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April 17, 2026James Hartley

Casino Maths: What It Can and Cannot Do for You

Kelly’s formula applied to a roulette bet on red gives −1/37 — a negative fraction, which in his terms means do not bet. What maths does instead: the cost per round of each game, the arithmetic of the Martingale, and why variance is the part worth understanding.

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Record Jackpot Wins and the Odds Behind Them
March 20, 2026Sofia Larsen

Record Jackpot Wins and the Odds Behind Them

Three documented record wins, and the two numbers the stories leave out: about one chance in 50 million on Megabucks, and a machine that returns in the high eighties percent to everyone who does not hit it.

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AI and VR in Casinos: What Exists and What Does Not
February 16, 2026James Hartley

AI and VR in Casinos: What Exists and What Does Not

A headset cannot change what a game pays, because a certified return has to hold whatever the interface. What live dealer actually is, where AI is genuinely used in the industry, and the one technology that really did change trust.

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What Randomness Really Looks Like in Gambling
January 3, 2026James Hartley

What Randomness Really Looks Like in Gambling

In 1,000 coin flips a run of ten in a row appears more often than not — real randomness is streakier than invented randomness. What independence means, why the first session so often goes well, and what the law of large numbers actually promises.

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