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Low Pair versus Inside Straight

Hello Stickman,I like and appreciate your columns in Casino City Times Guru.I read your "how to play" articles and low hands challenge me.In PA, lucky to find 1,2,3,4,5,7 with 7 on the full house.So many times, I have low cards for an inside straight...read more

New look and location for 2022 World Series of Poker

The World Series of Poker returns to the summer months and the heat of Las Vegas, a year after postponing last year’s edition to November due to COVID-19. This year’s WSOP, kicks off on Tuesday, and is going to have a much different feel.For the first time in 17 years, the most prestigious tournament in poker will not be taking place at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.Instead, this year’s tournament will be front and center at Bally's – Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas in the middle of the Las Vegas Strip.The @RioVegas will no longer be the host of the @WSOP, beginning next year...read more

The Battle of Mini-Bac!

CINDY: News is usually bad news. When many of us write about casinos, it is fun to tell the irritating experiences. Obviously, the overwhelming experiences of the casinos are fun or we would not go to them, especially regularly. Why go if things stink?ABBY: But that doesn’t mean Cindy and I have not seen some interesting things at the tables and machines.CINDY: And there is one we call the Battle at Mini-Bac.ABBY: One thing to know about mini-baccarat; many of the players are extremely superstitious...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: Son of Monty Hall plays Survivor

Question: I just read your "survivor" article of today. The odds don't work that way. The odds ARE 50/50 once one of the losers is revealed. The odds change, just like in Blackjack once cards are revealed. Otherwise, counting cards would be meaningless, and we know that's not the case. I thought of a couple of alternate scenarios, but I won't bore you with the machinations of having more than 3 choices, and the reality is that you had a 1 in 3 chance at the beginning, and that doesn't change, but there was also only a 1 in 3 chance that the particular remaining "non-choice" was the good one...read more

Up, Up and Away!

Most slot players are true players! While casinos want table-game players to play four hours per day, slot players tend to go way beyond that in their pursuit of Lady Luck’s love. Some of them you have to tear away from the machines to get them to go to dinner or a show.Playing slots is not a difficult assignment...read more

Top 10 land-based jackpots for 2022

When at a casino, breaking even is pretty much considered a win since you got to play “for free” and have some fun without losing money. Leaving with more money than you walked in with is obviously the goal, but not always or often the case for many gamblers.However, a lucky few get to leave with incredible and unexpected amounts of money and we have seen several of these winners so far in 2022...read more

Is He Diamond Jim Brady?

Reader Brady got lucky and drew a big, winning video poker hand during an early May morning. He just isn't sure how to feel about it."I should know better by now," Brady said. "I've been playing video poker long enough, almost 40 years. Since I retired last year, my wife and I play just about every week, but I changed video poker machines without checking the game."That can be a problem...read more

Is Pick'em Poker the Game for You?

Most video poker fans prefer variations of draw poker.These include Jacks or Better, Bonus Poker, Double Bonus Poker, Double-Double Bonus Poker and Bonus Poker Deluxe.Others prefer video poker games that have wild cards, such as Deuces Wild, and Jokers Wild.All of these games deal five cards...read more

Casino City’s Friday Five: Massive slot jackpot and horse racing payouts edition

Everygame Casino Red is enticing more players yet again with a bonus spins offer on a new Penguin Palooza slot. Before we dissect the details of the online casino’s offer, we have a few other top stories to tackle. A Florida casino paid out over $1 million to a lucky slot player, a horse racing bettor at Mohegan Sun nailed a superfecta bet on the Kentucky Derby, Las Vegas gets ready for Memorial Day Weekend, and MGM Resorts completes an acquisition on a Las Vegas Strip resort.5...read more

Mini-Baccarat

CINDY: My play of mini-baccarat has had a lot of ups and downs. Yet, it is one of the easiest games to play. It’s flipping a coin with an added option.ABBY: A bad option too.CINDY: That's the “tie” bet that has an outrageous house edge of 14 percent...read more