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Donald Catlin Gaming Guru - Page 5  $3 Craps versus $5 Craps6 August 2010
Back in mid March I received the following email from Michael M., one of my readers from Laughlin, Nevada:
Hi Don,
I am an employee in a Laughlin casino. I have both dealt and supervised the craps table over the past 20 years and I am trying to convince my current director the advantages of a $3.00 minimum vs. ... (read more)
Beat Blackjack Now2 July 2010
It is no coincidence that the title of this article is also the title of Frank Scoblete's latest book on Blackjack. Although Frank is the principle author, there is also a chapter on frequently asked questions with answers provided by Blackjack expert Henry Tamburin and Frank's colleague Dominator. ... (read more)
Correction to Homework - Part 220 June 2010
In my June 11th article I addressed two questions about the situation where all 52 cards in a deck of cards are dealt out to four people (such as in a game of Bridge). One of the questions asked was to calculate the probability that one player's hand contained all four Aces. My solution to this problem was incorrect. ... (read more)
Homework - Part 211 June 2010
As promised this is the second article addressing the questions sent to me by an anonymous student. Here are the last two questions:
An ordinary well shuffled deck is dealt to 4 people (each of the players A, B, C, D receives 13 cards).
Find the probability that someone at the table has all 4 ... (read more)
Homework - Part 12 May 2010
I recently received this email:
Hi, Mr. Catlin,
Please if you can help me with these questions. Thank you very much.
Question 1
An urn contains b black balls and r red balls. One of the balls is drawn at random. If it is a black ball, we put it back and add c additional black balls to the urn; when a red ball is drawn we put back the red ball. ... (read more)
Another Lottery Question3 April 2010
I recently received this letter from a reader named Tim:
Hello Don,
I have been reading up on you. Saw your name in Woman's World. I want to know if it is possible to calculate a percentage of probability for a 'skip number' in the lottery. See below. I pick my numbers by 'skip number', the last time a number appeared. ... (read more)
Penney's Game6 March 2010
Every now and then in this column I like to look at so-called proposition bets (for example see my archived article An Earful of Cider that appeared in December of 1999). These are wagers that sound like either a sure thing, or at worst a fair bet, and are anything but. A dandy example of this is ... (read more)
The Fire Bet13 February 2010
I've had a few letters from readers asking about a Craps wager called the Fire Bet. This wager is offered by the Golden Nugget in downtown Las Vegas and I've heard, but can't confirm, that the Orleans also offers the wager. This wager was created by Perry B. Stasi and was patented in 2003 and trademarked in 2004. ... (read more)
Vegas Visit2 January 2010
This past November my wife and I visited Las Vegas in order to attend the fall gaming show known as G2E (short for Global Gaming Exposition). The show was overwhelming as usual and this year had one additional attraction: the keynote address was given by Rita Rudner. Funny! But this article is not about ... (read more)
The End of a Story5 December 2009
As many of you know in 2003 I wrote and published a book entitled The Lottery Book; The Truth Behind the Numbers. In it I traced the history of the lottery, explained lottery mathematics, offered advice, and told some stories of lottery winners. One such story is related below. The following are exact ... (read more)
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