Ask someone to picture a car crash, and you get the standard cast: a distracted driver, a slick road, a red light run at the wrong second. Some of the strangest wrecks start somewhere else entirely. They start in the sky. A boom nobody can source. A flash on the horizon followed by a low […]

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The city of neon lights, casinos, and nonstop shows holds not only stories of success and the rush of gambling. Beyond the Strip’s glossy façade lives a whole stratum of folklore, woven from rumors, tall tales, and accounts from “eyewitnesses.” Underground stormwater tunnels, the National Atomic Testing Museum, the Little Church of the West chapel, […]

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This article brings together publicly reported cases of major losses in casinos, betting, and other forms of gambling. The figures are estimates and are based on publicly available sources, which span different years and gambling formats. All amounts are given in U.S. dollars, though the original reports may have used other currencies. Quick navigation: from […]

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