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Donald Catlin Gaming Guru - Page 15  Non-Random Randomness - Part 11 June 2002
With a title like the above oxymoron you may be thinking that "Catlin has finally lost his marbles." Well, many of my friends and colleagues would probably agree that there is ample evidence to support such a conclusion; however, the present articles are not part of it. Let me explain. If we ... (read more)
Mohegan Sun5 May 2002
Recently I received two emails from readers, one from Tom Howze and one from William McAnirlin, reacting to my January article about the Rio and the gaming show. Thanks for writing guys; I appreciate the feedback. Not only do letters from readers help me to know your interests but quite often I learn ... (read more)
Playing the Soft 187 April 2002
.reg { text-indent: 2em; } .eq { font-size: smaller; text-align: center; } .no { font-size: smaller; text-align: right; } One of the hands that is frequently misplayed in the game of Blackjack is the soft 18 (such as Ace-Seven). In fact I have had dealers go right by me when I held this hand, ... (read more)
Intuition Led Astray3 March 2002
.reg { text-indent: 2em; } .eq { font-size: smaller; text-align: center; } .no { font-size: smaller; text-align: right; } The American Heritage Dictionary defines intuition as "the act or faculty of knowing without the use of rational processes; immediate cognition." Webster's Unabridged Dictionary ... (read more)
Video Poker Sure Isn't Poker3 February 2002
I have several friends who are regulars in private Poker games in my
region. Of these, a few make regular trips to Foxwoods Casino in
Ledyard, Connecticut to play in the Poker games there. All of these pals
have at one time or another tried to entice me to join one of their
games or one of their Poker trips and I have always refused. ... (read more)
Odds and Ends Plus G2E3 January 2002
A few months ago I deviated from my usual article about the mathematics of gambling and wrote a piece called Odds and Ends. It was an article containing a few of my thoughts on the then current state of Las Vegas and its casinos; I'll undoubtedly write similar articles in the future. In it I noted that ... (read more)
Progressive Blackjack à la Wildhorse2 December 2001
.reg { text-indent: 2em; } .eq { font-size: smaller; text-align: center; } .no { font-size: smaller; text-align: right; } Many of you are familiar with the Midnight Skulker, who writes articles on this site as well as for other gambling publications. Well, a few weekends ago the ole Skulker ... (read more)
Fundamentalism20 September 2001
A word of explanation is due. I write my monthly mathematics article on this site one month in advance of posting. With all of my equations and formulas it is undoubtedly the hardest article for editor John Robison to set up and that is why I give him a month to do so. I should like to say that John does a remarkable job at setting it up. ... (read more)
Sic Bo and Beyond2 September 2001
.reg { text-indent: 2em; } .eq { font-size: smaller; text-align: center; } .no { font-size: smaller; text-align: right; } Sic Bo is an Asian dice game played with three dice. It is very similar to the proposition bets in the game of craps. Three dice are rolled using either a dice cup or some form of automatic roller. ... (read more)
Calculating Dice Sum Frequencies17 August 2001
.reg { text-indent: 2em; } .eq { font-size: smaller; text-align: center; } .no { font-size: smaller; text-align: right; } There are many casino games that depend on summing the faces of dice; Craps and Sic Bo come to mind. I imagine that there will be new games coming along that depend on dice ... (read more)
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