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Which Horselete Should You Root for in the Kentucky Derby?

Presumably you don’t have a personal connection with one of the animals, and unless you are a huge fan of orbs or whatever a vyjack is, a name alone won’t determine your rooting interest. Which is why I’ve compiled this handy guide for you that matches up your personality with a corresponding horselete. Full story

Migrating Luck: Gambling with Chinese Immigrants in Connecticut

Macau, a Chinese island adjacent to Hong Kong, has become the biggest gambling destination in the world. But you don’t need to look across the Pacific for proof of a Chinese gambling culture. Up and down the Northeast Corridor, casinos compete fiercely for the wallets of recent a… Full story

Sawdust Stories

Sitting Down in the Deep End

It was an oppressively cold day in New York. The wind was particularly icy. I was huddled between my girlfriend and a posse of union organizers. By nightfall over 14 million people would have marched against the US invasion of Iraq all over the world. In New York City, it felt li… Full story

Ontario's Hells Angels Have a Hard-On for Sports Gambling

After over 20 people were arrested in connection to a Hells Angels-affiliated gambling ring in Ontario, cops are becoming more serious about cracking down on a growing league of organized betting circles. A buddy of mine was there to see the bust go down. Full story

VICE News

Beasts of Burden

VICE correspondent Gelareh Kiazand searches Kabul for illicit gambling rings where men bet on quail fights, buzkashi (it's like polo, but with a headless goat), and dog fights. But first she has to find Dardar, the only figure in Kabul's gambling world who can get our crew into t… Full story

Sawdust Stories

A Predator's Guide to Breaking Up

A sawdust joint is an end-of-the line kind of gambling parlor. It's a place without frills and pretension.This column will be about gambling and gamblers; about regular people who play games for money. Most won't be geniuses or savants. Some will win a little money. Many will los… Full story

The Walkabout Is Cambodia's Sleaziest Bar

There’s something kind of heartening in the fact that there's one thing that can make the taxi girls, the motodops, and the Venn diagram of wildly divergent expat groups overlap in the middle of a hooker bar: a garbage bag filled with money. Full story

Interview with a Casino Priest

A casino is a place to lose money and time and wear a bad shirt (or take acid and go to a Lauryn Hill concert). What it isn’t is a place for a priest. So when I found out that Melbourne’s Crown Casino employs a full-time priest I said shit off. But they do. They really do. That m… Full story

Fantasy Football Draft Prep, Part III - Fake Everything Else

Even though no one who’s paid to know fantasy football can actually predict anything, VICE researches and predicts--sort of--which wide receivers don't suck and which are, like, torturous, and whether you should even pay attention to tight ends, defenses, and kickers. Full story

Chatting with an Irish Bookie

BetDash founder Justin Goldman explains why we can add gambling to the list of vices Ireland does better than us, along with drinking and eating carbs. Full story