This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present. Sign up here. Even before the legendary gunslinger Wild Bill Hickok was shot dead ...

A Gloucester County resident turned a $2 bet into more than $11,000 at an Atlantic City casino, with the winning amount creating a numerical coincidence. Caroline Garcia of Clayton won $11,515.26 on a ...

ARCADIA — Santa Anita unveiled slot-machine-style gambling on past horse races Thursday, hoping it will be California’s answer to the “historical horse racing” gaming that has boosted track revenue ...

A lucky gambler is starting 2026 with some extra cash after scoring a sizable slot machine jackpot at a Western Washington casino. The slot machine player won more than $86,000 at Snoqualmie Casino ...

Shortly after the New Years celebrations comes a big reason for Coast casinos and players to be optimistic in 2026. Thirteen $100,000-plus jackpots hit at Beau Rivage Resort and Casino in 2025 and the ...

Beau Rivage paid $1,132,124.08 on Jan. 5, 2026 via a 1¢ Wheel of Fortune. The progressive links multiple Mississippi casinos; each spin increases the jackpot. Beau Rivage recorded 13 jackpots over ...

Wisconsin visitor Nancy hit four (count ’em) four five-figure jackpots in December. (Treasure Island) If you or a loved one is struggling with problem gambling or gambling addiction, help is available ...

An Ocean County woman rang in the new year with a $31,000 win on a slot machine at Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City. Just before midnight on New Year’s Eve, a woman identified by the casino as ...

The top five slot machine jackpots won at MGM Springfield in 2025 were all six-figure prizes. On July 16, a $250 bet on the game “All Star Poker 2″ ended in a jackpot prize of $136,000. It was the ...

“Bomberman,” the popular Konami video game character, has made his way from home gaming consoles to slot machines now available to Sonoma County gamblers. The game was unveiled Dec. 5 during a launch ...

CloverPit is one of my favorite games of the year so far. Developer Panik Arcade took the formula that helped make Balatro so successful — using various tools to bend the rules of the game to help you ...

Online casinos have proved to be a much stronger source of tax revenue than sports betting apps. They may be coming to a state near you. By Ben Blatt Most casinos in Las Vegas take sports bets, but ...