| 单词 | gambling |
| 例句 | Chicken suppers and gambling games were rioting on a twenty-four-hour basis downstairs. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Some was lost in gambling, some chipped off for taxes, and some acres torn off like coupons to buy luxuries—a horse, a diamond, or a pretty woman. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z According to my father, Dusty Muleman’s dream was to open a gambling boat that never left the calm and safety of its harbor. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Even gambling over the so-called Champions had become achingly dull. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z What that implies, but does not prove, is that some individuals could be more susceptible to Internet addiction, just as some people are more susceptible to pathological gambling or substance abuse. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Not long after he quit guiding, Dusty bought the Coral Queen, got her outfitted for gambling, and partnered up with the Miccosukees. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Ten thousand people making bets at this one little gambling stall alone. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Trying to reclaim the drama of his gambling days, my grandfather started playing the West Side numbers. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The Georgia trader paid high prices, and if the masters were in debt, or a crop had failed, or they had been gambling heavily and losing, they sold off another lot of slaves. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Courtiers slam colorful gambling tokens on various numbers. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “After we save some money, I can open a casino. Some gambling, a bar, maybe a floor show. And potted palms everywhere.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He told me that Dusty Muleman denied flushing polluted water from his gambling boat, which was no big surprise. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Sometimes he made money gambling or doing odd jobs. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Even though paraffin on his arms always worked at the gambling dens, his heart had still been hammering as he faced her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Did Kaz think he was going to bolt straight to the nearest gambling hall? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He derived a passionate pleasure through the gambling away and squandering of wretched money. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z His nights on the town, his cockfights, his gambling, his violent tantrums, and, above all, his bad habit of tumbling girls in the wheatfields were a thing of the past. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We would go out to the clubs, listen to the music, dance, and do some gambling. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I had a hunch he wouldn’t hold Dad’s job open after what happened with the gambling boat, and I was right. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z When I looked back, I saw him moving through the gambling boat and shining a flashlight. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z By the time the fire engines got there, the gambling boat was a floating torch. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Probability theory was invented to help rich aristocrats win more money with their gambling. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I could hear they were still back there gambling! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z If Grandmother raised the heat off their gambling parlors, or said the word that reduced the bail of a friend waiting in jail, they knew what would be expected of them. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The public explanation for Ren leaving was that he had been caught gambling. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In his drive to bring Riddle to the table, Howard was gambling with his own horse’s chances. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time the Jazz Age marched in, the Hill was a bustling neighborhood full of music, theaters, gambling halls, and families. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Mama seized the opportunity to give her a lecture on gambling. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Fundamentally it is a very simple kind of gambling, on the lines of “Odds or Evens.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When a dealer was caught skimming money from a gambling hall, the floor boss would cut off one of his pinkie fingers. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z There are stalls for stolen artwork, poached ivory, currency exchange between virtual notes and bitcoins and Japanese yen, and, of course, gambling on both Warcross and Darkcross games. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Yossarian was as bad at shooting skeet as he was at gambling. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Imagine that I were to ask you to play a very simple gambling game. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Their fight over who was responsible for the day’s gambling losses is over. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z This was my first lesson about gambling: if you see somebody winning all the time, he isn’t gambling, he’s cheating. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The night’s gambling and other forms of hustling hadn’t yet begun. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In this monologue, Edgar is gambling that the punishment for setting Simon’s hawk free will not be more than he can bear. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z One was a demand for payment on a gambling debt, but the knight she gave it to couldn't read. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The ck’o’yo Kaup’a’ta somewhere is stacking his gambling sticks and waiting for a visitor; Rocky and I are walking across the ridge in the moonlight; Josiah and Robert are waiting for us. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He found the dingiest gambling den, one with no sign and just a single lonely barker out front. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Now they had their own territory, their own gambling hall, and that run-down house had become the Slat, a dry, warm place to get a hot meal or hole up when you were wounded. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I explained how the toilet scum from the gambling boat flowed down the shoreline to Thunder Beach. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z There were no views of the moon or the peninsula of powdery sand from the gambling rooms, only the lights of the chandeliers enticing them to stay. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The paper also found interesting evidence that people who identify as Internet addicts also tend to have personality traits, or psychological conditions consistent with substance abuse and “pathological gambling.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z With an illegal gambling den in the basement, even gentlemen needed to be able to make a quick getaway. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z By Florida law, gambling boats are supposed to travel at least three miles offshore—beyond the state boundaries— before anyone is allowed to start betting. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Piled in front of him were stacks of cash and tally sheets from the gambling boat. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z As my father had predicted, the Coast Guard shut down the gambling boat right away. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z "My teacher said gambling was a very bad thing to do." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “He’s been up at the pub again, Father. Drinking and doing all that gambling!” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z He knew that she lived with her mother and stepfather, sinful people, given to drinking and gambling and ragtime music and the blues, who never, except at Christmastime or Easter, appeared in church. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Also, Handlon had assigned a detective to help Nye “case the pawnbrokers”; as he said, there was “always a pack of them in any gambling town.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z She joined him for lectures, celebrations, athletic events, hunting parties, gambling, and gaming. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z They had worked hard to eradicate customs that had begun to corrupt their society, banning even seemingly benign diversions such as a gaming machine, a simple gambling device that spit out candy to its winners. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Occasionally, when the gambling instinct got the better of him, he’d try to turn around and administer one swift disciplinary stroke, and then turn back again in time to smile before the camera went off. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Matthias had woken bound and tied to a chair in what looked like some kind of gambling parlor. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Another thing that happened in John’s gambling house contributed: the incident that made it known that 1 carried not a gun, but some guns. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In the Iowa gambling experiment, the gamblers started avoiding the dangerous red decks long before they were actually aware that they were avoiding them. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The temperance folks had given America Prohibition, and had thrown in a ban on gambling while they were at it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom decided to do a bit of gambling, and I went with her while Dad stayed with Teddy, who was napping in his stroller. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I cried, “take after you! What have you done that I could emulate! Your drinking—your gambling—your ignorance—your irresponsibility! I’d rather be dead than be like you!” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d walked along the great curve of the harbors known as the Lid, then down East Stave to see all the gambling palaces. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z You tossed your luck in the air and it rattled down on the gambling boards and you either lived or died. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I got the money, paid off my father’s gambling debt. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The gambling fever he’d had for twenty-six mondis broke, sending a last wave of heat over his skin, and suddenly his entire body was dripping wet. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The women had only been taking a break from their gambling. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is for bullets, not bets. Wylan, make sure his feet don’t mysteriously find their way into a gambling den on his way to buy ammunition, understood?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Honestly, I would have liked another month’s practice, another year’s practice before gambling away an entire talent. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Nothing to gambling, for a poor man. There ought to be a law against it.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z With the money he had to pay rent, buy food, pay bus fare and retire portions of his ever-increasing gambling debts. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The Coral Queen was one of those gambling boats where passengers line up to play blackjack and electronic poker, and to stuff their faces at the all-yoU'Can-eat buffet. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He reexperienced his gambling mania and his feelings of uselessness after retiring, but this soon passed because it was the 1940s and he was running the bar and grill again. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In short, the Pilar Cafe’s basement was a gambling den. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I had a hundred thousand of these lines, and in one day they were severed, leaving me with nothing but a stack of his medical bills and gambling debt. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Anyway, through the same flush war years, John Hughes had hustled profitably enough to be able to open a pretty good gambling house. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z When her activities were limited Jean Louise confined herself to gambling for small sums behind a coal pile in the rear of the school building. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z "They're too emotionally involved. Clearly, so are you. I'm not gambling five additional lives to save one. Especially when we might save him without risking them at all." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not allow his family to come and watch him, for those who gathered were often rough: layarounds, drinkers, wintering voyageurs who idled their time with gambling and trader’s rum. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He could go, visit, maybe learn to use his power better, leave the gambling dens of Ketterdam behind. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It was such bad karma, the company sold it to some other hotel chain, and built a new hotel—a massive green Oz-like gambling cathedral. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The young Cicero was a shrimp and dweeb, confessing that he wrote poetry in the hours his contemporaries dedicated to “parties and gambling and ball games. ” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Newsies have filled their papers, tattlers, and scandal sheets with Alfred's exploits—gambling losses and several marriages and expensive tastes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z According to what I heard, New Orleans was about music, gambling, and w'omen. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I like a gamble. My father was a gambling man.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Birthdays, Death Days, and ESP Probability theory began with gambling problems in the seventeenth century, and something of the gaming flavor and appeal clings to it to this day. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Italian mob. They ran this whole area way back in the day—drugs, gambling, blackmailing...you name it.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I didn’t understand yet that it was a gambling site belonging to a criminal ring, but I did know what a minus sign in front of red numbers meant. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z One had been sold by her older brother to pay off his gambling debts. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Later on in life, if I were continuously losing in any gambling situation, I would watch very closely. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Women and men wave their gambling tokens in the air. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He had had several messes with the police, mostly in gambling raids, and regarded them as the natural hazards of Negro life. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “They were the usual ones: women and gambling,” she said harshly. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Rumors of gambling debt and magic both abound. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z In 1934, when Mexico banned gambling, the lively Tijuana that Woolf and Pollard had known faded. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z With my father squandering his money on drink and gambling, my mother became the breadwinner. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She has never approved of her uncle’s gambling. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Some businessmen from Mobile had leased the land around it, bought the house, and established what Maycomb thought was a private gambling hell. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Nine of us now seem to feel that the defendant is innocent, but we’re just gambling on probabilities. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z This was the 127th annual one, and there would be singing, war dancing, gambling, storytelling, laughter, fry bread, hamburgers, hot dogs, arts and crafts, and plenty of alcoholic brawling. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z I said all this in an angry tone, for my father had gone on gambling, despite my mother begging him for some money to buy clothes for the infant. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I can only imagine how many bets people are casting right now in larger gambling shops like the Pirate’s Den. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Sometimes one of Dad’s odd jobs would come through, or he’d win some money gambling, and we’d eat for a few days. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “But I wasn’t the one who phoned in about the gambling boat,” he told a man at the sanctuary office. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The gambling women were already caught up in their game, calling out good-byes to the sisters. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And with all of her gambling skill, she needs to have a Strip, like Vegas. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The Oklahoma attorney general soon charged Sheriff Freas with willfully “failing to enforce the law” by permitting bootlegging and gambling. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “You were picked up in a gambling house. I don’t know how you got there, what you were doing there, why you went there.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There was no gambling, no potted palms, but there was rebetika and, on many nights, hashish. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Anyway, Dusty got his gambling boat—and he got rich. a J My dad had waited until three in the morning, when the last of the crew was gone, to sneak aboard. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Playing cards, playing chess, gambling, and kite flying are forbidden. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z If gambling were allowed in her religion, which it was not, Naheed would have bet what was coming next, because lately it seemed that the universe was conspiring against her. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Before long, he was banned from play in every gambling hall on East Stave. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z They watched the moon carefully and calculated calendar days with more fervor than when they added up their gambling tabs. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Some nights when Shorty was playing, I would take whatever Sophia had been able to get for me, and I’d try to ran it up into something, playing stud poker at John Hughes’ gambling house. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z A strange friendship; grim and gambling Longstreet, formal and pious old Bobby Lee. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Dinwiddie had seen many a young man lose his lands and his fortune gambling at cards, but the governor knew that George was different. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever I was home, he expected me to provide his gambling funds. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z And if you let those Reds put a lot of fool ideas into your head, then you’re gambling with your own life.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Shelly had said that most of the regular customers were so heavy into the gambling that a rhinoceros could get loose on board and they wouldn’t care. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z This “gambling” method of remuneration was practiced by some of the burial companies because of the tremendous “turnover” in policyholders, and the companies had to have a constant stream of new business to keep afloat. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z "Your man Timett slew a wineseller's son this evening, at a gambling den on the Street of Silver. He accused him of cheating at tiles." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I continued working for my boss and his wife in a gambling house they opened. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She claimed Jesus told us not to gamble, and playing the lottery was gambling. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But I don’t like gambling anymore—I’ve seen people get killed over that. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There he could hear the usual warnings about alcohol, gambling, dancing, and cavorting. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, it’s always over a woman or gambling, sometimes both. You’re new to New Orleans. You got to watch yourself, George.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He let a smile play over his lips as he faced the audience, gambling everything in his show of confidence. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But the press’s distrust and the absence of gambling did nothing to cool the enthusiasm of racing fans. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z "Nay," I said, gambling that he would not strike me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Whole inheritances were played at gambling tables, along with the easy fortunes of the postwar years. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z His whole life was competitive and he lived by one kind of gambling or another. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Relax. I will not use this for gambling, only for buying drinks. There is nothing like wine to loosen tongues.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The police got ready, the gambling houses got ready, and the papers set up congratulatory editorials in advance. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z When Dasch finally returned to the Hotel Governor Clinton from his gambling binge, he went directly to bed and slept. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The sharpshooter had run up an astonishing amount of debt at nearly every gambling den on East Stave. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Papi says it did have gambling once, but that was in the 1930s, a long time before anybody in our family was even in this country. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Key West’s best businesses were gambling and liquor. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Wondering at herself as she had many times this week that she was not shocked at Tea Cake’s gambling. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z When I learned that he had been sneaking onto online gambling forums for years. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “When you come to America, it’s a chance to forget some of the bad Chinese habits. A person could get up one day from the gambling table and find her life over.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I told the Preacher, “All the growned folks said we gotta stay away from this. They said there’s gambling and all sorts of horrible things going on there.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He puts only 30 pesos on it, gambling that his second call will be short. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He tried gambling, and started forging checks and experimenting with other forms of theft. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I was gambling: freedom or the chain gang. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He got power over them that way, and when they started gambling with him they did not stop until they lost everything they owned. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The scraps of paper in Lefty’s pockets now recorded not gambling debts but forwarding addresses in Athens or Astoria. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Opium for Black Dog was what gambling had been for Lefty, but Lefty had stopped, more or less—at least compared to his old days. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Pa said, “No, he been shot, but it don’t look too bad. The money’s gone, Leroy. Zeph’s gambling it away up in Michigan.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Men and women who had done heavy crew work and then slipped out of the yards and into the twilight life of the beach with its nailsheds and gambling dens and opium holes. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Even when it came to arguing about God’s existence, he kept coming back to those crass gambling Frenchmen. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z My father’s old vices returned; first the gambling, then the heavy drinking to forget his losses. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z "It was a church, then a bank, then it was a restaurant and a fancy gambling house, and now we got it," Halley explained. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z During the 1920’s, according to the history the War kids recounted from their parents, War was a wild, bawdy place of dance halls and gambling houses. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z And most of the money he raised from his supporters was being used not to promote any white supremacist cause but rather to satisfy Duke’s gambling habit. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z It had a large number of fairly well dressed young men hanging around out front, not drinking or gambling, not visibly occupied with anything except paying close attention to passing cars. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He played his hand with a confidence that would have done credit to Lefty when he was gambling. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Another investigator then caught Davis taking a bribe from the head of a local gambling syndicate in exchange for letting him operate his illicit businesses. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Sometimes a vision of normal comfort obliterated reality: she saw the family in the evening gambling at the dinner table, the young people massaging their elders’ backs. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Further south, towards the Mediterranean basin, you might have seen a seaman being punished for gambling, under a law of Richard Coeur de Lion. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z If you’re an entrepreneur gambling on a new product, how do you weigh the intelligence you get from rational analysis of the existing marketplace against your own instincts about the potential of your new idea? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Chaises and high-backed chairs and claw-footed sofas circle the game tables, which spill over with candles, desserts, and pastel-colored gambling chips. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z A typical example was a raid on a bar following a vague tip that someone was gambling. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He notices me now and gives me a lazy smile, as if he’d always been here, instead of gambling in the Dark World just an hour ago. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Had I been thinking only in terms of myself, maybe I would have chosen steady gambling as a hustle. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But another version of the story springs up sometimes, one of him with pockets full of a few thousand dollars, gambling winnings he kept for himself, on his way to the Rocky Mountains. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Tire peace dividend changed the region once again, and now it is best known for the great gambling casinos of Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods and for the pharmaceutical researchers of Pfizer. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z You get caught up in the euphoria, like you’re sitting down at the gambling table.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Barack’s team was gambling with an outdoor announcement, but it wasn’t my place to second-guess. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z There was one major difference between Dusty Muleman’s operation and the gambling cruises up in Miami: The Coral Queen didn’t actually go anywhere. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z By the time they let me visit my father again, the Coral Queen had been pumped dry, mopped clean, and refitted with new gambling equipment. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Heavy physical work, the care of home and children, petty quarrels with neighbors, films, football, beer, and, above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The first time I saw the word Reno in the real estate section I thought it meant the gambling resort. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He kept the gambling sticks all stacked up ready for them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Prohibition, gambling and their related vocations were so obviously practiced that it was hard for me to believe that they were against the law. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z There were lights on the midway, and you could hear the crackle of the gambling machines and the music of the merry-go-round and the voice of the man in the beano booth calling numbers. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z One of the gambling men laughed and said, “Man, pass me them dice. That boy crazy.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z It’s not to drugs but to gambling, specifically, to slot machines. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Mr. Freeman brought in the necessities and she earned extra money cutting poker games in gambling parlors. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hey, I don’t cheat at gambling and I don’t mess with another man’s woman. I can stay out of trouble. “Sounds good,” Larry said. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d been out all night, drinking and gambling, when he stormed in and told me to grab my things. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z A chosen few went with the King to play three feathers, a popular Sparra gambling game of which Bull Sparra was very fond. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z You could listen to the music, dance, get a plate with a mountain of shrimp, and do some gambling in the back. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Loosely speaking, the song is the tale of a gambling woman who meets a bad end. ‘Delia’s Gone’ Review: A False Conviction in a Hardscrabble Town 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Ben Affleck knows a thing or two about media scrutiny and is setting the record straight about that so-called gambling addiction that's been purported in the tabloids. Ben Affleck on blackjack story: It 'took place' but wasn't that bad 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z But the entertainment mecca still welcomes 36 million tourists per year--and the city's relaxed laws around gambling and other vices add to its sense of danger and excitement. America's Coolest Cities 2010-08-02T23:15:00Z Pat Quinn remade the Illinois Gaming Board on Monday, keeping only Chairman Aaron Jaffe, a former judge who has voiced concerns about a pending major gambling expansion. Illinois House panel attacks pension abuses 2011-10-25T03:07:00Z And Nesbo adds another layer of addictive behavior by making casino gambling his imagined country’s national pastime. Review | Jo Nesbo puts a Nordic chill on ‘Macbeth’ 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Much of this section takes place in a secret gambling room behind a convenience store where Nettie, mourning the anniversary of her mother’s passing, goes to relax. Grief, Pain and the Lingering Impact of Trauma on Black Women’s Bodies 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z After another voyage as a sailor, he lived in the US for 10 years, and from there pursued adventure, searching for gold in Mexico and diamonds in Guatemala, and gambling in Las Vegas. Yoram Kaniuk 2013-06-10T11:58:08Z What I like about Lay the Favourite is that it shows gambling as a profession, as this real grind-it-out job, with no glamour about it at all. Joshua Jackson: 'If I'm satirising anything, it's the trap of my own mind' 2012-06-21T19:30:02Z She is introduced by simply a look, her bright eyes recognizing Wahlberg without speaking when she sees him come into the underground gambling den where she works as a cocktail waitress. 'The Gambler' comes up short by failing to go all in 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z While many think of gambling and live shows when they picture Las Vegas, the city’s buffets are just as popular. MGM Resorts temporarily closing Las Vegas buffets amid coronavirus outbreak 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z Understandably, “Space Jam” did not touch on Jordan’s sometimes reckless gambling, nor on his embattled relationship with the media nor his weariness with the demands of fame. ‘Space Jam,’ My Dad and Me 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z Because tonight it’s at Mecca, which has a gambling licence, there will be cash prizes, but not big ones, and not yet. Bingo is back – and even the hipsters have got their eyes down 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Kerri was close to killing herself after a row over gambling with her mother, her partner and her partner’s mother. ‘I was living a secret life’: the agonising rise of female gamblers 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Hitch was often fascinated by gambling and I'm sure he'd have approved of the suspense I'm now in. Jason Solomons's Trailer Trash 2011-02-06T00:06:17Z This Cooper may seem cognitively damaged, but he has a brilliant gambling system: he sees little visions of red dresses hovering above the machines that are poised to pay out. Twin Peaks recap: episodes three and four – nobody said it would be easy viewing 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z “Obviously every film’s important, but gambling everything on an original movie adds extra pressure.” Edgar Wright on ‘Last Night in Soho’ and the Trap of Nostalgia 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z In his obituary, Lansky, who died in 1983, is described as the “reputed financial genius of the underworld,” with his fingers presumed to be in bootlegging, gambling in Cuba and other rackets. ‘Lansky’ Review: A Mobster Burnishes His Legacy 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z Cults, fertility problems, PTSD, custody cases, gambling debts, drinking: you name it, someone on this show is going through it. True Detective: is it OK to admit that no one knows what's going on? 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z A man who was made redundant and then indebted by failed business ventures and gambling is joined by an unsuccessful fund manager. "Squid Game": The real debt crisis shaking South Korea that inspired the hit TV show 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Fans will hear most of the daytime music outdoors and not in a juke joint - the kind of black-owned, quasi-legal liquor and gambling houses that once peppered the Jim Crow South. Juke Joint Festival spotlights Miss. blues history 2010-04-14T18:34:00Z Rock Gaming officials said Tuesday that Ohio's first BBP will be in the casino next to the gambling floor and feature an assortment of burgers. Bobby Flay to open restaurant at Cincinnati casino 2013-01-30T02:46:04Z What’s more, I could sense a hovering aura of sleaze: you don’t play at 2 a.m. without gambling, and the men who bet big often have “company” for the night. Lost in China 2010-12-24T19:55:00Z May your dentist be behind in paying his gambling debts to the mob. Style Invitational Week 1276: What 4 — a limerick contest 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Mark Wahlberg has called his role in this drama about a self-destructive college English professor with a sizable gambling debt the most difficult part in his career. Oscars 2015: When and where to catch Oscar contenders 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z A scene from the HBO series “Luck,” which is set in the world of gambling and horse racing. ArtsBeat: HBO Ends Production on 'Luck' 2012-03-14T23:56:00Z Walter sees the insurance biz as a form of rigged gambling. A steamy, riveting 'Indemnity' at ACT 2011-10-29T21:45:05Z He later entered the army, but that didn't stop him from gambling, drinking, and carrying on affairs. Forget the Jane Austen romantic comedy: These authors would make way better rom-coms 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z It reminds me of a futuristic Las Vegas in the Middle East, without the gambling. Travel influencer Emilia Taneva shares her spring break secrets 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z There's been a much larger debate about the legality of daily fantasy football with sites like FanDuel and DraftKings, which have been blocked in some states for violating gambling laws. 6 Ways to Invest in Football 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z His idea of appropriate behavior with his nephew at a holiday dinner is arm-wrestling him at the dinner table and then teaching him about gambling while watching football. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: How to keep a brother-in-law at arm’s length 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z The stakes are rather less vital in “Molly’s Game,” which mostly tracks how a shrewd young woman threw fancy gambling parties for very important and self-important men with exceedingly deep pockets. Review: The Big and Minor Stakes of ‘Molly’s Game’ 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z The introduction to the Las Vegas debate — with music, mountains, majesty and a montage of gambling images — was a cheesy blend of Caesars Palace and “Sunday Night Football.” The Tv Watch: Personalities Are the Reality of Republican Debates 2011-10-19T06:16:25Z He is awaiting the verdict, expected on Friday, on charges of murder, gun-running, fraud, extortion, illegal gambling and a string of other offences. Philanthropist, big spender, warlord: Chinese tycoon's Australian faces 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Today, a gambling hall occupies the hotel’s ground floor and basement; the former offers a dizzying display of taxidermy and slot machines. Road Trip: Cross-Country, by a Road Less Traveled 2013-07-03T21:39:09Z There, Chinese migrant workers would “congregate every night indulging in potations of much chow and a little harmless gambling.” The Chinese Club Cuts a Culinary Path Through India 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z It’s a striking progression for a movie that tries, altogether too feebly, to put a feminist spin on a woman who made bank through an illegal gambling ring. Review: The Big and Minor Stakes of ‘Molly’s Game’ 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z It accomplished its purpose of bringing in more gambling money, but no one realized how much it would cut into track attendance. Bourbon and gambling! Kentucky Derby shines as horse racing fades 2014-05-02T15:52:00Z “Food, sex, gambling and drugs – availability these days is much greater than it was in the past.” Constant cravings: is addiction on the rise? 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z I’d started The Saint but around the same time, I’d developed a nasty habit, or continued a nasty habit, of gambling. Roger Moore on Why Daniel Craig Is the Best James Bond Ever and What 007 Role He’s Dying to Play 2012-11-09T13:00:14Z The Rivers Casino in Des Plaines continued to stay at the top of the gambling leader board last month, pulling in more than $30 million, according to recently released data. Des Plaines casino raked in $30 million in October, figures show 2011-11-09T00:23:00Z Because of Mr. Angélil’s various health setbacks and his passion for gambling, he and Dion settled in Henderson, and she began a lucrative extended engagement at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. René Angélil, who managed Céline Dion’s career and wed her, dies at 73 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Wein grew up in Newton, Massachusetts, his father a dentist with a gambling habit and an eye for his secretary, his mother a pianist of “passable skills” and heiress to a paper products fortune. George Wein, Newport Jazz Festival co-founder, dies at 95 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z It’s tough to put a number on how much debt Americans incur due to gambling: people lie about the problem; the landscape shifts too quickly to keep track. You bet your life 2012-09-13T17:20:00Z Michaels has called 10 Super Bowls and is a play-by-play announcer willing to interject his opinions into the broadcast when needed, as well as frequent thinly veiled gambling references to point spreads and over/unders. A look at iconic announcers in NFL history 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z “It’s not as if we have suddenly decided that we are not going to be gambling with new directors who are at the cutting edge of theatrical excitement,” he said. Requiem for a New Metropolitan Opera Production 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z The new plan may be close to the original, which didn't emphasize gambling and instead promised a huge economic center to nurture a new growth corridor. Bungle In The Jungle 2011-07-27T22:00:00Z Many of them are expected to open in Las Vegas, Nevada's largest city and gambling magnet. What happens in Vegas: Nevada puts pot on the menu for fun-seekers 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z This is a broad caper about gambling, the excitement of which is difficult to convey properly to uninitiated audiences. Every Stephen Frears film – ranked! 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Glanzman’s stories are like those you’d hear from a favorite uncle, true tales about average men who were most concerned about beer, women and gambling, not life, death and the enemy. War Stories Both Quiet and Loud 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z My husband and I had my birthday lunch at Din Tai Fung, gambling that she wouldn't wake up before we could stuff our faces with three rounds of dumplings. Glitter and Cotija: The poignance of my first lunch out with my daughter 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z Poker is played at numerous Portland card rooms, and Vegas-style gambling is offered at Indian casinos out of town. 'Dark Rose': an era of vice and corruption in Portland 2011-08-11T20:54:04Z The self-governing Chinese region of Macau is the world's biggest casino market but authorities want to diversify away from gambling. Sands, Dreamworks strike Macau casino license deal 2013-04-30T09:43:07Z Once again, its producers are gambling with an already winning formula. ‘Killing Eve’ Is Back: Early, but Not a Moment Too Soon 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z LH: I think Ted and his pal are gambling on a takeover that probably won’t pan out and may end up destroying the company. ArtsBeat: Talking ‘Mad Men’: What About Bob? 2013-06-03T12:47:01Z And could he tell that, unsurprisingly, I had been spurned after slightly gambling on the side of infatuation? A year in my parents’ basement 2013-12-30T01:00:00Z Number of states without any form of legalized gambling — Hawaii and Utah. A telling set of numbers for a $1.4 billion casino facility 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z If they racked up big debts, the Chinese bosses could abandon the hapless gambling mule and simply compensate his relatives. Bungle In The Jungle 2011-07-27T22:00:00Z On the bright side, the movie has already earned $23.5 million abroad — or, as they say in the online gambling community, offshore. The Awe of Gravity: A Space-tacular $55 Million 2013-10-06T20:51:26Z After serving time, Wood was himself murdered, probably over gambling debts. Comics: 'Crime Does Not Pay' rewards with hours of fun 2011-10-26T17:14:04Z A charming tenor saxophonist with a warm demeanor and great comedic timing, he also had a gambling addiction and endured bouts of depression. A Hallowed London Jazz Club Comes to Life Onscreen 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Competitive matches helped turn skins from simple collectible items into a currency for gambling. Online gambling’s weird new frontier: The $2.3 billion business of garishly painted virtual assault rifles 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z Even today, in the current DSM, Trich is listed alongside impulse control disorders that land people in jail: kleptomania, pyromania and pathological gambling. My secret hair pulling 2012-09-09T00:00:00Z Here Mr. Indiana harnessed the cheerful and reassuring language of mass advertising and the visual cacophony of roadside gambling establishments to communicate a message that was simultaneously dark and celebratory. Robert Indiana’s Best: A Mini Retrospective 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Photograph: Steve Craft for the Guardian In the Native American community of Blackwater, Arizona, gambling money flows from nearby casinos but personal incomes remain among the lowest in the US. This holiday season, 34 long reads to explore 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z Set to ragtime music, the movie introduces a series of lovable, dapper criminals as they construct and populate a fake underground gambling hall to trap their prey. The 25 Best Heist Movies 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z Then there was the issue of Scott’s gambling. A Hallowed London Jazz Club Comes to Life Onscreen 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Ultimately, it was his predilection for gambling that got him through. In case you missed them: the Guardian's unsung heroes of 2020 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z She’s less eager to talk about another of her occasional guilty pleasures: casino gambling. RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel is trying to hold together a party that Donald Trump might want to tear up 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Is that the answer to my World Cup woes: gambling? Do you hate football and want to help the poor? Take up gambling 2010-06-19T23:05:00Z He said online gambling empires like the one depicted in the movie often fail to verify gamblers’ ages and locations, and they offer no guarantee they’re playing fair. Online Poker Thriller ‘Runner’ Quickly Politicized 2013-10-03T20:10:31Z “Lock It In” is the first gambling show to launch on a national sports network and “Fair Game” is a long-form interview show. Fox Sports 1 showing patience, growth with studio lineup 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z Detractors have complained about the National Book Award-winning novel’s depiction of drug use, gambling, sex and violence. It’s Banned Books Week again. Can we stop yelling at each other about it? 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z A sports gambling storyline with a female protagonist starring commercially unproven Rebecca Hall? Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter slays competition at UK box office 2012-06-26T12:33:39Z Through the traditional glandularly inspired occupations, as well as drink and gambling; hitchhiking the eight miles from the tourist cabins that housed us, to the abandoned community hall which was our “school”; and target shooting. David Mamet on His Inspirations for ‘The Anarchist’ 2012-11-18T04:30:01Z Not much for a parentless teenager to find in New Mexico back then but trouble, and Billy found it, gambling and stealing and learning to shoot. ArtsBeat: Channel Surfing: 'Billy the Kid' 2012-01-10T19:00:45Z Through a guy he meets at a party, Mr. Axelrad learns about, and eventually hooks up with, a gambling team he calls Mossad. Books of The Times: Casino Crazy in Josh Axelrad?s ?Repeat Until Rich? 2010-03-30T23:21:00Z They were arrested on gambling charges quite frequently. Roots of white rage: America’s clash of class and race, from the Civil War to the rise of Trump 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z An 18th-century silver cistern and a silver fountain in the show were both made for a duke who, Mr. Monkhouse said, “had a gambling habit and also went through several wives.” Irish Artifacts and Provenance 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Midge wants her tour money from Susie but the manager lost it to gambling and ended up borrowing from Midge's ex Joel. Before jumping into the final "Maisel" season, here's a tight five refresher 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z One brother fell prey to gambling and alcoholism. 'Hope, Heartbreak and Hollywood Classics': Harvey Weinstein's trial reading 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z The resort is trying to broaden its appeal beyond a gambling mecca by emphasizing restaurants, shops, nightclubs, spas and other attractions. Atlantic City courting gay tourism market 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z The tuxedoed Yaroslavsky didn't sing or speak in "La Traviata"; instead, he blended in with a crowd of well-heeled revelers at a gambling table. Zev Yaroslavsky makes cameo appearance in 'La Traviata' at L.A. Opera 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z Thank you for gambling responsibly Unpacking the deliberate way that poker machines are designed to entice players is the point of Ka-Ching, the last work of advertising guru Neil Lawrence before he died in July. Ka-Ching: pokies documentary reveals what makes the machines so addictive 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z You bet your life Topics: , , Gambling, , , Of all the destructive habits in the world, gambling would seem to be one of the more benign. You bet your life 2012-09-13T17:20:00Z Sands China is licensing Dreamworks Animation SKG Inc.'s stable of animated characters for use at the gambling company's resorts in the former Portuguese colony of Macau starting July 1. Sands, Dreamworks strike Macau casino license deal 2013-04-30T11:33:10Z The first episode is a slightly perverse twist on those "Star Trek" inspired episodes that stranded the crew on hostile worlds run by decadent, gambling monsters. The sci-fi vaudeville charm of "Futurama" 2011-06-23T18:24:00Z “One out of two people struggling with a gambling problem contemplates suicide, and one out of five will attempt suicide,” he said. 31M Americans to bet on Super Bowl, gambling group estimates 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z For the compulsive gambler, it is not the winning that matters, but the intensity of the act of gambling itself. Gambling | Theatre review 2010-03-23T22:40:00Z There are concerns that gambling on politics only exacerbates the gamification of an American political system that already feels too much like a reality show. This site bet big on political gambling. Regulators want it shut down. 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z The Greektown Casino is right down the block from the hotel, so look into the hotel's perennial Greektown Casino Package, which includes a gambling voucher and dinner at the famed Pegasus Taverna. Detroit: 5 Places to Stay 2010-07-02T20:02:00Z It was also a gambling school, and Chanson’s cocktail menu nods to that with drinks like Poker Alice, named for a gambler and mixed with assorted liqueurs. Patisserie Chanson’s Dessert Bar Opens in Flatiron District 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z "I'm pretty much addicted to gambling," said Rory Lee Feek on the red carpet outside the award show at the MGM Grand hotel and casino, his arms wrapped around his wife's waist. Stars lured by ACMs, Vegas _ and gambling 2011-04-04T01:46:11Z The hotel and gambling spot is celebrating the opening of its new Level One ultra-lounge with an over-the-top “Bambino” cocktail, costing a whopping $40,000. 'Bambino' cocktail selling for $40G, comes with signed check 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z But Joel's landlords, who run an illegal gambling den in the basement, aren't happy with the attention. Before jumping into the final "Maisel" season, here's a tight five refresher 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z With The Gambler, he adds gambling addict to the list. Watch the Trailer for The Gambler with Mark Wahlberg 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z “There was a lot of gambling. A college athlete is going to be competitive. You don’t get to that level if you’re not.” Richard Linklater: ‘someone’s living back there, and he’s murdered somebody’ 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z Though the poll shows Springfield lawmakers that voting for gambling expansion isn’t as politically risky as it once was in some quarters, casting a vote for pension reform remains more complicated. Tribune/WGN-TV poll: Voters remain cautious about economic recovery 2012-02-10T23:46:00Z The fictional Dice excels at running up gambling debts, talking about sex and making bad life choices. Review: In ‘Dice,’ the Real Andrew Dice Clay Gets Fictional 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z His foray into the Atlantic City, N.J., gambling scene was a mess. Trump made Florida his official residence. He may have also made a legal mess. 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z A single mother, Johnson had a gambling addiction that led her to lose her job and eventually her husband. Tears, trauma and reality TV: inside Kim Kardashian West's legal crusade 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z He took over as gambling commissioner in Las Vegas while the mob was running the place. ‘I hate palm trees’: The sentimental journey of Harry Reid 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z In Osborne’s feverish novel, the playing is done on the gambling tables of Macau by a tortured embezzler on the run. 100 Notable Books of 2014 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z In a foreshadowing of the impending disaster, we learn that the tightfisted owners have been cutting corners, "gambling with the miners' lives" to squeeze profit from the depths of the wheezing, honeycombed mountain. Hector Tobar's 'Deep Down Dark' chronicles Chile's mine-shaft miracle 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z “A lot of patients don’t respond to medication. There’s a lot of people with serious sex addiction, eating addiction, serious compulsive gambling problems ... and medication can’t do anything for them.” Baclofen: the controversial pill that could 'cure' alcoholism 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z "When you make a film about gambling and it's starring Mark Wahlberg, everyone thinks it's going to fall into the tropes of the genre," Wyatt said. For 'Gambler' director Rupert Wyatt, a career of rolling the dice 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z He travels to the gambling mecca of Macau to document money laundering and the spoils of government corruption. ‘Age of Ambition’ and ‘Leftover Women’ Gauge Social Upheaval 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z The press mourned with him . . . and soon began spinning conspiracies that his father's murder was somehow related to his gambling problem. What "Ted Lasso" could help us to understand about athletes protecting their mental health 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z That’s because age, not gambling, is the real preoccupation of Mr. Milch and Mr. Mann. | 'Luck': ?Luck,? Starring Dustin Hoffman on HBO 2012-01-27T12:00:00Z While gambling is a core theme, the writers said they were inspired by the behaviors and motivations of shady operators from many other industries as well. In thriller 'Runner Runner,' Timberlake, Affleck explore gambling's underside 2013-10-02T18:21:17Z Mr. Getchell wasn’t being unkind, merely glib, while reminding me that Florida is to tennis what Nevada is to gambling. 2010-02-05T06:22:00Z In recent years, Bila’s career suffered setbacks due to health issues and a gambling problem. Czech Roma singer Vera Bila dies at 64 of heart attack 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z At the centre of a hornet's nest of lawsuits, the Harmon Building shows how gambling on property can sink even the best-laid architectural plans. Constructive criticism: the week in architecture 2011-08-19T14:34:45Z In an earlier era, dancers were expected to visit gambling tables between shows, in soignée attire, and mingle with customers. The sad demise and curious afterlife of the Vegas showgirl 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z She was among more than 30 people charged with a variety offences relating to a vast illegal gambling and money laundering operation. Aaron Sorkin to adapt poker memoir 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z The sites were closed to U.S. players, but now tax-hungry states like Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware are passing online gambling laws, re-opening the market. Casinos to spin Timberlake, Affleck poker film as cautionary tale 2013-08-23T11:16:28Z A retired curmudgeon with a penchant for alcohol and gambling becomes an unlikely mentor and friend to the 12-year-old boy next door. The Fall Movie Preview list of films 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z A lot of casual gambling money is bet by amateurs at races such as the Preakness, and the top favorite is often over-hyped. How to Turn a Profit on Preakness Bets 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z But Jedd is also a dry old stick who inveighs against gambling and the evils of the turf. Dandy Dick – review 2012-07-04T11:35:31Z When Kerri first tried to stop gambling, she managed only six weeks. ‘I was living a secret life’: the agonising rise of female gamblers 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z After all, as that subtitle hints, the Fowlers are gambling on much more than a spin of the wheel. The Odds': spinning the wheel of marriage 2012-01-26T21:09:03Z Relics of “harmless gambling” hang on a wall up front: mah-jongg tiles passed down by Ms. Lo’s grandmother. The Chinese Club Cuts a Culinary Path Through India 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z An effort by Sheldon Adelson, a casino mogul, to outlaw online gambling has divided the industry and has become a test of his clout in Washington. The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia 2014-03-27T18:40:41Z Despite planning to spend just one night there before catching a plane to Sydney, he is drawn into five nights of alcohol abuse, gambling and the slaughter of kangaroos. Lost joys: Hunting down missing movies 2014-03-07T01:01:19Z I think that including gambling in the broad category of addictive disorders is clinically valid. Redefining addiction 2012-07-10T15:01:00Z Akbiyikoglu admitted to selling treasures from the museum, including historical carpets, to pay off gambling debts and was sentenced to 13 years in jail. King Croesus's golden brooch to be returned to Turkey 2012-11-25T13:45:53Z All three supported gambling legislation called "Sweet Home Alabama" that's at the heart of the trial. Country singers may be part of AL corruption trial 2011-06-07T21:47:07Z “Runner Runner,” released by Twentieth Century Fox, tells the story of a Princeton University graduate student, played by Timberlake, who believes he’s been cheated after gambling away his tuition money. Online Poker Thriller ‘Runner’ Quickly Politicized 2013-10-03T20:10:31Z Mr. Hoffman plays Chester Bernstein, known as Ace, a deal maker who has just been released from prison and is intent on getting back into the gambling business. | 'Luck': ?Luck,? Starring Dustin Hoffman on HBO 2012-01-27T12:00:00Z The floor will feature, in addition to gambling, complimentary cocktails, a DJ “spinning the best of the 80s every Friday and Saturday night,” as well as weekend giveaways. Connecticut casino opens gaming floor exclusively for guests 55 and older 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z Number of states where casino gambling was legal before Congress passed the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988. A telling set of numbers for a $1.4 billion casino facility 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z “A gambling operation, meanwhile, could target more ads to people who spend hours visiting adult sites, considering them to have more addictive tendencies.” Who’s tracking your porn? 2013-12-12T00:00:00Z De Niro plays a fixer connected to the underworld who is involved in gambling scams. David O Russell's Abscam film to be named American Hustle 2013-04-16T11:34:02Z Madigan would not offer a prediction about the future of gambling, including whether Chicago would get the casino Mayor wants, saying there are so many interests it's difficult to find an agreement. Not enough cash to finish state projects, Madigan warns 2012-01-25T02:57:00Z What does gambling have to do with volleyball? Against sexist Olympic advertising 2012-07-24T16:05:00Z The only time he ever looks vaguely uncomfortable is when I ask why he fronts the frankly tacky TV ads for Bet365, a gambling website. 'I used to be a raving lunatic' 2010-09-02T20:00:00Z I sat down at Mr. Peck’s bar and ordered a Manhattan, which he gracefully placed atop a digital gambling console. Las Vegas After the Shooting: Renewing Vows, Embracing Community 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z This includes overeating, taking drugs, smoking cigarettes and gambling. Deprivation in childhood linked to impulsive behavior in adulthood: study 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z He uses Percy to help him with his secret gambling funds, and secretly hates Percy. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan - review 2013-02-12T12:00:00Z The push to draw more visitors largely relies on publicizing reasons to visit besides gambling — some DO AC advertisements do not even feature casinos — and making the city cleaner and safer. Heads Up: In Atlantic City, Thinking Beyond the Casino 2012-07-27T17:54:54Z David Burt and Clive Rowe slow-burn as the comic heavies sent to collect a gambling debt, and the production finally sparks into life with the famous number Brush Up Your Shakespeare. Kiss Me Kate – review 2012-11-29T17:54:11Z Rivers Casino in Des Plaines was fined $25,000 for trying to lure self-proclaimed gambling addicts with cash advances and rewards cards. Rivers Casino fined for luring gambling addicts 2012-03-23T11:58:00Z He spent several nights visiting gritty underground clubs in Koreatown with friends to find the right locations for key gambling scenes. For 'The Gambler,' filmmaker sought a less familiar side of L.A. 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Outside Westminster Abbey on Thursday, representatives from British gambling company Ladbrokes offered bets on whether it would rain, among other issues such as what hat Queen Elizabeth II would wear. April showers could dampen royal wedding 2011-04-28T15:48:43Z Murray has clinics in Las Vegas and Houston as well as California but fell behind on child maintenance payments and faced other financial problems, reportedly because of a gambling habit. Jackson case 2010-04-06T00:53:00Z The orphanage plot — tough nuns, smart-aleck kids, accidental fire — quickly merges with an equally clichéd boxing plot involving a crusty trainer, his con artist son and gambling debts. | 'Knucklehead': He?s a Big Man on a Mission 2010-10-21T22:59:00Z But then the DOJ in late 2011 clarified its stance on the Wire Act, enabling states to legalize online gambling. U.S. networks bet on comeback for TV poker 2013-06-05T19:03:17Z "The 1974 film was about gambling addiction, and I happen to come from a mindset where I think everything is voluntary," said writer William Monahan, describing his take on the story. Remake of 'The Gambler' turns to theme of redemption 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Recast as an ethnically generic poor little rich boy, Mr. Wahlberg’s Jim Bennett lives in Los Angeles, mostly after dark in illegal gambling dens where Asian and black habitués serve as decoration. ‘The Gambler’ Stars Mark Wahlberg Indulging in a Habit 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Even the early Op stories here give readers the chance to walk around the mythic San Francisco that Hammett created — a place of fog and furnished apartments, sinister Nob Hill mansions and Chinatown gambling dens. The nameless detective who launched Dashiell Hammett’s career 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z Over a solitary electric guitar and subtle drums, her voice takes centre stage to sets out her resigned viewpoint that, as with gambling, you can only love for so long before ending up the loser. A losing game 2011-07-24T18:15:01Z Meanwhile, in states like New Jersey and Nevada where gambling is big business, many avid poker players unable to go to casinos may be migrating online. Veteran online poker players cash in during lockdown surge 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z Others might be on the sidelines gambling that prices will be lower later in the year. TV ad sales fall short of target 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Meanwhile I have been reminded of Dostoevsky's dramatic life story: his father's murder; his mock execution and exile; his gambling madness; and his calamitous debut on the St Petersburg literary scene. Has any author's reputation fallen further or faster than Dostoevsky's? 2010-09-24T15:14:00Z Notable extravagances involved losing badly gambling in Monte Carlo and betting that share prices would continue to rise when the Wall Street crash hit. Mr high-roller 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z And like many artists drawn to gambling themes, she can’t resist clunky philosophizing about life, chance and certainty. Movie Review | 'Teen Patti': Taking a Gamble 2010-02-26T02:50:00Z Drugs, alcohol and gambling are the most popular means of escape. Mystery Road - Sydney film festival review 2013-06-06T00:54:00Z Holliday excels at the rough business of gambling and gunfighting, more so than any of the rough men around him, and yet he is educated and elegant. Why I'd like to be ... Val Kilmer in Tombstone 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z The gratuity-driven performances have created tension between Las Vegas' mighty gambling industry and free-speech advocates who defend the constitutional rights of adults in spandex pants, rainbow wigs and foam muscles. Cash-starved performers hit Vegas streets for tips 2011-06-27T11:13:14Z Las Vegas is not only about gambling, partying and making certain that everything that you do there stays there: it’s just mostly about those things. Leaving Las Vegas for Natural Beauty and More 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z And let’s not forget the gambling and gaming that saturates Macau’s 35 casinos, including the Sands Cotai Central, a resort complex that opened earlier this year. 36 Hours in Macau 2012-11-04T04:00:23Z She is gambling that her fans, 80 percent of whom are women, she says, will take the bait. Dita Von Teese, From Burlesque to a Brand 2012-11-24T00:05:20Z Holby’s consultant surgeon has had five wives, a gambling addiction and lost a son to heroin overdose. From The Simpsons to Nurse Jackie, the most useful (and useless) TV medics 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z “I would have had to take Gordy to court for divorce and spill all the secrets about his drinking and gambling,” she said in a 1992 interview. Sheila MacRae, Wife in ’60s ‘Honeymooners’ Sketches, Dies at 92 2014-03-08T18:21:07Z Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to tour Singapore’s two lavish casino resorts on Friday as his home country toys with the idea of liberalizing casino gambling to boost tourism and attract investment. Japan’s Abe eyes Singapore style casino resorts to boost tourism 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z At once wanton and repressed, the countess is a terrific character, haunting the same casinos as Mabuse but never gambling because, as she explains, she prefers to watch. An Evil Doctor Who Casts a Spell on Subjects and Viewers Alike 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z “Play” here designates by turns novelty, delight, sport, games, prettiness, music of any kind, gambling, magic shows, spectacles, illusions and fashion. Steven Johnson on How Play Shaped the World 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z The machines, called VGMs, are expected to usher in a new era of gambling aimed at attracting young gamblers who grew up playing video games. APNewsBreak: Gambling regulators OK skill-based slots 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z When the locals aren’t drinking themselves silly and brawling, they drive Ford Fairlanes to hunt down kangaroos and crowd together in gambling halls to bet on flips of a coin. ‘Wake in Fright’ and Australian New Wave 2012-10-07T05:00:06Z “And it’s got gambling, which supports the room rates.” Frugal Traveler: A Guide to the Caribbean on a Budget 2010-11-16T20:55:00Z Evidence of sexism at the largest gambling industry conference in the world emerged amid fierce debate about the use of women to provide hospitality at events. Gambling firms defy calls to stamp out sexist behaviour at event 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z So money, the thing that underpins our whole society, is a concept based on odds, and therefore gambling. William Leith: my problem with money 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z Interest in gambling sports like jai alai and horse racing has declined tremendously since the late 20th century. Pickleball’s uphill climb to mainstream success 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z Linskey agrees, adding “some of the marketing and design of gambling machines is a step ahead of all of us academics in devising ways to attract users and boost dopamine and retain them”. Constant cravings: is addiction on the rise? 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z But vital institutions like Roulette and Issue Project Room have decamped to bigger homes and better deals in Brooklyn, gambling that loyal audiences would follow. Music Review: Caroline Chin and Brian Snow at Spectrum 2012-08-01T21:20:49Z If Captain Marvel and Wonder Woman fail in the same way that Catwoman did, it will be hard to convince movie executives that it’s worth gambling on female superheroes again. Meet Captain Marvel: Fighter Pilot, Feminist and Marvel's Big Gamble 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z Not only did I save roughly $70 a night, I also discovered that maybe I do like gambling — when the risks are low. Practical Traveler: And Your Hotel Will Be ... 2010-09-21T17:18:00Z The mob, Hill writes, turned to gambling after Prohibition partly because it considered gambling, like alcohol, to be a “victimless crime.” Cavorting in Hot Springs, Ark., During Its Sin-Soaked Heyday 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Having run out of options, four have-nots decide to rob an illegal gambling operation. Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Dr. Phil A man says he turns to gambling and other women for an adrenaline rush. Thursday's TV Highlights: 'Rush' on USA 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z “I want to go out gambling with you tonight! The machines are full and waiting for us,” she said. The Brilliance of Charo 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z The longtime pleasures of Atlantic City — the gambling, the funnel cake and the amusements — never change and should be enjoyed to the fullest. 36 Hours in Atlantic City 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z Lansky wants to turn the sleepy peninsula into a gambling Riviera, but he discovers that his crew members are flunkies who do nothing but “consume massive quantities of cholesterol.” ‘How Sweet It Is!,’ by Thane Rosenbaum 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z He had a gift for math and more than a streak of obsessive compulsiveness, which may explain his issues with sports gambling. Perspective | Norm Macdonald was Tolstoy in sweatpants. Even when he texted you in the middle of the night. 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z She is gambling that her followers, about 80 percent of whom are women, she said, will be tempted. On the Runway Blog: Retro-Flavored Vamp 2012-07-27T17:08:20Z Although only New Jersey, Nevada and Delaware currently allow Internet gambling, at least 10 other states are or recently considered legalizing it. Poll: US split on legal pot, against online bets 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z Even the properties are named for streets in Atlantic City, home to our president’s bankrupt New Jersey gambling empire. Bad times, great art: “Ass on chair.” There is no trick to writing; there is just doing 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z "Right now online gambling looks to be a long shot in the court of public opinion," said Krista Jenkins, the poll's director and a professor of political science at the university. Poll: US split on legal pot, against online bets 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z As recently as this spring, Atlantic City saw a sharp decline in gambling revenue, despite the arrival of Revel casino — a project the state contributed $261 million in tax credits toward for its completion. Remaking Coney Island 2012-07-07T12:00:00Z But when his 13-year-old daughter and her best friend are kidnapped, he finds himself gambling for their lives — and way out of his depth. Hate Thy Neighbor. Or Maybe Just Kill Him. 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Of course, a similar argument attracted Westerners to China as it opened to foreign business decades ago, gambling that their influence would eventually liberalize the country from the outside in. Art Rises in the Saudi Desert, Shadowed by Politics 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Eccles is insistent that fantasy sports and gambling are “completely different categories,” and says a recent survey showed that 70 percent of FanDuel’s players don’t partake in conventional sports betting or play poker for money. How Fake Sports Are Turning Man Cave Dwellers Into Millionaires 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Place your pennies on the latter, gambling fans. Summer is coming! Everything we know about new Game of Thrones so far 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z Don’t look for a discussion of problems like gambling addiction here. Movie Review: ?All In: The Poker Movie,? by Douglas Tirola 2012-03-23T04:11:55Z "Runner Runner," which owes its name to poker slang, follows Timberlake as a graduate student who goes to Costa Rica to confront an online gambling tycoon played by Affleck, who swindles him. In thriller 'Runner Runner,' Timberlake, Affleck explore gambling's underside 2013-10-02T18:21:17Z Typically, women begin gambling later in life than men, but their problems develop more quickly – which experts believe may be because they tend to choose quick, high-stakes games such as online slots and bingo. ‘I was living a secret life’: the agonising rise of female gamblers 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Ticket purchases have so far exceeded the pace of sales for "A New Day," and executives expect the French-Canadian singer to drive convention business, room rentals, travel to Las Vegas and gambling. Dion returns to recession-hit Vegas with new show 2011-03-15T09:46:04Z Chinese authorities have described compulsive online gaming as “electronic heroin,” and insist that it poses a greater threat to Chinese youth than drugs, alcohol or gambling. Rebel without a Wi-Fi connection: China’s war against “Internet addiction” 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z Sandler was named best actor for playing a jeweler addicted to gambling in “Uncut Gems,” and brothers Josh and Benny Safdie were chosen best directors for the film. Adam Sandler laughs off Oscar snub as he wins indie acting prize 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z In the latter half of the 19th century, the area dabbled in gambling but later turned respectable with office buildings, residential developments and hotels. Amazon chose two locations for its new headquarters. Now, we go explore them. 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Harry Levant, a public health advocate from Philadelphia and a recovering gambling addict, is an official with the group Stop Predatory Gambling. 31M Americans to bet on Super Bowl, gambling group estimates 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z When Malkmus consulted him about the prospect of a Pavement reunion, it was with the caveat that, in return for a major undertaking, Nastanovich would moderate his gambling. Pavement get back on the horse 2010-04-27T21:45:00Z The Nevada Gaming Control Board on Wednesday recommended the singer's holding company be approved for a gambling license, setting up a final hearing later this month. Jimmy Buffett one step closer to NV casino license 2012-03-08T01:16:11Z Her father, a tailor whose work has fallen off as the authorities begin destroying Jewish businesses, takes to gambling to keep the family afloat. ‘The Pianist of Willesden Lane,’ a Jewish Girl’s War Story 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z “I do have a little gambling theme section,” he said, bringing out cuff links shaped like stacks of playing cards with tiny dice inside. When Form Meets Function: Cuff Links Throughout the Centuries 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z She said the health department screens all of its behavioral health clients for gambling addiction and offers individual, group and family therapy when it’s needed. Has Ocean Downs paid off for community? 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z Wynn also testified that he has been repeatedly investigated by gambling oversight agencies and the FBI for a presidential commission appointment and wouldn't be allowed to run casinos if he made threats. Casino mogul denies threatening porn producer 2012-09-05T00:41:12Z A host debating the dangers of gambling with late-night callers in Las Vegas. In praise of … satellite radio 2013-03-24T22:37:32Z On the real tennis court you get a sense of what society was like, with people watching from the galleries or gambling. ‘Real Tennis’ May Be Obscure, but It Has Fans in Britain 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z There are several controls to prevent the system from being used by minors or people excluded from gambling. Now you can lose money without ever leaving your bed 2013-02-11T22:51:00Z There is, for example, Dapper, who wants a good-luck charm to improve his gambling odds and is made to believe a simple flea, conveniently near-invisible, will do the trick. Review: ‘The Alchemist,’ a Play in Search of Comedy Gold 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z The play takes us into the stark world of the longshoremen, scrapping for work, finding meager pleasures in drink and gambling. Arthur Miller’s Screenplay ‘The Hook’ Finds a Home Onstage in England 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z And, think about it: If Rodriguez is worried that gambling would hurt his public image, running underground is probably the worst idea. Alex Rodriguez's Poker Scandal: Why Athletes Love Gambling 2011-08-05T10:30:00Z The “real” Las Vegas I’d been exploring was a diversion from another, just as real version: the Sin City of the Strip, the crowds, the resorts, the gambling. Lost in Las Vegas 2011-02-04T19:55:00Z His mother got him into the prestigious Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, but he was quickly expelled, apparently for gambling. Review: ‘Street Poison: The Biography of Iceberg Slim’ Studies the Life of a Pimp 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z The items marketed with the actors' likenesses include T-shirts, board games and even gambling machines. Lawyer: 'Happy Days' suit prompted checks to cast 2011-07-20T18:35:53Z Cullerton said he’s talked with Quinn about the idea of reducing the number of gambling spots, and hopes an agreement can be reached during the fall veto session that starts next month. Senate prez open to cutting gambling positions 2011-09-19T20:18:00Z But the perception of this period is, I persist, that you were out of your tiny mind the whole time, gambling, and taking loads of coke. The end of the Streets 2011-01-02T00:04:01Z Tobacco, alcohol, gambling are moving from uncontrolled to regulation. Going to pot: legalised cannabis edges nearer in west after US states end ban 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z The opera turns him into Manon’s swashbuckling cousin, whose biggest flaw seems to be an addiction to gambling. Music Review: Anna Netrebko in ?Manon? at Metropolitan Opera 2012-03-27T22:50:54Z “Politics is a lot of horse race and horse race is gambling and gambling is, according to the Bible, a sin because it’s in itself a poison,” he said. Late-night hosts on Trump victory: 'It feels like the end of the world' 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z The bookshelves were full of biographies about vaguely naughty Georgian duchesses with skyscraper hair and a bad gambling/drink/marriage habit. The art of biography is alive and well 2013-02-15T18:10:01Z With gambling revenue still down 20 percent in the Las Vegas area and visitor levels only recently returning to pre-recession levels this year, New Year's Eve is a crucial night for the casino industry. Beyonce, Chili Peppers, among NYE lineup in Vegas 2012-12-29T02:01:05Z In the movie, Affleck plays an online gambling tycoon in Costa Rica confronted by Timberlake, a graduate student who believes he's been swindled by the gaming site. Casinos to spin Timberlake, Affleck poker film as cautionary tale 2013-08-23T11:16:28Z Any form of gambling is banned in China, but pigeon races, which are flown over hundreds of kilometers, fall under the gray category of social sports. Spring in the air, China's pigeon racers give birds their meds 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z The controversial owner of the Las Vegas Sands Corp. and third-richest American wants to build a version of the Nevada gambling mecca in the outskirts of Madrid or Barcelona. EuroVegas, baby 2012-08-06T16:13:00Z Just as a character starts to emerge, we are on to the next, a steady stream of shiftless men squandering money in bars and gambling dens while women struggle to hold families together. The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis – review 2013-02-08T14:00:01Z My mom, never one to hedge, told him it was just blackjack, which she didn’t really consider gambling. The secret weapon in Mom’s underground poker party sandwiches 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z This anywhere, anytime gambling culture has changed the face of the industry over the past 15 years and brought fresh temptations to those who struggle to prevent a harmless flutter from becoming a dangerous addiction. Gambling companies step up efforts to sway addiction debate 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z There was, then, every incentive to concoct charges or send people to jail for the most trivial offenses: vagrancy, gambling, drinking, partying, hopping a freight car, tarrying too long in town. Why Etan Patz still haunts us 2012-05-25T18:00:00Z In 1998, when Turkey’s government banned gambling, the country’s casino operators promptly moved their operations across the Cilician Sea, turning Northern Cyprus into a mecca for Turkish gamblers. Ruins, casinos and abandoned construction mark Cyprus 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Like a gambling machine with a limited number of options for recombination, the story was going to eventually be spat out as a win for somebody. In the beginning, there was fan fiction: from the four gospels to Fifty Shades 2012-08-13T16:34:00Z It might be news to Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck, but the stars of thriller “Runner Runner” were playing key roles in the fight over online gambling regulation Thursday, hours before the film’s opening. Online Poker Thriller ‘Runner’ Quickly Politicized 2013-10-03T20:10:31Z As any moviegoer knows, at the end of the cattle drive, the buckaroos celebrate at the saloons, gambling, drinking and being entertained with barrelhouse piano and dancing girls. At the Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Tall Tales, Resonant Rhymes 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z "This seems like a gambling movie. But really it's about a guy who's trying to break down the barriers of his life and is just using gambling to do that." For 'Gambler' director Rupert Wyatt, a career of rolling the dice 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Salas said there were "numerous examples of minors being cited" for gambling, but he couldn't recall the last time a case involved the child of a celebrity. Vegas probes report of underage gambling by Houston's daughter 2012-05-22T23:31:47Z He then compares his blogging habits to an obsession to gambling and reading. John Mayer is still gross 2012-06-06T18:50:00Z The state would charge a 15 percent tax on gross income from gambling, Christodoulides said in a statement. Cyprus expects to grant first casino resort license within a year 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z In 2000, as the expanding Native American casino industry in upstate New York threatened his own gambling interests in New Jersey, the businessman took aim at the St Regis Mohawk tribe. Liquid genocide: alcohol destroyed Pine Ridge reservation – then they fought back 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z He has a smaller role in the third story, about compulsive gambling. | 'The Optimists': Best of All Possible Worlds: When Life Gives You Mud, Take a Mud Bath 2011-07-27T22:21:43Z Conventions would be staged instead at a larger center to be built at the Aqueduct racetrack in Jamaica, Queens, with $4 billion from Genting, a Malaysian gambling company. Javits Center Plans Are Deflating for Architects 2012-01-22T21:28:52Z Will Ferrell will star in a third version, The Match Maker, focused more on Riggs and speculation that he threw the match at the request of the mafia to pay off gambling debts. 3 Different Movies About Billie Jean King Are in the Works 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z As well as staying away from children's advertising, which in Australia is highly regulated by government and industry codes, Netflix is also avoiding any advertising buyers in cryptocurrency, political advertising, and gambling. Ads are coming to Netflix soon – here’s what we can expect and what it means for streaming 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z He was a retiree who liked gambling and country music and going to concerts. What we’re really saying when we say ‘Don’t politicize tragedy’ 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z The temptations strewn in the path of these kindly but hapless caregivers result from the accidental morning death of their patient, Davy, a lonely elderly man who loved Frank Sinatra and gambling on the horses. Review: 'Fly Me To the Moon' is a soaring farce 2012-09-13T00:53:08Z “There are very few specialists in gambling addiction in Japan, and the number of self-help meetings here is a fraction of that in the US,” she said. Casino project will offer Japan's addicts a new way to lose 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z It’s not all gambling, gaping and groping in Vegas. Go for the weird: 4 oddball attractions in Las Vegas 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z This Queen is a "gambling woman" – sex and money and chance and voodoo hoodoo all mixed up to represent the idea of kings and queens. Readers recommend: songs about change 2010-12-17T00:01:03Z It was a competitor, yes, but Davis concedes that it injected new energy into Fannie’s business by taking some of the stigma away from gambling. Remembering a Mother Whose Gambling Operation Was a Very Successful Secret 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z I simply projected large gambling winnings and put the total cost of the trip at $0. Frugal Traveler Blog: Atlantic City: Open for Business After the Storm 2012-11-14T00:18:19Z In 2008, my spirit guides must have paid off their gambling debts, because I was unexpectedly presented with a plethora of life-changing opportunities. Chris Colfer: The First Time I Braved New York (and a Taxi!) 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z This intricate web of neural ribbons has mostly been studied in the context of addictive drugs and, more recently, compulsive behaviors such as pathological gambling. Junk food is tricking your brain: The depressing science behind your binging 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z She cleans offices at night, but she is a gambling addict in denial, and she is newly separated from her husband and trying to raise her daughters. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Addiction to drugs, alcohol and gambling is part of daily life. Virginity for sale: inside Cambodia's shocking trade 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z A report by Econsult Solutions for the General Assembly’s joint Legislative Budget and Finance Committee claims that Internet gambling wouldn’t be a substitute for traditional gambling at casinos. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z "I'm sitting here because Joe Francis decided he wanted to destroy my company because he didn't want to pay his marker," Wynn said, using a term to refer to a gambling debt. Casino mogul denies threatening porn producer 2012-09-05T00:41:12Z But Mr. Grisham involves all of this book’s characters with a tract of Native American land that has welcomed gambling and the way it exists outside Florida law. Review: In John Grisham’s ‘The Whistler,’ a Serious Woman and Serious Crime 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z I'm gambling on unknown writers here, so this venture is a financial risk before I even get to the Amazon sales. Amazon's profits are small publishers' losses 2011-04-07T10:59:33Z So the local economic benefits of the casino, which include employment and tax revenue, may outweigh the social costs of gambling, which will fly home to Pennsyltucky or Abu Dubai with the problem gamblers. MGM’s $1.4 billion casino is a cruise ship to nowhere 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z But so is the understanding that Wayne is not only a cautionary figure, battered by loss and disappointment, prone to drinking and gambling and squandering money. Review: ‘The Rider’ Is an American Regional Film to Savor 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Along the way, we encounter ironic, funny and telling moments involving some of the larger personalities running these companies, all of whom are gambling with their destinies to transition away from fossil-fuel-powered vehicles. Your guide to SIFF 2011 2011-06-06T19:01:05Z He said legal sports betting is increasing a public health crisis in America involving problem gambling. 31M Americans to bet on Super Bowl, gambling group estimates 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Roulette is also a joke on Jeremy’s one quirk: He has a major gambling problem. Movie Review: Stephen Dorff in ?Brake? 2012-03-20T22:15:31Z He tells me about the reading he did about the psychology of gambling. Ryan Reynolds: from buff buffoon to Hollywood heavyweight 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Yet some casino operators support online gambling in Pennsylvania — if they can control the operations and get their cut. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z Playboy is getting back into the gambling business, licensing its brand to casinos in Macau and Las Vegas. How Hef Got His Groove Back 2011-02-06T07:48:01Z Veteran producers noted that the shift will create Oscar statistics peppered with asterisks, and some said the move carried a whiff of desperation — an institution terrified of irrelevance gambling with yet another major rule change. New Rules to Set Field for Chasing Top Oscar 2011-06-15T22:03:02Z The problem for Sean was this: it’s easier to get away with things — swagger, loose lips, an ostentatious gambling habit — when you’re considered a whiz-kid. The Washington gambler 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Department of Justice indicted the founders of these sites on charges of bank fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling offenses. U.S. networks bet on comeback for TV poker 2013-06-05T19:03:17Z “At the beginning, before I stopped gambling, it was the only thing that gave me relief,” she said, talking about casinos. Homeless below the Las Vegas Strip: where city's vices exist in the shadows 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z His fame, money, gambling, lust and mercurial nature were problems for the MGM studio, which did not like seeing its young star sully his reputation and box-office potential. Mickey Rooney, versatile actor and master showman, dies at 93 2014-04-07T21:03:24Z The legal gambling age in Nevada is 21. Gambling claims with Houston daughter investigated 2012-05-22T14:51:08Z In Britain at least, quilting was encouraged by the military and temperance organizations alike; they gave idle hands something to do between military engagements, staving off the temptations of drink and gambling. Wartime Quilts Honor Battles and Leaders, but Mostly Art 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z Wynn has denied Francis' allegations and told jurors they have hurt his reputation and could lead to an expensive investigation by Nevada gambling authorities. Steve Wynn seeking $12 million in slander trial 2012-09-07T21:53:09Z “Is it a form of gambling? Definitely,” he added. Joe Swanberg: 'be prolific and people will lose the will to fight against you' 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Research suggests that chronic boredom is responsible for a profusion of negative outcomes such as overeating, gambling, truancy, antisocial behaviour, drug use, accidents, risk taking and much more. Why are we so bored? 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z Linking the clips, FitzHigham narrates his gambling history with wild-eyed enthusiasm. Tim FitzHigham ? review 2011-08-28T13:32:13Z At his home in Pennsauken, N.J., he ran a store called the Unique One, and he kept his gambling, pinball and vending machines in working order. Antiques: Robert Megna?s Medical Device Collection Goes to Auction 2011-08-25T22:28:50Z I mean, it's not like gambling or liquor, or even more cameos by cult favorites like "Clone Wars" heavy Cad Bane. How to negotiate moving forward from "The Book of Boba Fett" ... like a Godfather 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z "The research has identified the behaviors associated with gambling problems and then identified what the predictors are," Howard Shaffer, addiction division director and Psychiatry Professor at Harvard Medical School, told Reuters. Gambling companies step up efforts to sway addiction debate 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z This show’s introductory text panel defines the economic and gambling conundrum of risk known as the St. Petersburg Paradox. ‘The St. Petersburg Paradox’ at the Swiss Institute 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Some advertisers bought fewer spots because they are gambling that ad prices would be lower later in the year, Burke said. TV ad sales fall short of target 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Every time Pennsylvania expands gambling, we hear rosy projections about fees and taxes that will help hold the line on our own taxes. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z You will be shocked — shocked — to find that gambling is going on in Deadwood, S.D. Deadwood Has Drawn Fortune-Seekers Since 1876. HBO Is Only the Latest. 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z I feel if we can't afford to tip, we shouldn't be out eating and gambling. Readers respond to tipping story 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Queen Victoria’s son, the future Edward VII, devoted his energies to gambling, overeating, pursuing women and roistering with unsavory companions. Review | What can ‘The Age of Decadence’ teach us about today? A great deal. 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z It faces no gaming taxes, since it is not treated as gambling, which is illegal, but is viewed instead as an amusement. Facing decline, Japan's pachinko industry tries offering a clean, well-lighted place 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z Attorneys said the three country entertainers are on the lists not only for supporting the gambling legislation but also as character witnesses. Country singers may be part of AL corruption trial 2011-06-07T21:47:07Z Video gambling is expected to bring in anywhere from $288 million to $534 million for the construction program, according to an analysis by the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability. Not enough cash to finish state projects, Madigan warns 2012-01-25T02:57:00Z The timeless problem of the British seaside – how to keep the fun going when the sun disappears – has encouraged everything from gambling to ghost trains. Art and culture at the British seaside 2011-08-03T11:25:26Z This has worried anti-gambling advocates in the UK, who are calling for legislation to protect people from gambling their money away while on lockdown. Veteran online poker players cash in during lockdown surge 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z Within six months of making her first £1 bet, Kerri was gambling daily. ‘I was living a secret life’: the agonising rise of female gamblers 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z “I like that there’s no smoking, no gambling, no casinos, no charge for drinks and no talent shows on board,” said Ms. Sandrik. Lake Superior is Cold, Sparsely Settled and Known for Bad Weather. Perfect for Cruising, Some Say. 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z The Vegas pool has long been part of the package of temptations, together with gambling and drinking and various other hedonistic activities, conjured up to lure fun seekers to this strange patch of desert. D. J.s, Swim Briefs, $25 Coladas: In Vegas, the Party’s at the Pool 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z She and her sister, Rebecca, were subject to the fallout from her father’s gambling and lying. Molly Brodak, Poet and Memoirist of Her Father’s Crimes, Dies at 39 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z Despite reports that he had a gambling addiction, Affleck noted that he doesn't really gamble at all otherwise. Ben Affleck on blackjack story: It 'took place' but wasn't that bad 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Emanuel laid out his plans for the casino money just days before Senate are poised to discuss how to deal with Quinn's concerns about the gambling legislation. Quinn: Slow down on Chicago casino 2011-08-16T17:17:00Z In the same way that gambling isn’t a physical addiction, it’s not actually in your blood, but it gets into your mind. Me and my penis: 100 men reveal all 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z The offspring of a mother who died in childbirth and a gambling, fraudster father, he was raised by his grandparents, who instilled in him a creed of self-reliance and responsibility. Nemesis by Philip Roth 2010-10-02T09:03:00Z From an early age he had been a regular visitor to the Black Belt entertainment strip of jazz clubs, theaters, cafes and gambling joints known as the Stroll. A Lesser-Known Modernism Inspired by African-American Culture 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z What would motivate someone with zero experience in card playing to drop everything and become a gambling champ? 50 notable works of nonfiction in 2020 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z His proclivities for drinking, gambling and sado-masochistic relationships made him an enfant terrible of the postwar London set. Art Review: Two Meaty Visions of Flesh and Blood 2011-05-12T21:55:51Z Henry Knox: So, Fort Knox is named after a gambling addict who died in debt? 'Sleepy Hollow' recap: X marks the spot in 'Kali Yuga' 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z As the “Stones Fraud Victims” wait for the gambling hall and the alleged cheater to respond to their lawsuit in court, their ranks seem to be growing. When a poker commentator suspected a player of cheating, she called this lawyer 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z Because he spoils it, I don’t mind mentioning it: Steve swears off gambling—but is still eighty-nine thousand dollars in debt. Richard Brooks’s “Fever Pitch” Never Got Its Due 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Using information from win-loss responses to average stakes, total spending and gambling frequency, Bwin has conducted trials of the algorithm on one of its websites since September. Gambling companies step up efforts to sway addiction debate 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z It’s not hard to understand why – the genre runs on the universal appeal of gambling, with many offering a shot at fast money mixed with puzzle or trivia games of skill and elements of chance. How can "Saturday Night Live" parody a farcical administration? 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z “No longer is gambling limited to who’s going to win the game,” he said. 31M Americans to bet on Super Bowl, gambling group estimates 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z "Runner Runner," a new drama about the dark and murky world of online gambling, finished third after earning $7.6 million. Space thriller 'Gravity' lifts off with $55.6 million debut 2013-10-07T13:34:55Z Weekday greyhound races, electronic gambling machines, card games and more. In Tijuana, searching for Al Capone 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z The special administrative region is the only place where casino gambling is legal in China, and the Macau government is due to report the October revenue figures on Tuesday, as Monday is a government holiday. Macau October gaming revenues set for worst drop on record 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z Humphrey Bogart stars as the private detective Philip Marlowe, hired by a wealthy retired general to settle the gambling debt of one of his daughters. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘The Conjuring 2’ and the Electric Daisy Carnival 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z But it's not like they don't have more mainstream alternatives, even when it comes to gambling. Alex Rodriguez's Poker Scandal: Why Athletes Love Gambling 2011-08-05T10:30:00Z For Burton, practically everything was a symptom of melancholy, and practically everything—from love, to solitude, to gambling, to cabbage—was listed as a potential cause. A Portrait of the Artist as a Droll Slacker 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z A closet homosexual who was addicted to gambling and drugs, Epstein died of an accidental overdose of sleeping pills in August 1967. Cumberbatch 'lands Epstein role' 2012-11-01T09:59:08Z Nevada prosecutors contend Jones stole another man's Social Security number in a bid to create a new identity to escape gambling debts and to create a new life for himself without his wife and children. Man who vanished 32 years ago pleads guilty 2011-09-26T18:39:00Z “The Outsider” tries to dig deep — Connors reveals lifelong struggles with gambling and obsessive-compulsive disorder — but lacks the insight and nuance of Agassi’s book. ArtsBeat: Book Review Podcast: Annual Summer Reading Issue 2013-05-31T16:19:11Z Acting out compulsively with sex, relationships, video games, TV, gambling, food, exercise or whatever else stems from the desire and need to escape the very real and deep-rooted sorrow in each one of us. Pain management 2012-11-08T21:57:00Z This documentary tells the story of Craig Carton, a New York sports radio host who got swept up in the gambling world, which eventually derailed his career. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Soulmates’ and the Vice-Presidential Debate 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z Moved by a terminally ill neighbour's request to die, and faced with paying off his brother's gambling debts, Scott and the recently unemployed Cozzo, illegally buy an assisted suicide machine. Is assisted suicide appropriate for a sitcom? 2013-01-16T08:17:45Z She goes on to explore the dichotomy between seeking a readily accessible hit of dopamine — from our phones, gambling or a bag of Fritos — and maintaining healthy, productive, stable lives. The Best-Seller List Welcomes Oprah’s Latest Pick and an Eyebrow-Raising Gadget 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z He never received a gambling license and construction of the casino stalled. Penthouse magazine founder Bob Guccione dies at 79 2010-10-21T02:03:00Z It’s also thanks to television poker shows, Internet gambling and the lingering effect of films like “Rounders,” the 1998 Matt Damon movie about high-stakes card playing. Books of The Times: ‘The Noble Hustle,’ by Colson Whitehead 2014-05-08T20:03:16Z Also, I want to explain to him that I refuse to be on a lease with him after his lease expires in July unless he gets help for his spending and gambling. Ask Amy: The bill is past due on boyfriend’s spending By the time each has unloaded his back story, we’ve been given a history of genocide, a helping of survivor guilt, a course in the hazards of gambling, and much, much more. Review: In ‘Fish Men,’ Speed Chess and Weighty Exchanges 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z Fester’s social life in prison revolved around one activity that was very popular back then: gambling. My Prison Cell: A War Against the Roaches 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z Casino Company Gambles on Macau Galaxy Entertainment plans to spend more than $2 billion on the second phase of its resort in Macau, the world’s largest gambling destination. In Transit Blog: Morning Walkabout: 4/27 2012-04-27T15:18:35Z His hobbies included gambling on cockfights, consuming opium and dishonouring women. The Alamo: a cannon that fails to fire 2012-11-08T11:37:47Z So I was surprised to discover the Finnish love affair with lotteries and gambling. Helsinki holds its own among Nordic capitals 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z His man on the inside is Simon, played by James McAvoy, a young art expert with some financial embarrassments due to his gambling problem. Trance – review 2013-03-28T15:30:02Z Quinn made it clear he doesn't appreciate Emanuel's repeated suggestions that he sign legislation to legalize a massive expansion of gambling statewide in addition to allowing Chicago to own a casino. Quinn: Slow down on Chicago casino 2011-08-16T17:17:00Z Sinatra's gambling license was stripped in 1963 by Nevada gambling regulators after Chicago mobster Sam Giancana was spotted on the premises. Sinatra's old Tahoe resort to get major makeover 2013-09-09T04:31:08Z Gambling operators pushed a proposed constitutional amendment to protect their gambling halls and allow more to open. Country singers may be part of AL corruption trial 2011-06-07T21:47:07Z Rather than flee, the colonial elite chose to cloister itself in the hulking, fortresslike public granary, the Alhóndiga de Granaditas, gambling that the rebels could be kept at bay until reinforcements arrived. Three Cities on the Mexican Independence Trail 2010-08-20T17:51:00Z But the same poll finds them solidly opposed to online gambling. Poll: US split on legal pot, against online bets 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z "The Gambler," which opens on Christmas day, chronicles the week-long downward spiral of disaffected Bennett, who despite all the trappings of success and privilege is bent on self-destruction via high-stakes gambling. Remake of 'The Gambler' turns to theme of redemption 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z But there were things I had certainly never seen before: Men drinking and gambling in the street during the day, or moldering Buicks abandoned for months and gradually stripped down to the chassis. Kamala Harris, busing in Berkeley and me: The tangled tale of a semi-failed social experiment 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z First up tonight is Marie Antoinette, known for her over-the-top lifestyle, which manifested itself in the form of big dresses, bigger hair, and an addiction to gambling. TV highlights – 09/05/2013 2013-05-09T05:59:01Z And I started gambling on the horses when I was probably 8 or 9 with my dad. "Jockey" star Clifton Collins Jr. on "catching the magic" working with horses despite phantom pains 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z Range is gambling that the same will be true with Flynn's ersatz Bowie. Wretched David Bowie biopic "Stardust" should be launched into the sun 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z Former Nevada state Archivist Guy Rocha said he questions whether the casino will be able to reopen because of the decline in Nevada's gambling business. Casino at ex-Rat Pack hangout closes at Tahoe 2010-03-31T08:51:00Z Writing is a lot like gambling or religion in that way. In praise of idle hands: Underemployed and unashamed in America 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Another history lesson awaits within walking distance: Downtown Las Vegas, where Las Vegas’ gambling was centered before the Strip was constructed. A Seattleite’s Las Vegas itinerary for people who think they hate Las Vegas 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z Wait, that's two husbands she murdered, having married then murdered her creepy landlord when she was a teen mom who lost custody briefly after being busted for running an illegal gambling ring. "Ginny & Georgia" has a tone problem, undermining its emotional impact 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z But the only real way to relieve the stress at this table was to start gambling. Jerry Crawford has two goals: Delivering Iowa for Hillary Clinton and winning the Kentucky Derby 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z Classical training at the Culinary Institute of America in New York ended a streak of partying and gambling. Pioneering L.A. chef Roy Choi on improving food in inner cities 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z There is no regulation or consumer protection, and trading them is basically as risky as gambling. How Much Real Money Can You Make From Virtual Art? 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z She is contemptuous of both her bourgeois mama and her dissolute cringing father, who is in thrall to opium and gambling. Gigola blends pulp and soft porn at London lesbian and gay film festival 2011-03-30T11:52:01Z In the 19th century, it was home to the Ribaut Club, a literary crew who met for drinking, gambling and dancing — a tradition to be resurrected by the inn. 52 Places to Go in 2016 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Like buying a pack of Pokemon cards or baseball cards in days of yore, this is already a low-level sort of gambling. Online gambling’s weird new frontier: The $2.3 billion business of garishly painted virtual assault rifles 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z And by focusing on artists initially, they're gambling fans will soon follow in large numbers. New Myspace takes it back to the future 2013-06-12T16:38:10Z Such effects, however, can't be reproduced in theatre where it takes 30 seconds of blackout and background music, allowing the heroine time to change her costume, before she appears in the gambling hell. Review 2010-09-16T23:33:00Z He didn’t do much — no losing weight, gaining it or immersing himself in the world of high-stakes gambling. Mark Wahlberg and James Caan Discuss ‘The Gambler’ 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z These are highly specific mountains and trees, and the people gamboling and gambling in their shadows are exquisite in their individuality. Review: Sorrentino’s ‘Youth’: A Euro Buddy Film 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z While attending therapy in a bid to curtail his gambling addiction and save his marriage, he played — and beat — his therapist in poker. A ‘Battle of the Sexes’ Rages On, More Than 4 Decades Later 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z “I was walking in the casino, and there were 75,000 people in the casino, but only 300 in the theater. “Macao still was and is a gambling city,” he added. With 'Avatar'-themed show, Cirque du Soleil sets sights on China, again 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z Her father was a cotton broker whose gambling problems and fading income during the Great Depression forced the family to sell their home and move. Liz Smith, Longtime Queen of Tabloid Gossip Columns, Dies at 94 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z Gi-hun is goofy and has a broad, friendly smile, but he's also a deadbeat dad who leeches money off of his elderly mother to sate his gambling addiction. The allure of Netflix's brutal "Squid Game" owes a debt to our predatory upbringing 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z Alcohol, narcotics, gambling, high-calorie food: I vaguely understood the draws, but never felt any of them to be in a serious contest against my self-control. Don't fear the flip phone: My year of living archaically gave me back more than I lost 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z A Jackson-themed nightclub is also planned for the Nevada gambling resort. Jackson show for Cirque du Soleil 2010-04-21T09:11:00Z Johannesburg, where Gandhi was to become resident for about 10 years, had grown from a crude mining camp into a frontier town notorious for drunkenness, debauchery and gambling. ‘Gandhi Before India’ Shows How the Mahatma Was Made 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z Robinson is a British writer whose much-praised first novel Electricity told of abusive parenting, gambling and epilepsy in a fresh and vivid young woman's voice. Room by Emma Donoghue and Forgetting Zoe by Ray Robinson 2010-08-06T23:05:00Z In a memoir addressed to his mother, Laymon writes about growing up in Mississippi, and reckons with racism and childhood abuse, as well as his struggles with addiction — to gambling and to food. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Generations of Chinese citizens, for example, accept gambling in society and also strongly value notions of luck and predetermined destiny, Fong said. Vegas casinos relying more on baccarat 2012-01-26T11:31:04Z It found that 65 percent of respondents are not closely following news about Internet gambling. Poll: US split on legal pot, against online bets 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z But on Lantau Island, within sight of the gambling enclave of Macau on a clear day, there is a town that is not much changed from the Hong Kong of 150 years ago. In Hong Kong, History at a New Hotel 2012-11-28T00:06:36Z It has also a sporting interest and is much less expensive than betting on horses or gambling at cards. Agatha Christie: why I got fed up with Poirot 2012-09-28T21:55:06Z He was also convicted of embezzling funds from a Seoul nightclub he ran and violating laws prohibiting overseas gambling by betting heavily at foreign casinos from 2013 to 2017. K-pop star sentenced to 3 years in prostitution case 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Estimated number of problem gamblers in the United States each year, according to the National Center on Problem Gambling, with an additional 4 to 6 million exhibiting some criteria of problem gambling. A telling set of numbers for a $1.4 billion casino facility 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Through gambling, he lost the money that was supposed to be for his son's education. Bernard Hunter 2012-10-07T13:17:00Z The $28 million makeover of the showpiece hotel in downtown Saratoga Springs, N.Y., the Adelphi, took five years and was a source of much curiosity in the celebrated spa and gambling refuge. A Second Life for a Saratoga Springs Showpiece 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z Along the way, he discovered mining — and Diamond Tooth Gerties, Dawson’s gambling hall. 125 years after gold was discovered in the Yukon, we ventured up to Dawson City. Here’s what it looks like now 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Department of Justice crackdown on online poker and other gambling in the spring of 2011. Daily Fantasy Sports Join Hands With the NFL 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z In the provincial dance halls and gambling parlors where Bin holds court in the first chapter of “Ash Is Purest White,” he and Qiao carry themselves with glamour and authority. ‘Ash Is Purest White’ Review: Love Smolders and Crime Pays in a Changing China 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z The stakes for gambling on young contemporary art have never been higher. Speculators Win Big With Bets on Young Artists 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Vinyl's plot implies that AC would not have gotten mixed up with the mob if it weren't for the murder and the gambling losses. ‘Vinyl’ Season 1 Finale: As Confused as Ever 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z Adlad writes beautifully of a deeply loved uncle broken by drink and gambling and how he can't hear the Cars' Drive without remembering the man he worked with on Live Aid day. Reggae doesn't make Guardian readers cry, but here are some songs that do ... 2011-04-11T15:05:01Z He wasn't squandering it in scandalous vices, like drugs, alcohol, gambling or women. Showtime's "The One and Only Dick Gregory" pays tribute to the legend who left comedy for activism 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z Degree of neurosis: Self-destructive alcoholism and gambling are combined with an eagerness to entertain that hints at a deep-seated lack of self-worth. ‘Mank’ and More Movies With Screenwriters as Main Characters 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z “We even managed to stop for gambling in West Wendover, Nevada, and a little fair in Kansas,” says Kassian, a consultant from Sacramento. Perspective | Pro tips for planning a long-distance road trip 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z "Runner Runner," a thriller about the dark and murky world of online gambling, finished third with $7.6 million. Space thriller 'Gravity' soars with $55.6 million debut 2013-10-06T16:16:57Z After the rush of stardom, Rooney was battered by a stalled career, drug and gambling addictions, bad marriages, a failed production company and the deep financial problems they caused. Mickey Rooney, versatile actor and master showman, dies at 93 2014-04-07T21:03:24Z Her father, also the son of Korean immigrants, worked at a pachinko gambling parlor and was often abusive, she said, spending most of his income betting on horses or playing poker. Her Antenna Is Tuned to the Quietest Voices 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z There is little or no gambling, insane spending, domestic violence or real addiction. Review: In ‘NFL Confidential,’ Protein Shakes Instead of Bling and Booze 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Sensing that his gambling debts are now endangering his life, Bob goes into hiding. ‘Is Fat Bob Dead Yet?’ review: An antic story of scams and gangsters 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z The company is spending $150 million to renovate the property, including building a 307-room hotel, in hopes of establishing it as an international marina and gambling destination. To Bimini, ‘SuperFast’ but Leisurely 2014-03-18T07:35:40Z There was an eerie, almost American sadness to all the stories, whether set in Evers's native north-west of England or the seamy gambling strips of Reno and Vegas. If This Is Home by Stuart Evers – review 2012-07-27T21:45:11Z Your story in this week’s issue, “A Gentleman’s Game,” opens in an exclusive gambling club within a casino in Singapore, where Alexander Bruno, the protagonist, is preparing for a high-stakes game of backgammon. This Week in Fiction: Jonathan Lethem on the Poignance of Backgammon 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Last month, Mr. Schwartz wrote an open letter to his “community” in The Hollywood Reporter in which he apologized for his actions, and said that he suffered from a gambling addiction. Alanis Morissette’s Former Manager Sentenced to Prison for Fraud 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z As Jack’s gambling problem re-emerges and Rose develops a taste for liquor, the plot dulls and the frame seems awash with gray. ‘Come Away’ Review: Escaping Grief Through Fantasy 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z When a patient claims his life is at risk because of a gambling debt, she tracks down Mike, the man threatening him. Review 2010-09-16T23:33:00Z He preferred playing pool, gambling and reading magazine fiction. Frank D. Gilroy, playwright of Pulitzer-winning ‘The Subject Was Roses,’ dies at 89 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z With the tension and intrigue of a Hollywood thriller, director Bryan Storkel, a Seattle native, follows their five-year journey from casual living-room meetings to the inner sanctum of the gambling world. Today's SIFF highlight: June 11, 2011 2011-06-10T20:29:58Z Back then, circuses were a stigmatized form of entertainment in the U.S., considered disreputable for their association with gambling, grift, scantily clad female performers, profanity and alcohol. The creepy clown emerged from the crass and bawdy circuses of the 19th century 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Alexie's book has been challenged for multiple reasons, including sexual content, profanity, gambling and depictions of bullying. The 10 most banned and challenged YA books this year 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z She had a real-estate licence, she had been a nurse, and she owned a gambling house and a hotel. All about my mother 2013-03-30T09:00:00Z Upon her return home to New Orleans, Edna trades the social minutiae expected of upper-crust Victorian white women — receiving callers and returning their calls — for painting, walking, gambling, dinner parties, brandy, anger, aloneness and sex. The Classic Novel That Saw Pleasure as a Path to Freedom 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z She was released on Nov. 20 after promising to stay away from gambling establishments. A Ballet School Rehired an Embezzler. Then $1.5 Million Vanished. 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z A major contributor to the calm is a provision in the local charter that outlaws gambling. Journeys: In Nevada, the Viewing Has Begun From the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge 2011-01-28T19:55:00Z The league has a deep interest in the state’s policy governing sports gambling. Chris Christie’s bromance with Jerry Jones could be his undoing 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z I'm trying to remember exactly when "Cracker" started because "Cracker" embraced that with its sleeves rolled up with Robbie Coltrane's Fitz, who was, you know, a gambling, drinking, smoking, absolute wreck. How "Endeavour" dries out the heroic drunk detective myth 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z He never seems angry at Frankie, even though he’s scrambling so desperately to make payments on his brother’s gambling debt that he’s gone into business with the mob. ‘The Deuce’ Season 1, Episode 3: Making It and Faking It 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z A large part of the second episode focuses on the testimony of both gambling addicts and addiction experts. 'We're not allowed to talk about it': inside the world of US sports betting 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z A customer would have to have a Borgata player’s club card, which would screen them to ensure they are of legal gambling age and are not banned from any casino premises. Now you can lose money without ever leaving your bed 2013-02-11T22:51:00Z The squeamishness around gambling in that era seems downright quaint when you look at how widespread it is today ... ‘Close to the Flame’: the rise and fall of Gordon Walgren 2013-06-28T21:40:56Z And it’s not only gambling that takes place at a well-attended cockfight. Baby chimpanzee killed by adult at L. A. Zoo 2012-06-27T13:33:00Z A Cambodian war refugee, Ngoy arrived in America in the 1970s, where he became a multimillionaire with a network of successful doughnut shops in Southern California — and subsequently struggled with gambling. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Oslo’ and Specials Honoring George Floyd 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z Darius Rucker said his time in Sin City had been divided between the rehearsal stage, a golf course and "gambling too much." Stars lured by ACMs, Vegas _ and gambling 2011-04-04T01:46:11Z The casino says the technology can be expanded to include gambling over hand-held devices anywhere on casino property, which New Jersey recently authorized, and full Internet gambling, if the state approves it. Now you can lose money without ever leaving your bed 2013-02-11T22:51:00Z The change in scenery brings new plot possibilities for mud wrestling, gambling troubles and of course sexual escapades. The Best Movies and TV Shows New to Netflix, Amazon and More in August 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z The exhibition, opening in the gambling mecca later this year, is the dream of the daughter of an infamous Chicago mobster with a reputation as a vicious killer, who was himself murdered. Las Vegas mafia museums open new mob rivalry 2010-04-25T17:05:00Z As tourism grew with the railroads, selling the mats became more tempting than gambling on them. From Navajo Blankets To Yokuts Baskets, American Tribal Art Reaches New Heights At Auction 2013-06-04T14:00:00Z Signs saying “For amusement only” are relics of pinball’s battle against a gambling stigma. A pinball museum? There has to be a twist. 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z However, several casinos are killing the buzz: Select properties in Nevada, including Las Vegas, are no longer providing gratis cocktails to bar patrons who are drinking and yakking more than drinking and gambling. At some Vegas casino bars, non-gamblers lose their free drinks 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Dating back more than six decades, his criminal record includes aggravated assault, receiving stolen goods, illegal gambling and counterfeiting, according to court records. Reputed Mobster May Be Last Link to Gardner Museum Art Heist 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Morse is a former investment banker turned motivational speaker, and his addictions to alcohol and gambling frequently leave him broke. Rick Moody's uneven 'Hotels of North America' is not worth a stay 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z The best of that bunch may well have been this spiky tale of a privileged English professor who finds that his high-society pedigree and formidable intellect are no match for a spiraling gambling addiction. 9 James Caan Movies to Stream 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z As she tells it, her mother was absent, and her father rigid and tyrannical as he slowly immersed himself in alcohol and gambling. 6 Books for Thinking, Drinking and Changing the World 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z “Nightmare” described a lynching, and “A Wink at Justice” told the story of a shrewd judge who makes a Solomonic decision in the case of eight black men arrested for gambling. Harper Lee, Author of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ Dies at 89 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z During that time, he also planted his flag across the land, on properties from the California wine country and the gambling meccas of Nevada to Dallas and Washington, D.C. Charlie Palmer Rethinks His Empire 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z Yes, the Simpsons have come a long way since an old drunk made humans out of his rabbit characters to pay off his gambling debts. “The Simpsons” can’t survive this: Harry Shearer is the soul of Springfield — if he leaves, fans will follow 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Offshore gambling sites took in roughly $2.6 billion from U.S. players last year, according to Geoff Freeman, president of the association. Online Poker Thriller ‘Runner’ Quickly Politicized 2013-10-03T20:10:31Z She retired to Canton to open her own gambling den, married her second-in-command, and died a grandmother at the ripe old age of 69. 7 of the most amazing women you’ve never heard of 2014-01-20T20:00:00Z Yeah, he's the babe in the woods, he's outside the gambling arena and allows the Rebecca Hall character to connect to a different kind of life. Joshua Jackson: 'If I'm satirising anything, it's the trap of my own mind' 2012-06-21T19:30:02Z According to Ms. Williams, Mr. Gage frittered away $10 million of her money on alcohol, gambling and failed business ventures. Esther Williams, Who Swam to Movie Fame, Dies at 91 2013-06-06T17:42:45Z Ahn, a headstrong young woman who has been dubbed a “golden child” by her nanny’s husband, to whom she brought luck at the gambling table, takes instant advantage of her father’s questioning of Chinese tradition. Theater Review: ‘Golden Child,’ at the Signature Center 2012-11-14T03:00:00Z He trained in Palestine at what must have been his ideal school, "where the pupils were taught forgery, gambling, theft and arson". Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure by Artemis Cooper – review 2012-10-12T21:55:11Z It faced opposition from some members of Komeito, Abe's junior coalition party, and from some quarters of his own Liberal Democratic Party, who are concerned about the impact of gambling addictions. Japan set to indefinitely postpone casino legalization: sources 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z Even before opening night, there was sharp disagreement among aficionados over Mayer's switch from the Renaissance Palazzo Ducale to a casino floor filled with slot machines, gambling tables and faux neon. Mayer's `Rigoletto,' set in Vegas, opens at Met 2013-01-29T20:16:03Z “My gambling problem finally pays off. $1 million for hospitality workers in need,” Chang quipped in a tweet following the big win. David Chang donates $1 million winnings from ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' to struggling restaurant workers 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z Was I gambling with my life, with my eternal soul, by eating Chipotle? Chipotle's not dead – there's just more for us brave souls who still want to eat it 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z These dues, which can range from $125,000 to over $800,000 have Representatives and Senators “hitting up their customer base harder than a Girl Scout with gambling debts,” according to Oliver. John Oliver Finds the Fun in Political Fundraising 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z Atlantic City is another story: In 2014, a battering year, a third of the ritzy gambling houses simply sank. The sweet scent of the suburban American casino 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z They allege that CBS released DVDs of the show and licensed their images to third parties for hundreds of products, including gambling machines and lunch boxes without sharing revenue reports to them. 'Happy Days' cast sue over merchandise sales 2011-04-20T02:19:17Z He said the mayor should consult state gambling regulators about portions of the bill passed by lawmakers that could weaken oversight of the gambling industry. Quinn: Slow down on Chicago casino 2011-08-16T17:17:00Z Pat Quinn today called for an overhaul of the widespread gambling expansion pending in the General Assembly, saying it needs to be scaled back. Quinn threatens to veto latest gambling bill 2011-10-17T16:51:00Z Now, in anonymous, interchangeable gambling houses, he sits at blackjack and poker tables with strangers and sometimes other pros, counting, betting and often winning. ‘The Card Counter’ Review: A Gambler’s Existential Solitaire 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z “The Gambler,” Sergei Prokofiev’s masterpiece based on the novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, maintains a plot of captivity that reflects the novelist’s own struggle with a gambling addiction. A Fall Season of Debuts, Returns and Farewells 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z There was a lot of interracial drinking and gambling especially when you get into cities where working-class whites and blacks are living together. Roots of white rage: America’s clash of class and race, from the Civil War to the rise of Trump 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Two years later, a New York Times article noted: "Get-rich-quick and gambling was the bane of our life before the smash"; they were also what caused the "smash" itself in 1929. The Great Gatsby and the American dream 2012-05-25T07:00:01Z Ace views the horse as the first step in a complicated scheme to bring casino gambling to the Santa Anita racetrack in Southern California. | 'Luck': ?Luck,? Starring Dustin Hoffman on HBO 2012-01-27T12:00:00Z However, Eli Tsukayama and his colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania found that few adults regulate inappropriate, impulsive decisions across the domains of work, social relationships, sex, gambling, and investing money. Science doesn’t know everything 2013-06-02T18:00:00Z Pennsylvania lawmakers should not blow holes in more household budgets by approving online gambling. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z The Nguyens’ extensive land-registry records made it easy to collect property taxes; the French also drew revenue from state monopolies on alcohol, gambling, opium and rice production. Striving for unity 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Municipalities, Schwartz says, are looking to attract locals and families, to avoid the stigma of becoming a gambling destination. The sweet scent of the suburban American casino 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Fading for decades, AC was doomed to wait another 10 years before legalised gambling made it the opulently tacky Vegas East that it is today. The King Of Marvin Gardens shows the last gasp of a crumbling America 2013-05-19T05:00:00Z In Washington, home to many of PredictIt’s “super forecasters,” political gambling is a particularly fraught subject. This site bet big on political gambling. Regulators want it shut down. 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z The mysterious VIPs of "Squid Game" are a group of vastly wealthy people, mostly men, whose gambling funds the death game operations. Netflix execs and "Squid Game" VIPs are playing from the same out-of-touch handbook 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z Yet taking creative risks, like gambling, means the possibility of failure. 'The Gambler' comes up short by failing to go all in 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z At a dark moment, Jacobs “turned to gambling.” Review: It’s Jane Jacobs’s World We Live In 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z To stave off potential abuse from those with gambling problems, there is a $3,500 yearly limit for subscribers — those who sign up to automatically play certain numbers in certain games. Illinois Lottery goes online as prize hits record 2012-03-30T11:43:00Z While the rats scattered, a man in the pen began to kill as many as he could by crushing them with his boots, presumably to facilitate gambling on the part of the gathered crowd. 'The Knick' Recap: Sins of the Flesh, With a Kick 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z Drinking with regularity is like gambling — the house always wins. Perspective | Ask Amy: Unhappy husband seeks to heal heartache 2021-01-24T05:00:00Z But Americans, slightly ashamed of our gambling and sometimes shy about vulgarity, are a little more circumspect, which has led to awkward stagecraft as producers seek to reconcile show-biz glitz with administrative probity. Watching Lottery Drawings in an Age of Plutocracy 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z I actually spend much of my time writing gambling news. Anakana Schofield: how to publicise a novel 2013-07-25T14:01:00Z Religious police in Aceh have been known to target Muslim women without head scarves or those wearing tight clothes, and people drinking alcohol or gambling. Indonesia's Aceh introduces whipping as punishment for gay sex 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z The pattern shows up in wars, elections, gambling and investing, and even informal arguments. Infallibility battles: How to avoid those ‘I’m right and you’re wrong about everything’ fights 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z There is no hint, at least in the first episode, of horse racing’s negative aspects: drugging, animal cruelty, gambling addiction and so on. Television Review: ‘Horseplayers’ on Esquire Network Follows High Rollers 2014-01-20T22:25:15Z He returns to a casino in order to win that sum, and, only then, walks away from gambling for good. Richard Brooks’s “Fever Pitch” Never Got Its Due 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z He also gave up bridge, gambling, breeding racehorses and squiring beautiful women. Omar Sharif, international heartthrob of ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ and ‘Doctor Zhivago,’ dies at 83 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z She hated his laziness, his lack of support, his wandering eye and his gambling. My Street life 2010-12-03T07:00:00Z The party was at 49 Market Street, a squat, two-story warehouse that once housed a reputed gambling den, and, until recently, the studio of Spencer Sweeney, the artist, D.J. and party ringleader. A Chinatown Loft Party in the Spirit of Warhol’s Factory 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Despite all the gambling lingo and strategy-talk that Whitehead throws in for poker newbies, the card game isn’t really the star of this book. ‘The Noble Hustle’: bets and bluffs in a high-stakes game 2014-05-08T22:06:01Z A Pennsylvania appeals court ruled 2-1 in March that it was illegal because it met the definition of gambling because the outcome is more dependent upon chance than skill. Swiss crack down on Texas hold 'em matches 2010-06-02T11:47:00Z His life has shrunk to the dimensions of a gambling table, his current battlefield. ‘The Card Counter’ Review: A Gambler’s Existential Solitaire 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z It was a huge gamble and so all credit to Pathe for gambling on it. Africa United reveals the other side of a continent 2010-10-02T23:07:00Z Both the AGA and Poker Players Alliance have long advocated for a federal online gambling bill allowing for a larger, more uniform market, but efforts in Congress have stalled. Casinos to spin Timberlake, Affleck poker film as cautionary tale 2013-08-23T11:16:28Z The nation's second-largest gambling market is in the fourth straight year of a revenue decline that began when the first of many slots parlors in neighboring states opened in the Philadelphia suburbs. Casinos using TV stars to draw new customers 2010-04-02T18:35:00Z The new mayor helped put together a major gambling expansion deal last year, but Quinn blocked it, citing opposition to slot machines at horse racing tracks. Speed cameras could cover almost half the city 2012-02-07T03:32:00Z The gambling obsession stuck with him through most of his life, resulting in his wife Rita's discovery in 2017 that Milch had racked up $24 million in gambling and tax debt. The future tense of joy: "Deadwood" creator David Milch recaptures memory in "Life's Work" 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z True, after the Cuban revolution, Fidel Castro would throw the mob out of Havana – and Vegas would benefit from the gambling tourists Cuba lost. Bugsy: don't mention the flying eyeball 2011-03-10T08:00:00Z The endorphin high of gambling was quickly supplanted by the endorphin high of committing crimes. Serial Killers, Bank Robbers and H.M.S. Bounty Mutineers 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z Several others are considering similar laws, while lawmakers in Congress are also working on legislation to allow online poker gambling across the United States, giving casinos and TV networks a bigger market. U.S. networks bet on comeback for TV poker 2013-06-05T19:03:17Z His experiments found humans prefer gambling on low but specific probabilities — say, a one-in-a-million shot — to gambling on the unknown. How a writer defied ‘one in a million’ odds to get her first movie made by Steven Spielberg 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z “Aarhus is a young city and it’s worth gambling,” Mr. Sorensen said. Scene/Seen: A Bold New Art World Is Lighting Up Western Denmark 2011-10-14T13:30:15Z But it has an aging clientele, must fend of private developers, and has lost revenue to illegal gambling. Beirut's racetrack hopes for winning streak again 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Howard is trying to construct a dark, absurdist farce about missed connections and mistaken assumptions; Beth assumes that Ronny, a recovering gambling addict, has fallen off the wagon in some spectacular fashion. "The Dilemma": Vince Vaughn's psycho-stalker breakdown 2011-01-14T20:30:00Z Matthew the foppish tax-collector sits at a table counting his money or gambling with rakish male friends and colleagues. Prince of darkness 2010-04-09T23:06:00Z Soccer and cricket were identified as the sports most threatened by criminals seeking to rig the gambling market but tennis, basketball, motor racing and badminton were also affected, according to the report. Crime gangs launder $140 billion through sports betting: report 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Why encourage children to spend a holy evening gambling, of all things? Dreidel: A seemingly foolish game that contains the moral world in miniature 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z Maruyama said the deal was aimed at families and would not involve Sands' gambling business. Sands, Dreamworks strike Macau casino license deal 2013-04-30T11:33:10Z Offering a sinister spin on the world's gambling capital, parts of the boozer will become the Flamingo Hotel, with a working casino, slot machines and showgirls. New Year's Eve Clubs picks 2010-12-18T00:07:46Z But the rise in online gambling has also sparked concern. Veteran online poker players cash in during lockdown surge 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z Rather, I think people who are as shocked as Capt. Louis Renault was to discover gambling in "Casablanca" when they find errors in films are missing the point. 'Selma' just latest history film to face accuracy questions 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z While the red tape is endless, this cannabis gambling lounge would provide a springboard for a potential High Times hotel and casino, following the model of the Hard Rock Cafe. High Times Wants to Be the Playboy of Pot 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z The Line, though, is where this self-described former gambling addict has decided to double down. Roy Choi, King of L.A. Food Trucks, Moves On to a Hotel 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z Gordon Brown's maximum popularity coincided with his cancellation of plans to build a "super casino" and he began to decline in public esteem when he authorised the development of 12 regional gambling houses. Speak for Britain!: A New History of the Labour Party by Martin Pugh | Book review 2010-03-21T00:08:00Z For them, gambling on a fashion revolution puts a sure thing at risk. Can a faded fashion house reclaim its 1970s glory? Inside the effort to save Anne Klein. 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z Yes, he's gambling – but he's basically backing a hunch that's confirmed by the trend. Hold on to your hardbacks ... we're in the middle of an ebook e-ruption 2010-07-26T14:26:00Z Macau, a gambling destination, is dependent on travelers, How Bad Was 2020 for Tourism? Look at the Numbers. 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z The judge is under no obligation to adopt either sentencing proposal as he decides the punishment for Mr. Nahmad, who pleaded guilty in November to a charge of operating a gambling business. Art Dealer Seeks to Avoid Prison 2014-04-28T21:31:18Z "Whether in the service of food or heroin, love or gambling, dopamine forms a rut, a line of footprints in the neural flesh," writes Lewis. Ninety Days by Bill Clegg; Memoirs of an Addicted Brain by Marc Lewis; The Fix by Damian Thompson – review 2012-07-07T23:05:03Z As a councilman, Mr. Hill supported casino gambling in the city and helped broker deals for new baseball and football stadiums. Gil Hill, Detroit Detective and ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ Actor, Dies at 84 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z In the new novel, they involve gambling, a natty Rwandan Hutu gangster who lost one leg to the Tutsi, Chinese triads, money-laundering, human trafficking and a whole lot more. In ‘Righteous,’ a Stand-Up Sleuth Investigates His Brother’s Murder 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z A pinstriped suit with a front-slit skirt for a diplomat with a gambling habit. Fashion Review: Marc Jacobs, Donna Karan, Vera Wang and Theyskens? Theory 2012-02-15T00:09:46Z As the euphoria of being freed wears off, common sense tells them the rebellion is doomed, so they should cross back over to the Roman side, gambling to stay alive by trading inside information. ‘The Risen,’ an absorbing new historical novel about Spartacus 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Studios still seem to be wed to gambling on films with very large budgets and very large marketing budgets … Therefore cable television is becoming an access point. Behind the Candelabra is tipped for Cannes success – but can't win Oscar 2013-05-21T16:27:22Z “MLM makes even gambling look like a safe bet in comparison,” it states. A 'miracle' healing gel, a cult-like following, and a fiercely protected empire 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z This is an account of her journey, which took her much further into the world of high-stakes gambling than she ever imagined. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z I had been betrayed by gambling and drugs, but my belief in the purity of our love had kept me going. ‘He collapsed at the roadside. I thought he was dead’: couples on surviving trauma 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z The hospitality and gambling industries, the city’s primary economic engines, are proffering new resorts, pool parties and other attractions to help bring the fun back to Vegas. In Las Vegas, travelers are back for immersive art, pool parties and catch-up weddings 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z When they died, Mr. Zamora said, they left their property to their gambling, liquor-loving son — his grandfather — who spent the family’s pulque fortune and lost nearly all their substantial estate. Overnighter: Tlaxcala, an Old-World Escape Near Mexico City 2011-11-23T20:01:52Z In the world of “Fast Company,” as one character remarks: “A grifter’s always grifting. And a gambler’s always gambling.” Theater Review: ‘Fast Company,’ Carla Ching’s Tale of Grift 2014-03-25T22:06:16Z According to Pavarotti’s 1995 memoir, “Pavarotti: My World,” Mr. Rudas offered the singer $100,000, but he turned it down because he “felt very strongly against singing in a place that is for gambling.” Tibor Rudas, music impresario who furthered Pavarotti’s career, dies at 94 As any reasonable person would, she applied her gift to gambling, but after some unfortunate turns she has ended up waitressing at a casino. Review: ‘Poker Face’ Is the Best New Detective Show of 1973 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Most movies about the gambling life inhale the fumes of desperation that accumulate around damaged lives devoted to risk. Movie Review: ‘Lay the Favorite,’ Directed by Stephen Frears 2012-12-07T00:55:30Z Chris Christie last week vetoed an Internet gambling bill, but said he would sign one with some moderate changes. Now you can lose money without ever leaving your bed 2013-02-11T22:51:00Z Six decades later — with more than 30,000 live shows on the world-famous Las Vegas Strip alone — Newton is kicking off a new series of shows in the gambling mecca. Wayne Newton celebrates 60 years in Las Vegas with new show 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z When the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals begin the game Sunday evening in the Rams home stadium, 30 states plus Washington D.C. will offer legal gambling. 31M Americans to bet on Super Bowl, gambling group estimates 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z The tiny Chinese enclave of Macau surpassed the desert oasis as the world's top gambling destination in 2006. Casino bosses transform Sin City into Club City 2013-05-05T18:09:09Z Where he finds his real drive is inside a dingy alleyway gambling room, where Eddie often plays — and loses — at poker. Joe Swanberg steps out: The filmmaker is still creating daring movies about normal people 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z Herman becomes obsessed with the randomness of gambling, where perhaps he could prevail if only he could game the system. At Salzburg Festival, Two Bold Directors Claim Their Stages 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z "We don't run ads on our buses trains involving sex, liquor or gambling or that in any way perpetuate stereotypes." L.A. pulls 'unacceptable' ads for Fox TV show from buses 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z James Caan stars as a literature professor with a serious gambling addiction. ArtsBeat Blog: Critics' Picks Video: 'The Gambler' 2011-09-26T22:46:36Z But gambling is a powerfully adaptive metaphor, reconfiguring its meaning to each new age and place. MGM’s $1.4 billion casino is a cruise ship to nowhere 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z But the Gulf sheikhs who used to race their thoroughbreds here now have racecourses in their own countries, although Islamic law bars the gambling that attracts many punters in Beirut. Beirut's racetrack hopes for winning streak again 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z The men of Rich Bar mining camp are a testosterone collective — whooping it up, gambling away fortunes, shooting at one another at the slightest provocation and just as readily turning sentimental. Where to look for treasure in California's new gold rush? Try John Adams' new opera 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z We are, quite literally, gambling with the future of our planet for the sake of hamburgers. Peter Singer states "we are gambling with the future of our planet for the sake of hamburgers" 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z July 12, 2010, 2:26 pm Critics’ Picks Video: ‘Rio Bravo’ It has a saloon, horses, gun fights and gambling. Critics' Picks Video: 'Rio Bravo' 2010-07-12T18:26:00Z My parents had a farm in Indiana, but they shovelled all the money out of the door on gambling and booze. Love across the divide: couples on Brexit, politics and religion 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z But she couldn’t get Dex Parios, an Army veteran turned private investigator in Portland, Ore., who uses drinking, gambling and sex to numb her PTSD, out of her head. Cobie Smulders Is a Pacifist. But for ‘Stumptown,’ She’s Willing to Kick Butt. 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z She was back onstage in the fourth act, now in pink, for the gambling scene, which ends with the arrest of the ill-fated lovers. The Met’s Herculean Task: 4 Operas in 48 Hours 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z The less trustworthy twin, Frankie, is a gambling addict in hock to bookies and criminals. Review | In this era of online porn, ‘The Deuce’ artfully retraces the rise of the sex industry 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Suicide rates among gambling addicts are staggeringly high. You bet your life 2012-09-13T17:20:00Z Before it landed in cinemas last month, the smart money would have been on gambling farce The House as a hit. The keg party's over: why gross-out comedies are going down the pan 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Aceh's religious police have targeted Muslim women without head scarves or those wearing tight clothes, as well as people drinking alcohol or gambling. Repeal law punishing gay sex with lashes in Indonesia's Aceh, says Amnesty 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z The governor, who authorized a major gambling expansion of his own when he signed video poker into law in 2009, said the latest casino bill is still “too much.” Quinn doesn't rub in lawmakers failure on casino bill 2011-11-12T23:48:00Z Eventually, I found a shady bootleg of “Unplanned” on a streaming site that flashed ads for the Russian gambling service 1XBET. The Messiness of Reproduction and the Dishonesty of Anti-Abortion Propaganda 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z During one of Tan's pilgrimages, a relative asked if she remembered her grandmother's gambling rice. Author reveals the 'Tiger in the Kitchen' 2011-06-09T16:04:04Z Now, police are also investigating a possible illegal gambling operation, according to local officials with the chamber of commerce. New York bar taking bets on Labor Day shootings in Chicago, NYC is under investigation: 'Disgusting' 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z Why, it's as shocking as gambling in Casablanca. The real scam of the elite college admissions game goes beyond Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z The governor also wants to ban campaign contributions from gambling license holders and managers, and to beef up oversight of a Chicago casino with the Illinois Gaming Board. Quinn threatens to veto latest gambling bill 2011-10-17T16:51:00Z The ICE Totally Gaming conference, held at London’s Excel centre, drew a warning earlier this week from the UK gambling regulator. Gambling firms defy calls to stamp out sexist behaviour at event 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z For Prakash and his lover, ruinous gambling is part of their wellness routine. In ‘Amnesty,’ an Immigrant’s View Conveyed With Authority and Wit 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z Department of Justice indicted the founders of these sites on charges of bank fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling. Casinos to spin Timberlake, Affleck poker film as cautionary tale 2013-08-23T11:16:28Z Show business has always been big business in Las Vegas, but it has become even more vital in the decades since the region lost its near-monopoly on legal casino gambling. Headliners and Headdresses Return to Las Vegas. Will Tourists Follow? 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z Liquor, gambling, dubious mining schemes — he never stops pulling the lever, and never hits the jackpot. Wallace Stegner and the Conflicted Soul of the West 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z The gambling thriller becomes a medical thriller, then, and also a dream of one. Alexander Chee on Jonathan Lethem's 'A Gambler's Anatomy': 'Oceans 11' meets 'Escape to Witch Mountain' meets a meningioma 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z But Mr. Jepsen, who made the five-hour drive with his wife from their home near Phoenix, was not all that interested in catching a show on the Strip or gambling in the casinos. Journeys: In Nevada, the Viewing Has Begun From the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge 2011-01-28T19:55:00Z Trying to decide whether to pay such sums for the pub, Murphy worried he was gambling with his daughter’s future. The death and life of the great British pub | Tom Lamont 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Quinn also wants to require communities in Illinois to opt in to allowing video gambling throughout Illinois. Quinn threatens to veto latest gambling bill 2011-10-17T16:51:00Z Dogs Playing Poker The history of artist Cassius Coolidge, who uncovered the sinister canine gambling underworld. Internet picks of the week 2010-04-09T23:06:00Z The psychiatric association is proposing to add only one behavioral addiction, pathological gambling, to its diagnostic manual, due to the depth of research on that topic. Study suggests video games can affect depression and anxiety in kids 2011-01-20T20:58:04Z To the back of the auditorium, up a flight of stairs affixed with a wheelchair lift, pensioners hunch over video gambling terminals. Rediscovering Birmingham's movie meccas 2010-03-30T15:38:00Z Chris Cornell’s “You Know My Name,” from “Casino Royale,” contained neither word from the title, but it did rely on an extended gambling metaphor. Sam Smith’s Song Breaks the Bond Rules 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z Though the case revolves around gambling, prosecutor Steve Feaga told potential jurors, "This case is not about whether gambling is good or bad for Alabama." Country singers may be part of AL corruption trial 2011-06-07T21:47:07Z Anti-casino lawmakers recently stepped up their campaign, drawing the public's attention to Japan's already high rates of gambling addiction, mostly related to pinball-style "pachinko" games played throughout the country. Japan set to indefinitely postpone casino legalization: sources 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z William Hill and Ladbrokes, Britain's two biggest bookmakers, are also working on similar algorithm strategies, while the latter plans to link executive pay to targets on responsible gambling. Gambling companies step up efforts to sway addiction debate 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z Aside from the now-chilling Spanish Fly routine, the comedian drops a few curse words, and discusses burlesque shows and gambling. Yes, Bill Cosby Actually Told a Joke About Drugging Women In a Comedy Routine 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z But he went through his fortune, indulging in gambling and women, and began decades of appeals to England's India Office for more funds. 'Sophia' a fascinating story of a princess turned revolutionary 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Joe Mott, the onetime hotshot proprietor of a gambling house for blacks, likewise dreams of an imminent return to his glory days. Review: ‘The Iceman Cometh’ Revived, With Nathan Lane and Brian Dennehy 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z But the equation of Vegas, the gambling Mecca, with western values strikes me as tendentious. Playing Cards 1: Spades – review 2013-02-12T17:31:11Z She said the gambling industry had managed to run an age verification system successfully. UK 'will follow Iceland's lead over ban on internet porn' 2013-02-16T23:01:16Z Mary is resourceful, fearless and unapologetic, whether helping nuns build their mission, nursing the Mother Superior, opening her own restaurant, gambling, carrying a rifle, wearing pants or drinking in saloons. Comics That Dismantle the White Cowboy Myth 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z Simon, a recovering gambling addict with an ailing wife, is a sympathetic secondary protagonist. Revenge and corruption plays a part in Jo Nesbo's thriller 'The Son' 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z This is not the furious gambling action of so many Vegas-set movies. ‘Queen of Diamonds’ Review: Fear, Loathing and Misogyny 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z He convinces younger player Curtis to join him on a road trip, and they begin gambling their way towards a high-stakes game in New Orleans. Sundance Film Festival 2015 Lineup: High-Profile Documentaries Among Premieres 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z Having earned an appetite, we stop for breakfast in downtown Boulder City, which, as one of two cities in the state that bans gambling, is a kind of Nevada Mayberry. Loving Las Vegas, from its glittering Strip to its alluring desert 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z "This industry is kind of like gambling," she told Reuters by telephone from Seoul. Korean pop music out to conquer the world 2011-11-29T12:57:32Z Bozhkov, owner of several gambling companies as well as Levski Sofia, one of Bulgaria’s two most popular soccer clubs, last month was charged in absentia with extortion and attempted bribery among other offences. Bulgaria adds charges of illegal antique possession against fugitive tycoon 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Some college kids had been making fun of him relentlessly online for his bad prognosticating and for his political gambling habit. The Washington gambler 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z At the same time, he’s riddled with flaws and contradictions, given to hard drinking and reckless gambling, casual betrayal, and an unwieldiness to pull the trigger on a hit he’s responsible for arranging. Miller's Crossing at 30: the Coen brothers' unknowable gangster drama 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z The brown jacket is her YSL jacket and although it's expensive, in my mind she got it when she was gambling. "She goes chic very fast": "Poker Face" costume designer on creating Natasha Lyonne's iconic outfits 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z "No mayor, no politician, no gambling race track owner or gambling casino owner is going to put themselves before the people of Illinois as long as I'm governor." Quinn: Slow down on Chicago casino 2011-08-16T17:17:00Z The plan, which proponents hope to revive in the session next year, is seen as an expansion of gambling and faces opposition from gambling opponents and other competitors. Dog tracks cornered by wagering woes, racing foes 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z The rise of the Vegas super-club coincides with the decline of the town's gambling supremacy. Casino bosses transform Sin City into Club City 2013-05-05T18:09:09Z He took an active part in the gambling school, predicting football scores, at £2 a hit, in the minimart on the corner. Marine Court: Hymn to the Sun 2010-09-03T23:06:00Z Slots are still the most popular and lucrative form of gambling in Nevada, with nearly 165,000 machines over 330 locations including supermarket, gas stations and airports. Vegas casinos relying more on baccarat 2012-01-26T11:31:04Z Atlantic City, which once held a lucrative East Coast gambling monopoly, has fallen hard. As Atlantic City's fortunes fade, casino workers fear bleak future 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z The result includes a ballet divertissement, two bustling outdoor scenes, a tense gambling episode and a church scene with austere organ music and offstage angelic choirs. Music Review: Anna Netrebko in ?Manon? at Metropolitan Opera 2012-03-27T22:50:54Z Labour’s deputy leader, Tom Watson, accused the gambling industry of being ignorant and called on bosses to show some “moral leadership” and stop the objectification of women. Gambling firms defy calls to stamp out sexist behaviour at event 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z The Super Bowl is also one of the most perilous times of year for people with a gambling problem. 31M Americans to bet on Super Bowl, gambling group estimates 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Its golden age was the 1960s, when liberalisation of gambling laws prompted a craze for bingo that filled cinemas and church halls. TV highlights 30/01/2013 2013-01-29T20:00:01Z The profits funded his wife's gambling, which, her son complained, so distracted "Mumsie" that he was never paid due attention. Michael Winner 2013-01-21T17:28:09Z But the story is also a tragedy involving Paul’s untimely death — he was fatally beaten over unpaid gambling debts — and the regret Norman feels that he could not help save him. Fly-Fishing in Montana, Where a River Still Runs Through It 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z It is an inauspicious time for decisions, making changes, speculating or gambling etc as 'no good will come of it'. Readers reviews: Transformers: Dark of the Moon and sellouts 2011-07-07T22:00:01Z People tend to view gambling as a moral failure.” You bet your life 2012-09-13T17:20:00Z And if your guests are partial to gambling, all the better. Hosting an Oscars viewing party? 5 tips for throwing an award-worthy affair 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z But it was nothing—Macau’s revenue from gambling is six times that of Las Vegas. A Novelist’s Stint Impersonating the Ultra-Rich in China 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z “Drugs, sex and gambling as well, and that has changed quite a bit over the years and could be leading to more problematic use.” Constant cravings: is addiction on the rise? 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z Bookmakers insisted that the “smart money” was bet on Liston, and the gambling odds against Ali actually increased from 7–1 to 8–1 on the day of the match. “They’ve got to kill me. They can’t afford to let me live”: Inside the amazing friendship between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z Lee, 49, was nominated for his first Emmy Award for his role as Seong Gi-hun, the gambling addict and protagonist of the candy-coated horror series about a tournament of childhood games played to the death. Emmys 2022: Lee Jung-jae Would Stay in the ‘Squid Game’ Contest 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z But when asked if they favor or oppose allowing casinos to run online gambling for people in their states, 63 percent are opposed, with 27 percent approving. Poll: US split on legal pot, against online bets 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z Switzerland’s largest city, however, is gambling on an ambitious development known as Europaallee to burnish the neighborhood’s style and reputation. Five Places to Go in Zurich 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z “Looks like there’s maybe some illegal gambling going on over here, though. Are you girls playing poker?” The secret weapon in Mom’s underground poker party sandwiches 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z “The helmet could make zero difference to the outcome, but people wearing one seemed to take more risks in what was essentially a gambling task,” he wrote. The big bike helmet debate: 'You don’t make it safe by forcing cyclists to dress for urban warfare' 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z There are misanthropic doctors and bishops with gambling debts. ‘The Books of Jacob,’ a Nobel Prize Winner’s Sophisticated and Overwhelming Novel 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z At this point in the gambling drama “Uncut Gems,” the Diamond District jeweler is in leagues of debt, and his one final, desperate hope to raise cash — a gem auction — has just failed spectacularly. Adam Sandler Grows Up (Mostly) 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z He infamously commuted from the gambling tables of Vegas to Hollywood as a young scriptwriter on Hill Street Blues and battled heroin, alcohol and gambling addictions throughout his career before cleaning up in 1999. A change in Luck 2012-02-11T00:03:00Z The semiautonomous region, an hour by ferry west of Hong Kong, is the only place in China where casino gambling is legal. Macau casino revenue in 2012 rose to $38 billion 2013-01-02T13:31:05Z The special administrative region is the only place where casino gambling is legal in China, and the Macau government is due to report the October revenue figures on Monday. Macau Oct gaming revenues set for worst drop on record 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z Championship in 1991 at 25, but soon his successes on the golf course were overshadowed by marital troubles, alcohol troubles, gambling troubles and weight troubles. Television Review | 'Being John Daly': Sand Trap of His Own Making 2010-03-01T23:28:00Z Downtown Portland had a district of sex, gambling and drink up to the mid-1950s. 'Dark Rose': an era of vice and corruption in Portland 2011-08-11T20:54:04Z He’s just as forthcoming about his “twenty-year gambling spree”: “It’s true I lost it all a few times.” For Norm Macdonald, facts are just starting points for comedy 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z But I do believe stealing can become addictive for many people, as it mimics addiction to other negative behaviors such as gambling. Confessions of a kleptomaniac 2012-10-10T22:05:00Z "I like gambling, but you don't play with this," Pearson Callender said as he waited for a Greyhound bus out of town. Irene's winds smash into North Carolina coast 2011-08-27T11:03:00Z “It is important to note the substantial difference between what Mr. Nahmad was originally charged with and the single gambling offense that he will now be sentenced for,” his lawyers said in an email. Art Dealer Seeks to Avoid Prison 2014-04-28T21:31:18Z It was formerly home to the now-shuttered Higbee’s department store and various other businesses before being transformed into the city’s first gambling establishment. Cleveland, a City Repurposed 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z The strange, nearly deux-ex-machina-like ending of “Win It All” may appear as peculiar as the ending of another great gambling drama, Richard Brooks’s “Fever Pitch,” appeared to critics at the time of its release. “Win It All” and the Mighty Gambles of Joe Swanberg’s Moviemaking 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z Remembering his gambling mother, he tells us: "At school, I made her a scratchcard … I did her three happy faces, and I got the teacher to write in 'one million pounds'." Comedy Gold: Johnny Vegas's Live at the Benidorm Palace 2013-01-31T15:51:50Z Minors caught gambling are subject to up to six months in jail or a fine of up to $1,000. Vegas probes report of underage gambling by Houston's daughter 2012-05-22T23:31:47Z Investors played with serious money, but their mind-set was a farcical dive into hyperspace — a week of gambling in a cyber-Vegas that, for some, was worth the hangover. ‘Diamond Hands: The Legend of WallStreetBets’ Review: Is This Loss? 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z You encourage the banks to go into risk, into gambling, rather than into lending. Hip-Hop foodies 2012-06-27T13:46:00Z If you’re the gambling type, we suggest you don’t put any money on Homer Simpson. A Simpsons Character Will Die This Season—Who Will it Be? 2013-10-02T14:24:31Z My first addiction was sugar as a kid, then I moved on to gambling and drugs. What I see in the mirror: Simon Day 2013-01-19T09:00:08Z The company has raised $88 million from investors including Comcast; private equity firms Shamrock Capital Advisors and KKR; and the National Basketball Association, whose commissioner has come out in support of legalizing sports gambling. How Fake Sports Are Turning Man Cave Dwellers Into Millionaires 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z This was meant to restrict gambling by proxy, in which minions could play cards for godfathers back in China who barked out instructions over the phone. Bungle In The Jungle 2011-07-27T22:00:00Z But given her serious gambling addiction, she may be hiding from racketeer loan sharks — or maybe she’s joined a gang of anarchists leaving bombs all over the place. The Impossible Case of a Japanese Locked-Room Mystery 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z But the story of family bonds, guilt and sly gumption misses the snap of its nicely ramped-up opening scene in a Tbilisi gambling spot, which could be a short film in itself. ‘Brighton 4th’ Review: Family Bonds, Guilt and Gumption 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z She realized that Baby’s drug-dealing and gambling money was serious when she heard him going up to the attic repeatedly. How Atlanta History Shaped Lil Baby and Generations of Rappers 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Record flows of mainland mom and pop players, known as "mass market" customers, are also spending less on the gambling tables. China's Xi preaches diversification in gambling hub Macau 2014-12-20T05:00:00Z These are especially challenging circumstances for the daughter of a scandalous gambling viscount and an opera singer in Regency England. Review | Sarah MacLean picks the best romance novels of the month 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z He was an early bad boy at Cornell, expelled for gambling and poor grades. True Hollywood story: The producer and the Black Panther 2012-06-09T19:00:00Z “Whether it’s drugs, sex, gambling or whatever, you’re looking at impulse-control disorders where people have difficulty refraining from maladaptive use. There are certainly similarities in terms of the psychological and neurobiological mechanisms involved.” Constant cravings: is addiction on the rise? 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z Rated R for gun violence, bloodletting and gambling. ‘Uncut Gems’ Review: Adam Sandler’s Punch-Drunk Hustle 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z The book was made by the Nevada Gaming Commission about 1960, and was owned by the state's first gambling officer. Early Walt Disney drawing up for auction in Nevada 2011-11-28T02:04:08Z Called The JRP/Jackson Perfume Collection, it will be sold from a booth in the gambling city's Fashion Show Mall. Joe Jackson's tribute perfume gets new launch date 2012-01-05T22:08:30Z Needing money for his gambling, he set fire to his Texas book warehouse and collected the insurance. Review | When the world was too much with me, here’s what I read for some R&R 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Sharif’s movie career went into decline, starting in the 1970s with a range of forgettable fare he took to pay off his gambling debts. Omar Sharif, international heartthrob of ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ and ‘Doctor Zhivago,’ dies at 83 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z What reward does one buy after winning at the gambling tables in Las Vegas or sitting through an excruciatingly dull convention there? The Baumans, Sellers of Really, Really Rare Books 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Despite passing the legislature in May, the gambling package has yet to be sent to the governor for action. Quinn: Slow down on Chicago casino 2011-08-16T17:17:00Z So when Haddish’s name came up for the role of La Linda, a gambling agent who gets entangled with Oscar Isaac’s mysterious card shark William Tell, he was intrigued. In ‘The Card Counter,’ Tiffany Haddish brings the light 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z But at 17, Naomi must flee again — this time heavily pregnant with the child of a white man, a cad with a gambling habit who she’d quite wrongly assumed had loved her. Review: Natashia Deón’s ‘Grace,’ a Tale of Slavery, Its Ghosts and Legacy 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z Now it’s being sold to a casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the gambling mecca of America’s east coast, where it will rest indefinitely as the centrepiece of a new Hard Rock hotel and casino. Shake, rattle and Rolls: across America in the shadow of Elvis 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z Gibbs also insinuated that the alleged victim "small gambling problem." Kevin Spacey accuser testifies actor forced oral sex on him: "I believe I was drugged" 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z The Bluegrass, already a horse-centric area, grew when eastern progressives railed against gambling in the 1890s. In Lexington, Selfies With American Pharoah, Then ‘Bourbon and Branch’ 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z The SEC said at least $48 million was used to repay earlier investors, while other sums were spent on jewelry, private school tuition, gambling at Atlantic City casinos, and other personal expenses. Two charged in Ponzi case tied to tickets for 'Hamilton,' Adele 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z There is a national help line for people with a gambling problem, or who think they might have one: 1-800-GAMBLER. 31M Americans to bet on Super Bowl, gambling group estimates 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z They learn that the woman they knew so well had a secret life: The enigmatic Beatriz owes hundreds of thousands of dollars in gambling debts, and her life is in danger. Following a Punjabi Indian Family, a Missing Distinguished Novelist and More 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Some Cypriots still see gambling as socially and morally undesirable. Cyprus expects to grant first casino resort license within a year 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z As reports of Graff’s womanizing and gambling hit, perceptions — in his home, the boardroom, the media and perhaps the movie theater — shift. | ?Rapt': The Humbling of a Powerful Frenchman 2011-07-05T21:25:47Z Nevada had a monopoly on gambling until New Jersey legalized it for Atlantic City in the 1970s, forcing Las Vegas to strategize. Mandalay Bay embodied everything modern Las Vegas wanted to be. Until this week. 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Liu’s greatest passion was gambling, his Australian and Chinese staff say, staying at the tables until dawn and then sleeping until mid-day. Philanthropist, big spender, warlord: Chinese tycoon's Australian faces 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Montgomery focuses heavily on Clinton's relationship with his mother, a colorful character who enjoyed makeup, gambling and good times. Folk opera based on Bill Clinton to open in New York 2011-06-18T12:33:42Z In Miami, the Herald’s landmark bayfront building was leveled to make way for a fantastical glass casino; gambling was also a plan for the Philadelphia Inquirer building. Goodbye, old Washington Post, home of the newspaper the Grahams built 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z And that causes a lot of anxiety and confusion, and it can express itself in an unhealthy relationship with food, gambling, drink, drugs, or in this case, sex. The Incredible Year of Michael Fassbender 2011-11-18T09:55:59Z The RICO laws, designed to prosecute Mafia families, were now being used against AB’s systematic business of murder, gambling, extortion and narcotics trafficking. Inside the Aryan Brotherhood’s prison heroin empire 2013-03-19T17:58:00Z The characters all collide in a public space in St Petersburg, and in the climactic final gambling scene, a tour de force of focused stagecraft and finely honed acting. The Queen of Spades – review 2012-06-14T18:34:49Z There is also always Google if I find myself thinking, “It’s set in Detroit and it’s about three siblings, one of the siblings has a gambling addiction and is squatting in the house.” Jennifer Weiner Used to Read Her Father’s Medical Textbooks for Fun 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z The Overlook Family Restaurant with its video gambling machines on North Skidmore Street, “a weirdo 1960s lounge,” as one Yelp reviewer put it, doubles for a casino in Reno. On the ‘Wild’ Movie Trail in Oregon 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z She amped up her efforts, and her profile, after her husband, Clayton, a feckless landowner, began to lose his fading fortune at the gambling tables. The Big, Bold Life of the Woman Who Brought Us the ‘It Girl’ 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z In between bursts of bloody activity, they become experts at killing time through football, golf, gambling and their pursuit of the female nurses. M*A*S*H at 50: the Robert Altman comedy that revels in cruel misogyny 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z When the NA's got on reservation gambling approved, the fortunes of NA changed. The Movement to Define Native American Cuisine 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z The feeling is of high-stakes gambling, as if you might get caught up in the need to win. Auctioning off utopia 2013-07-14T22:00:00Z Jamie Salter, wanted to stick the Sports Illustrated name on everything from “medical clinics and sports-skills training classes to a gambling business,” Variety reported. The Ham-Handed, Money-Driven Mangling of Sports Illustrated and Deadspin 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z “It’s just gambling. It’s just like the stock market.” My $200,000 Sushi Dinner 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z At a meeting last week, Lake Tahoe casino owners agreed the local gambling industry is in sharp decline and the current status quo is not a viable option. Casino at ex-Rat Pack hangout closes at Tahoe 2010-03-31T08:51:00Z To reduce his blood pressure and his gambling debts, Nastanovich sought jobs on the steadier, less lucrative side of the track. Pavement get back on the horse 2010-04-27T21:45:00Z Once their shortsighted shell games toppled the world economy, though, it was a little harder to get into that high-capitalist gambling spirit. Review: ‘Billions’ Delivers a Dose of Charisma to Hedge Fund Titans 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z As a vaccinated individual, I braved the wilds of the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino in Reno, Nev., in early April to see how pandemic measures have affected the gambling life. Headed to a casino this summer? Here’s what to expect. 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z In “Straight Flush,” Mr. Mezrich’s latest, the characters are a group of ambitious fraternity brothers who create an online gambling business called Absolute Poker. Books of The Times: ‘Straight Flush’ by Ben Mezrich 2013-05-22T21:41:01Z Davis’s memoir honors her remarkable mother, who made a good life for her family in the ’60s and ’70s by running an underground numbers gambling operation out of her Detroit home. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z A British TV exec finds his old gambling addiction ruinously reignited. Playing Cards 1: Spades – review 2013-02-12T17:31:11Z Unable to settle debts, mostly of the gambling and overspending variety, the family was forced to sell its unparalleled art collection, including countless works by Rubens, van Dyck and Velázquez. | The Art of Houghton Hall Comes Home 2013-05-31T11:00:54Z Nasrallah said that illegal gambling had reduced the volume of bets placed with official bookies at the racecourse. Beirut's racetrack hopes for winning streak again 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Mankiewicz was a hard-drinking transplant from New York, a former journalist and member of the Algonquin Round Table, but he moved through studio circles, trading gibes and gambling debts with writers, producers and executives. Who’s Who in ‘Mank’: A Guide to the Real-Life Players 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z He has been a gambling addict, he misses his late wife, he prizes Julie above all else. Book review: ‘The Murder of Harriet Krohn,’ by Karin Fossum 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z The ruling Conservatives see allowing gambling as vital for the tourism industry, creating jobs and attracting big spenders, particularly after last year's international financial bailout. Cyprus expects to grant first casino resort license within a year 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Watching TV might not sound as dangerous as a sex or gambling addiction, but the researchers say there’s plenty of evidence to suggest that it’s not a harmless habit. Thanks for nothing, Netflix: Depressing new research links TV binging to depression 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Sinatra's gambling license was stripped by the Nevada Gaming Control Board after Chicago mobster Sam Giancana was spotted on the premises. Casino at ex-Rat Pack hangout closes at Tahoe 2010-03-31T08:51:00Z So it is—and Ladbrokes, the venerable British gambling establishment, is giving odds on forty-six writers. Nonfiction Deserves a Nobel 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z “Now gambling is on every play. Keep them gambling, keep chasing action.” 31M Americans to bet on Super Bowl, gambling group estimates 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Less than 24 hours later, the gaming software company Microgaming kicked off the conference with a Playboy-themed dance show, celebrating the release of a gambling game based on the glamour magazine. Gambling firms defy calls to stamp out sexist behaviour at event 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Stories in the Chinese media talked about hostages held over gambling debts. Bungle In The Jungle 2011-07-27T22:00:00Z Mr. Douglas was gambling again, but playing a good hand. Kirk Douglas’s Film ‘Lonely Are the Brave’ 2012-07-28T22:47:18Z The party ended in 2011, when the feds shut down the biggest online poker sites for illegal gambling. A 70-year-old socialite’s unlikely journey from Park Avenue to the poker table 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z She sang two songs, one an old Southern folk song her father taught her, the other a Sophie Tucker ode to gambling. | At Town Hall, A Chance to Shamelessly Worship the Indomitable Carol Channing 2014-01-21T19:01:48Z Ichiro Tanioka, the president of Osaka University of Commerce and an expert in the economics of gambling, supports lifting the casino ban but describes measures outlined to address addiction as “meaningless”. Casino project will offer Japan's addicts a new way to lose 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z And the gathering commemorates the end-of-the-cattle-drive festivities that defined the Old West, with camaraderie and all that the term encompasses: tall tales, poetry and songs, dancing, gambling, thick steaks and strong drinks. At the Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Tall Tales, Resonant Rhymes 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Yet there’s an obvious dark side to trolling Las Vegas for cash – round-the-clock access to gambling, drinking and drugs . Homeless below the Las Vegas Strip: where city's vices exist in the shadows 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Can real work ever motivate excellence when rewards are so skewed to gambling & skimming ? ‘Billions’ Recap, Season 1 Premiere: Money and Sin 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z “You read the autobiographies of the top players, the tropes are exactly the same: alcohol, gambling, fast cars, women trouble, dystopian families,” he said. He Knows His Way Around a Half-Butt (That’s Snooker Talk) 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the Sydney Opera House is a great billboard, but opponents of the racing promotion say it is a sell-out to the country’s gambling industry. Aussies bridle at horse race ad on Sydney Opera House 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z In Sin City, where over-the-top is always the sales pitch, lavish nightclubs featuring a heart-pounding party have become the backbone of a billion-dollar industry that is soaring while gambling revenue slips. Casino bosses transform Sin City into Club City 2013-05-05T18:09:09Z Only my own deepest assumptions about the worst usually coming to pass saved me from a gambling problem. My Father and Sandy Koufax 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z Although casino opponents often cite crime and gambling addiction as potential problems, Worcester County officials say they haven’t seen a jump in either. Has Ocean Downs paid off for community? 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z Of course, in this “Much Ado,” most of the gambling is for love, not money. A good bet: ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ at Synetic Theater 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Was gambling a part of your parents’ lives? Will Ferrell on Donald Trump, Michelle Obama and His New Movie 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z People were just being people, not drinking anything by the yard or gambling away their savings. Karaoke Coast to Coast 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z His life entered a turbulent period, filled with drinking and gambling, he said. Prince Twins Seven-Seven, Nigerian Artist, Dies at 67 2011-07-03T23:00:06Z Between hands, he found time in early October to file a federal lawsuit in California on Brill’s behalf against Postle, Stones and the gambling hall’s live poker director. When a poker commentator suspected a player of cheating, she called this lawyer 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z “I was unwilling to leave gambling tables, either when I was winning or losing money,” Liu testified, according to official reports of his trial. Philanthropist, big spender, warlord: Chinese tycoon's Australian faces 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z The gambling is not a stretch for Clay, who says he once lost as much as $2 million in a single night playing blackjack. With old dirty nursery rhymes and a new series, Andrew Dice Clay returns 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Although the heir to a vast estate with hundreds of serfs, he has lost much of his fortune through gambling. The Literati: Tolstoy’s Last Chapter 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Outsiders knew the bar only as an intermittent location for shootings, stickups, and gambling arrests reported in the newspaper. A Vanished New Orleans Captured on “Straight from the Projects” 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z Let your home equity sit entirely in your residence and you're gambling on the value of a single asset. Learning to Love Your Home Loan 2011-01-26T23:00:00Z Stanhope and Becker used to play poker here back in the day, and he said he once watched a cockroach crawl across the gambling felt. Stand-up comedian Doug Stanhope laughs in the face of self-destruction 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Money served the same function too, as he goes from watching his mother’s addiction to the slots to acquiring a gambling problem of his own. In ‘Heavy,’ Kiese Laymon Recalls the Weight of Where He’s Been 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z In 1806 queues of mourners filed past the body of Georgiana, famous for her wit, charm, political meddling and epic gambling, as she lay in state. Chatsworth House clearout expected to fetch ?2.5m 2010-07-14T09:23:00Z In this case, Charles Katz used a public pay phone booth to place illegal gambling bets. Four ways your privacy is being invaded 2012-09-11T13:44:00Z In the mid-1990s, they greatly expanded the gambling facilities on the Boundary to include a large casino. Many countries are weighing cash payments to citizens. Could it work in the U.S.? 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z Already, two Counter-Strike stars are being sued by a parent on behalf of her child, who claims they fostered an illegal online gambling scene marketed to minors. Online gambling’s weird new frontier: The $2.3 billion business of garishly painted virtual assault rifles 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z You can search for terms, for instance–episodes involving the inanimate carbon rod, or Hans Moleman, or gambling. Time Is a Round Donut: The Graze-Watching Possibilities of Simpsons World 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z Freud's obsession with gambling on horses and dogs brought on debts and dangerous threats, although many of the most singular paintings are of fleshly men within the racing fraternity. Lucian Freud obituary 2011-07-21T21:08:42Z That could mean lower revenues for both the sites and the gambling companies. Porn sites get more internet traffic in UK than social networks or shopping 2013-07-26T16:35:09Z Referring to Mr. Walsh as “the Devil,” he accused his patron of gambling on his projected death. Christian Boltanski Has a Show at the Park Avenue Armory 2010-05-09T23:40:00Z Atlantic City officials note that even as gambling income has declined, the city's other revenues have picked up. As Atlantic City's fortunes fade, casino workers fear bleak future 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Monday has a gambling problem and, as he freely confesses, issues with impulse control. Movie Review: ‘Premium Rush,’ Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt 2012-08-23T19:30:55Z Rather than hit the casinos, “we shop at the Crystals shopping center, and eat, and see shows and do zero gambling.” What RuPaul Can’t Travel Without 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z There’s always a part of him that would rather be playing gambling games with his students, or sneaking down to the pub with his subordinates. DVD: Will Hay and Norman Wisdom Comedies on DVD 2013-01-19T15:00:00Z Though I don’t speak Portuguese, I think Mrs. Costa said that there were hundreds of Brazilians on the ship and that she loved the slot machines and that they don’t have gambling in Brazil. The Cruise Issue: On the World?s Largest Cruise Ship, the Sea Is an Afterthought 2011-02-14T16:19:28Z Dongzi’s father is a piece of work who storms into gambling dens while he’s still in hospital pajamas. ‘Streetwise’ Review: A Bleak Upbringing in a Brutal Town 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z Its inhabitants are presented here like a community of oppressed but aspiring people, raising families and praying for the Promised Land, though even the working men with families can’t resist the lure of gambling. Review: A Splendid ‘Porgy and Bess’ Opens the Met Opera Season 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z |
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