File photo of a slot machine. One gambler bet a few dollars and won a massive prize at a Connecticut casino. Unsplash via Nik One lucky gambler walked out of a Connecticut casino with a life ...

The desire to seek balance can create a gambler’s fallacy where past results skew perceptions on what is likely to occur (or not) in the future. This dynamic can play out in financial markets as ...

File photo of slot machines. A gambler bet some change and won a big prize at a Florida casino. Lee Thomas via Unsplash A gambler got lucky at a slot machine in southwestern Florida with just an ...

The failure to understand independence lies at the heart of two famous phenomena: the gambler's fallacy and the "hot hand" in sports. When we do understand independence, we can make better ...

Living up to such a beloved classic was always going to be a difficult task, but director Rupert Wyatt took it upon himself to reimagine the story of The Gambler by placing it within a modern context.

File photo of a casino sign in Las Vegas. A gambler got lucky at a casino off the Strip. JP Holecka via Unsplash A gambler hit a slot machine jackpot with just a couple of quarters at a Las Vegas ...

The Australian Football League would significantly increase the amount of money it takes from wagering on the sport under a proposal that its administrators have put to the country’s big ...

Mark Fallon, with partner Kansas John Polly, tries to introduce honest gambling on the riverboats. His first success makes enemies of the crooked gamblers and of fair Angelique Dureau, whose ...

File photo of a casino sign in Las Vegas. A Sacramento gambler won a big prize at a Las Vegas casino. JP Holecka via Unsplash A gambler from California experienced a “magic moment” after ...