The news of Sarah Palin's resignation reached gamblers during a busy holiday weekend. Still, somehow, they found time to handicap and place a flurry of online bets regarding Palin's future.
Kelley Bell-Wenzlaff | Posted 07.01.2009 | Politics
Ohio is facing one of the worst budget crises in its history and instead of rolling up their sleeves to hash out a budget, the politicians are rolling the dice in an epic game of fool the public.
GlobalPost | Posted 06.25.2009 | World
SAN FRANCISCO The European Union recently took a shot at the United States in little-noticed trade war over internet gambling, charging that the Unite...
Les Leopold | Posted 06.24.2009 | Business
We cannot thrive or even survive in an economy that only moves money around instead of producing tangible goods and services.
Lea Lane | Posted 06.19.2009 | Living
Before I tell you how, as a two-year old, I was my daddy's shill, let me tell you a bit about him. Daddy was a "professional gambler," if betting dail...
Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 06.16.2009 | Living
The message here is that although we may be fixed in the ways in which we handle guilt, we can teach our brains to become smarter about how we handle our desires.
CBS 2 Chicago | Mike Flannery | Posted 05.05.2009 | Chicago
There is a new push to expand gambling across the state, including Chicago, sources tell CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery. The deal for gambling ...
Bethenny Frankel | Posted 05.01.2009 | Living
I've suffered. I've worked. I've paid and I've gambled. At this stage of the game, I'd rather take my hard-earned paycheck and store it away.
Don McNay | Posted 05.01.2009 | Business
When I go to the track, I don't look at the racing form, jockeys, past history or pick horses with funny names. I usually win enough money to pay for lunch.
Keith Thomson | Posted 04.07.2009 | Politics
I asked one of America's foremost horse racing handicappers to take time out from the grandstand and bet on political outcomes. What's his line on Geithner?
Don McNay | Posted 03.16.2009 | Business
If the people on Wall Street knew that no one would ever be there to bail them out, ever again, they would be less inclined to gamble with instruments they don't really understand.
Stanton Peele | Posted 03.07.2009 | Home
Our financial and emotional needs now dictate that state governments sedate their citizens, while picking their pockets, from California to Kansas to the Mid-Atlantic.
Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 03.02.2009 | Living
Now this is pretty funny. Depending on how you look at it. Earlier this month Steve Martin appeared on David Letterman talking about his experience wi...
United Press International | Posted 02.23.2009 | Business
The head of the Florida's compulsive gambling council says a growing number of state residents are attempting to recoup personal loses through blackja...
Richard 'Skip' Bronson | Posted 02.17.2009 | Entertainment
At the Oscars, much like the Super Bowl, people all try to predict the winners. Here are the latest odds on the big categories along with a couple of interesting "Proposition Wagers."
Roger I. Abrams | Posted 01.25.2009 | Entertainment
Sports can be part of the solution -- one of the largest portions of the underground (and untaxed) economy involves sports gambling.
Richard 'Skip' Bronson | Posted 01.16.2009 | Politics
To mark the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president, Irish bookmaking chain Paddy Power is offering a wide range of Obama-themed betting opportunities. Here are the odds.
The Times of India | Posted 12.26.2008 | World
LUCKNOW: A mother of two young children has gone into hiding after her dissolute husband wagered her in a card game and lost. "Tumko hum juen mein...
Pam Bristow | Posted 12.16.2008 | Style
Last week I bought my eighth Mega Millions lottery ticket of the year. I'm not a gambler, but it's getting rough out there. And somehow the one do...
Don McNay | Posted 11.27.2008 | Business
It's a lesson to me, the ablers and the beggars and the thieves -The Grateful Dead If you read my book, Son of a Son of a Gambler, you'll know that...
Don McNay | Posted 11.24.2008 | Business
When I passed the stockbroker's test many years ago, I called my father and asked, "Why is futures trading legal but betting on the Bengals illegal?" There is no logical answer.
Keith Thomson | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics
British bookmaking site Betfair had all 50 states right in 2004. As did rival site Intrade. As one gambler told me, "A pollster can still bill for an inaccurate poll. Bookmakers must make an accurate line or they lose -- period."
Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics
The problem isn't that we know too little about John McCain; it's that we've got so many versions of the guy to choose from.
Stephen H. Dinan | Posted 10.15.2008 | Business
While most of the financial world prays that the market has bottomed, another kind of bottoming out is necessary. And that is our own co-dependence with the addict that Wall Street has become.
Chris Weigant | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics
While we're all waiting for someone to leak the Palin Troopergate Report (which is reminiscent of waiting for "Fitzmas" during the whole Scooter Libby...
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Keith Thomson | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics