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Bestmodo: Six Toolkits For Cultured Types

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11:45AM November 18, 2011 | Danny Allen

Gizmodo’s toolkit column highlights the latest (and strangest) gadgets on a particular theme. Today we serve up a classy best of collection: tools to help hit the casino and horse races, trim your movember moustache, play golf, write that novel and survive your summer holiday. More »


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Man Finds Mysterious Safe, Plans To Open It Live On The Internet

10:40AM August 25, 2011 | Casey Chan

Mike Laub recently bought Bill’s casino in Lake Tahoe and was in the process of renovating the building. But when he started tearing down walls, Laub found a 1.2m tall, black locked safe that was hidden underneath a staircase and sealed off behind a wall. More »


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7 Casino Technologies They Don’t Want You To Know About

8:40AM August 10, 2011 | Brad Chacos - Maximum Tech

Movies make casino cheaters seem like modern-day Robin Hoods, but don’t be fooled. Regulatory agencies toss around jail sentences faster than mob goons used to break knees. But casinos can’t prosecute what they can’t catch; everything starts with detection. More »


Ugly Carpets Of Vegas Are Clever Social Engineering At Work

7:20AM September 3, 2010 | Sam Biddle

Something this horrific can’t possibly be an accident. I mean, it takes a genius to come up with something so offensive to the eye. Sure enough, the insanely appalling carpets that adorn Vegas casinos are designed to keep you gambling. More »


Terminators Are Real, Weak Against Tasers

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12:14PM July 17, 2009 | Nick Broughall

In quite possibly the funniest story I’ve heard all year, 19 year old Sean Stanley Smith was arrested for indecent exposure and resisting a police officer after he entered a casino buck naked claiming to be a Terminator sent from the future. More »