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Frank Scoblete Gaming Guru - Page 17  Roulette is Random11 October 2022
Roulette is a strictly random game. One decision after another decision has no effect on any of the decisions coming up. That makes it totally unlike blackjack where a card already played does not return to the game until a new shuffle is undertaken. Blackjack creates new patterns with every round of bets. ... (read more)
Blackjack is Semi-Random4 October 2022
Most casino games have as their underpinning randomness. The bets, the flow of the game, how the casino gets an edge, is usually decided by a random distribution of the elements of the game. To secure the money from the players, the casino makes sure it either wins more decisions at the game or it “taxes” the wins of the player by taking a percent of his or her win. ... (read more)
Fighting Craps27 September 2022
Craps used to be the favorite casino table game until it was surpassed by blackjack in the mid-1960s. When it was the favorite game, it was dominated by men. World War II taught soldiers, sailors and marines how to play the game and they loved it. Craps was considered a “city game” when in fact it originated along the Mississippi River in the South. ... (read more)
Tackling Slots20 September 2022
This won’t bother most slot players; slot machines are random. Of course. The machines are programmed to be random. This way no one can predict what is coming up next or next or next on down the line. I am sure most slot players are aware of this; at least I hope so. The computer program that makes the machines a random game is called the Random Number Generator. ... (read more)
They Want Your Money13 September 2022
“I went to the butcher yesterday and you can’t believe this but he wanted my money! He charged me for the meat. Can you believe that? His wife was adamant about wanting my money.” “That’s nothing. I went to the doctor and I got this huge bill. She charged me for helping my health. Can you believe that? My husband was outraged. ... (read more)
Craps Decorum6 September 2022
All games have their proper way to play them. Some of these ways are actually considered fundamental rules, such as not allowing the picking up of the cards off the table in a blackjack game from a shoe. The dealer will strongly tell you not to do this. Of course, many handheld blackjack games require the players to pick up the cards. ... (read more)
Good Advice is Bad Advice30 August 2022
Good advice is often bad advice if you happen to give such good advice at a gaming table in the casino and such advice backfires. “I’ve got a 12 against the dealer’s two,” said the man playing blackjack. “What should I do?” He asked me that question directly. This was over 30 years ago and I remember the moment clearly. ... (read more)
Taking It All In23 August 2022
I have my favorite casinos. They are not my favorites just because I’ve been particularly lucky in them but because I like the dealers, the hosts, the administrators and the stores’ staffs. I enjoy their restaurants too. My saying has become “I eat, therefore I am.” Oh, yes, I have gained a lot of weight since my athletic days but the extra pounds will suit me well when I grow to six-foot-five. ... (read more)
The Headless Chicken16 August 2022
Yes, I have seen a chicken, my wonderful Flo, with its head suddenly cut off by my grandma (Nana)Rose in 1950 in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Where the entrance to the Verrazano Bridge is at 92nd street was where my grandmother’s house used to be. She was an immigrant with strong Italian ways, one of which was the occasional killing of chickens. ... (read more)
Don't Call Me Chicken!9 August 2022
Marty McFly (brilliantly played by Michael J. Fox) in the wonderful movie series “Back to the Future,” got to travel in time, both to the future and the past. He also got very (as in very, very, very) annoyed with anyone who would say or suggest he was a “chicken” of any kind. Calling McFly a chicken was an open and direct invitation for him to do something stupid. ... (read more)
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