Investigations
BetHaus Cut A Winning Customer’s Maximum Stake To 30 Cents Within A Week, Records Show
Internal notes obtained by Gambling Paper call Glen Mortlake “sharp”. He describes himself as a plumber from Henderson who had one good week.
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Interviews
BetHaus’s Head Of Player Experience On Why Deposits Take One Tap And Withdrawals Take Five Days
Celeste Varga calls it “healthy friction”. She would like to stress that the friction only goes in one direction, for your security.
Insights
Study Finds Roulette Wheel Still Unaware Red Came Up Seven Times In A Row
Researchers wrote to the wheel, showed it the footage and spun it two million times. Black is exactly as likely as it was before anyone started counting.
News
Accountant Asks Client For Gambling Records, Receives 4,113 Screenshots Of Wins
The client’s sportsbook statement for the same year shows a net loss of $38,900, which he says is “just what the app thinks.”
Insights
Loyalty Programme Tiers Now Outnumber The Metals They Are Named After
The average casino programme has grown from three tiers in 2005 to eleven. Designers ran out of precious metals in 2014 and have been using rocks since.
Interviews
Tipster With 40,000 Paying Subscribers Explains Why He Only Posts The Winners
Reece Dunmore, who sells his picks as The Lock Room, puts his strike rate at ninety-one percent of the ones he remembers.
News
Slot Machine Maker Unveils Cabinet That Only Ever Almost Pays
In trials, players stayed four times longer than on a machine that pays out. The company says the remaining obstacles are “mostly legal.”
Investigations
Forensic Analysis Of Sportsbook Billboard Finds The Smallest Words Were The Important Ones
The offer on a Reno billboard stands eight feet tall. The terms underneath it are smaller than the bolts holding it up, and took eleven months to read.
Interviews
Atlantic City Man Who Has Been ‘About To Quit’ Since 2011 Says He Is Very Close Now
Walt Fennimore has announced his retirement from blackjack fourteen times. The casino has thrown him a farewell party for nine of them.
Investigations
Who Paid For The Fountain? A Gambling Paper Investigation
We followed the money behind the Golden Parlay’s famous water show for nine months. Every trail ended on the slot floor.
Insights
Researchers Confirm ‘Almost Winning’ Pays The Same As Losing
A three-year study of near misses, close calls and late equalisers finds the payout for every one of them was zero, give or take nothing.