I have to admit, I used to do this. I still might do it on occasion, but I try to avoid this particular annoyance as much as possible these days. Partially because I realize it doesn’t matter, but mostly because…

I have a confession to make. I am a criminal. Well, I am not right now, but I have been in the past. OK, I’m not a criminal, but I have played online poker for money. According to the government,…

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board decided today to not give the final available casino license to a group from Gettysburg, which wanted to build a facility about 20 minutes from my house. Nemacolin Resort, out in the western part of…

I participate in a pair of football “survivor” pools. If you are not aware, the premise is to pick one game per week. If your pick wins, you move to the next week. If not, you are out. The trick…

Delaware may have dashed my sports betting dreams, but they are finally stepping up with table games. If all goes as planned, casino patrons in Delaware could be playing poker in April and have a full assortment of games two…

A wonderful thing happened last week. Magical, almost. The Pennsylvania General Assembly passed a law which will allow casinos in the state to offer table games such as craps, roulette, blackjack and poker. Six months from now, I will have…

When I posted something on Facebook last week about the new sports betting law in Delaware, one friend replied, “regulardegenerategambler.com.” The post cracked me up for a couple of reasons. First off, I knew I had kind of belabored the…

That noise you heard yesterday was the anticipation of sports betting in Delaware being sucked out of everyone who intended on visiting the first state to gamble on the NFL or March Madness. The Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals…

Three people in Philadelphia will decide the fate of the free world today. Or they will decide whether Delaware can accept single-game bets on professional and college sports. To me, the situations are equal. A panel from the 3rd Circuit…