Commentary|Bizarre Gambling Stories

Gambling can be brimming with unforeseen and gambling news can be as peculiar as well as intriguing as gambling per se.

XingCai managed to collect the 6 bizarro listed below after writing Gambling Tales for more than a year. They are something like the "x-files" of gambling.

• With high gains relished by casinos, underground casinos generating more than 10 times was unanticipated.
• Casino gained government's endorsement due to the existence of the illegal operations.
• Bookmakers in UK faulted the weather for bad earnings.
• The hot hand phenomena were adopted by monkeys.
• Slot Machines Deceive by employing different sounds.
• The Edge Sorting Grandmaster is sued for cheating.

I must admit they are no rivals for "x-files" but this is the best reality can get to fiction.

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Commentary|Gambling Borrowed Money

Borrowing to gamble is strictly against our Golden Rules. There are two cases of people getting into more trouble in progression due to gambling with borrowed money. There are also stories on the 3 places gamblers go to for loans.

• Gambling Addiction Traps
• The Stealing Trustees
• Pay Day Loans
• Pawnshop
• Loans for Whale Gamblers

Once in trouble with borrow money you will lose everything. Most likely relationship will be the first to go. After that it will be the job and self-esteem.

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Commentary|Taking Advantage of Adolescence Gamblers

As much as we like to keep our young ones from harm or even deliver them from evil, we can be overly protective. Evil is always lurking around the corner and will prey on the young because these docile and defenseless tots are the best prey. Here is how the gambling industry targets them.

• Using the Social Media
• Varsity Students Gambles to Make Ends Meet
• Students Gamble away Study Loans
• Underage Gambling Violations
• Recruiting Student to Promote Gambling
• Allowing Minors to Gamble with a Chaperone

With people using underhand tactics to make a buck, children will never be safe.

It is easier to target pushovers because hardly acquired the skills to survive and defend themselves. The gambling industry should not do it too because they already have enough odds going in their favor to hit below the belt.

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Commentary | Casino and Government

Being acquainted with corruption, we know that that Lady Justice does not wear a blindfold but a special set of glasses tinted by the almighty dollar.

The 6 articles below, on casino and government, point to this ugly truth.

• Bow to Gambling
• Casinos Supports Politicians
• Lip Service to Treat Gambling Problem
• Abuse of Casino Policies
• Unjust Court Ruling
• Loopholes of the Laws

It is discouraging for gamblers to know that the government takes the casino's side

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Commentary|Hot Hand Exposed

Hot hand is a Western believe that once a streak happens, it will likely continue. This was attributed to NBA legend Walt Frazier.

As far a we know we had believed in dragons (hot streaks) for ages. When there is a dragon on the baccarat table in Genting, we could not even squeeze in to place our bet. For our Western readers' knowledge, bets can be place even if you are not a seated player of the table.

Behavioral science had found the answer to this universal behavior of gamblers. It is such an old paradigm that even ancient monkeys believe and practice it.

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Commentary|Casino Fuel Pawnshop's Growth

Is the loan shark or the legalized form, called the pay-day-loan shops in UK, any different from the pawnshop? Here in Malaysia we scorned on both. No matter how the media attempts change the public's opinion, I believe Malaysian will still think that both the pawnshop and the pay-day-loan firm will be ranked as low as the scumbag. It is good that XingCai manage to use recent news to expose them. Look at the picture on the right. Since it is only in our neighborhood we know that they are noting but scum.

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Commentary | Casinos Are Spoilsport

Ben Affleck had history of card counting. Dana White gets branded as one. William Hill ban for reasons unknown. Advantage players are a great threat to casino.

All the time we suspected that the casino is kiasu but can't prove it. Kiasu literally means "fear of losing". The context is usually used when someone chickens out on a wager. Now three cases within a month are good enough to show that the casino is "kiasu".

Using casino kiasu (cowardice) as an appendix to Tip 10 of SavySeph's 36 Casino Gambling Tips is great! I thought this website would be inactive once all tips had been revealed. I guess it will see some activities with news to supplement the tips.

Actually, I do have a supplementary page for SavySeph's 36 Casino Gambling Tips. I will cover it in my coming blog.

SavySeph not only show casino's kiasu but also their spoilsport attitude on Her Webpage.