Tag Archive: gambling

How to become a professional gambler

Posted By: Date: 05/15/2020

Have you ever wondered what it actually takes to become a professional gambler? To turn a passion into a career and make a bona fide salary from it? While it might seem glamorous from the outset, being a professional gambler isn’t all Ocean’s Eleven days and Monte Carlo nights – like any job it takes work, experience and practice, and you have your bad days along with your good. Then again, just like any job, if you’re committed enough and... Read More »

Gambling responsibly under lockdown

Posted By: Date: 05/11/2020

With so much free time under lockdown and quarantine, people are having to find different and innovative ways of entertaining themselves, and staving off boredom. Some go the traditional route with books, TV and movies. Some turn to more active pursuits like gardening, running, or working out. And some enjoy favourite pastimes, like online gambling. While this provides a fun escape for those with a healthy attitude to online gambling, more vulnerable players could find the situation challenging – which... Read More »

The world’s biggest gambling countries

Posted By: Date: 02/27/2020

Gambling is a favourite pastime of many around the world, whether enjoyed at land-based casinos, or online via laptop, desktop, or mobile device. But which countries enjoy gambling the most, and which spend the most on it each year? Let’s take a look. Australia If you’re from Australia, you probably already know that it’s one of the biggest gambling countries in the world, offering casino play, sports betting, and lotteries too. Even better, it doesn’t tax gambling winnings either, which... Read More »

Credit card gambling banned in the UK

Posted By: Date: 01/30/2020

UK online and offline gambling fans, listen up – this one’s for you! If you’re used to paying for your gambling purchases with your credit card, then we’re sorry to say that going forward, you’ll need to switch to a different payment mechanism. That’s because from 14 April 2020, the UK Gambling Commission will be instituting a nation-wide ban on gambling businesses being able to accept credit cards from players. “WHAT??!!” is probably your first reaction to the news. “WHY??!!”... Read More »

Online gambling – what you need to know.

Posted By: Date: 01/23/2020

If you’re new to online gambling, it’s normal to have a lot of questions about it to begin with. It’s an unfamiliar environment, there’s a lot going on, and often you don’t know where to go or what to do first. In order to make the transition easier for you, we’ve put together a few answers to the questions we think you’re most likely to ask as a first-timer – so take a look, find out what you need to... Read More »

Gambling habits you want to change for 2020

Posted By: Date: 01/15/2020

Make your New Year’s gambling resolutions! The holiday season has come and gone and we’re firmly into the new year – which for many of us means that most of our well-intentioned resolutions have fallen by the wayside as well. This year let’s break that cycle though – instead of starting a new habit, let’s eliminate an old one. If there’s a gambling habit you have that isn’t serving you, get rid of it once and for all, and you... Read More »

Cambodia Bans Gambling!

Posted By: Date: 01/09/2020

We are well aware that gambling has a certain negative stigma attached to it. But for many, it is not negative at all. We may even go as far as to say, positive. Cambodia’s Prime Minister ‘Hun Sen’ has banned gambling in all of its forms as of last August. The effects of this ban have taken effect and, it is pretty devastating. Thousands of people have lost their jobs, livelihood’s even, due to casino’s being shut down. New task... Read More »

Top 7 Gambling Skills

Posted By: Date: 09/30/2019

We all know that the golden rule of gambling is to have fun – to not worry about the outcome and to simply enjoy it for the thrilling entertainment it is. However, there’s nothing wrong with wanting to improve your skills either. Learning more about your favourite games and about gambling itself can help to challenge you, improve your analytical and problem-solving abilities, and increase your enjoyment of playing overall. But what are the skills you need to focus on... Read More »

Ukraine’s New President has a thing for Black Sea Casinos.

Posted By: Date: 08/27/2019

Gambling has its many perks: stimulates local economy, creates new prosperous jobs, a source of entertainment, new form of revenue etc. It seems that Ukraine’s new President Vladimir Zelensky, would agree with the former. Although he plans to legalize gambling, he plans to do it in a somewhat unorthodox way. Zelensky plans to authorize casinos, but only in 5-star hotels. And only in the southern part of Ukraine by the Black Sea. With recent political tension in the country, he... Read More »

Art and Gambling

Posted By: Date: 05/20/2019

You might not immediately make the connection but in fact gambling and fine art have been linked for centuries, with many famous artists either having been gamblers themselves, or having depicted games of skill and chance in their artworks. Of course, you’ll probably have to hit the jackpot first in order to afford any of these famous works, so it might be more affordable for you to read about them before you go all in at the next big art... Read More »

The newbie’s guide to online casino gambling

Posted By: Date: 03/13/2019

Are you new to the world of online gambling? Never placed a bet? No clue where to start? Then this is exactly the guide for you – everything you ever wanted to know about gambling online as a beginner, but were too afraid to ask. Get comfy, have a read, and you’ll soon be hitting, splitting and doubling down with the best of them! 1. Do your research. Before you settle on a particular online casino to play with, it’s... Read More »

Gambling Idioms

Posted By: Date: 03/05/2019

Gambling idioms Having been around for centuries, it’s fair to say that gambling is almost an everyday part of our lives. We might not all visit casinos or play online, but we often make fun bets with each other over random outcomes, go double or nothing when the original bet doesn’t go our way, and we even talk about gambling too. Don’t believe us? Take a look at these idioms that have made their way into the English language, courtesy... Read More »