gambling.
His wife doesn't give him the money he will use to play gambling, and the games he played are card games.
His neighborhood already knows that guy is a gambler, a heavy gambler, and still gambling until his wife left him.

It is a lesson for us about how dangerously addicted gambling if he becomes a heavily addicted gambler.
We must take this as a lesson from other people always to avoid playing gambling too long.

Yeah, that is why he is the luckiest person at that time because he really made a lot of money from gambling after he risks all of his mines.
We don't have to think about where he would go home if he had sold everything because that moment is not happening.
We never know what he will do if he loses everything, but maybe suicide will be the last thing that he will think to end everything.
I hope that he can take a lesson for what he did.
We can not deny that luck will be the important factor that we must have in gambling.

I have heard about that research a long time ago and by far is one of the most astonishing things I have read, monkeys understand the concept of money and they see it in a way very similar to humans which shows that we are not so far ahead of them as we may think at first sight, that was an incredibly discovery that brings light about why people take decisions that on the surface looks as if they do not seem to make a lot of sense and yet they do them.

And that is because for the most part we are not as logical as we think we are and we use our natural instincts to take those decisions for us and in that regard we are not that different from monkeys.

Point no. 23 is the best for me because it shows how unpredictable gambling is and people who try their hardest to win are often the losers while people who don't believe in winning from gambling can sometimes end up winning. This is actually because one who expects least gets the highest and one who expects the most usually gets nothing.

I recall a similar incident where I made a bet on a tennis game, I don't remember the players but my friend said that hey see this guy will win 100% and I bet with him like okay you are so confident then let's see and I don't even bet that much with friends and all but that bet ended up winning for me and he had to pay for the pizza we ordered. I mean I wasn't expecting to win but that's gambling for us.

This means that everyone can win, both the one who is waiting for a win and constantly buys lotteries or makes bets in the casino and the person who bought a lottery ticket for the first time or made a bet in the casino for the first time.
Those people who bet all the time they want to win and get very upset when it doesn't happen. It is much harder for them to accept their loss. Those people who did not expect to win are doubly pleased when this happens. That's what I know from myself.

Two decades ago, 2 states had legal gambling and 48 states outlawed it. Today, 48 states have some form of legal gambling. Only Hawaii and Utah do not. - Source (https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/gamble/etc/facts.html)

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It's amazing how Americans accept gambling as part of there society or maybe there main intention is to gather more tax to there residents as well as to foreign gamblers.

In earlier times then they might really be seeing it just only into their negative side of things but sooner that they do able to realize that it isnt really just bad as they thought about it earlier.

For sure those change of minds had able to see on whats its usefulness when it comes to taxation.We all know on how an economy would really be benefited out in terms of tax.

Businesses like these do really generate some good amount and with percentage tax then that would really be a great help.
They can ban it but later on, there would really be some reconsideration and would revert out such decision.

Now they see that they can't stop gambling since many were into using it so they better accept it, monitors it and makes money from it thru taxing them than just making it illegal that they might still find ways on their own to operate so better take a advantage of gaining also from the casino that is booming before Pandemic and now thru online casinos. We will find out how long will these 2 states Hawaii and Utah can still implement not making gambling legal.

This one educated me and I was pleasantly surprised to know that Macau is the biggest gambling city, all along I thought it is Las Vegas because people called it and considered to be the entertainment capital of the world, and one thing very surprising here is the Macau government do not let their citizen to play in the casino although this country is making a living in gambling, there are a lot of things we don't know about gambling.

Let me just add one on the list:

• Art. 95. Whatever may be lost during the marriage in any game of chance, betting, sweepstakes, or any other kind of gambling, whether permitted or prohibited by law, shall be borne by the loser and shall not be charged to the community but any winnings therefrom shall form part of the community property.

According to Article 95 of the Civil Code of the Philippines, if you lost money in gambling then you cannot charge such loss using your money in your conjugal funds BUT if you win, then the winnings will be automatically converted to your conjugal funds. Meaning, if you are married then you win money in gambling, the funds will be shared with your wife! Hahaha better keep those winnings to yourself!

Some countries really have strange laws about gambling. I didn't know this Philippines, especially not the fact that you have tu share the winning with your wife. It's funny that they consider gambling winnings to be marriage property.
Reading all these facts about gambling it's kind of conclusion that usually less developed countries have put more attention to gambling than developed ones, or at leastI have such impression.

Don't forget that risk is part of our living, those without risk are sure failures in the society. Whatsoever we do apart from the investment platforms are made possible becasue risk is involve, so, taking risk should be part of everybody, though this depends or varies on individuals. Gambling is one of the most riskiest platform which need care and self-control if anyone want to benefit from the luck that come with it. I think we must learn to take risk base on our capacity to avoid depression.

The real deal here is if the other party will know if his/her partner was lose or win on gambling. Its very rare to see a couple gambling together and also no one ever report to there partner his/her gambling statistics so it will be impossible for this law to apply unless there are records on the casino for PnL then its possible.

I visited casino few times and I don't if they are recording any of my winnings or loss that particular day. Thanks for contributing additional mindblown facts here.  :D

Based on this article then in my own understanding, it assumes that the husband has means of income that is declared not part of the conjugal property. If you do not have any agreement with the wife then by default all of the husbands assets and earnings will be part of the conjugal property. So it means if you use the money that is part of conjugal property and you lose then you are liable and the law would held you accountable for such a loss. Not really sure if this has been used before in any court case, maybe for money hungry wives.

Well this depends upon the marriage settlement executed before the celebration of the marriage. In the Philippines, generally, if there is no prenuptial agreement executed between the couples, what will govern the share of their properties will be the absolute community of property- meaning the properties of both spouses will be shared equally and the incomes thereof will be part of their common fund.

In the given example, the income or proceeds of the husband automatically converts it their common fund.


Well that is true! May husbands keep it a secret about their gambling habits and expenditures since if the wife founds out, they will be in serious trouble! I have yet to read an actual case applying the provisions of Article 95 of the Civil Code.

Taking risks for their own sake is not a very bright idea. In this regard, gambling serves a good purpose (unlike extreme sports for adrenaline-seekers, e.g. cliff jumpers). It's good in that you are losing only your money, and oftentimes that's enough to understand that you only live once before it's too late. On the other hand, taking calculated risks when the reward-to-risk ratio is high is another matter provided you know what you are doing

Long story short, there are different types of risks and how you are related to them

Wow, some pretty fascinating facts there and thanks for sharing. To add to that: Most people have more chance of being eaten by a shark or being hit by lightening than winning the lottery. The lottery is in many way a "poor tax" because the odds of winning the jackpot are so colossal. The poorest tend to have the least money available to fritter away, but tend to do so because they have least understanding of the mathmatic scale involved.

I can't believe there's someone who will do this and actually win. If in any case this person losses, he might be depressed and surrender to life. Though, the outcome that this person achieves is something he will cherish for the rest of his life. If I will be in his position, I will not do the same thing, I will keep my $135,300 and start a business. That's the best thing I could do to decrease the risk, in addition, I will have investments and profits in return. That is why I can't still suggest this act to be followed by anyone.

^It's been 24 years when online gambling was first launched and now there are hundreds of thousands of online gambling sites circulating around the world.

^surely he has learned one thing that is `never to bet everything in a foreign land` :D

This thread were totally mind blowing, some were fascinating facts and some were wierd but the mean point of it was the mere fact that this thread make an open forum for the gambling facts, what they can afford to sell or lose for the sake of gambling and having an idea on how to manage gambling critically. But talking about winning in lottery were somewhat like entering in a hole of a needle, meaning to say you would try a lot of bets but even a 50% probability of winning were impossible.

This person just turn out to be lucky but it was a stupid move to risk something in gambling where he is not even playing a skilled based gambling, roulette is a pure luck based game. I think I already saw this kind of situation in the move

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gambler_(2014_film)

you should watch this movie, he did all in in the end and won, lucky for him, otherwise he will not only lose his money but his life too.

here's the last scene of the movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpTo-hpT4qQ

Even if people know their probability of winning will not bigger than 50%, they will still play the lottery because they can buy the ticket at a low price. They don't mind losing some money to buy the lottery because they know that if they win the game, they can win the win money and expect to win the jackpot as the prize. Maybe those people know about the consequences of playing the lottery so they can accept the lost money.

I think that was different, I watched the link you've shared, in that movie, the gambler bet "all in" in black, while the british gambler bet on red. ;D

There are really people who can't seem to think of the consequences, they are the real definition of think positive and don't look back.

This what we called development. You can't certainly say that over 10 years there is nothing to see any improvements, and we have it yeah.
The growing number of online and offline casinos means that many people are discovering gambling by now. More people are engaged on the internet which a tool that helps them to find gambling and have them feel good and relaxing while staying at home or anywhere. And I expecting more casinos to open in the public in the years to come.

As technology progresses then its no surprise that things will be accessible even way more easier compared to the past.Also gambling industry had become big over the years its not really
that it become the trend but people do find it entertaining and foremost it had been treated as a money generating thing for some people which we can say its wrong but so be it, yet
people do have different insights towards gambling.
About mind blown facts listed on op, then we can say that majority of them are dumb decisions.

Hahaha this is the cutest thing I've ever read about gambling  ;D In our country Philippines all husband and wife vowed to love each other for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health. But I know that there is also a law that separates your funds or property from your husband or wife and that law legally states that you do not have any right on your partner's property or heritage. And that agreement will be signed before the marriage.

The origins of poker was played with a deck of only 20 and Not the Full Deck

While most people will play poker with all 52 playing cards the origins of poker was played with a deck of only 20 :) cards! It wasn’t for almost 100 years later that it established itself as a 52 card game. - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_poker

If the internet can be available in all countries and access the internet easily, they can search and visit the gambling site without any problem. The number of online and offline gambling sites will also compete because, with the internet, that can give easiness for people not to visit the casino, especially if in the future, other bad things happen like today. But if people use gambling as their relaxing activity, that will not be good for them because sooner or later, they will use gambling as a new habit, and if they play for a long time, they will become addicted to gambling. That is the danger of gambling, which many people miss.

Wow, didn't know poker have such interesting history and that it was played for a very long time. There are plenty of variants now of poker and some rules changes as time passes. Whomever discover the game is really fascinated in cards and maybe also in gambling. There are many names mentioned who really discovered it or many already do different variants or changes on it since its2bsen a game for a very long time.

I'm not sure about the number of "offline" casinos growing up

In these times of continual lockdowns and quarantines it is hard to expect the number of regular casinos to rise. Rather, we are going to see many of them shutting down. Online casinos, however, are certainly to see a boost, and this is kinda inevitable as the number of gamblers remains more or less the same, no matter the circumstances. Even in the case of an all-out war or some other global disaster, there would be enough gamblers sticking around and ready to roll. Let's call them career gamblers

Its their fault. If they can not control themselves during gambling, they should not participate in these activities. Many people have lost their money, their homes, their family because of being addicted to gambling. On the other hand, the legalization of gambling can bring money to a country's economy, and for your information, the money comes from gambling can astonish you.

A coin always has 2 sides. That's why some countries allow gambling while others refuse to legalize gambling. And the internet gives us a chance to freely access gambling website for people who are not allowed to gamble in their territory

He probably didn't really needed to win but did it because of his addiction and a lack of being high. Because selling everything for a single bet is a proof that you don't want money rather you want to gamble just for the sake of it. If you get addicted to gambling for the sake of gambling then, you will never be able to be off the hook and gamble all the time no matter what!

Definitely, operating a regular casino in this midst of pandemic were doubtedly unbelievable. It is hard to push through to open a regular business, hoping for a regular customers where people were being afraid to go outside of their home because of the virus. Online casinos were available already, and if i were going to gamble or play casino i would rather played it through online than to risk my health and my family safety.

I would not surprised if it is a sports betting, but this is a roulette wheel which is pure luck, I cannot do that risking everything I have in a pure luck games, and this is a very dangerous character and habit, there will always a temptation to bet everything again because if he did it once he can always do that, this is a case where you need a psychologist because betting everything you've got is never a sound decision from a normal people.

^ @OP, the thread is really mind-blowing, most of it is new to me. I can't even believe some of them like the number 44 never it came to my mind of doing such a thing just for gambling so I searched him right away on the internet and found his photos with a breast implanted until today,  so I supposed that he enjoyed it because he didn't remove it anymore lol. But at the end of the day, it still proves to me that people differ in their perception when it comes to gambling. However, I am not against those people who are able to do such hilarious things for gambling probably they just love gambling so much.

I have played poker many times and never thought of searching the history of it. If it's only 20 cards for one deck before, that's only a small pool for the set of cards that you'll be competing with the other side of the table.

These facts truly are mind blowing and never known doing this with my free time. Keep it coming OP, this is intriguing to know what are the other gambling facts that we've never known.

People who are addicted to gambling losses his common sense. Gambling still demands wise guess, if emotions over ride your critical mind sure you will fall in that kind of situation. Never ever be in a situation where you so into redeeming your lost. Gambling will brought you to a desperate situation where you want to bet all what you have, may this be reminder that betting demands self control.

That is because they are not familiar with the game online. They still prefer to play in the casino because they can find happiness to meet real people and talk about many things while playing games. At this moment, if they still want to play gambling games, they can use online gambling games if, in their city, the casino still does not reopen. That can give them another experience to play online gambling games, which will be different than in the casino.


Yes, that is their fault. Many people who start playing gambling can't control themselves, making them lose more money. They realize that, but the tempt of gambling makes them spend more money and lose more money.

Perhaps, if the country allows gambling, the government needs to warn their citizen to be careful with the danger of gambling games because there are so many bad examples of people who lose everything through gambling games. Having control will be important in all matters because that can prevent us not to get something that we don't want.

That's the kind of gambler that is out of control, and this will lead to criminal activities just to sustain you addiction and getting that high, we all know drug addicts will do everything just to get those drugs, they cannot think what is right they just want to go on their high, if this kind of gamblers has a family that cared they should rehabiliate it, before the worse happens.

And also they are looking for something to release their bad emotion when they lose(in which happening most of the time lol.
People are born to be creative and specially in things that they really love most,so gamblers do the same thing in making their Mind blowing activities.

Good that i am not a Total gambler so i don't have to do such thing lol.

These are mainly extreme gambling facts, with more than 1 in a million chance of happening. Most of us gamblers here, even if we are total gamblers, will never experience such extreme things. I think we as gambler can find such things entertaining, but should never use these as goals. It's only for a lucky few reserved. For me personally I am just aiming for a some average winnings in gambling, if I can get a vacation out of it one day would already be a start. It's most important to manage our expectations in gambling.

Same here as a Poker lover does not know about this origin and 20 cards?damn we only use this when we are playing Lucky 9 sometimes to keep away the cheaters so we need to lessen the cards.
But good to know that poker has been around since hundred years ago and still being popular nowadays in new settings.
and also Thanks to OP for enlightening many things from this thread,mostly not familiar yet existing.

This is not a fact but some research I found truly interesting.
Repeated exposure to gambling and uncertainty can even change how you respond to losing. Counterintuitively, in individuals with a gambling problem, losing money comes to trigger the rewarding release of dopamine almost to the same degree that winning does. As a result, in problem gamblers, losing sets off the urge to keep playing, rather than the disappointment that might prompt you to walk away, a phenomenon known as chasing losses.
Source https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1600-0447.2010.01591.x
https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0006322307004349

Well, Thumbs up for these threads long but really informative and mind-blowing.
Some are unbelievable like the numbers 24 and 49 I can't believe that these happen in reality. I also found the thread that luck still remains unpredictable and sometimes can be unexpected it seems that those people who it shows that those who have tried gambling once or none at all and when they did, -- they became instant millionaire probably this is what they call ^{[beginners luck]} perhaps just for me. But after reading it from top to bottom it gives me one question in mind and that is ^{[does this thread inspires me or discourages me from gambling?]} well, to answer this question neither of the two because I still play gambling just for entertainment and if luck goes favorably in me like those people that were mentioned in the thread then that is a bonus.

There could be more gambling facts we have millions of gamblers around the world and every gambler is very much different from one another, these are just the recorded lists, some gambling facts are blown out of proportion, among my circle of gambler friends they sometimes blew the fact and make it appear extraordinary, but I love reading all of this, really entertaining I don't want my experiences to be added here I tried to keep my habit as simple as possible.

Different people, different way of thinking, different in terms of financial capacity which means they would really be having different gambling decisions to be made.
Some are out of someone thoughts or way too overboard for someone to do so but people cant really just skip out on making those dumb decisions specially
if their emotion and greed to sets in.It will result into those things which are really unexpected for someone to be done and if you are on the right mind then you wont
really do such stuff.

The MGM Grand in Las Vegas had to reconfigure it’s original entrance, a large gold walk-through lion, as Chinese high rollers were avoiding it, believing walking through beasts to be unlucky before gambling. - Source (https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/21/us/21vegas.html)

What an insane belief from a Chinese High roller though. They are betting millions of dollars each night and I'm quite amazed on how they give importance on there beliefs about luck.  :D

Don't be surprise about there tradition. Chinese don't have 4th floors and 13th floors on there buildings same as the directions of the there should be pointed on the right direction or else it is a bad luck so this simple statue is not a big surprise for me. There whole life depends on there beliefs in luck since most of them are businessman. I known many Chinese friends that stricter on following this ritual and they are dependent on it.

Yeah, I can confirm that from my own experience

In case you didn't know, 8 is a lucky number in China. Once upon a time I was translating some contract stuff for them, and there were 8 clauses in one section of the contract numbered accordingly. Then one clause was demanded to be removed by their Russian counterparty on a totally legit ground (apart from 7 being a lucky number in Russia). And what do you think? They indeed removed that provision, but also divided another one into two so that there still were 8 clauses in that section

I do believe on this one specially with those Chinese people who do have lots of beliefs when it comes into luck matters.There are lots of em and you wouldnt know if its a little bit exaggerated
but hey if you do look those businessman most likely they are indeed a successful one, we dont know if it works or just their hard work really pays off and since they do might look its been working
then they are really indeed strict when it comes to following those beliefs even though other people do look at it for a bit too much or nonsense but its up their own choice.

Thumbs up for this list, undeniably gambling plays a big role in history of mankind. Somehow there are also lighter side of gambling industry not just about gambling addiction and money, bunch of taxes collected are also coming from Casinos that helps build nations around the globe.

In order to pay off his gambling debts, Dostoyevsky once wagered the rights to all his past and future works, betting a publisher that he could complete a novel in 30 days.

Source: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/advances-in-psychiatric-treatment/article/from-the-gambler-within-dostoyevskys-the-gambler/D7ACB14B9EAD00EB8EF65512C28EADAA

The next level of gambling addiction at its finest. Do you ever experience this kind of scenario that due to gambling loss, It affects your work.

That's right, and sports betting isn't an exception. This is a very dangerous way of thinking, to imply that staking everything you have could be somehow justified when it's not a purely luck-based game. Some professional sports bettors and poker players have suffered greatly from that attitude.

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Haha, this is a good one! This applies to Oscars, Grammys, Emmys, and stuff like that as well. :)


Although marked NEW!, it's not. Mansour Bahrami gambled away his possessions in Nice around 30 years ago. :)

But overall it's a great collection of facts. Thanks, OP!

LOL, that is a risky move of him. anyway I believe that he is not the only guy doing the same thing in gambling and getting addicted too. There are many actually but left unpublished. There are stories too that they were able to recover from gambling addiction to losses and then finally succeed in life. The result were always unexpected and I do believe that as long as we were alive then there is no problem with the part of lossing for in the end one can always recover from downs and losses.

He couldn't write otherwise

They say that Dostoyevsky wouldn't write unless he was in dire financial circumstances. That forced him to write. Moreover, when he received his pay, he immediately intentionally went to a casino and gambled away everything. It may look like an example which no one should follow (and no one should indeed), but there is a great deal of insight in it. We are most effective when we are, for instance, put on a deadline or under other strenuous conditions (within reasonable limits) and should exert a certain amount of effort to reach our goals

I read this cool info after I read further about his case, He is a weird of a kind of writer because using his adrenaline rush to improve his work performance although this not new on writer nature. We all know many writer that doing crazy things just to have an inspiration. I just amaze to Dostoyevsky that choose gambling to give him a do or die situation. This just means that gambling is very dangerous that's why he choose it.

This is called the writer's block

But we don't know the whole story, and it probably wasn't as grave and dangerous as it is pictured in the literature. He likely had enough regular income from sources other than writing to provide for sustenance that he couldn't waste right away. He certainly had friends and a lot of followers who could easily help him out if he was really desperate in terms of livelihood. Nikola Tesla might be one such example

Only Legends know this guy!  Here comes an another mind blown fact story.

Art Schlichter (former NFL QB) blew $20,000 on gambling midway through his first season, $700,000 by the end of the season, more when suspended in 1984, suspended again in 1985 for gambling, arrested for a gambling operation in 1987 then was caught gambling in jail in 2004.

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Schlichter

That man surely a deep gambling addict. Imagine even in prison still doing what he like the most which is gambling. I think this guy should be on the nomination for guiness book of record in gambling as die hard gambler. There are really kind of this guy that only appreciate things which we don't and that is the art in gambling. I think it is his passion already to gamble, LOL. Anyway, we have different interest and it just that this guy's interest is in gambling.

Because gambling is illegal in South Carolina, beach tourists have the option to pay companies to take them into international waters (outside state jurisdiction) via boat in order to gamble.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrtle_Beach,_South_Carolina


I only see this on movie and I was surprised that there's really someone putting effort just to meet there gambling craving. The level of addiction of people that availing this service is very high.

I could see another motive

People may just feel the drive to gamble in the international waters like making fools of the state government, albeit that government itself may be covertly promoting such a service. In other words, there can be many layers of hidden reasons why every party involved acts the way it does and which are not visible to a stranger not familiar with the whole shebang

Well according to the Family Code, the property relations of the husband and wife may either be:
(1) absolute community property (ACP); (2) conjugal partnership of gains (CPG); and (3) separation of property. Also like what you have mentioned, the marriage settlement MUST be executed prior to the marriage and it begins at the exact moment of marriage. The rule that I have mentioned belonged to ACP, in which all the properties of the spouses will be shared equally.

The main point here is- you may execute a marriage settlement before the celebration of the marriage and you may stipulate any exclusion of properties or anything for as long as it is consistent with the law and is according to good morals. So if you want to specifically exclude your gambling earnings to yourself, then put it on the marriage settlement!

Really? Is there a gambling profit being made to gambling activities in the long run? I doubt that its not true unless a guy like having a good luck in betting will be able to get a good profit. If that's so then I guess the same rule will apply when sharing of properties and the equivalent value of it after divorce. All properties, asset and cash will be share fairly when it was accumulated the time that they were being married it is called as conjugal property own by the couple. But if the asset, property or money own by someone before he/she got married then it will not be shared because he/she owns it before the marriage and it is not a conjugal property.

This argument about the conjugal property issue should be solve by signing a prenuptial agreement. If the guy knows he has an addiction or he loves gambling, He should prepare a prenuptial agreement to separate his money from gambling so that he will not be liable to his partner if he fuck up his own gambling money that declared on the prenup unless he used up all there savings money then he is worthy to pay for it.

I'm not familiar on how prenuptial agreements work on there country but I believe this might work. Anybody here has it before there wedding?

In short, all gambling business that is legit is giving a big help through the taxes they give. How about the online gambling site?
isn't almost all of the online gambling platform is not paying any taxes? Because this is what I know about this cycle of the business. 
That's why a lot of gamblers who are addicted always go in the online gambling platform sites.

Well i think it is depend in which government we are talking and how tough their authority to seek taxes for their online operation.
Nope i think there are Online site that paying taxes because if not then their operation is illegal .
  Nope that is wrong,Many gamblers like me who still loves to play in real gaming because the House will never give you high percent to win.

I'm particularly fascinated on this one, imagine he had saved his company from closing down, I think he already given up on FeDex and just took the company's last $5000 to gamble, of course gambling is a game of luck, he did not went there to save his company, he went there to see if he can do a miracle or just want to try his luck and just enjoy because the company is in it's last money.
Imagine if he did not win $27000 we would not have FeDex,
I don't think any CEO will do what he did he and his company is just lucky to win the jackpot, it's really is for the record now we know.

That's right, you have to be Dostoevsky to afford that kind of recklessness. Definitely not not a behaviour pattern for us regular folks. I wouldn't suggest to anyone to gamble away all they have in order to improve their productivity.

Well his decision to gamble the money resulted for a good outcome because he hit the jackpot.

Its a risky move yet he still chose to gamble the money despite of no assurance to win and just counting on luck.

There are times we chose to do crazy things, hoping to make a change. He is just one lucky person to be given a chance to win.

Did you know that King Henry VIII was a Compulsive Gambler?

Most people know Henry VIII for his six marriages, but wives weren’t his only vice. It’s hard to overlook his love of gambling. The King not only played dice and cards regularly, but he made it a habit of wagering on archery, jousting, and other sports. If you believe the historical record, the king suffered a two-year losing streak that cost him £3,250, which would be worth millions today. The King also managed to lose the bells of St. Paul Church on a roll of the dice. In order to defend his reckless wager, Henry VIII claimed the bells were worthless.


Source:
https://www.casino.co.uk/guides/top-10-gambling-facts/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII

You wouldnt really care much if you do have the power,popularity and fame where you can do all the things you do want or like or something into  your mind.
To think that those 2 year losing streak wont really be that a matter of issue to him and telling those bells are worthless then its just simply a basic or generic excuse.
The difference here is that these losing events from popular people are much more enjoyable to read rather than into those average joes out there.  :D

Thankfully, those times are almost gone, when some dickhead could gamble away big money, belonging not to him but to the people of his country. I said almost, because when I see some guys from places like Kazakhstan betting large amounts in Vegas, this degenerate, Henry VIII, comes to mind. (I don't have anything against Kazakhstan in particular, I just watched 'Borat 2' recently :) )

The license for the first casino in Las Vegas was given to a woman.

Not only gangsters had the upper hand in establishing the casino industry in Las Vegas. It is noteworthy that the first license was issued to Mamie Stocker in 1920 for the Northern Club. Stoker was a respectable wife and mother and often appeared on the pages of the local newspapers. She opened the casino under her name, as her husband, Harold, did not want to be associated with such a business. At that time, The Northern club offered only five games that were legitimate in Las Vegas: stud poker, draw poker, lowball poker, 500, and bridge. - Source (https://bovegas.com/blog/casino-wiki/top-10-gambling-facts/)

Napoleon Loved Blackjack!

Speaking of the French, gamblers all over the world also owe Blackjack to them. Initially, the game was called “Vingt-et-Un.” Admittedly, the name 21 wasn’t particularly imaginative. However, the plain name didn’t stop the game from becoming extremely popular.

Various sources indicate that Napoleon himself loved playing Blackjack. Another testament to the fact that the French loved their playing cards. The famous French military leader would play the game for hours without end, especially during his exile to the island of Elba. Being the genius strategist that he was, we imagine Napoleon was quite good at Blackjack. It wouldn’t surprise us if he leveraged card counting as well. Source (https://bovegas.com/blog/casino-wiki/top-10-gambling-facts/)

It is my first time reading these facts and I am amaze by these gambling facts as most of the details that were provided here are all new to me.

I am not aware the Catholic and Judaic priests have supported gambling in the past because it is the opposite to what is happening right now. I really love reading these facts as it really blown my mind about these information especially if all of it are genuine.

Can't say about Judaic priests, but you are wrong regarding Catholics. Look at the two quotes from the sites run by Catholics below.



I can assume that in some local Catholic parishes the priests can condemn gambling, but by doing so they are going against the church.

This thread is history of the gambling games, there is a lot of gambling right now and we have different favorite games.
Actually I did not know the investor and for sure most of us did not know who is investor of the gambling games because we are players they don't care who is the investors or what happening to the past to the gambling history to different countries.

Did you know that pinball was regarded as a gambling machine in the city of New York, all the way until 1976? As funny as it sounds, pinball was illegal in New York until Roger Sharpe stepped in.

The pinball designer had to prove in court that pinball was, in fact, a game of skill. Instead of arguing his case, Sharpe opted for a demonstration. The court allowed him to bring an entire pinball game into the courtroom and play a game. He won the case with ease since he called out everything he was shooting for and had impeccable accuracy.

Ever since, pinball holds its rightful place among arcade games, rather than being next to Roulette and Blackjack.

Reading that something like this has happened before makes me think that there were really a lot of weird things in the past.

What specific post you are replying about the investor thing in gambling? The thread is informative and gives trivia of what happened in the past that's related to gambling. Knowing who's investor or not in gambling, I think that's irrelevant on this thread.

After the car mechanic Charles Fey invented the first slot machine in 1895, it was not set in a casino. What is more, this machine, called the Liberty Bell, was located far from Las Vegas. The device could be found in Charles’ car shop in San Francisco so that customers could play while waiting for their cars to be fixed. The Liberty Bell became so popular that casinos began to buy them to take on players when the table games were occupied.

Ever wondered where the term “no dice” comes from? Well, the term originates from the early 20th century United States, when gambling was very much illegal in most states. However, just because you couldn’t legally host casino-style games, it doesn’t mean people weren’t playing them.

In fact, Craps was one of the most popular games back then. Underground games were pretty common, as gamblers attempted to hide their activity from the authorities. On the other hand, the police were continuously trying to root out these gambling rings.

To avoid incarceration during a police raid, Craps players would swallow the dice. Whether it’s bold or dangerous is up to you to decide. However, it’s evident that most people considered swallowing dice a better alternative than going to prison. Since no court could convict anyone without physical proof, the phrase “no dice — no conviction” quickly caught on.

It was an amazing invention. Every gambling expert should know how it looked.

https://i.imgur.com/iu6gRXY.png

Fun fact: in  the late 1940s, when the first slot machines were installed in Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, it was meant to entertain the wives and girlfriends of casino visitors. But pretty soon it became obvious that the revenue from these machines was comparable to that of the table games.

Unfortunately this keeps happening all over the world, in my country it is relatively common to have a scandal every few years of a politician that is gambling money in the casinos that does not belong to him and since for the most part they are able to get away with it they keep doing it, it's infuriating but sadly the days in which the people in power could get away with this have not passed and they are going to be with us for the foreseeable future as long as those people are not put in jail.

For centuries such people were put in jail or executed, but those measures haven't changed anything, because those who were replacing corrupt officials turned out to be not better than the bad guys. What we really need is new people, people with high moral standards, to carry out the government job.

Here's two examples, in the quotes below, which are, simultaneously, mind-blowing facts about gambling, imo.

A cool story well it's too hard to deal with it in that situation its looks like you only have two options.
1. Getting caught by the cops because you are playing illegal gambling.
2. Hide the evidence.

Right now I'm wondering because due to the inspections for sure they will ask the people so how they can respond even there is dice on their mouth just my curiosity.

The subject content is quite surprising very informative and entertaining based on the ancient history of gambling. One of the that caught my attention was 34 items, and it surprised me that the casino opened at the end of the day.

How about this one? Who thought that winning is gambling is not possible, damn, small capital to $40 million, must be a gifted gambler, I wonder if there are many of them in the planet.

Though it's possible, but we should not think that this would happen to us, winning in gambling is not just for everyone.
In fact, winning is only for few people while casinos always makes money at the end of the day.

Losing your sacrifices and efforts to earn a $40 million in two years and lose it in just  three weeks was so terrified. In gambling it will surely have a 50/50 chances of probability of winning and losing but it doesn't mean that we win once we will become a winner in our every game. And i guess earning that huge amount of profit in two in gambling doesn't define you already as a good gambler. There are some missing piece of our past experience that we should to look back to be able to become good.

I am sure not many people can win much money in gambling, especially for that such amount. If he can win that much money, he is a very lucky and gifted gambler because to win small or medium money will need luck and effort, and sometimes we can lose some money before we can win.

Yes, that is possible to win that amount of money, but the probabilities will not too big. The rest will get their loss without a chance to recover their loss or even win a lot of money. But perhaps, a gambler can win for a total of that amount in a year, but to get a big winning will need big luck.

I agree he really got a wonderful talent plus tons of luck in his hands (because hitting a $40 million is not a joke, I won't believe that he only got it through his skills alone). But still, I don't want to be like him, I'd rather be a small time gambler forever which earns small winnings only rather than being a super duper poor when it comes to financing. See? Archie Karas won lots of money but still end up broke. All the time and efforts he spent become pointless.

If I'm on his position, I will spend the 75% of my profits to my needs and safer assets. And the remaining 25% is for gambling. So that when I f*cked up this time at least I will not go back from scratch.

Good share of thoughts. I had also been doing the same  thing If ever I will be given the chance to earn or win that big or lots of money. Going back from scratch should be avoided as much as possible so that life will not be that hard when you will going to keep or divert the big part of the winnings for security purposes. Investment will do good like real estate for it can even grow up whenever you wanted to especially if you will still be lucky in gambling and expand everytime you win and do know also to stop or put a limit when gambling.

Surely the ending would be different if and only if he didn't let lose of his self and have control over his bets, he feels like his luck will never end. He got overwhelmed by the winnings and the luck he has experienced and he bet way too much money on each bets he make, surely $40m is a huge bankroll but looking at his bet amounts according to the source it will not take a long losing streak to wipe out all his money. Winning $40m with just $50 with his pocket and a $10k loan clearly would blow anyone's mind but no matter how big we win we must not let go of ourselves and be disciplined all the time.

That is because of greed. He wants to make more money from gambling, which he can not do because the casino won't let him get more money. If someone can stop playing gambling after he wins that money, that will be a good sample of many gamblers because he stops at the right time. Besides that, he can enjoy his win money and maybe he can celebrate with his friends or family. Losing in gambling will not good, and if you lose more money, that will be a pain in your head and you will regret it.

That is what happens if we are addicted to gambling. That can make us feel hard to stop gambling, even if we already won some money. We will feel no satisfied because we always want to increase the win money by playing for more rounds.

I can't agree with you, earning from $50 capital to $40 million and yet you are still not convince that he is already a good gambler? Ridiculous, I think not everyone can do that, maybe only 1 in a million can do that, this gambler is skillful to grow his small capital to millions in the span of 2 years.

yup he lose in 3 weeks but he will keep trying to win again as he already know how to win.

He is some kind of greedy, we understand that, but let's just look at the bright side of the picture first, $50 to $40 million, that's a real skill man.

To win several tens of millions of dollars, you don't always need to be a professional gambler. Sometimes it's enough for you to get very lucky once. You can read about the history of winning the jackpot by Cynthia Jay at the Palace Station casino. If you search the Internet for information about such winnings, you will find many similar jackpot wins.

Its not just skill but also an extremely lucky person to reach up that winning with that 50 bucks capital which not all would really be having that kind of situation and kind luck to possess on.Well, not all would really be a happy day but its impressive that he do able to stand up in 2 years time until he bust up for 3 weeks but as mentioned where this fella would just simply continue yet would be taking another shot but doesnt mean that
he/she would able to attain the same success because not everytime we would really be lucky on doing gambling but somehow he had already some idea on how things should be done.
There are really some lucky people on this world which do make extreme winnings with less money compared to those who do have lots but still losing with few bets.

Well, this is another long yet informative topic similar to the other topics that I have read as trivia and I really admire those who take time in compiling such information and bringing it up here for everyone which could somehow be helpful in their gambling routines. The most inspiring and seems to be so unbelievable for me is ^[#22] that a single man can turn people's gambling addiction into a different vice through chess which made them back to a healthy lifestyle again. The ^[#33] is somehow hilarious for me because winners should answer mathematical questions that will differentiate if they do gambling or a game of luck. Thank you, I really enjoy reading all the bullets and it really has blown my mind for all these facts.

A lot of wins already happened and most of them are not out of experience or skills but out of luck that we can't actually tell since when we bet that money we are just hoping it could win. Although I watched a video about bad luck surrounding lottery winners after they win, it is a video made by the infographic show.

I guess some of us already got that luck. Yes, we only need to have the luck to win. Sometimes, you play gambling without thinking about win or lose. But suddenly, your luck comes beside you, and boom, you see you are the new winner, and you win a lot of money from gambling. I am sure at that time, you will not believe it, and it is real. I am sure that much other news about such winnings, especially for some people who win a big jackpot. But some people who win that such big money prefer to hide from the public because that can be risky if a bad guy knows that they win a lot of money from gambling.

This topic is wonderful and no one of this informations was in my mind before i read it...gambling is a think that affect the humane brain deeply and i believe that gambling adiction is on of the hardest adiction to fight

Cool Facts at least the Origin of each gambling has been recorded and being respected up to now.
But it seems that Chinese is one of the popular amongst countries and until now still  they are the most involved even in illegal Gambling lol.
Yeah this is Great trivia for us all who Knows how to gamble but have no idea about the origins of each game.

Gambling is just a game of luck, because we win today does not guarantee us to win tomorrow, because we win today does not mean we can not lose all the funds won today tomorrow. Some people will have good testimonies today but selling their properties tomorrow all because of gambling. Nobody is a good gambler, that is why if someone is lucky and win huge amount of money should never gamble again or to only use very small amount he was using before because if he go big there is also high tendencies he will lose big.

Winnings of huge jackpots completely depends on luck. This kind of story with winning huge amounts of money is the best way to encourage other players to try their luck in the casino. The drawing of the jackpots was invented by a very smart man.  ;)
I think that those who won large sums of money should hide first of all from relatives than from bandits).

Comparison of Drugs and gambling is not appropriate because they have different areas those i believe that many gambling addict are also drug addict.

In drugs Addict seek money just to buy the chemical.

In gambling addict need money to look for another money .

But both are serious and cannot be determine in which is easy and which is hard.

Because it is the Whole person that this vices changing,no matter of how much chemical or nothing but this change the whole person.

It won't be called addiction if it were not severe in the first place. Addiction means the patient is beyond control of himself already. That is already severe in my opinion. There are gamblers who find it very hard to control themselves not to gamble at certain times but they are mostly successful in staying out. Those who cannot anymore control their gambling urges mean they are already in a severe state which is what is considered addiction.

In terms of which is which, both are equally dangerous. A man who is addicted in either gambling or drugs could do unimaginable things which could hurt themselves, their families, friends, and community.

Slot machines as we know them today only ever give away cash – if we’re lucky enough. However, believe it or not, the original models built in the US towards the end of the 19th century used to dispense gum and tokens. It’s thought the reason why you see fruit on the reels – and why they are often referred to as fruit machines – is as a result of fruit-flavoured gum!

Source: factcity.com/facts-about-gambling

The top six most drawn Lotto balls since 1994 are: 23, 38, 31, 25, 33 and 11. So go out there and use those numbers... let's see if this is true or not.  ::)   Source : https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/national-lottery-what-are-most-frequently-drawn-lotto-numbers-a6798861.html

According to a poll run by mathematician Alex Bellos, seven is the most popular lucky number in the world. Source : https://www.thebalanceeveryday.com/5-ways-to-find-lucky-numbers-for-the-lottery-4584780

Martingale Strategy
The strategy was named after John Henry Martindale, whose name was later mutilated to Martingale. J. H. Martindale was a casino owner in London. He was so convinced that the casino would always have to win that he encouraged players to double their bets as long as his casino was in trouble.

A hundred years later in 1891 the Martingale strategy was successfully used in Roulette by legendary Charles Wells, who broke the bank 12times within 3 days in Monte Carlo! His success was an inspiration for a song "The man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo".

Most casinos will tell you that the Martingale Strategy will not work on their games, because their games are "Provably Fair" - So no strategy should work in these casinos.  ;)

That is quite interesting, because I have known of that kind of model for a long time, I didn't knew that Monaco used it but I have known that throughout history many governments instead of charging income taxes they used lotteries and other gambling games to fund themselves, but that was when governments believed in serving their people and being as small as possible and to not intrude into their lives, but the governments of this era believe the opposite and that's why they have become the monsters that they are.

Many gamblers are trying to follow that luckiest gambler by playing more and more, but they forgot that the luckiest gambler has big luck, which can help him win huge jackpots. Not many gamblers can win that huge jackpot without having luck.

A gambler who is still playing gambling because of that story should have control over himself because if he didn't manage his control, he would lose his money at any minute. The passion for winning the jackpots will become bigger, especially if he can win more than 4 times. If his control is strong, he will know that his luck will never stay with him and help him get another win. He will stop playing gambling instead of continuing playing gambling.

Now we all know we all thought it's just a random image picked by the manufacturer it used to be the prize for winning the slot maybe the operators change it to cash instead because they are not attracting users anymore because and they don't want gums and tokens as the prize, and it evolved int a multi million dollar industry, it's probably one of the popular games in a casino.

Money as a prize would really attract a lot of customers thinking that you can earn just by playing on that slot machine. But gamblers don't realize that it's more about luck to get that prize, it just causes a bad effect on some of them who got addicted and almost spend all of the money they earned.

No casinos would say that, they will say you will win so you'll be entice to gamble more, and there's no relationship on using the martingale strategy to "Provably Fair" system, I just don't get it. Martingale strategy will never work against casinos even if you have an infinite bankroll because they know how to limit bets, they are smarter now, that's their business so they would not allow someone to take advantage and beat their system.

Speaking of being lucky one in terms of gambling online, I think all of us who are a gambler is entitle to become like that, isn't right?
We all know that in every casino gambling no one can tell us to win always, Because no matter how lucky you are in the gambling once the
bank roll owner of the gambling choose you to win or lose they will always give you a portion of losing for sure as a players.

Yes, we have the chance to become like that. But the problem is we don't know when we can have luck in the gambling games. Many people are chasing their luck in the gambling game without calculating how much money they will lose. They think that even if they lose, if they can win a lot of money, that still worth doing. They will not know that the casino will not let you win that much money unless you have big luck and can withdraw the money.

This is quite a touching story the state of addiction of such a gambler is highly unimaginable and unspeakable, how lucky he is winning such a whooping huge amount of money while losing it again while gambling blindly without caution, the aftermath of losing such a huge amount of money is going to affect him emotionally and psychologically till the end of his life.
The best bet was that he should have walked away after winning and call it a quit in gambling while investing massively in any profitable business instead gambling lavishly again in a bid to win huge sum of money, this is indeed a big lesson to any new lucky winner to quit once hit jackpot.

From what I read, Archie Karas won most of his $40 million through poker, a skill based game(at least partially), and he lost most of it through dice and baccarat, purely luck based games. At one point, no one wanted to play poker with him, because Karas was known as unbeatable poker player and the stakes were high, so he turned to luck based games, and that's how his downfall started.

When you won $40 million and no one dares to play with you, isn't it a perfect time for retirement?

Yeah, you retire straight to dice

But seriously, if you have been doing something through your entire life (let's call it your true calling) and got quite good at it (money being only your secondary priority), how do you expect to quit and switch to something totally different? As I see it, it is next to impossible in practical terms. Maybe he should have started teaching poker, written a book or something. But then again, it might not be his cup of tea at all

Oh that's why they are look the same, also in 777 slot machine it shows some fruits in the designs that you must need to pair the 3 or 5 of it diagonally, horizontally or vertically, but does the idea from fruit machine and our new slot machine came from same person? or originated in the same country? I am just curious about this one, since I enjoy playing this thing although most of the time I am losing.

LOL!! This one is my hero!!

But just because he won, in the case he lost he wouldn't :D

It reminds me that family who sold his house and most of their things to buy Bitcoin at ATH and went to live in a camping tend. From time to time appear such hardcore gamblers.

(BTW, I really hope this family has hodld through all this time and they have recovered their investment).

I think this would answer your question.

"The first slot machines in the modern sense were invented by Bavarian-born American inventor Charles August Fey, at the time a mechanic in San Francisco, who built his first coin-operated gambling machine in 1894. The following year Fey built the 4-11-44 in his basement; it proved so successful at a local saloon that he soon quit his job and opened a factory to produce more units. In 1898 Fey built the Card Bell, the first three-reel slot machine with automatic cash payouts."
-https://www.britannica.com/topic/slot-machine (https://www.britannica.com/topic/slot-machine)

Although this was only in the US, the first-ever slot machine according to that site, happens to be invented in Great Britain by of course, a different person.

That's some serious gambling right there. I wouldn't have the guts to go all in like that. Luckily for them it paid off really well. Honestly if someone can live like that it's 100% deserves that their gambling pays off. For me I am just too risk averse and always try to hedge my bets.

I’m happy to read this post as I have learned a lot from it. This post is informative and well documented especially Number 1. Now i have an idea of how gambling started and it’s source.
Knowing that gambling is as old as man and it’s origins is far back the BC, according to these post at some point even the priest was on support of gambling activities. I will look out for more ancient history of gambling.

Good to hear that mate and so no reason that you blame others because you lose in gambling but just yourself.

You're right, gambling started a very long-time ago and it was just transformed into a modern and interesting look. Gamblers still get back even they lose a lot because they don't stop thinking about winning the jackpot prize. But it was very unfortunate that these people never have the luck to win and even they get back in gambling a million times, they will still not win.

That, if we are here in gambling for the chase about winning, it is better not to do it instead, just to enjoy the day.

It is a perfect time for retirement, but the case is how will he retire. I guess the feeling of being a gambler resides within him, that he loves the feeling of putting something in line for a game. He may sound crazy, but it is understandable in his case. It is like the war veterans, still looking for the feeling of war even though the war already ended.

wow, quite interesting and informative thread, thanks

37 is a great way to shred some light on how gambling can be a problem for the nation
in the end we want people to be allowed to gamble but not to loose theirselves into it.

after Australia, Singapore is not so far behind.
here you can find a top 10 list of the biggest gamblers:
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/countries-that-gamble-the-most.html

Ireland and Canada comes just after

here we can find some stats on gambling worldwide too.
I'm impressed on how fast it is growing.
https://www.casino.org/features/gambling-statistics/

Luck really works wonders. The same lottery is often won by people who accidentally bought a lottery ticket for change at a gas station. At the same time, there are people who have been purposefully playing lotteries for years in the hope of a big win, but they naturally do not succeed.

there was a girl i saw on a tv documentary and she was betting on the lotto for over 10 years. she only won last few yers ago and she estimated that she spend a big amount over millions but in a local fiat value not in usd . a million value worth of local currency is already a big amount to them and your already considered as a millionaire if you have that  . she still won big despite of the huge spending of lotto tickets because the prize that he won are close to billions also in local fiat form .

moral of the story is that you can win if you keep on trying even if you are destined to be the luckiest .

Yes, that would be a good option for him, imo. Although I personally think that it's impossible to teach poker, because this game is evolving all the time, and a strategy that could be good 5 years ago is no longer a good one today. But forget about what I think, people are always willing to learn from the best, and since Archie Karas was the best at the time, he would never be short of students. And regarding writing a book, even if it wasn't exactly "his cup of tea", a man who turned $50 into $40 million, could definitely produce a bestseller in co-operation with a good writer.

But he thought that gods of luck were favoring him, and that's why he turned to purely luck based games like dice and baccarat, to be winning even more and faster... And that's how he lost it all.