By Victor Roberts Every gambler has heard of Mike Butterworth’s comic novel The Man Who Broke the Bank of Monte Carlo. In turn, it’s based on a 19th music hall song by Fred Gilbert (the one half of Gilbert and Sullivan), and a 1935 romantic comedy. These are all based on Charles Deville Banks, a […]

Non-gamblers often think of casinos as dull places with nothing more than the gaming floor and maybe a bar. There are the huge entertainment complexes, of course, but those include non-casino entertainment too, and so they don’t really count. I have even heard it said that the only people who go there are the bored […]

By Chris Wood Following on last week’s examination of gambling superstitions and their origins (often obscure, sometimes amusing), I thought I would look at some good luck charms used by gamblers. Some gambles are very private about their superstitions, while others are very open about the charms they use to lure in a bit (or […]