Articles by Joshua Hill
Joshua is a lifelong (can you play poker in diapers?) poker player who moved online in 2004. He created Beat The Fish in 2005 to help fellow frustrated online poker players choose the right poker site for their strengths and then how to win consistently once they got there. He is a published author, a certified news writer, and has played millions of hands of online poker.
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North Dakota
North Dakota's gambling happens in bars, not casinos — nonprofit electronic pull tabs took in over 2.3 billion dollars in 2025, and charities even deal…
South Dakota
South Dakota has real casinos and real poker — Deadwood has been legal since 1989, and Saloon No. 10, where Wild Bill Hickok was shot,…
Alaska
Alaska has no lottery, no commercial casinos, no sports betting and no legal online gambling — but it does have the strangest legal gambling in…
Vermont
Vermont legalized online sports betting in 2024 and regulates daily fantasy — but that's nearly the whole list. There are no casinos, no card rooms,…
Wyoming
Wyoming is the smallest state with full statewide online sports betting — and one of the few where you can bet at 18. But there…
District of Columbia
Washington DC has one of the most competitive sports betting markets in the country — six apps usable anywhere in the District — after a…
Montana
Montana is one of the most gambling-saturated states — video gambling machines in nearly every bar, plus sports betting, low-stakes poker, tribal casinos and a…