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Automatic Shufflers

QUESTION: I like playing the table games such as Three Card Poker, Let It Ride and the newer game High Card Flush. All use automatic shufflers.What goes on inside the shuffler? How are the cards shuffled? Can the machine be manipulated to give an edge to the casino?ANSWER: The exact process differs depending on the manufacturer as well as expense and sophistication of the machine, but basically, each card goes through a series of moves into randomly selected slots...read more

Is Video Poker for You?

This article examines video poker.Game Description:Video poker has been around for decades. It is a video game that mimics playing the table game of draw poker.The difference is the player does not play against other players. Instead, each hand is played against the casino.The player is dealt five cards...read more

Casino City’s Friday Five: New casinos opening edition

This week’s gambling news entails a new Korean resort casino announcing its opening plans in 2023. We also have another casino in California ready to welcome guests for the first time later this month. Before we discuss some details on those properties we have some other stories to cover first...read more

Parley: Yes, or No?

CINDY: You win a bet and then quickly put the winnings on top of your original bet. You now are risking double to win twice as much as you normally wagered. Is this is a good idea or not?ABBY: You are talking about parleying your winnings. Just go back up with all of it...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: Those elusive deuces

Suncoast has six video poker machines with NSU Deuces. Only one machine has no glare from the overhead lights. Only one machine has the sound turned on, ever so slightly. They are not the same machine. I had played the glare-free machine most of the time...read more

Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics

British Prime Minister in the year of 1868 and from 1874 to 1880, Benjamin Disraeli once said: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."Those of us who enjoy casino playing have run into Disraeli’s three types of lies...read more

Top 10 new online slots for winter 2021

With Turkey Day over, it is time to turn our focus on the upcoming holidays in December. For us here in New England, that also means that snow is approaching. Who doesn’t love a white Christmas, right? Well personally I don’t enjoy shoveling out my car but at least the snow looks nice...read more

More Roulette Systems

One of the constants of roulette is that it's easy to design combination bets that win more often than they lose, but impossible to alter the house edge.Eventually, every system brings large losses that overcome multiple small wins. The house maintains its advantage.Several weeks ago, I relayed a reader's question about a system called "3-2," which combines colors and columns...read more

Learn Mini-Baccarat

This is the sixth article in a series that examines several aspects of popular casino games. Each article briefly explains how the game is played as well as highlighting some of the positive and negative features of that casino game.This article examines mini-baccarat.Game Description:Mini-baccarat (or mini-bac) plays with the same rules as baccarat with a few exceptions which will be mentioned later...read more

The Toughest Question

ABBY: We have both answered many questions about casino games and casino gambling in general.CINDY: Yes, we have.ABBY: What was the hardest question you were ever asked in terms of how hard it was for you to formulate an answer?CINDY: I think it was a lady who asked a very simple question that caused me to really think hard about the answer...read more