Blood On The Track In The Sport Of Kings
“Havnameltdown”. Never has a name been so apposite in describing the existential crisis affecting horse racing, the sport of kings, on both…
Lost In Translation Series
Soon Big Apples Won’t Grow Here, Says Garden State
While “What Goes in Vegas Stays in Vegas” has been the norm since the birth of gambling in the desert kingdom, “What…
The Big Fade, White Paper Lands With A Flutter
In the end the White Paper hit with something of an anti-climax, perhaps representative of the measured, collegiate, head-boy style of Number…
UK Sports (Betting) Facing A Summer Of Disruption
Sport, and by extension sports betting, is facing a long summer of disruption and protest. For sport, its vagaries, its excitement, its…
Godzilla v. King Kong, Big Beasts Dugher and Lawson Face Off In The iGaming Jungle
Godzilla versus King Kong, there’s a metaphorical 500lb gorilla in the iGaming jungle. “Lots of hysterical nonsense is claimed about betting &…
Tiptoeing Through The Tulips, The Weird And Wonderful World Of Japanese Gambling
Apart from the embracing, indeed comforting, atmosphere of all-pervasive order, and the immaculate state of big city streets, the first time visitor…
Back In-play, Match Fixing Rears Its Ugly Header
Imagine, for a moment, a match between England’s two most storied football clubs, Manchester United and Liverpool. Imagine, moreover, that seven players…
Avatar: The Way of Indian iGaming
They say that India has 40,000 gods and goddesses, and that each one has four avatars. At the expense of exaggeration, it…
Amid The Great Depression, It Has To Be You
Amid the Great Depression, picture the scene. A down-at-heel punter, facing ruination, walks into a casino for one last throw of the…
With Gambling Reform on the Warpath, It May Be Time to Circle The Wagons
Gambling reform–perhaps more than most issues on this government’s agenda–has been buffeted and delayed by the chaos of Covid and internecine Tory…