Ranking Arizona: Top 10 Arizona casinos for 2026. Really!

There are only a total of about 26 casinos in operation in Arizona! Most of them, if not all run by native Americans.

Ranking Arizona: Top 10 Arizona casinos for 2026 - AZ Big Media "Here are the Top 10 casinos in Arizona, based on public voting for the 2026 edition of Ranking Arizona, the state’s biggest and most comprehensive business opinion poll. Ranking Arizona is based purely on opinion and ranks companies based on how voters answer this simple question: with whom would you recommend doing business?"

Couple Arrested for Using Spy Gear in Australian Casino and winning over A$1 million

I guess, this couple tried too hard otherwise the couple may not have been caught!

It looks like you can win some money at Casinos when using such gear. The days of loaded dice and marked cards are long over.

"A couple from Kazakhstan has landed in an Australian jail after allegedly using spy gear and winning over A$1 million at a Sydney casino. ...

Casino staff noticed a small camera concealed in the stitching of 36-year-old Dilnoza Israilova’s Mickey Mouse T-shirt, leading to the arrest of her and her husband, Alisherykhoja Israilov, 44.

When searched, police found magnetized probes and a phone mirror attachment in the possession of the couple. Further searches, including the pair’s hotel room, revealed earpieces used for receiving tips on when to bet on card games.

The Israilovas applied for casino membership on the same day they arrived in Sydney from Kazakhstan in October and raised suspicion by winning approximately A$1.2 million over several visits. ..."

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Kazakh pair accused of using spycam and earpieces to win A$1.2m in casino

The high roller couple

Some New Gambling Statistics

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Wall Street Journal published on 10/11/2013 an article with a catchy title “How Often Do Gamblers Really Win?” (no subscription required) Is this not something we always wanted to know? It is a statistic usually hard to come by.

Results

Quotes from the article  and comments (emphasis added):

1. “On any given day, the chances of emerging a winner aren't too bad—the gamblers won money on 30% of the days they wagered. But continuing to gamble is a bad bet. Just 11% of players ended up in the black over the full period, and most of those pocketed less than $150.”
   [To gamble often is risky! Take your win and enjoy it! Or what do stock traders say, pigs get slaughtered!]
2. “The skew was even more pronounced when it came to heavy gamblers. Of the top 10% of bettors—those placing the largest number of total wagers over the two years—about 95% ended up losing money, some dropping tens of thousands of dollars. Big losers of more than $5,000 among these heavy gamblers outnumbered big winners by a staggering 128 to 1.”
   [Is this addiction, delusion, or joy in suffering?]
3. “Among the findings is an extreme reliance on revenue from a small number of gamblers. Of the 4,222 casino customers, just 2.8%—or 119 big losers—provided half of the casino's take, and 10.7% provided 80% of the take.”
   [They are called high rollers for a reason. Sounds like the Pareto principle or 80-20 rule to me.]
4. “Poker is partly a game of skill, and the outcomes reflect that. About one-third of the poker players classified as "most involved" … ended up winning money over time, while just 10% of the rest ended up in the black.”
   [Let’s play strip poker with players of the opposite sex. :-) Just kidding!]