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A study of the impact the current global economic crisis is having on the gambling industry was recently conducted by the UK office of PricewaterhouseCoopers Int’l Ltd.
While gambling blogosphere junkies expressed shock at the results, what I was more shocked by is the fact that people were shocked.

What were those results? In short, games like bingo, slots and lotteries have been almost unaffected. In fact, there’s been an upturn in the online play of all three. (…)

Tweet, Tweet, Tweet. That’s no birdie in the background. That’s Twitter, and though it’s growing increasingly popular, I wish it would stay quiet.

For those of you who don’t know—i.e. anyone not-living in the “I” obsessed U.S. (see ipod, imac, ivillage, I, I, I….)—Twitter is a hybrid facebook, blog, real-time forum that turns what this writer typically thinks of as the wonderful world of social media into a big bag of pooh. I mean, really. Do I care that Jason in Wisconsin is eating a cookie? No. No. And no. (…)

Throughout my famed career as a casino games guru, many people have asked me about Roulette; specifically, which betting system—Martingale, Fibonacci, Dopey Ex—yields the best results. I loathe this question, though I smile when I answer with whatever strikes my fancy, then turn heel before my curious inquisitor catches up. Thus, I have never proffered a truthful, thoughtful response to this query.

Good news OPA readers: Today is your lucky day. I am not only going to put this question to rest, I am going to list Six Tips for Winning at Roulette. Why six? (…)

Nobody likes to lose money, especially when it comes to losing money in a casino. It just seems a very worthless thing to do. But, you do know that casinos, whether online or land-based, provide exceptional fun. Some would even say an experience of a lifetime… So, the next thing that probably comes to your mind is whether there is such a thing as risk-free gambling…Hmmm, that's an interesting concept, isn't it? (…)

They say that Blackjack is the only casino game where players have a certain advantage over the house. They say that with the help of card-counting it is actually possible to win some very nice jackpots in any casino, online and offline alike. Although skeptics would probably disagree arguing that casino operators are too smart to let gamblers win using any kind of cheating (and let's face card-counting is in the very border between fair play and cheating), history has proved that card-counting in Blackjack actually works! (…)