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Betting Systems: Good or Bad?

Betting systems for casino games abound. Each system seller claims they have the keys to casino-produced riches.Do they?Let us take a quick look.Betting SystemsA vast majority of the “retire on the casino-won money” systems involve betting schemes...read more

Casino City’s Friday Five: Sports betting, fines and massive jackpots edition

As March Madness sweeps across the U.S., a couple more states in the U.S. have made progress toward legalized sports betting. Before we get into details about Maryland and Missouri, we have news about cashless gaming is making its way to a casino in California, a lucky winner taking home a six-figure payday from a Reno casino, and the U.K...read more

Cindy Plays Straight-Up Roulette

CINDY: This is our second view of roulette coming from my angle. Abby and I are going to give roulette a long period of time of extended play. Abby published last week her first experience betting the “even-money” bets of red/black. I am going to go straight up on numbers...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: What influences how frequently a bonus round can hit?

Has this ever happened to you? You're playing one of your favorite machines. A stranger (or a friend) sits down and starts playing the identical machine next to you. You haven't hit a bonus round since the last time Halley's comet was in the neighborhood, but the person playing next to you is not only getting their fair share of bonus rounds, they're getting your share too. Has this ever happened to you? (Of course, it has.) The reason your neighbor is getting more bonus rounds than you are is due to the random selection of outcomes on a slot machine...read more

Big Win and Big Loss

She loves playing the slot machines, and she and her girlfriend Wendy would go to the casinos once a month for a weekend stay. They played; they took in the shows and they had delicious meals. What could be better?They are not rich by any stretch of the imagination but now being in their early 40’s both own their own homes and have stable jobs...read more

Top 10 tips for playing at crypto casinos

With the massive popularization of cryptocurrency casinos and poker sites, there’s no shortage of options for those who want to gamble using crypto coins. That said, as this industry is fairly young in online gambling, many players avoid playing in crypto casinos.There are many advantages of playing in a crypto casino, and these sites shouldn’t be avoided because of a lack of understanding...read more

Reduce the House Edge at Roulette

QUESTION: You've written that six-deck blackjack games can be better than one-deck games if there are better rules on the six-deck game.I was wondering if the same might be true in roulette. I know the house edge is higher with two zeroes, but are there circumstances when it's better to play double-zero than single-zero roulette?ANSWER: A rule such as Atlantic City's half back rule would need to be in effect on a double-zero wheel but not on a single-zero wheel for the two-zero version to have a lower house edge.Even then, the house edge would be lower only on bets with even-money payoffs: odd or even, red or black; or 1-18 or 19-36.With the half back rule, the house takes only half your money if the ball lands on one of the zeroes...read more

Do Not Be a Jerk

Going to a casino for some action on the casino floor can be exciting. It can be fun. It can even be relaxing in some cases.However, it can be a totally different experience if there is a casino jerk at the table. You cannot stop someone else from being one, but you can certainly make sure you are not one.Social casino games:Some casino games are social in nature...read more

Casino City’s Friday Five: Casino construction, cruises, and ebbs and flows of US gambling

Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow used the words “one if by land, and two if by sea” to describe how Paul Revere arranged to signal if the British were coming into Massachusetts. The top news this week’s is a spin on that as we have two land-based casinos undergoing major renovations, while another casino company is pairing with a cruise line to offer rewards...read more

Abby Bets Even-Money Roulette

CINDY: We are now going to go into our roulette analysis. We have decided to play major time periods at the roulette table to see how prolonged play feels (in we will play other games).ABBY: I’m first up. I will take us through my first prolonged period of play at the table...read more