Gambling

Prediction Markets

Can Bitcoin Help Predict the Future?

Prediction markets attempt use 'crowd wisdom' to predict the future and some are now factoring bitcoin into their models.

Business  ·  24 May 2014
News

Bitcoin Enthusiast Loses Price Bet, Eats Hat

An extremely optimistic American has filmed himself eating his hat after losing a bet on the BTC price.

Business  ·  28 March 2014
Regulation

SEC Making Inquiries Into MPEx, SatoshiDice

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has requested details on Erik Voorhees and all investors in gambling site SatoshiDice.

Policy & regulation  ·  20 March 2014
Exchanges

Why Mt. Gox May Be Headed for Bankruptcy

Mt. Gox’s troubles raise a number of red flags that make comparisons with now-bankrupt online gambling sites highly relevant.

Markets  ·  17 February 2014
News

Legal Online Gambling is Next Major Bitcoin Market

The second-generation bitcoin gambling sites demonstrate market-based legitimacy and look set to bring the currency into the mainstream.

Business  ·  30 January 2014
BitPay

Las Vegas Casinos Accept Bitcoin, But Not for Gambling

The D and Golden Gate will become the first casinos in Las Vegas to accept bitcoin, with a catch.

Business  ·  21 January 2014
News

Princeton Researchers Developing Bitcoin-Based Prediction Market

A team of Princeton faculty members are developing a prediction market based on bitcoin transactions.

Tech  ·  6 January 2014
Gaming

Poker Champion Launches Real-life Bitcoin Scavenger Hunt

Mauro Velazquez is using his winnings to develop a game that lets players collect bitcoins from real-world locations.

Business  ·  26 December 2013
Canada

Bitcoin Bidders Welcome for Luxurious $7.85 Million Vegas Mansion

Jack Sommer, a former casino owner, is accepting bitcoin offers on his 25,000 square-foot Las Vegas mansion.

Business  ·  17 December 2013
News

New SatoshiDICE owner launches Tribute game

SatoshiDICE Tribute will distribute a fraction of all bets to three top-ranked players.

Business  ·  31 October 2013
Startups

Bitmarkers wants to move money in bitcoin for in-casino gambling

Bitmarkers wants to make it easy for gamblers using brick-and-mortar casinos to move money in bitcoin.

Business  ·  23 October 2013
Startups

Win bitcoins by betting on the hash rate with Futureblock

Futureblock is enabling people to bet on the volatility of the bitcoin network hash rate.

Business  ·  22 October 2013
Gaming

LeetCoin enables skilled gamers to win bitcoins

Skilled gamers can win bitcoin via new multiplayer gaming platform LeetCoin.

Business  ·  15 October 2013
Startups

What will gambling do to the bitcoin block chain?

Will large numbers of small gambling transactions bloat the bitcoin block chain? Not if they're kept mostly off of it.

Business  ·  29 August 2013
Startups

Bitcoin could be a boon for porn and other high-risk merchants

Could high-risk online businesses like gambling, travel and adult entertainment sites be a useful foothold for bitcoin?

Business  ·  20 August 2013