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October 14, 2000
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Disorder in the Deck How many shuffles are enough? Different mathematical methods yield different answers as to the amount of shuffling needed to erase the residual order in a pack of playing cards...   |
The Motley Fool
February 20, 2007
Mary Dalrymple |
Do You Have Too Many Credit Cards? See how you stack up against the average credit card-carrying consumer. |
AskMen.com
Lorne Stewart |
How To: Play Blackjack See why blackjack is one of the most popular, fast-paced games in casinos today. There's more to it than you may think. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2010
Michael Kaplan |
How Vegas Security Drives Surveillance Tech Everywhere Enter a major Las Vegas casino, and you might as well be walking into a complex computer built to study your relationship with money, your motivation for gambling, even your taste in food. |
Linux Journal
August 1, 2007
Dave Taylor |
Work the Shell - 007's Favorite Game: "Baccarat"? Creating a shell script to play Baccarat. |
The Motley Fool
April 12, 2004
Jeff Hwang |
Casinos Get Greedy Today, casinos tend to market themselves as entertainment, rather than strictly to "losers." Unfortunately, some casinos still treat their guests like suckers. |
Science News
October 16, 2004 |
A Catalog of Random Bits A computer scientist and collaborators have identified a variety of flaws in computer-based random number generators, invented more robust versions of existing generators, and developed a suite of rigorous tests to check for randomness... Puzzle of the Week... |
The Motley Fool
November 29, 2006
Jim Mueller |
Foolish Book Review: "Roll the Bones: The History of Gambling" Whether you enjoy playing cards and rolling dice or not, this book by David G. Schwartz will make interesting reading. |
AskMen.com
September 25, 2002
Steve Richer |
How To: Survive A Trip To The Casino Hard-core gamblers need not read this article. But for the rest of you, nowadays, Las Vegas is being promoted as a premium family entertainment conurbation and more and more neophytes are heading to the desert to try their luck. An unprepared man will quickly find himself in over his head. |
AskMen.com
Andy Glazer |
Poker Etiquette 14 tips that will make you look like a veteran at the poker table in no time. |
InternetNews
August 2, 2010 |
Smart Card Shipments Explode What's going to drive even wider adoption of smart cards? |
Bank Systems & Technology
January 6, 2010
Penny Crosman |
Bug That Crippled 30 Million German Debit, Credit Cards Mostly Fixed Although millions of newer microchip-embedded cards have failed to comprehend the year 2010, many ATMs have been adjusted to fix the problem, card company says. |
The Motley Fool
October 12, 2011
Jeff Hwang |
G2E: The Slot Floor vs. the (Lack of) Table Game Blockbuster As slot gameplay continues to advance, there is no table game blockbuster in sight. |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2004
Jeff Hwang |
The Magnitude of Pennsylvania's Slots The new law allowing the installation of up to 61,000 slot machines at 14 sites in that state is interesting for several reasons. So who wins, and how much? |
PC Magazine
February 1, 2010
Logan Kugler |
Scan and Store Useful Barcodes in your iPhone Store grocery club cards, insurance cards, and frequent flyer barcodes in your phone. |
The Motley Fool
July 21, 2005
Selena Maranjian |
The Pitfalls of Switching to Cash The bottom line is that for those with enough discipline to not charge more than they can afford to pay, it's hard to beat the convenience and other benefits of credit cards. |
The Motley Fool
October 10, 2006 |
Comparing Credit Cards Some cards are better than others. Don't fall for the first one that winks at you. |
The Motley Fool
September 9, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Credit Cards for College Collegians and credit cards aren't necessarily a disastrous combination. |
The Motley Fool
January 27, 2011
Morgan Housel |
A Big Myth About U.S. Consumers Why we haven't given up on credit cards. |
The Motley Fool
June 5, 2007
John Rosevear |
Ditching the Old Plastic Too many credit cards? Here's what to do. |
Science News
May 5, 2001
Ivars Peterson |
Lava Lamp Randomness Invented in 1963, a decorative fixture in many homes during the 1970s, and still in production, Lava Lite lamps are now the object of renewed curiosity. Indeed, researchers have come up with a novel application of the mesmerizing movements of the lamp's globules, as randomization seeds... |
PC World
July 2006
Tom Mainelli |
Gotcha: Where's My PC Card Slot? The ExpressCard slot, a new standard as of 2003, replaces the PC Card slot but doesn't accommodate current PC Cards. |
Wired
December 20, 2007
Graves et al. |
How to: Count Cards, Hang a Flatscreen, Sleep Two Hours a Day Beat the house in blackjack... Turn your waking day into a 22-hour party... Safely secure your flatscreen to a wall... |
The Motley Fool
April 13, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
The Most Attractive Credit Cards There's a trend afoot in to make credit cards more visually appealing. But don't start charging more than usual, simply because you love whipping out your spiffy new card. |
The Motley Fool
May 26, 2006
Nathan Slaughter |
A Closer Look at Casino Stocks: Part 2 In the ongoing quest for the ideal gaming stock, it's time to dig deeper and explore the mechanics of the casino industry. |
Job Journal
January 22, 2006
Julia Hollister |
Casinos With new casinos and small card rooms opening frequently, job opportunities are more plentiful than chips at a roulette table. And your odds for winning a job in the world of gaming will improve with hands-on education at a gaming school. |
Bank Systems & Technology
July 5, 2004
Judy Ward |
Business Debit Card Marketing Heats Up North Dallas Bank is among the institutions aiming to take advantage of the payment option. |
The Motley Fool
January 31, 2007
Mary Dalrymple |
Distracted by Low-Interest Credit Cards? You know what to do with your high-interest debt. But what if your credit cards seem like a pretty good deal? |
BusinessWeek
November 5, 2007
Cliff Edwards |
Gift Cards with a Personal Touch Put your photo or special messages on gift cards - they're Visa's bid to regain share from stores and restaurants. |
The Motley Fool
February 13, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Steer Clear of This Spending Trap With store credit cards, you'll get 10% off now and pay forever -- if you're not careful. |
Job Journal
February 18, 2007
Julia Hollister |
Casino Work a Sure Bet Casino careers offer good deals, great benefits, and exotic worksites. |
AskMen.com
Malcolm MacMillan |
5 Things You Didn't Know: Sports Cards After hearing how far the hobby has come, you might want to stop on the way home and pick up a pack or two. |
Bank Systems & Technology
August 13, 2009
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Debit Cards 'Top of Wallet' for Consumers, Says TowerGroup The recession is impelling more Americans to turn to debit cards as a means of better controlling their spending. |
The Motley Fool
July 8, 2005 |
How to Reduce Your Debt You don't have to suffer in debt. Many have dug themselves out. Here are some ideas. |
Bank Technology News
December 2007 |
Payments: Growth of Debit-Card Use Outpaces Credit Cards Are Americans outgrowing credit cards? For the past few years, debit-card usage has grown by double digits, far ahead of credit cards. Meanwhile, check use is fading fast. |
The Motley Fool
March 28, 2006 |
Debt-Reduction Tricks You don't have to be saddled with debt forever. Here are tips on how to dig yourself out. |
PC World
March 21, 2007
Eric Butterfield |
Can Cameras Do SDHC? Older cameras designed to work with SD Cards aren't equipped to handle Secure Digital High Capacity media. |
The Motley Fool
December 14, 2004
Jeff Hwang |
When Competition Hurt the Game Competition between casinos usually leads to games with better odds or more favorable conditions for the gambler. So what would drive Ameristar Casinos' flagship St. Louis property to introduce one of the worst blackjack games on the planet? |
The Motley Fool
October 31, 2007
Morgan Housel |
Winning Isn't Everything It's a hard thing to do, but at the end of the day, don't focus on how much money you made. How you go about investing is more important than how you perform. |
The Motley Fool
March 19, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Credit Cards Make You Money All it takes is self-control to make credit work for you. Managed correctly, credit will pay you back for expenses you'd pay anyway. |
Salon.com
January 10, 2002
Kristy Siegfried |
Gamblers Inc. In California, betting to win can be a buttoned-down, corporate slog through the salary-man trenches... |
Science News
January 22, 2005
Ivars Peterson |
Thirteen Spades Your mathematical chance of receiving such a hand in bridge is one in 635,013,559,600 deals. |
The Motley Fool
January 11, 2012
Robert Eberhard |
I Will Not Use Credit Cards in 2012 After a decade in debt, the author swears off plastic for good. |
The Motley Fool
October 21, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
When Charging It Is the Smart Move In certain situations, putting your purchase on plastic is nonetheless the smartest move you can make. |
The Motley Fool
August 30, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Dealing Gems Casino equipment specialist Shuffle Master has been turning up aces. The company has nickel-and-dimed its way to Wall Street prosperity by providing card-shuffling equipment and game tables to casinos. |
Entrepreneur
January 2007
April Y. Pennington |
In the Cards First impressions count, so give your business cards some style. |
The Motley Fool
October 11, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Credit Card Competition Coming The legal defeat for Visa and MasterCard is a victory for some other firms, such as American Express, and also for some card-issuers. As competition heats up, we may enjoy better rates and service. |
The Motley Fool
November 20, 2006
Mary Dalrymple |
Holiday Credit Lures Department store credit cards may not be the best bargain. |
Science News
December 22, 2001
Ivars Peterson |
Guessing Cards Card-guessing tricks give a magician the opportunity to show off his or her mind-reading prowess. In many cases, the illusion of mind reading arises not from sleight of hand but as a consequence of some mathematical principle.... |
The Motley Fool
March 10, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
Beware of Disappearing Gift Cards Shrinking value. Total loss of value. It could be happening to your gift cards right now. |
