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Michael Kaplan

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Covers:  I cover gambling, entertainment, technology, crime, travel, food and wine.
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How 'Advantage Players' Game the Casinos

How 'Advantage Players' Game the Casinos

The New York Times — A coterie of sharp gamblers travel under casino radar and win millions of dollars by using math, innovation and creativity. They break no laws and beat games that are designed to be unbeatable. For this article, I went deep inside the world of advantage players and accompanied the top practitioners as they emptied chip racks while leaving casino executives befuddled.
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Illegal bookmaking, crypto scams and doing too much by cellphone - what being in the mafia is lik...

Illegal bookmaking, crypto scams and doing too much by cellphone - what being in the mafia is lik...

New York Post — While the Gen Z mafia members aren't out kneecapping people or threatening to make them "sleep with the fishes," they're not exactly sitting home and watching "Goodfellas" either. They're indulging in high-tech crime, as recently made evident by a teamed-up father and Gen Z son alleged to be selling ghost guns - illegal, unregistered and untraceable firearms made from 3-D printed parts.
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Adventures With Shuffling Machines

Adventures With Shuffling Machines

Card Player: The Poker Authority — High-stakes cheating rings have infiltrated the poker world, and rigged shuffling machines rank among their tools choice. This story takes a look at the compromised shufflers and how they get reconfigured for the cheaters who seek insurmountable edges -- whatever the moral cost.
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My Lost Vegas Weekend With Norm MacDonald

My Lost Vegas Weekend With Norm MacDonald

GQ — Norm Macdonald loved to gamble, and he had a unique system designed to rein in his "crazy" tendencies-but it didn't always work. I witnessed this firsthand, during my lost weekend with the late comedian.
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Formula 1 Hits The Strip

Formula 1 Hits The Strip

Cigar Aficionado — Formula 1 auto racing comes to Las Vegas and the action -- on the track as well as off -- is fast and furious.
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Meet the high-strung Ping-Pong hustler, 'Marty The Needle,' who inspired 'Marty Supreme'

Meet the high-strung Ping-Pong hustler, 'Marty The Needle,' who inspired 'Marty Supreme'

New York Post — Before Timothée Chalamet starred in "Marty Supreme" - opening nationwide on Christmas Day - there was Marty "The Needle" Reisman, the Ping-Pong hustler who inspired the namesake character.
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Meet the high-strung Ping-Pong hustler, 'Marty The Needle,' who inspired 'Marty Supreme'

Meet the high-strung Ping-Pong hustler, 'Marty The Needle,' who inspired 'Marty Supreme'

New York Post — Before Timothée Chalamet starred in "Marty Supreme" - opening nationwide on Christmas Day - there was Marty "The Needle" Reisman, the Ping-Pong hustler who inspired the namesake character.
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