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What better way to engage a readership whose primary interest is gambling than a discussion on the history, interpretation and future relevance of an 800-year-old piece of parchment? The 15th of June 1215 is the day that the Magna Carta was thrust into English politics. Hundreds of years later, for some the Magna Carta is […]

As the ashes settle on “Avengers Endgame”, cinema’s comic book audience can now rise from their reclining chairs, wipe the popcorn from their laps, the tears from their eyes and prepare to go again with the release of the X-Men movie, “Dark Phoenix”. Logan The last account of the lives of the X-Men came in […]

The Fat of the Land June is National Candy Month and what better way to slate that sugar craving than tucking into the sweet and sticky past of our current obesity epidemic? Sorry… As if that wasn’t raining enough on your candy parade let’s not forget that sugar doesn’t just make us fat, it also […]

May the 26th, 1897 saw the publication of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula”. The seminal gothic novel that has shaped an entire genre of writing from literature to cinema, from TV to comic books. No one needs to have vampires explained to then, such is the impact that one Count Dracula has had on the collective consciousness […]

Recently it has been brought to our attention that some operators have been using their UKGC license as grounds to refuse to discuss complaints with anyone other than their selected Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) service (see this Casinomeister thread), suggesting that the UKGC are aggressively against operators talking to anyone else. So are operators correct? […]

As Will Smith pastes himself in blue CGI body-paint, reprising a role that Robin Williams owned as a cartoon Genie, we have to stop and ask ourselves if any of this is really necessary. The current trend in Disney studios is to take an animated cartoon masterpiece, one that remains embedded in the consciousness of […]

International Astronomy Day happens every year and alternates between Spring and Autumn, with this year’s date set for the 11th of May. It is hard to imagine a mind devoted to unpicking the mysteries of the universe caring too much about a promotional event. Sheldon Cooper taking time out of his obsessions to try and […]

This week I’ve decided to leave world events and international celebrations alone and instead focus on something that really matters in the gambling industry. The RTP (Return to Player) is as far as we are concern here at ThePogg the single most important piece of information that a developer or a casino can give us […]

Not only is this Sunday International Superhero Day but this week also sees the release of the most hotly anticipated superhero movie in years. Avengers: Endgame will round off a franchise that has set new standards for the genre. Avengers: Infinity Wars broke all sorts of box office records and is currently the 4th highest […]

In the last week Max Drayman at Casinomeister has once again raise the issue of operators citing “Data Protection” as a reason that they cannot discuss complaints when players approach an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) service like ThePOGG or Casinomeister (you can read this conversation here). This topic is one that is very relevant to […]