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Being Uptight

QUESTION: I am a good player. I know the rules of the games I play and I keep my money manageable if you understand what I mean. My wife, however, has a different view of my casino playing. She thinks I am always uptight. She thinks I don’t enjoy myself as much as I should...read more

Top 10 poker goals for 2022

With the New Year upon us, it is time to make some poker resolutions and try to make 2022 really count. For poker players, the matter of motivation and goals always plays an important role, which is why I wanted to tackle the best poker goals you can set for yourself moving into the New Year.The truth is that the online poker world has ample opportunities for all types of players, whether you are a micro-stakes grinder or a live tournament aficionado.I thought of everyone while compiling this list, so I am sure you will find at least a couple of goals that you may want to meet in 2022, regardless of your preferences in poker.Get involved with some live tournaments...read more

Multi-Pay Machines

QUESTION: When playing slots and you switch from 1-cent denomination to a $1 denomination, does it change the random number generator or does each coin denomination have its own random number generator?ANSWER: That can differ from machine to machine and manufacturer to manufacturer, but games with very different payback percentages can be programmed using the same random number generator.All the RNG does is to generate random numbers...read more

Would You Play These Hands Correctly?

Time for a little exercise in video poker strategy. Periodically, sample video poker hands will be presented to test your mastery of video poker strategy.Today’s hands are for a full-pay (9/6 or 9-for-1 for a full house and 6-for-1 for a flush) Jacks or Better...read more

Casino City’s Friday Five: New York mobile sports betting edition

Last Saturday morning at 9 a.m. EST, mobile sports betting launched in the state of New York with four sportsbook operators. Before we get into those details and some impressive figures from the opening days, we have news about bonus spins available for Everygame Poker players, major jackpot wins from Florida and Las Vegas, and some new luxury suites at a Las Vegas Strip hotel.Let’s begin with some online slot play:5...read more

The Casino Menaces II

CINDY: Last week in our Thursday column we talked about the mental preparation for playing in Las Vegas, where we will be going for a full week.ABBY: But now we have to look at the games we intend to play and how we intend to play them.CINDY: Should we tell everything?ABBY: Yes, every single thing...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: Slot machine dilemma: bet max at min or min at max

Question: I play minimum bet at maximum denomination. A good example is the popular Lightning Link slots. On pennies the mini jackpot is $10 and minor jackpot is $50 for a $5 bet. At max denomination (dime), the same $5 bet gives you opportunity to win the mini jackpot (now $100) and/or the minor jackpot (now $500)...read more

Say Goodbye

QUESTION: I can’t seem get this into my mind. When do you leave a table? Is it if you have lost a certain amount of money? Is it when you have won a certain amount of money? I hear a lot of players say one thing or another. One person told me that when he lost all the money that he brought to play with then he quit...read more

Top 10 NFL teams we think can win Super Bowl LVI

With the National Football League’s playoff picture finally set, we are ready to dive into some predictions on who will be crowned champion at Super Bowl LVI at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on 13 February.Fourteen teams have punched their ticket to the playoffs after a tough 17-game season that was drenched in COVID-19 cases and issues...read more

High Card Flush

Several weeks ago, I answered a reader's question about automatic shufflers. One of the games he mentioned was High Card Flush.In the intervening weeks, several readers emailed me to ask about High Card Flush. They'd never heard of the game and wanted to know if it was something they should look for.I first wrote about it after the 2015 Global Gaming Expo where it was displayed by American Gaming Systems...read more