The Firms That Power Prediction-Market Trades
Industry insiders explained during the FOS Asset Class event why market making is not the same as the “house” in traditional sports betting.
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A Beginner’s Guide to Roulette - Retail Focus Magazine - Retail Design
Roulette is one of the most popular casino games of all time, with a rich history dating back to the 1600s. Over the years, the game of roulette has evolved significantly, to the point where it can today be enjoyed on both online casino platforms and in land-based casinos…
America’s Last Bookie Goes Down
Tim Pughsley built a sports-betting website that moved billions, then the I.R.S. got involved. In the age of FanDuel and DraftKings, where is the line between legal and illegal gambling? Keith O’Brien writes.
We Haven’t Seen the Worst of What Gambling and Prediction Markets Will Do to America
I don’t think people have thought hard enough about how bad this could get.
The (Ludicrous) Psychology of Slot Machines
Slot Machines are the workhorse of Las Vegas casinos. After decades of design tweaks, the "crack cocaine of gambling" brings in more revenue than every other casino game combined.
Optimizing Game Performance: Essential Techniques and Tools
Newzoo’s Global Games Market Report states that in 2023, the global games market shot up to levels...
Babylon.js Playground
Babylon.js playground is a live editor for Babylon.js WebGL and WebGPU 3D scenes
Why is a Swedish billionaire buying up California’s video gaming empire?
In just a few years, Embracer, based in a small Swedish town, has swallowed up studios and brands to become a major player in the gaming industry.
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The Economics of Sports Gambling (Ep. 388 Rebroadcast)
The hidden side of everything
An absurdist baseball game is tearing up the internet, thanks to fans
Fans create much of what makes Blaseball special, and they’re immune from the threat of incineration by rogue umpires
Introduction to Networked Physics | Gaffer On Games
Hello readers, I’m no longer posting new content on gafferongames.com Please check out my new blog at mas-bandwidth.com! Introduction Hi, I’m Glenn Fiedler and welcome to the first article in Networked Physics. In this article series we’re going to network a physics simulation…
Custom Game Engines: A Small Study
A small state-of-the-art study on custom engines · GitHub
The Story of the Game Operation
When you were a kid, it was always fun to play Operation, a game in which you fished parts out of a patient named Cavity Sam, and you had be precise or you'd complete an electric circuit and a buzzer would sound. It was not the first game based on an electric circuit- Ben…
ChessRoots - Chess opening graph from over 800 million Chess games
Chess openings visualized from over 800 million Lichess games, 2 million tournament games and 1 million chess engine games.
Possibility Space
Hooked on Loot Boxes: How Behavioral Design Gets Gamers
Nir Eyal’s Hooked Model explains how games keep players coming back.
Fixing the past: The art of collecting pinball machines
From the archives: Pinball is a dying art, but as it dies it has spawned a new art in its place.