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August

07
Silly stories about gambling

A spin on the roulette wheel, 80 hours passing chips at the poker table, an unbelievable streak of luck at the races. Most of us know a funny, straight up crazy gambling story. Similar to a ‘rite of passage’ or ‘coming of age’, gamblers, and their friends, love to compare each other’s triumphs and even pitfalls. Here are our 5 picks for funniest gambling stories. Grandma Rolls, and Wins, 154 Times The odds for this first story are 1 in 1.56 TRILLION. Grandmother Patricia Demauro walked to a craps table at Atlantic City’s Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa with $100. […]

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July

16
Truth about hot numbers in Roulette

You can find numerous attitudes about the game of roulette among gamblers. Most roulette players do believe in hot numbers, and this post is meant to disclose the truth about that phenomenon. A roulette wheel has 38 numbers on it, which means that the odds of a specific number coming up are easy to calculate (1/38, or 37 to 1). This, of course, assumes that each number has an equal possibility of coming up. Modern casinos use well-calibrated roulette wheels. They change them out regularly so they don’t get worn out. And they also move the roulette tables around in the casino, […]

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July

10
Horse named after fauci wins race at keeneland

A young Thoroughbred with a celebrity namesake broke his maiden during the second day of Keeneland’s five-day Summer Meet. Fauci, a 2-year-old colt trained by Wesley Ward, notched his first career triumph during his second career start in the opening race at the Lexington track on Thursday. Tyler Gaffalione steered the heavy favorite to a hard-fought victory in the 5 1/2-furlong, $70,000 turf contest. Fauci was the 5-2 morning-line favorite but was bet down to 1-1 odds at post time, perhaps due to the cachet carried by his moniker. Co-owner Phillip Antonacci named Fauci after Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National […]

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May

04
Diodoro caps 52-win Oaklawn meet

Earlier in the Oaklawn Park meet, Robertino Diodoro had become just the fourth trainer in the track’s history to rack up 50 victories there in a single season. The Diodoro barn put an exclamation point on the season during closing Saturday with win No. 52 when Dunph, long ago a stakes winner, struck as a 57.8-1 winner in allowance optional claiming company. In a post-Jason Servis/Jorge Navarro racing world, however, winning at a 22% clip with a longshot first off the claim brings with it a certain level of mistrust. Reflecting on his Oaklawn training title Sunday, Diodoro staked his […]

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March

06
Jamal Murray hits late jumper to lift Nuggets over Hornets

Jamal Murray hit a running, off-balance 13-footer from the baseline with 5.1 seconds left and the Denver Nuggets overcame an eight-point fourth quarter deficit to defeat the Charlotte Hornets 114-112 on Thursday night. Murray had 18 points, and Nikola Jokic added 14 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists. The Nuggets entered the match in third place in the Western Conference, a game behind the Los Angeles Clippers. Devonte Graham had 24 points and seven assists for the Hornets. P.J, Washington added 20 points and Terry Rozier had 19. The Hornets had an opportunity to win, but Rozier’s 3-pointer at the […]

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February

13
Stunner gives Napoli first-leg Cup Win over Inter

Fabian Ruiz’s fine goal gave Napoli the edge in the first leg of their Coppa Italia semi-final versus Inter Milan. Ruiz curled a superb away goal from the edge of the area to send Antonio Conte’s Serie A leaders to only their second domestic defeat of the campaign. Former Chelsea boss Conte was booked during the second half as Inter failed to fashion any clear opportinities, and they must now win in Naples next month. AC Milan face Juventus on Thursday at the San Siro in the second semi-final. Inter came from 2-0 down to defeat rivals AC at the […]

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