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Online gambling market garnered a revenue of USD 49.6 billion in the year 2019 globally and is anticipated to reach USD 120.5 billion by 2027, growing at a compound annual growth (CAGR) of 9.7% over the forecast period.

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Sometimes I like to write posts that are more like thought experiments based on a cool title Ive come up with.

This is one of those posts.

What Id like you to imagine is this:

You have a $100 gambling bankroll, and it MUST last you the rest of your life.

Youre allowed to put money that youve won into your bankroll, but you CANNOT ever again put money from a paycheck into your bankroll.

What do you do?

You have lots of options in this situation. One of those is to keep gambling the way you gamble now. If youre like a lot of my readers, youre probably a recreational casino gambler.

How does recreational casino gambling work in the long run?

Since every casino game has a mathematical house edge, if you play any of these games long enough, youll lose all your money.

You might be up some of the time, down some of the time, and look like youre breaking even some of the time.

But the overall graph will eventually trend toward 0.

Thats just how casino games work.

Unless youre playing the smallest of microstakes casino games, your $100 bankroll just wont last long.

And then, per the rules of this thought experiment, you must stop gambling for the rest of your life.

That wouldnt be the worst outcome in the world, but you have other options, too.

Not all gamblers take the worst of it on every bet. Some gamblers only gamble when they have the best of it. These special souls are called advantage players or advantage gamblers. In sports betting, theyre often called sharps.

How do you get a mathematical edge when you gamble?

With some games, you cant.

If youre a slot machine player, for example, youll almost never have a mathematical edge unless you find a progressive jackpot thats large enough to make a spin of the reels a positive expectation bet.

The problem with that is this:

Even though you might have a positive expectation on a progressive jackpot, your probability of hitting that jackpot is so close to 0% that it might as well be a negative expectation game.

Ill assume that almost all gambling activities have a negative expectation that you cant alter, but here are some games where you can get an edge:

You could find other examples, but those are the prominent ones that I want to discuss in this post.

Even when you have a mathematical edge over the casino, the other player, or the sportsbook, you can still go broke.

Heres an example:

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump was a huge underdog. Hilary Clinton seemed like a sure thing, but she was only a 70/30 favorite.

If youd bet your entire bankroll on Clinton to win, youd be broke and wouldnt be able to gamble anymore. Ever.

The risk of ruin in that bet was simple you had a 30% probability of losing your entire bankroll.

If youd bet a smaller amount of your bankroll, youd have a lower risk of ruin, because youd have to lose more than that one bet to go broke. It would take longer, too, because youre going to win some of your bets some of the time.

Thats just how it works.

It works in reverse, too. If you bet too large a percentage of your bankroll on a wager where you have a mathematical edge, you still risk going broke.

Heres an example:

Youre a Texas holdem player, and you sit down at a no limit table where the buy-in is $100. Since you might need to bet your entire stack at any time, your risk of ruin is high. You could mitigate this somewhat by refusing to go all-in unless you have the stone cold nuts, but you cant get a mathematical edge if youre not willing to make the mathematically correct plays on every hand.

And sometimes the mathematically correct play is to go all in.

Casino bankroll requirements vary based on what gambling activity youre engaging in, but they always have one thing in common:

You must bet a small percentage of your bankroll to avoid the risk of ruin.

Since gambling is random, you could have a losing streak. Your mathematical expectation is a long-term phenomenon, but you cant get into the long run unless you stay in the game and avoid going broke.

If youre a card counter, your risk of ruin is 40% if you only have 200 betting units in your bankroll. It drops to 20% if you have 400 betting units, and it drops to 1 if you have 1000 betting units.

If you have a $100 bankroll to start with, this means you divide your $100 into that number of betting units.

If youre okay with having a 40% probability of going broke and never gambling again, you can play for 50 cents per hand.

If youre okay with having a 20% probability of going broke and never gambling again, you can play for 25 cents per hand.

And, if you want to minimize your risk of ruin to 1%, you can play for 10 cents per hand.

Of course, you cant find a casino not a brick and mortar casino, anyway that offers blackjack for such low stakes.

And you cant count cards at online casinos, even if you could find one with such low betting limits.

So, blackjack might not be the game for someone with a $100 bankroll who wants to stay in the game for the rest of his life.

A few years ago, Chris Ferguson set out on a challenge to win $10,000 with a starting bankroll of $0. If Chris Ferguson can turn nothing into $10,000, surely you can stay in the game with your $100 bankroll.

What does that take, though?

Poker also has a risk of ruin, so you must keep the size of your buy-ins and the sizes of your bets low in comparison to your bankroll.

This means playing in low stakes even microstakes games until youve won enough money to move up in stakes.

Ferguson is a world-class real money poker player, and heres how he managed his poker bankroll during this challenge:

To start with, he only played in freerolls. These are poker tournaments with no buy-in, but they still offer cash prizes. You could theoretically make your $100 bankroll last forever if you stuck with freerolls, by the way.

He was aggressive once he built up a bankroll, though he would allow himself to spend up to 5% of his bankroll to buy into cash games or sit and go (single table) tournaments.

With your $100 bankroll, you could sit down at a table where the buy-in is just $5. You could also play in a sit-n-go tournament with a $5 buy-in.

Fergusons rule for bankroll management was to never spend more than 2% of his bankroll on a multi-table tournament. If youre starting with $100, this means you could buy into a multi-table tournament for $2.

You cant games at such low stakes in brick and mortar casinos. In fact, you wont find games with stakes this low in most home games, either.

Youll need to find a poker site that offers microstakes games.

But when you do, if you play a disciplined, positive expectation game of poker, you can watch your bankroll grow over time.

And it will snowball, too. It might take you 6 months to turn $100 into $1000, but you might be able to turn that $1000 into $10,000 in another 3 months.

All this analysis is meaningless if you dont have a mathematical edge, though. If youre lousy at blackjack card counting, youll go broke no matter what if you play long enough. Thats true in poker, too if youre not an elite player (top 5%), youll go broke.

And if you play other negative expectation games craps, roulette, slot machines, etc. the entire discussion is moot.

So, heres the $100 bankroll challenge:

If you want to be a responsible gambler for the rest of your life, set aside $100 today for your gambling bankroll.

Resolve to never again make another bet unless you have a mathematical edge.

Then never bet a large amount of your bankroll at one time. Limit yourself to betting between 1% and 5% of your bankroll, no matter what gambling activity you decide to specialize in.

If you go broke, never gamble again.

After all, there ARE better ways to spend your money.

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Most people dont pay much mind to crypto gambling, unless they are players themselves. However, crypto gambling is a significant part of the cryptocurrency market. For example, in 2018 Bitcoin casinos were responsible for approximately 50% of all BTC transactions. So lets look past the surface and dive a little deeper. Heres what you should know about Bitcoin gambling on the surface web and the deep web.

Simply put, crypto casinos are casinos where players can top up their wallets, hold accounts and pay out their winnings in some form of cryptocurrency. Casino Guru, which has the largest up-to-date database of online casinos, additionally defines two varieties of crypto casinos. The first variety could be considered a standard crypto casino, is basically the same as any other online casino, but allows players to make deposits, play, and/or cash out in cryptocurrencies.

It requires identity verification, a standard feature of the online gambling industry. But there are also so-called anonymous casinos, which require no identity confirmation at all, only an e-mail, username, password and a crypto wallet. The Casino Guru database contains 161 casinos that can be classified as crypto casinos, but only 32 anonymous casinos.

Why has crypto gambling gained so much traction? To understand the answer to that question, we need to have a quick look at some of the legislation concerned with online gambling in general. Online gambling is very strictly regulated or outright banned in many countries. For example, there are only three states in the entirety of the USA, where online casinos are allowed operation. The Unlawful Illegal Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) of 2006 forbids online wagering. But it has a loophole. It only specifies wagering in fiat.

And its not just America, that has a hole in their legislation in terms of crypto gambling. In truth, there are only 7 countries in the entire world which have a semblance of crypto gambling regulation. Namely, these are: the UK, Italy, Netherlands, Greece, Poland, Belgium and Japan, which is currently considering legislative solutions.

Coming back to the two varieties of crypto casinos mentioned earlier, anonymous casinos actually cant get a license anywhere at the moment, even if they wanted to. The way they operate just doesnt match the requirements of any reputable online gambling licensing authority.

For the majority of the world, bitcoin and other crypto are casinos in a legal grey area not technically legal, but not illegal either. So, players that couldnt scratch their gambling itch otherwise suddenly found themselves with a solution. A solution that allows them play anonymously (in some cases), from the comfort of their home and offers them an incredibly wide variety of games to choose from.

Though it is true that countries can still bar their citizens access to certain sites, like these crypto gambling sites specifically, this has done nothing to stop determined players. In the past, gamblers needed to download the TOR browser (abbr. The Onion Router), which granted them access past the constraints of surface web browsers and into the deep net. There, Hidden Wikis, which are sites aggregating links to various parts of the deep net linked to a crypto casino of their choosing and their game began. The benefit of this being that the combination of TOR and cryptocurrencies made them virtually untraceable by their own governments.

But there is a reason to why there are so many horror stories about the deep web. The deep web harbors numerous fraudsters and scam artists, which well get into in a second. But thankfully, the advent and popularization of VPNs (abbr. Virtual Private Networks) has enabled players to enjoy safer experiences on the surface web. Crypto casinos operating on the surface web often publicize parts of the code they run on to boost trust with their customer base and avoid the negative reputation deep web crypto casinos have garnered.

As you can imagine, theres a big BUT to everything weve told you so far. Be honest, you saw it coming from a mile away. So, whatre the issues with crypto gambling?

1) Crypto gambling can be fraught with crime. Especially so on the deep web, but you can run into scams and unfair practices even on the surface web. As the Routine Activities Theory of crime states, crime occurs whenever a suitable victim, a lack of capable guardian and a motivated criminal come together in one place. And when you have people willing to risk their hard-earned crypto on gambling, in an environment with limited or no law enforcement, youll find plenty of people more than willing to rid these players of their BTC.The most popular crypto gambling scams across the web are:

On top of that, money laundering is also a quite common occurrence in the crypto gambling sphere. But its not just the players who are at risk. Even the casino itself can become a victim to hackers, which would love nothing more than to empty out the casinos crypto wallet.

2) Crypto gambling can be even more addicting than traditional gambling. Problem gambling, also known as gambling addiction, is an issue that the entire gambling industry at large has to face. However, though traditional casinos and betting can be addictive, online gambling even more so, crypto gambling poses the biggest risk to unsuspecting gamblers.

Crypto casinos operating on the fringe of the law can titillate potential customers with very aggressive advertising and marketing tactics, making them offers on bonuses and benefits, which no other casino can. Thats due to the fact that unlicensed casinos do not have to pay the standard fees that come with gambling operations, like tax, licensing fees, etc.

Then, once the player is drawn in, they get hit with the promise of fast payouts, quick game results and nearly limitless bet heights. Some illegal BTC casinos take full advantage of their position and completely disregard the recommended responsible gambling practices. After all, the more players you hook, the more money you make.Then, theres the simultaneous benefit and downside of anonymity. Since anonymous crypto casinos dont require any form of identity confirmation, theyre easily accessible even to people who have no business being there. That goes for self-excluded players, as well as underage gamblers, who are especially vulnerable to gambling addiction.

In closing, though the siren call of crypto casinos may be tempting, be aware of the dangers that you might face by choosing to chase those sweet crypto winnings. Though therealways is a risk factor ingambling, but playing in unlicensed casinos may make the risk greater than it is worth.

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One of the greatest aspects of working in the Las Vegas market was the direct exposure to the sports gambling world. Prior to my time there, I had a limited sports gambling resume that consisted of watching Casino hundreds of times.

Following two years of working and living in the sports gaming capital of the world, I learned the industry firsthand and met the key players. When thinking of who to follow, who to book and who to invest in, my shortlist below includes highlights of my Q&A with each.

So, as the NFL season kicks off with the NHL, NBA and MLB all in play, I present which sharps Id bet on. These are the names that will help give you a competitive advantage, keep your audience entertained and, in my opinion, could give Lefty Rosenthal a run for his money.

1. Dave Cokin, professional sports handicapper

A fixture of the sports gambling community for decades, who radiates character, experience and a wealth knowledge. His ability to transcend to a national, regional or local audience in an effortless manner comes with decades of experience on the media and gambling scenes in Las Vegas. Looking for an authentic Old Vegas sharp with a phenomenal record? Look no further.

Follow Dave Cokin on Twitter @davecokin.

2. Chad Millman, The Action Network

Former editorial director and editor-in-chief of ESPN: The Magazine and editorial director for ESPN digital, Chad Millman, left ESPN in September of 2017 to help launch The Action Network, where he is the Chief Content Officer.

Weve been really thoughtful about who we bring in, and what their reputation is and what people cover and your audiences. Information from Jason Sobel, who is probably the premiere golf writer of his generation, who also happens to be an incredibly knowledgeable bettor and daily fantasy player. Thats really valuable because it speaks to a sport that we believe a lot in as far as potential, and he brings an audience that otherwise might not have known who we were or thought about betting.

And we have guys like Chris Raybon, who established himself as a very smart analytics driven fantasy analyst, who also was a very big bettor and knew the betting space really well, but didnt really have any place to express himself with that. And some of the ideas that he has are so contrarian to what everyone else is putting out there, and consistently proven to be successful.

Then, two of our college football experts Colin Wilson and Stuckey, who are honestly, to me, the best examples of old-school Vegas guys, who do a ton of research and know the numbers really well and also know personnel incredibly well. They watch so many games and they are long time betters, and theyre as easy to connect to as anybody you will ever meet when it comes to betting. Theyre the guys you can talk to about betting in the bar, who are not going to make you feel silly if you dont know anything about betting. You can ask them anything and theyre only going to want to share what they know, theyre not going to judge you.

With a 4.8 rating in the App Store, The Action Network has won the best betting content award, a huge accomplishment in and of itself.

Follow Chad Millman on Twitter at @chadmillman.

3. Marco DAngelo, Wager Talk

Sports betting experience: over 40 years.

Age at the time he placed his first bet: 10 years old

One of the best in the business, known for his thoughtful analysis and authenticity, DAngelo has had immense success and overwhelmingly positive reputation as a professional sports handicapper and bettor.

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on sports, the sports betting world has been impacted and the long term effects and continual adaptations are far reaching in scope.

Theres a difference of playing in a bubble, like the hockey and basketball, where everything is, you know, super controlled as to whats going to happen with football where the teams are going to travel like baseball, you know, theyre keeping the teams, you know, under wraps when theyre on the road and so forth.

Now, whats going to happen with the football season is youre going to have an injury report, like you always do. But as the week goes on, the players are going to call the test and all the time youre going to theres going to be cases. Its going to happen. Somebodys going to test and then its going to depend on how many tests and what players youre losing for that particular game. And until its a big key player, you know, its not gonna make any news. That could throw so many things off.

When youre dealing with the statistics, if a quarterback goes down, a quarterback tests positive and he has to be a scratch for that game that week, thats going to be big! Then, you know, do you play the game? At the beginning of the week, when youre trying to get the best number possible, you know, thats the cat and mouse game about sports wagering is you want to lock in the best price. You want to get the dog at the highest peak, and you want to get the favorite at the lowest value. As far as what the line is, you could take a team that you bet on Monday or Tuesday at minus seven, something happens to a team player you know, it is rolled out Friday or Saturday, and all of a sudden, that ticket that youre holding is minus seven. The line went down to minus three and a half and youre screwed. Youre stuck with minus seven.

So, theres going to be instances where there will be problems and its going to be just something that were going to have to adapt to on the fly. And as we see this go along, you know, theres only one or two isolated cases where you know, a COVID case really affected a lot.

Theyre the people setting the lines, everybody else is betting and handicapping has that same information. Stats are the stats. They dont lie, they dont change numbers or numbers, but for my element I add situational lines. Just like, you know with work, lets face it, were all the same. We come to work every day and we put forth the good we bring, we try to bring our best every day. But there are certain daysyou just dont bring your A game. Professional athletes are the same way. Theyre still human beings at the end of the day, and I try to find those peaks and valleys because if everybody else has all the same information as far as stats go, I need to find something thats going to give me the value to be the numbers that are based on those stats.

The expertise Wager Talk offers ranges in scope, specialty, age and has an incredibly diverse, deep bench of talent.

Our content is designed to educate people. The bottom line is we want to try to make people a better bettor, by education.

Follow Marco DAngelo on Twitter at @marcoinvegas. Follow Wager Talk at @WagerTalk and online at WagerTalk.com.

4. John Murray, Kelly Stewart, Kelly & Murray Podcast

A unique vantage point and concept for a podcast, The Westgate Superbook USA bookmaker and sports betting expert come together to provide great content about sports gambling.

We were like minded in a lot of ways, on a lot of things, so we get along well, John Murray says. We know how to push each others buttons. She knows exactly what to say when she wants to get under my skin. We have a lot of fun.

Murray, who started working out in Vegas as a ticket writer under Superbook Director Jay Kornegay in 2007, has an eye on what game youre looking to get the best value on and consistently delivers winners.

One game that Ill be watching is Dallas and the Rams. The book is going to need the Rams really big, so all the parlays are going to go in Dallas. Well be keeping a really close eye on that game, for sure.

Follow John Murray on Twitter at @vegasmurray. Follow Kelly Stewart on Twitter at @kellyinvegas. Follow the show at @kellymurrayshow.

Bonus free picks: Mitch Moss & Pauly Howard, VSiN

These two guys are as entertaining as they are informative and know the world of sports betting inside and out.

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Chrissy Paradis is a veteran sports radio producer. Shes worked in Las Vegas, Washington DC, Raleigh and Hartford helping personalities such as Rob Dibble, Tim Brando, Steve Cofield, Adam Gold and Joe Ovies. You can contact her on Twitter @ChrissyParadis or by email at Chrissy.Paradis@gmail.com.

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Fraugster, the payment security company based in Germany, has joined forces with data science and AI specialist neccton to fight against online gambling fraud.

Combining Fraugsters knowledge in fraud prevention with necctons Mentor software means operators can now enjoy greater security against fraud, improved efficiency through AI and more informed player protection through accurate, real-time data analysis.

By partnering with Fraugster we are able to provide 360-degree protection to our clients, from both regulatory requirements and fraudsters, all with a single data integration. Our clients will enjoy an out-of-the-box solution which streamlines data flow and eliminates the need for additional solution providers. They will be able to simplify operations and cut costs, Michael Auer, Managing Director of neccton, said.

The partnership between neccton and Fraugster includes the integration of Fraugsters innovative proprietary AI technology into necctons platform, to offer their customers complete protection from fraudsters and potentially burdensome industry regulations.

Were very excited to be teaming with neccton and are thrilled to deliver meaningful results for their customers with our AI technology. While neccton protects operators and players from irresponsible gaming, we protect necctons partners from online fraud, Max Laemmle, CEO of Fraugster, said.

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The alleged cheating scheme facilitated by Stones Gambling Hall in Citrus Heights is finally coming to an end with a $30 million lawsuit reaching a conclusion with the majority of plaintiffs accepting the terms of a newly-brokered deal between all parties involved. It took a year, but finally an amicable settlement has been reached, confirmed []

The alleged cheating scheme facilitated by Stones Gambling Hall in Citrus Heights is finally coming to an end with a $30 million lawsuit reaching a conclusion with the majority of plaintiffs accepting the terms of a newly-brokered deal between all parties involved.

It took a year, but finally an amicable settlement has been reached, confirmed Maurice Mac VerStandig, a lawyer who took the case including some 90 plaintiffs who alleged that Stones Gambling Hall and Mike Postle, the player who was allegedly cheating but was acquitted earlier this year, had been cheating.

Postle was winning 94% of his hands in games hosted by the venue. As it turns out, though, no foul play had been involved, VerStandig said on behalf of 60 plaintiffs, with the rest still considering whether to submit an amended complaint by October 1, 2020.

The settlement effectively led to the dismissal of the case against Justin Kuraitis, a Stones live poker manager, who was accused of facilitating the cheating that supposedly took place during the live games.

After reviewing the footage closely, though, even VerStandig said that he and the plaintiffs were sure that there had been no cheating on behalf of Postle, the venue or Kuraitis.

Based on our investigation, we are satisfied that Stones and Mr. Kuraitis were not involved in any cheating that may have occurred. While Stones has not spoken publicly regarding the details of their investigation during its pendency, its counsel and Mr. Kuraitis counsel have been immensely cooperative behind-the-scenes.

Nevertheless, Richard Pachter, attorney for Justin Kuraitis cautioned that the settlement was not final and that there were plaintiffs who may choose to pursue the case.

Previously, the case was dismissed by a federal judge in Sacramento who argued that under California law, lawsuits to recover gambling losses may not be filed. The plaintiffs had to amend their complaint and filed it again which eventually led to this weeks settlement.

The case has had its twists and turns. Mike Postle, the player around whom the entire case was focused on was not mentioned in the settlement. He was acquitted previously and now that Stones Gambling Hall and Kuraitis are in the clear, the case can finally be settled.

That is unless the remaining plaintiffs choose to pursue the case further and resubmit an amended complaint. Veronica Brill, a recreational player, was the first to throw the first punch at Mike Postle arguing that his winning streak, with Postle amassing some $250,000 between July 2018 and September 2019, was due to cheating with the help of someone at the casino.

Now that none of the allegations have been proven that begs the question whether the community doesnt owe Postle and Kuraitis an apology. Both individuals reputations were tarnished with Twitter users taking jabs at them online and calling them cheaters.

Commenting on the social media pressure, Kuraitis had this to say cited by the Merced Sun-Star: The Twitter mob is real, it is ugly, and it has real life consequences. I have never before experienced so much hatred, ignorance and even threats of violence.

Postle has decided to withdraw from live poker, and with the COVID-19 lockdown hitting all poker rooms across the United States, it may be the right time for a break. In the meantime, VerStandig explained that Stone Gambling Hall has even agreed to pay an undisclosed settlement sum as a token of good will.

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