Gambling
Loot boxes have become a lucrative new feature in video games—and they may be encouraging gambling habits in children and young adults.
A card-player who promoted himself as “humble and hungry for more success despite… many winnings” tried to hide his illicit profits from slot-machine losers, an indictment charges.
The new Netflix docuseries “Bad Sport” revisits some of the nuttiest sports scandals in memory, including game-fixing, a drug-trafficking race-car driver, and a horse-murderer.
The latest from filmmaker Paul Schrader (“Taxi Driver,” “First Reformed”), and premiering at the Venice Film Festival, is much more than a gambling movie.
“To be honest, the more likely it looked like fraud, the more I bet,” one bettor who drank up Rudy Giuliani’s nonsense said of losing over $170,000.
The new HBO doc “Wild Card” examines the downfall of Craig Carton, a New York shock jock whose gambling addiction led him down a dark path involving fraud, criminals, and the Feds.