This is a column I knew I would have to write: I was hoping that it would be somewhere over the rainbow. Here goes: I finally lost on a “trip” to Vegas.

Just as there is no “creature under the bed” in little Timmy’s room, there is no such thing as “responsible” gambling, at least not in this world

The problem with real life is that it is maddeningly and consistently inconsistent. Change the norm; reversals of fortune routine, betrayal de rigueur.

The industrial revolution of the late 1700s and early 1800s saw machines displace man in the manufacturing of just about everything.

In most cases, fast is bad! Fast cars don’t have fender bender accidents when they’re revving down the winding roads; they have body breakers.

When I teach my Golden Touch Craps dice-control classes, I make a point of explaining that dice-control is both a physical skill and a mental discipline.

You can play your own, self-styled strategy based on whim, reason, your personal experience or some combination of all three.

If you're going to play Texas Holdem, you've got to know the rules. Here's a handy guide to Texas Holdem Rules. Feel free to bring them with you to the table!

In gambling books, a distinction is made between the “short run” of a few hundred or thousand decisions, and the “long run” of millions of decisions.

Have you ever thought about the individual words and their impact on your profitability?