THE RAGING DEGENERATE

John Acres, the inventor of player tracking and progressive jackpots, called out Vegas casinos for nickel-and-diming customers. He's got a point.

First-time Pai Gow player draws a seven-card straight flush in diamonds at Palms Las Vegas, walking away with $576,540. We should all be so lucky.

Red Rock Resorts is dropping hundreds of millions across Station Casinos properties for the company's 50th anniversary, including a massive Durango expansion.

Sharpa's humanoid robot 'North' dealt blackjack at CES 2026, and Vegas casino workers are not amused. The tone-deaf demo has the industry talking.

The IRS just made your 2026 casino trips slightly less annoying. The new W-2G threshold is $2,000, up from the ridiculous $1,200 that's been in place since 1977.

From a $940K Spanish 21 hit at Mohegan Sun to Thunder Valley's Christmas Day slot winner, here's who got lucky during the holidays.

America's Party 2026 could set attendance records. Fireworks from 10 casino rooftops, 95% hotel occupancy, and MGM Grand rooms going for $1,252 a night.

A lucky player at Thunder Valley Casino in Lincoln, California hit a $118,428 jackpot on Christmas night playing the Samurai Secrets slot machine. Best present ever.

Four major Strip casinos — Resorts World, MGM, Wynn, and Caesars — were slapped with anti-money laundering fines totaling over $32 million. The regulators weren't playing around.

Some lucky bastard in northeast Kansas turned a slot session into half a million dollars on Gold Standard Jackpots. Best Christmas ever.

The new East Tower adds 375 rooms, bringing M Resort to 765 total. Plus a 15,000 sq ft ballroom and upgraded amenities for the Henderson property.

The Summerlin property is getting a full rebrand on January 1st, with Caesars Entertainment running the new race and sportsbook after Super Bowl.

Derek Stevens, Bill Hornbuckle, Tom Reeg, and Craig Billings met with lawmakers to push for restoring the full gambling loss deduction. The industry is unified.

Three royal flushes. A 20x multiplier. 1 in 9.6 million odds. Some California tourist just had the luckiest night of their entire life.

8,000 square feet. 120 high-limit machines. A $385 million expansion on the way. Red Rock Resorts is printing money and reinvesting it in degen paradise.

Fewer W-2Gs in your future. The IRS just raised the slot machine tax reporting threshold from $1,200 to $2,000. Here's what every slot degen needs to know.