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Selling Sliderules to Kids with Smart Phones

Casinos, lotteries, racetracks and even bingo halls are built around forms of gambling that were invented in the 1800s, if not earlier.  The growing trouble facing almost every gaming operator is Millennials.  This segment of the population, aged roughly 21-38 years...

Casino Countermeasures: Are Casinos Cheating?

It is time to look again at the controversy over the right of casinos to shuffle cards in blackjack whenever the remainder of the deck favors the players. Although the issue of casino dealers counting cards has been stewing for decades, the most recent flare-up is the...
Why Retaliatory Tariffs on Playing Cards?

Why Retaliatory Tariffs on Playing Cards?

The bad news for the legal gaming industry is that Canada and the European Union have imposed a ten percent additional import tax on playing cards manufactured in the United States. The only good news, if you can call it that, is that China has so far not followed...