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Frank Scoblete Gaming Guru - Page 14  Many Happy Returns II: The Truth Will Out16 May 2023
Many Happy Returns: The Truth Will Out We can then figure how much of a percentage edge the casino has at a roulette game by knowing these numbers. There are 38 pockets for the ball to fall into. The payment for a hit is 35-to-1. The real payout should be 37-to-o1. The casino doesn’t post this on the tables, we have to do the figuring to come up with the percentages. ... (read more)
Many Happy Returns9 May 2023
The lament among some slot players, many other casino players and most gaming writers is the fact that slot machines do not tell you what their percentage returns are except in cases where an area of machines has signs saying something to the effect that “these machines return a minimum of 98 percent” or the like. ... (read more)
Blowing It2 May 2023
I doubt many casino players can honestly say that they have never made a mistake in their playing careers. I know I can’t. In one of my first visits to the casinos, I played the Martingale at roulette. This was in the old Sands casino in Atlantic City. That casino is no longer there. It was torn down many years ago to make way for, well, nothing. ... (read more)
Blackjack Questions and Answers25 April 2023
QUESTION: Is blackjack still the most popular table game in the casino? ANSWER: Yes, it is and has been since the mid-1960s. Craps used to rule the felt (all those World War II guys coming back from the war where craps gained a great fascination for them) but then the card counting revolution occurred in the mid-1960s thanks to Edward O. ... (read more)
Fishing Yourself Out of the Deep End II18 April 2023
You and I know that you can’t change the machine’s programming to make it favorable to you. That’s the way things are when you play against the casino. Sometimes the machines are hot and sometimes they are cold and everything in between. Okay, let us say you are a dollar player and you like to play machines that are somewhat traditional and you play full coin, meaning three dollars per decision. ... (read more)
Deep End of the Pool11 April 2023
We have all been there. Yes, we have. Nothing is going right. You try this machine, that machine. You try machines that were hot for other players and they turn ice cold for you. You try machines that have been ice cold figuring they must warm up. Right? Wrong. They get colder if that is even possible. ... (read more)
Go Up or Go Down?4 April 2023
You’ve taken a bit of a hammering at your favorite table game or games. It’s been a really tough session or day and/or night and/or trip. You’ve lost a significant amount of the money you brought for this trip and things are looking bleak. Really bleak. You want to make a comeback. Of course, you do. ... (read more)
Good Before Bad Part II28 March 2023
“I told Wendy what happened when I won the big jackpot. ‘I wish you came over to get me. I would have loved to see them do what they do to pay out such a large amount of money,’ she said. "I explained to her that I was kind of in a fog when all this was going on. It seemed unreal to me. ‘Well,’ she said. ... (read more)
Big Win and Big Loss21 March 2023
She loves playing the slot machines, and she and her girlfriend Wendy would go to the casinos once a month for a weekend stay. They played; they took in the shows and they had delicious meals. What could be better? They are not rich by any stretch of the imagination but now being in their early 40’s both own their own homes and have stable jobs. ... (read more)
Proper Craps Betting14 March 2023
Craps is often referred to as the most exciting game in the casino, at least craps players think this is so – and, yes, so do I. When you play the game, it is hard to think of another that surpasses its energy. We players stand about a table that looks close to a sacrificial altar (check the Mayans and Aztecs), offering up our money and our luck to the gods of chance. ... (read more)
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