Gambling

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  • You gotta know when to hold 'em

    My son is a 5-year-old cardsharp. Poker is his game.
  • Shocking allegation

    It seems that Don King may have acted improperly.
  • Keep Shoeless Joe Jackson out of the Hall of Fame!

    "Gambling-related sins must stand at the apex of the disciplinary scale"
  • Pony up for OTB

    Who needs horses when you've got a row of TVs in an airless storefront at the off-track betting parlor?
  • A bad bet

    Jay Cohen was too smart to set up his online gambling business in the United States, but that didn't keep the feds from nailing him.
  • Bought and paid for

    Gore's oily family friends, Bush's profitable Harvard connections and other stories you're not likely to read about.
  • Hard 10

    It's not my defiance of the odds that's got everyone going, it's what these winnings are going to do for our night at the strip clubs.
  • All tech, all the time

    Going e-postal and other tales of the technological revolution. Plus: Blood-spurting penises and mushrooming: adventure sport for the elite?
  • Games people play

    "Double Down" authors Frederick and Steven Barthelme talk about family, gambling and their run-in with the legal system.
  • "In Nevada" by David Thomson, "24/7" by Andris Martinez and "Double Down" by Frederick and Steven Barthelme

    The harsh beauty of Nevada, the glitzy pleasures of Vegas and the thrill ride of gambling.
  • Letters to the Editor

    Must Camille turn her blade on her own community? Plus: Fighting the "Babywise" bible; was Pope Pius XII a Nazi pawn?
  • Snake eyes

    Corporate gambling interests finally ran into a stretch of bad luck in Alabama and South Carolina, and the national implications are staggering.
  • Gambling on the Net -- or not?

    As the country undergoes an anti-gambling backlash, Congress again attempts to restrict wagering online.
  • Nerds with cards

    Mensa is overhauling its brainiac image -- with a guide to gambling.
  • Good will bluffing

    Good will bluffing: "Rounders" deals some fine actors a bad hand. Reviewed by Stephanie Zacharek.
  • The Mystical High Church of Luck

    Rolf Potts goes to Las Vegas with $5 in his pocket, discovers the Mystical High Church of Luck -- and ends up losing $100.
  • Gun for the Whole Family

    Mindlessly permissive parents are subjecting their kids to movies they're not ready for -- and don't want to see.
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