Gambling News by House of Odds

Jill and Phil were discussing jacks-or-better video poker. They disagreed about starting hands of two pair when one is jacks or higher. Jill remarked that all the books tell you to hold both pairs and dump the unrelated card.Monday October 08, 2007 - 11:14 EST (Rolling Good Times)

FORT WALTON BEACH Lawmen searched a phone card business on Racetrack Road on Thursday afternoon during a three-county gambling investigation.Lawmen investigate reported gambling on Racetrack Road (Northwest Florida Daily News)

(Corrects question 4 (ii) to show that the host knows the location of the winning box.) Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Are you a good gambler? Take our short quiz and find out whether you're lucky to have the shirt on your back or you're a casino's worst nightmare.Betting Quiz Sorts Winners, Dupes: Joe Saumarez-Smith (Correct) (Bloomberg.com)

Laurence Fishburne's legal troubles have morphed into nothing.Fishburne Lawsuit Off the Grid (E! Online via Yahoo! News)

FOUR international banks are suing a Singapore brewing company over a global fraud that saw $190 million poured into a Crown casino gambling account.Banks sue for punter's cash (Herald Sun)

Laurence Fishburne's legal troubles have morphed into nothing. After ruling last month that a failure to dismiss the case would be "an abuse of discretion" by the court, a Los.Fishburne Lawsuit Off the Grid (E! Online)