http://Pilarski.casinocitytimes.com Casino City Times is The Source for the latest gaming news, gaming strategy and gambling tips from the industry's leading experts. en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://Pilarski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/50010.html Dear Mark: Is it my imagination, or have the casinos in Detroit tightened up the percentages won by them? Before building the new casinos, my husband and I seemed to have more luck than we do in their newer ones. Not only that, but they didn't bring over some of our favorite quarter machines. Dorothy D. Dear Mark:... Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://Pilarski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/50010.html http://Pilarski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/49967.html Dear Mark: I read an article by Henry Tamburin in which he states that the best way to tip a blackjack dealer is to place the "tip chip" on top of one's bet in the layout circle and if you lose the hand the dealer gets nothing, but if you win, you reward him the tip chip amount. The article states that most dealers prefer this method of... Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://Pilarski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/49967.html http://Pilarski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/49849.html Dear Mark: I wanted to comment last week about dealer's giving blackjack advice. My experience is that all they have ever given is bad advice. The soft 18 you mention this week is the prime example. Not only do I have everyone at the table angry at me for hitting an 18, the dealer usually chimes in that I shouldn't have done that or... Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://Pilarski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/49849.html http://Pilarski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/49774.html Dear Mark: When playing video poker would you suggest staying with Jacks or Better or are there better machines to play? Tim F. There are more than a hundred different video poker variations to choose from, Tim, games like Jacks, Joker Poker, Deuces Wild, Double Bonus, Double Double Bonus, etc., and all of them have different pay... Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://Pilarski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/49774.html http://Pilarski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/48321.html Dear Mark: My stepmother likes to play the slots, and she does quite well at times. She believes starting off the day by putting in a $100 bill in her favorite slot machine--rather than several $20s--produces more, larger payouts. Any truth to this? Jeff J. In the book, The Gambler, Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote; "Can one even as much... Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://Pilarski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/48321.html http://Pilarski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/48246.html Dear Mark: I know you don't believe in the doubling up theory after a loss in blackjack, but after I have seven or eight losses in a row, wouldn't betting more be warranted, if not just for the due factor? Jim K. Your compass is off, Jim, if it reliably shows your viewpoint regarding sequences in gambling. You believe that after so many losses,... Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://Pilarski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/48246.html http://Pilarski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/48173.html Dear Mark: I like to play multiple line slot machines in AC, but it seems the amount I bring to the casino does not lend itself to these type machines. I am a 25-cent machine player with usually $200 to play with for four hours. I seem to run out of money before the four hours elapse, so my question is, is the amount I bring large enough, or... Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST http://Pilarski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/48173.html http://Pilarski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/48091.html Dear Mark: About a month ago, I was playing the 5¢ slots and lost about $20. When I took my player's card out, I noticed the machine next to me (no one was playing while I was there) had a ticket sticking out. I took the ticket, without looking at the amount, and asked a man and women standing in line at the cashier's cage if they were on... Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST http://Pilarski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/48091.html http://Pilarski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/48022.html Dear Mark: The casino where I play has curtailed not only the amount of blackjack games now available, but also the comps they give to their blackjack players. I've inquired to as why this is so, and their response is that we are now catering more to slot players than we have in the past, and he said it was at the expense of the table... Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST http://Pilarski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/48022.html http://Pilarski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/47951.html Dear Mark: Please explain the frequency of wins on a slot machine. For instance, sometimes the machine will give away money, spin after spin, and then it comes to a complete halt. I could hit that spin button 20 times in a row, and not a winner will appear. Can the random number generator be set to stop hits after so many wins, so... Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST http://Pilarski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/47951.html