A story of gambling addiction, in seven parts.

The inside story of the megadonor and the Chinese casino money flooding our elections.

A trip to Batumi, Georgia.

The dark secret life of The Great Zucchini, Washington D.C.’s most sought after children’s birthday party entertainer.

Walter Tevis, the author of the book upon which the Netflix hit is based, spent his life gambling and drinking in pool halls before turning to chess.

Mike Postle was on an epic winning streak at a California casino. Veronica Brill thought he had to be playing dirty. Let the chips fall where they may.

A high stakes drag race turns dangerous.

In 1980, a bankrupt gambler came up with a plan to get his money back. He built an incredibly complex bomb, one that was impossible to defuse and that only he knew how to move, and snuck it into a Lake Tahoe casino with an extortion note demanding $3 million. Part of the plan worked. Part of it did not.

Three years ago, Seidel began to teach me how to play poker. Why on earth would a professional poker player—the professional poker player—agree to let a random journalist follow him around like an overeager toddler?

On the rise and fall of the professional sports bettor.

In 2007, NBA ref Tim Donaghy pleaded guilty to betting on games he officiated. But it was never proved that he fixed them—until now.

The hidden history of poker and crypto.

Catching “the world’s most prolific criminal fixer of soccer matches.”

Bill Benter did the impossible: He wrote an algorithm that couldn’t lose at the track. Close to a billion dollars later, he tells his story for the first time.

Live from the World Series of Poker.

On PredictIt, a site that allows you to bet on politics, and the people who are getting rich off it.

Attending the two-day-long “Crap$ 101” course, where aspiring craps players learn the Golden Touch system of betting, visualize dice tosses, and pursue the elusive “controlled throw.”

How a card-counting former meteorologist from Las Vegas made the first perfect Showcase bid in the 38-year history of The Price Is Right.

How the Robin Hood of gamblers got ensnared in a money laundering scheme led by former football players.

How modern slot machines develop a nearly unbreakable hold on the brain, leading around one in five pathological gamblers to attempt suicide.

The lonesome death of Arnold Rothstein, notorious gambler, inspiration for the character Meyer Wolfsheim in The Great Gatsby, alleged fixer of the 1910 World Series, opiate importation pioneer, mobster.

How David Milch, the creator of NYPD Blue and Deadwood, blew his $100 million fortune at the track.

Paul Phua rose from a Borneo numbers runner to being the biggest bookmaker in the world. Then he found poker.

The men who say they’ll try to save the once-bustling gambling resort town.

How Billy Walters, the world’s most successful gambler, keeps winning.