Literature professor Jim Bennett leads a secret life as a high-stakes gambler. Always a risk-taker, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral.

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Multiple gamblers won slot machine jackpots at casinos in Las Vegas. JP Holecka via Unsplash One lucky gambler bet some change on a slot machine in Las Vegas and ended up hitting a big jackpot.

The Denver City Council voted Monday to ban sales of nearly all flavored tobacco and nicotine products in city limits. The council majority brushed aside arguments from convenience store and smoke ...

Although lead pipes were banned decades ago, millions of homes still contain them. In fact, lead from water service lines remains one of the leading causes of childhood lead poisoning. Lead is a ...

British Columbia Premier David Eby, whose province initiated legal action against the three tobacco companies in 1998, said the deal is "a critical step forward after 20 years of litigation ...

The plan announced by a court-appointed mediator would see tobacco companies pay $24.7 billion to provinces and territories, $6.6 billion to individuals, and $1 billion to a new national ...

A proposed deal that would see three tobacco giants pay out billions to provinces and territories, as well as smokers across Canada, has been approved by the companies’ creditors, a lawyer ...

A Texas visitor won a big prize at a Las Vegas casino. Getty Images/iStockphoto A Texas man traveled to Las Vegas for a rodeo championship, but he ended up walking out of a casino with a big prize ...

Restrictions and checks are subduing betting in the build-up to major festivals such as CheltenhamCredit: Edward Whitaker Punters are being forced into betting smaller and less often due to account ...

More than 500 kilograms of illicit "chop chop" tobacco and thousands of vapes were seized during raids. Authorities have seized more than 500 kilograms of illicit tobacco and thousands of vapes ...

Many smokers and reformed smokers in Ontario have taken notice after hearing about a historic class action lawsuit settlement proposed.