Longform

  • Podcast
  • Best Of
    • 2021
    • 2020
    • 2019
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
    • 2015
    • 2014
    • 2013
    • 2012
  • Archive

    • Sections
    • Publications
    • Writers
    • Tags
  • Random Article
  • Contact

    • podcast@longform.org

Tags

Las Vegas

Best Article

Fear and Self-Loathing in Las Vegas

Retracing Hunter S. Thompson’s famous steps, 40 years later.

  1. Parts I & II: Every Day I’m Shufflin’ • Topless at the Sahara

  2. Parts III & IV: American Dream • I Am Dangerous. I Am Sexy. I Am Confident.

Zach Baron The Daily Oct 2011 55min Permalink

Tech

How One Man Hacked His Way Into the Slot-Machine Industry

The story of a small Latvian counterfeiting business that got far too big for its own good.

Brendan I. Koerner Wired Aug 2011 15min Permalink

Business

Online Poker's Big Winner

A profile of 21-year-old Dan Cates, who made $5.5 million playing 145,215 hands in 2010.

Jay Caspian Kang New York Times Magazine Mar 2010 15min Permalink

Business

Wall Street Meets the Sports Book

How Cantor Fitzgerald is bringing the principles of day trading to sports betting in Vegas.

Michael Kaplan Wired Nov 2010 25min Permalink

Politics

Desert Storm

A report from Nevada, where an economy in crisis and a Tea Party upstart are threatening to topple Harry Reid, the most nationally powerful politician in the state’s history.

Nicholas Lemann New Yorker Oct 2010 30min Permalink

The Gambler Who Blew $127 Million

In 2007, Harrah’s made 5.6% of its total Las Vegas revenue off of a single person: Terrance Watanabe.

Alexandra Berzon The Wall Street Journal Dec 2009 10min Permalink

World

High Rollers, Triads, and a Vegas Giant

Las Vegas casinos operating in Macau rely on “junkets” to bring in the gambling elite, but the money and murder for hire trails lead straight to the Triads.

Matt Isaacs Reuters Mar 2010 10min Permalink

Newer
1