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• My Last Column (14 January 2024)
• Tough Blackjack Hands (7 January 2024)
• Roulette versus Slots (31 December 2023)
• The New "Old" Days (24 December 2023)
• Real Blackjack Strategy (17 December 2023)
• Lay the 4 and on UP (10 December 2023)
• Random Roulette Numbers (3 December 2023)
• What Players Say (26 November 2023)
• Those Double Nines (19 November 2023)
• Today's Slots (12 November 2023)
• So, What Do You Look For? (5 November 2023)
• Player to Player Reactions (29 October 2023)
• Video Poker with Similar Returns (22 October 2023)
• Speed Counts! (15 October 2023)
• Some Blackjack Strategies (8 October 2023)
• Bonus Deluxe Video Poker and Splitting 5/5 at Blackjack (1 October 2023)
• Speed of Play (24 September 2023)
• Basic Blackjack Strategies (10 September 2023)
• Those Roulette Edges (3 September 2023)
• Buying Numbers at Craps (27 August 2023)
• Roulette House Edges (13 August 2023)
• Weird Conversations (6 August 2023)
• The Truth About Roulette Numbers (30 July 2023)
• Better Blackjack Players Today? (23 July 2023)
• When You Know the Dealer's Hole Card (16 July 2023)
• New Video Poker Versions (9 July 2023)
• Figuring the Odds (2 July 2023)
• Quit While You're Ahead? (25 June 2023)
• Good Strategy That Might Look Bad (18 June 2023)
• Strip Games Getting Tougher (11 June 2023)
• Video Poker Strategy in General (4 June 2023)
• For or To? (28 May 2023)
• Slot Myth Busting (21 May 2023)
• Total Blackjack Hands (14 May 2023)
• Experts Can Be Annoying (7 May 2023)
• Blackjack Doubles (30 April 2023)
• The Sharp Shooter Bet (23 April 2023)
• Keno Odds (16 April 2023)
• DJ Wild (10 April 2023)
• The Question of Insurance (2 April 2023)
• March Madness and Slots (1 April 2023)
• Blazing 777 Blackjack (26 March 2023)
• Reduce the House Edge at Roulette (19 March 2023)
• Mom and Daughter Penny Slots (12 March 2023)
• Blackjacked! (5 March 2023)
• Jackpots (26 February 2023)
• What Are Odds of That? (19 February 2023)
• Straying from the Basics (12 February 2023)
• Wrong Plays for Personal Reasons (5 February 2023)
• What Happened to the Royal Flush? (29 January 2023)
• Playing Slots with Mom (22 January 2023)
• Blackjack Mistakes Made by Great Players (15 January 2023)
• Craps and Superfun 21 (8 January 2023)
• Beating Craps (1 January 2023)
• New Slot Machines (25 December 2022)
• Mother Knows Best (18 December 2022)
• Tired Blackjack Play (11 December 2022)
• Craps Betting on the 12 (4 December 2022)
• Goofs and Good Luck (27 November 2022)
• Three-Card Poker Strategy Tips (20 November 2022)
• Getting the Edge at Blackjack (13 November 2022)
• Why Commissions (6 November 2022)
• The Unbeatable Roulette System (30 October 2022)
• Two High Card of Different Suits in Video Poker (23 October 2022)
• Playing Money Won (16 October 2022)
• Odd Things (9 October 2022)
• It's in the Dice (27 September 2022)
• Mimic the Dealer? (25 September 2022)
• Fewer Slots Payouts on Crowded Nights? (18 September 2022)
• The Facts of Pass and Place Bets (11 September 2022)
• Blackjack Basic Strategy Changes (4 September 2022)
• It's Time for Four-Card Poker (28 August 2022)
• Wizard's Critters (21 August 2022)
• First Royals (14 August 2022)
• Nothing Odd About "Odds" Bet (7 August 2022)
• Zappit (31 July 2022)
• Number of Starting Hands in Blackjack (24 July 2022)
• Paying the Piper (17 July 2022)
• Pivot Points (10 July 2022)
• Have Fun with Slots (3 July 2022)
• Odds on Reversible Royals (26 June 2022)
• Some Great New Slots (19 June 2022)
• Owning a Slot Machine (12 June 2022)
• Darn Bad and Good Streaks! (5 June 2022)
• Blackjack Continuum (29 May 2022)
• Is He Diamond Jim Brady? (22 May 2022)
• Triple Play and Taxes (15 May 2022)
• Table Game Jackpots (8 May 2022)
• Where's My "Charlie"? (1 May 2022)
• Pick Up Fallen Card or Leave the Game? (24 April 2022)
• Blackjack Bob Bombs (17 April 2022)
• Changing Slots Servers (10 April 2022)
• Side Bets at Blackjack (3 April 2022)
• Advantage Play at Card Games (27 March 2022)
• The Big VP Debate (20 March 2022)
• Near Misses and Real Misses (13 March 2022)
• Different Returns Different Pay Scales (6 March 2022)
• Why Six Decks in Online Games (27 February 2022)
• Less Pay Allows Best Pay (20 February 2022)
• Another Spin? (13 February 2022)
• The "Poor" Perfect Blackjack Plays (6 February 2022)
• Betting Three-Card Poker (30 January 2022)
• He's Confused (23 January 2022)
• Multi-Pay Machines (16 January 2022)
• High Card Flush (9 January 2022)
• Streaks in Roulette (2 January 2022)
• Playing Many Games and Dumping Some (26 December 2021)
• Three Card Poker Dissected (19 December 2021)
• Those Great Slot Machines (12 December 2021)
• Automatic Shufflers (5 December 2021)
• More Roulette Systems (28 November 2021)
• Big Money, Little Money (21 November 2021)
• Surprises Can Be Good! (14 November 2021)
• Why Draw Poker? (7 November 2021)
• The 3/2 Roulette System (31 October 2021)
• The Baccarat Situation (17 October 2021)
• Single Die Craps (10 October 2021)
• Card Counting at Other Games (26 September 2021)
• Refresher Blackjack (19 September 2021)
• Some Craps Numbers (5 August 2021)
• Tales of the Unexpected (1 August 2021)
• That Double Double Game (29 July 2021)
• The Reverse Martingale (25 July 2021)
• Back to Back Baby (22 July 2021)
• Play This Machine, Not That Machine (18 July 2021)
• Slot Payback Percentages (15 July 2021)
• BJ Bob and Single Deck BJ (11 July 2021)
• Three Card Poker and Pair Plus (8 July 2021)
• MultiDraw and Lightning Poker (4 July 2021)
• One Deck versus Six Deck Blackjack (1 July 2021)
• Hot and Cold Causes (27 June 2021)
• A Royal Run (24 June 2021)
• Great Internet Roulette (20 June 2021)
• Sevens Wild (17 June 2021)
• Compromise (13 June 2021)
• Deuces Wild VP and Roulette Advice (10 June 2021)
• Some Dream Machines (6 June 2021)
• Some Dream Machines (6 June 2021)
• Single-Deck Blackjack (6 June 2021)
• Bad Streaks (3 June 2021)
• First Love, Conditional Love (30 May 2021)
• Repeat of the Same Hand (27 May 2021)
• Split Decisions on Pairs at Blackjack (23 May 2021)
• You Can't Take Them Down (20 May 2021)
• Weird Blackjack Play (16 May 2021)
• Craps Odds on the Do and Don't (13 May 2021)
• Video Poker Multipliers (9 May 2021)
• Video Poker and Craps Answers (6 May 2021)
• Favorite Games (2 May 2021)
• Buying Numbers at Craps (29 April 2021)
• Where the Buffalo Roam (25 April 2021)
• Three Card Poker Advice (22 April 2021)
• Don't Make These Blackjack Mistakes (18 April 2021)
• Calculating Loss Per Hour (15 April 2021)
• Playing Those Traditional Slots (11 April 2021)
• Dealer Mistakes (8 April 2021)
• Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda Tales (4 April 2021)
• Doubling 11 versus Dealer 10 (1 April 2021)
• Betting with the House in Roulette (28 March 2021)
• Is This the Ultimate Baccarat Strategy? (25 March 2021)
• Double Double Bonus Poker "Variants" (21 March 2021)
• Odds On or Odds For? (18 March 2021)
• A Different Kind of Speed (14 March 2021)
• Machine Blackjack versus Table-Game Blackjack (11 March 2021)
• The Nephew Learns Blackjack (7 March 2021)
• Table Games on Machines (4 March 2021)
• Good Paybacks (28 February 2021)
• More About Dirt (25 February 2021)
• Learning is Important (21 February 2021)
• Hold and Spin (14 February 2021)
• Three-Card Poker Hole-Card Play (11 February 2021)
• Video Poker's Variance and Volatility (7 February 2021)
• Oh, Lucky Day! (4 February 2021)
• Three Card Poker (31 January 2021)
• Are There Fewer Jackpots? (28 January 2021)
• James Bond and More (24 January 2021)
• Video Poker and Poker (21 January 2021)
• A Great Tale of Dirty Coins (18 January 2021)
• Tipping (17 January 2021)
• Online versus In-Casino Slots (14 January 2021)
• The Terrible Two (10 January 2021)
• Back-to Back Jackpots! (7 January 2021)
• Proper blackjack decisions for 9:9 (3 January 2021)
• Cutting Losses (31 December 2020)
• The Pass Line Rules (27 December 2020)
• Changing a VP Game (24 December 2020)
• Some New Table Game Options (20 December 2020)
• Double Double Bonus Poker (17 December 2020)
• Craps Speak (13 December 2020)
• Let It Ride Redux (10 December 2020)
• The Purpose of Basic Strategy (6 December 2020)
• Wild Kings Joker's Poker Question (3 December 2020)
• Muggsy's Corner (29 November 2020)
• BJ Bob and Hitting 17 (29 November 2020)
• VP Strategy and Hand Frequency (26 November 2020)
• A New Roulette Bet (22 November 2020)
• Are More Hands a Good Thing? (19 November 2020)
• Varieties of Blackjack (12 November 2020)
• Changing Zeroes at Roulette (8 November 2020)
• Many Faces of Jokers Wild (5 November 2020)
• The Big 6 and Big 8 (1 November 2020)
• Blackjack Strategies (29 October 2020)
• Are the Odds the Same? (25 October 2020)
• Reopening Remarks (22 October 2020)
• Taking Down Pass and Come Bets (18 October 2020)
• Slot Misconceptions (15 October 2020)
• Raising Bets at Blackjack (11 October 2020)
• Electronic Blackjack (8 October 2020)
• Blackjack the Hard Way (4 October 2020)
• Trade and Place Video Poker (1 October 2020)
• Testing Jacks or Better (27 September 2020)
• Baccarat Rules (24 September 2020)
• Same machine, different paybacks (20 September 2020)
• Triple Triple Bonus Video Poker (17 September 2020)
• Taking Down Place Bet of 6 or 8 (13 September 2020)
• Soft 17: Hit or Stand? (10 September 2020)
• Reel Spins (6 September 2020)
• The Question of Risk (3 September 2020)
• The Royal Flush Flush! (30 August 2020)
• Free Spins (23 August 2020)
• BJ Bob Returns (20 August 2020)
• First Time Slot Play (16 August 2020)
• Gambling Talk (13 August 2020)
• Good Edge or Not? (9 August 2020)
• Table Game Tales (6 August 2020)
• Hitting Choices in Blackjack (2 August 2020)
• The Nature of Paybacks (30 July 2020)
• My Second First Time (25 July 2020)
• Kay's Video Poker (23 July 2020)
• Field versus Placing 5 or 9 (19 July 2020)
• Bad Table Game Bets (16 July 2020)
• Video Poker Pairs (12 July 2020)
• Comparison of Slots and Tables (9 July 2020)
• Online Blackjack Strategy (5 July 2020)
• Slots and Tables (2 July 2020)
• Royal Flush Percentages (28 June 2020)
• Odds on the Don't (25 June 2020)
• Online Play (21 June 2020)
• Making It Easy (18 June 2020)
• Low Rolling Craps (14 June 2020)
• This New Casino World (11 June 2020)
• The Cut Card Effect in Blackjack (7 June 2020)
• Mining Information (4 June 2020)
• Hitting Soft Hands (31 May 2020)
• Fast Video Poker Games (28 May 2020)
• Reopening of the Casinos (24 May 2020)
• The Virtual Meal (21 May 2020)
• When Wrong is Right (17 May 2020)
• The Good Old Days (14 May 2020)
• Ultimate Texas Hold'em (10 May 2020)
• IGT's New Slots (7 May 2020)
• Online Blackjack (3 May 2020)
• Fresh Slot Ideas (30 April 2020)
• Internet Video Poker vs. Casino Video Poker (26 April 2020)
• Short Term Slot Goals (23 April 2020)
• Pop Culture Machines (16 April 2020)
• Online Play (12 April 2020)
• Those New Slot Machines (9 April 2020)
• Double Double Jackpot Poker (5 April 2020)
• Handling Online Games (2 April 2020)
• Figuring Roulette Edge (29 March 2020)
• Going Over to the Dark Side (26 March 2020)
• Blackjack Busting and Push Taxes (22 March 2020)
• Brenda Breaks the Bank (19 March 2020)
• Slot Raises (15 March 2020)
• Blackjack Bob's Rankings (12 March 2020)
• Bingo-style Slots (8 March 2020)
• Helpful Hints (5 March 2020)
• Early Slot Machines (1 March 2020)
• Newbie video poker questions (27 February 2020)
• Odds are Not Odd (23 February 2020)
• Good Vibrations (20 February 2020)
• Splitting Fives at Blackjack (16 February 2020)
• High Edges (13 February 2020)
• Picking the Cards (9 February 2020)
• Unsolicited Advice (6 February 2020)
• Video Slots Come and Go (2 February 2020)
• Basic Strategy on Doubling (30 January 2020)
• Blackjack Shuffle Talk (26 January 2020)
• Two Pair Video Poker Hands (23 January 2020)
• It's a New Year! (19 January 2020)
• No Zero Roulette (16 January 2020)
• Slot Decisions (12 January 2020)
• Blackjack Bullies (9 January 2020)
• Unusual Slots and No-Hole Blackjack (5 January 2020)
• Those Odds Bets in Craps (2 January 2020)
• Is Roulette Really French? (29 December 2019)
• Soft versus Hard Hands (26 December 2019)
• Video Poker Bonus Rounds (22 December 2019)
• Playing Blackjack Concerns (19 December 2019)
• Grandpa's Craps Play (15 December 2019)
• Three-Card Poker Play (12 December 2019)
• Blackjack Bullies (8 December 2019)
• Playing Properly (5 December 2019)
• Technology Changes Casinos (1 December 2019)
• The reality of the casino (28 November 2019)
• Same Craps Bets with Different Payouts (24 November 2019)
• Players' Opinions (21 November 2019)
• Online Craps versus Casino Craps (17 November 2019)
• Money Key to Video Poker (14 November 2019)
• Beating craps (10 November 2019)
• The biggest changes (7 November 2019)
• Blackjack Bob's latest (31 October 2019)
• Three hands in bonus poker (27 October 2019)
• Secondary decisions and splitting 10s (24 October 2019)
• Pass and don't pass simultaneously (20 October 2019)
• Non-optimal bets at video poker (17 October 2019)
• Baccarat problems (13 October 2019)
• Video poker and the RNG (10 October 2019)
• Hands versus Money (6 October 2019)
• Why counting cards works (3 October 2019)
• Back to Back Jackpots (29 September 2019)
• Wild card bonuses (26 September 2019)
• Multi-roll fire bet (22 September 2019)
• Wild card video poker (19 September 2019)
• Progressive blackjack (15 September 2019)
• Is more actually more at video poker? (12 September 2019)
• Harassment (8 September 2019)
• Middle cards and straights in video poker (5 September 2019)
• Sports Betting (1 September 2019)
• A huge roulette win (29 August 2019)
• Those Asian slot games (25 August 2019)
• Even-money bets at roulette and back betting blackjack (22 August 2019)
• Keno or yes? (18 August 2019)
• Raising and hitting (15 August 2019)
• Playing carnival games (11 August 2019)
• Triple zero equals a zero (8 August 2019)
• Play it right! (4 August 2019)
• Eschewing the big payouts (1 August 2019)
• Sports betting at one year old (28 July 2019)
• Good buy bets at craps (25 July 2019)
• Slot paybacks (21 July 2019)
• Two hands in Double Double Bonus Poker (18 July 2019)
• Small blackjack strategy effects (14 July 2019)
• The issue of luck (11 July 2019)
• Paul's neighbor's roulette system (7 July 2019)
• Why are slot percentages better than table games? (4 July 2019)
• Video poker games that are not draw poker (30 June 2019)
• Smell slot machines (27 June 2019)
• About slot percentages (23 June 2019)
• Mississippi Stud and sports betting (20 June 2019)
• Incredible Technologies (16 June 2019)
• The truth about video reels (13 June 2019)
• Bankroll requirements for video poker (9 June 2019)
• Playing a special hand at video poker (6 June 2019)
• We all make mistakes (2 June 2019)
• Streaks are real (30 May 2019)
• That blackjack argument (26 May 2019)
• Betting opposites (23 May 2019)
• No doubling down after splits (19 May 2019)
• Crapless craps and busting in blackjack (16 May 2019)
• Keith hits the big one (12 May 2019)
• Social slots (9 May 2019)
• Payback changes (5 May 2019)
• Some interesting slots and some easy games (2 May 2019)
• Breaking down the craps place bets (28 April 2019)
• Getting the edge on the 12 (25 April 2019)
• Tackling reduced-pay video poker (21 April 2019)
• Bad blackjack plays (18 April 2019)
• Money management (14 April 2019)
• Two jackpots (11 April 2019)
• 'Hot' and 'cold' tables (7 April 2019)
• The do and the don't (4 April 2019)
• Best-laid plans (31 March 2019)
• More on three-zero roulette (28 March 2019)
• Those three-card royals (24 March 2019)
• Player-selected wild card video poker (21 March 2019)
• Beginner's luck (17 March 2019)
• The big hit (14 March 2019)
• The baccarat player (10 March 2019)
• Triple zero roulette (7 March 2019)
• Some new video poker games (3 March 2019)
• Changing blackjack basic strategy (28 February 2019)
• Get to know Konami Gaming (24 February 2019)
• Some blackjack shifts and craps high-low bets (21 February 2019)
• Penn & Teller slots and more (17 February 2019)
• Super Double Bonus and fast slot games (14 February 2019)
• Some Scientific Games slot machines (10 February 2019)
• Standalone versus not standalone (7 February 2019)
• More about the Wheel of Fortune (3 February 2019)
• Losing while winning (31 January 2019)
• Are table games forever? (27 January 2019)
• The rude dealer (24 January 2019)
• The comeback machine (20 January 2019)
• Where's my royal? (17 January 2019)
• Betting styles (13 January 2019)
• A rule for 6:5 blackjack games (10 January 2019)
• Happy New Year! (6 January 2019)
• Doubling soft 17 hands (3 January 2019)
• Those other machines (30 December 2018)
• Drawing to a flush at video poker (27 December 2018)
• Doubles and soft hands at blackjack (23 December 2018)
• More decks means more edge (20 December 2018)
• Super Double Poker (16 December 2018)
• Third base in blackjack (13 December 2018)
• Expert video poker play (9 December 2018)
• One five-dollar bet (6 December 2018)
• Ryan's story (2 December 2018)
• We make mistakes (29 November 2018)
• Put bets (25 November 2018)
• Skill-based slots (22 November 2018)
• Blackjack mistakes (18 November 2018)
• What's with straight flushes? (15 November 2018)
• New game: 31 Classic (11 November 2018)
• Who owns branded slot machines? (8 November 2018)
• Tough video poker decision (4 November 2018)
• Hitting 12 versus the dealer's 2 or 3 (1 November 2018)
• Beating the house (28 October 2018)
• Back-to-back wins and different colored cards (25 October 2018)
• Multiple bets at roulette (21 October 2018)
• Can all table games become machine games? (18 October 2018)
• Pay those taxes (14 October 2018)
• How the casino really makes money (11 October 2018)
• Stay clear craps (7 October 2018)
• Doubling 11 versus a 10 (4 October 2018)
• Paul talks video poker (30 September 2018)
• Regression and slot graveyards (27 September 2018)
• They are out there (23 September 2018)
• Five-card draw video poker (20 September 2018)
• More on slots (16 September 2018)
• Where does the blackjack edge begin? (13 September 2018)
• Getting help playing cards (9 September 2018)
• Long sessions or short sessions at blackjack? (6 September 2018)
• What if dealers played basic strategy? (2 September 2018)
• Two hands versus one in video poker (30 August 2018)
• Flop Poker (26 August 2018)
• Complicated craps and blackjack surrender (23 August 2018)
• Sports betting arrives (19 August 2018)
• Hundred Play Poker and doubling on blackjacks (16 August 2018)
• Woulda, coulda, shoulda (12 August 2018)
• The Big 6 and Big 8 are bad bets (9 August 2018)
• Creating a new table game (5 August 2018)
• Slot screw-up? (2 August 2018)
• Winning big at roulette (29 July 2018)
• Pass line wins and soft 18 at blackjack (26 July 2018)
• Building a better slot machine (22 July 2018)
• One-roll bets at craps (19 July 2018)
• Back-to-back jackpots (15 July 2018)
• F5 baseball and penny slots (12 July 2018)
• Royal flush percentages (8 July 2018)
• Really Wheel Poker (5 July 2018)
• The Three Card Poker edge (1 July 2018)
• Beating the RNG (28 June 2018)
• Those darn aces! (24 June 2018)
• Multi-line video poker and legal sports betting (21 June 2018)
• Is Jacks or Better better? (17 June 2018)
• That winning combination (14 June 2018)
• Stay or stop? (10 June 2018)
• Win goals and loss limits (7 June 2018)
• Players' stories (3 June 2018)
• A personal superstition (31 May 2018)
• The cost of standing at blackjack (27 May 2018)
• Math rules for video poker and craps (24 May 2018)
• The push (20 May 2018)
• Scratch-off lottery vs. slots (17 May 2018)
• Maximizing video poker returns (13 May 2018)
• Cell phones and free drinks (10 May 2018)
• Two big slot questions (6 May 2018)
• Get the strategy right (3 May 2018)
• Superstitions (29 April 2018)
• Playing big baccarat (26 April 2018)
• Playing the multi-hand games (22 April 2018)
• House edge and element of risk (19 April 2018)
• Their first time (15 April 2018)
• Payout differences (12 April 2018)
• Gavin's story (8 April 2018)
• Hitting soft 17 and the Fortune bonus (5 April 2018)
• The baccarat alternative (1 April 2018)
• Video poker flushes and keno history (29 March 2018)
• Keeping current on blackjack (25 March 2018)
• Baccarat card counting and craps 'put' bets (22 March 2018)
• To Egypt and beyond (18 March 2018)
• Blackjack dealer shows his hole card (15 March 2018)
• Pop culture slots (11 March 2018)
• Electronic craps (8 March 2018)
• Asian games abound (4 March 2018)
• Those various side bets (1 March 2018)
• Great new slot machines (25 February 2018)
• Vanishing video poker (22 February 2018)
• Side bets (18 February 2018)
• Are playing options good for players? (15 February 2018)
• Do they play for fun? (11 February 2018)
• Being harassed by another player (8 February 2018)
• Better payouts for bets? (4 February 2018)
• Holding the low pair at video poker (1 February 2018)
• Slot games of yore (28 January 2018)
• "Are you counting cards, George?" (25 January 2018)
• Tackling the new year (21 January 2018)
• The bad becomes good (18 January 2018)
• Different edges for the same bets (14 January 2018)
• Shills at slots? (11 January 2018)
• Knowing a slot machine's return (7 January 2018)
• Tracking and no tracking (4 January 2018)
• Frequency of blackjack hands (31 December 2017)
• The Three Card Poker problem (28 December 2017)
• New slots and veteran players (24 December 2017)
• More loose slots (21 December 2017)
• Playing with Dad (17 December 2017)
• Big slot wins (14 December 2017)
• What do you want? (10 December 2017)
• Improving video poker play (7 December 2017)
• Casino Solitaire (3 December 2017)
• The metal detectors are here (30 November 2017)
• Playing it your way (26 November 2017)
• Paying the commission (23 November 2017)
• What's the right answer? (19 November 2017)
• 243 ways to win at slots (16 November 2017)
• Low-denomination video poker (12 November 2017)
• I surrender! (9 November 2017)
• Is this Mary's jackpot? (5 November 2017)
• 3x, 4x, 5x odds at craps (2 November 2017)
• Asian Poker (29 October 2017)
• Becoming a pro slot player (26 October 2017)
• Three Card Draw Poker (22 October 2017)
• Big craps rolls and big house edges (19 October 2017)
• Optimal blackjack play (15 October 2017)
• Those hidden house edges (12 October 2017)
• Some questions about slots (8 October 2017)
• Deuces Wild and a weird blackjack hand (5 October 2017)
• When do you want your wins? (1 October 2017)
• A Walk on the Wild Side (28 September 2017)
• The math of the pass line (24 September 2017)
• The Martingale and full-pay Deuces (21 September 2017)
• Their first time (17 September 2017)
• Video keno and blackjack (14 September 2017)
• The search for the perfect roulette system (10 September 2017)
• Progression betting (7 September 2017)
• Learning those soft hands at blackjack (3 September 2017)
• Playing two machines (31 August 2017)
• Playing video poker one day (27 August 2017)
• Full-pay Deuces Wild (24 August 2017)
• Hot dealers (20 August 2017)
• Pitch blackjack (17 August 2017)
• Not so winning ways (13 August 2017)
• Probability of great hands (10 August 2017)
• Talking jackpots (6 August 2017)
• Per-decision or per-roll craps bet? (3 August 2017)
• Advantage video poker (30 July 2017)
• Can card counting work at baccarat? (27 July 2017)
• Mary and Walker (23 July 2017)
• Real blackjack versus video blackjack (20 July 2017)
• Money management and you (16 July 2017)
• Creating the jackpot (13 July 2017)
• Getting the edge at craps (9 July 2017)
• What about 5-Card Charlie? (6 July 2017)
• Getting the Roulette Edge (2 July 2017)
• Odd Payouts (29 June 2017)
• Two bad bets (25 June 2017)
• I know this, not that (22 June 2017)
• Playing the Video Poker Hand Perfectly (18 June 2017)
• Video poker too good to be true (15 June 2017)
• Odd blackjack happenings (11 June 2017)
• Three-hand blackjack (8 June 2017)
• No ray of sunshine (4 June 2017)
• Is 9/6 video poker the best? (1 June 2017)
• Words from experience (28 May 2017)
• The world's worst blackjack player? (25 May 2017)
• What slots do players like? (21 May 2017)
• Why are they still called slot machines? (18 May 2017)
• Craps tales (14 May 2017)
• Russian hackers (11 May 2017)
• Fooling slots redux (7 May 2017)
• Machine mistakes and doubling on blackjacks (4 May 2017)
• Casino Hold'em (30 April 2017)
• Foolproof roulette (27 April 2017)
• Fooling the RNG (23 April 2017)
• Ultimate Texas Hold'em (20 April 2017)
• A "don't" player speaks (16 April 2017)
• Payback percentage and baseball back-to-backs (13 April 2017)
• An automated argument (9 April 2017)
• Reduced craps payouts (6 April 2017)
• Blackjack: To be great or not so great? (2 April 2017)
• What's so free about free odds? (30 March 2017)
• Some views on 'good games' (26 March 2017)
• The problem of fatigue (23 March 2017)
• The magic bus (19 March 2017)
• Yikes! 10 billion to one? (16 March 2017)
• Hole-card or no-hole-card blackjack (12 March 2017)
• You must pay the piper (9 March 2017)
• Back-to-back wins (5 March 2017)
• 100x odds and touch-screen blackjack (2 March 2017)
• Systems and more systems (26 February 2017)
• A simple strategy for Caribbean Stud (23 February 2017)
• Some blackjack complaints (19 February 2017)
• Another awful blackjack hand (16 February 2017)
• Video to slots (12 February 2017)
• The payback puzzle (9 February 2017)
• The former slot machine king (5 February 2017)
• Those multi-play machines (2 February 2017)
• Those queasy hands at blackjack (29 January 2017)
• Betting on other players' hands (26 January 2017)
• Multi-Strike video poker (22 January 2017)
• Triple-zero roulette (19 January 2017)
• Locals versus destination casinos (15 January 2017)
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• Three Card Poker payouts (18 August 2016)
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• Banned and mini-baccarat (31 July 2016)
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• Bonus activation (24 July 2016)
• The Deuces Wild family (21 July 2016)
• Bankroll for slots (17 July 2016)
• Electronic betting (14 July 2016)
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• Buy! Buy! Craps! (23 June 2016)
• Progressive blackjack (19 June 2016)
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• Righting a small wrong (22 May 2016)
• Exposing hole cards (19 May 2016)
• The biggest jackpot stories (15 May 2016)
• Caddyshack slots (12 May 2016)
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• Hot Roll video poker (7 April 2016)
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• Right moves, wrong advice (4 October 2015)
• Those magical nights (1 October 2015)
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• Questions from new players (20 September 2015)
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• I'm here to gamble (20 August 2015)
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• Double exposure and Pete Rose (19 July 2015)
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• Fortune Pai Gow (17 May 2015)
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• It's all about Aces (19 April 2015)
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• A shuffle through the gaming mailbag (1 September 2011)
• Server-based slots (30 August 2011)
• A shuffle through the gaming mailbag (25 August 2011)
• Bigger players get better games (23 August 2011)
• A shuffle through the gaming mailbag (18 August 2011)
• Win goals and loss limits (16 August 2011)
• A shuffle through the gaming mailbag (11 August 2011)
• Sometimes there is a free lunch (9 August 2011)
• A shuffle through the gaming mailbag (4 August 2011)
• All about 100x odds (2 August 2011)
• A shuffle through the gaming mailbag (28 July 2011)
• Basic strategy does not assume the dealer has a ten (26 July 2011)
• A shuffle through the gaming mailbag (21 July 2011)
• Double Attack Blackjack (19 July 2011)
• A shuffle through the gaming mailbag (14 July 2011)
• Dealing with Deuces Wild pay tables (12 July 2011)
• A shuffle through the gaming mailbag (7 July 2011)
• Hanging with The Hangover slot (5 July 2011)
• Combination bets are usually bad bets (28 June 2011)
• A shuffle through the gaming mailbag (26 June 2011)
• A shuffle through the gaming mailbag (23 June 2011)
• Don't play when blackjacks pay 6-5 (21 June 2011)
• Playing Pick'Em Poker (20 June 2011)
• Ultimate X video poker (14 June 2011)
• Short payoffs matter (31 May 2011)
• Different pay tables require different strategies (24 May 2011)
• If slots are random, then . . . (17 May 2011)
• A shuffle through the gaming mailbag (10 May 2011)
• The house edge on the don't pass (3 May 2011)
• What's in a (video poker game's) name? (26 April 2011)
• How can a slot machine pay back 95% when I just lost all my money? (19 April 2011)
• Why blackjack players learn basic strategy (12 April 2011)
• Triple-zero roulette (5 April 2011)
• The Sahara's swan song (29 March 2011)
• Video poker: A game of skill (22 March 2011)
• Slot trends (15 March 2011)
• A shuffle through the gaming mailbag (8 March 2011)
• Paybacks on video slots (1 March 2011)
• Should I bet max coins? (22 February 2011)
• When to play progressive video poker (15 February 2011)
• A shuffle through the gaming mailbag (8 February 2011)
• Scoblete's 'Slot Conquest' (1 February 2011)
• The blackjack dealer's ace (25 January 2011)
• New wrinkles on the blackjack felt (18 January 2011)
• New Year's resolutions (11 January 2011)
• New video poker at G2E 2010 (4 January 2011)
• Test your ESP with IGT's Ghostbusters slot machine (28 December 2010)
• Bally's U-Spin technology is a winner (14 December 2010)
• A shuffle through the gaming mailbag (7 December 2010)
• New slot games at G2E 2010 (1 December 2010)
• Roulette's worst bet (30 November 2010)
• A visit to WMS (23 November 2010)
• Blackjack Switch (16 November 2010)
• Back-to-back jackpots (9 November 2010)
• Cutting Edge Craps (2 November 2010)
• The effect of card removal in blackjack (26 October 2010)
• A shuffle through the gaming mailbag (19 October 2010)
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• When to surrender in Super Fun 21 (5 October 2010)
• Free odds payoffs make perfect sense (24 September 2010)
• Video poker strategy is a balancing act (21 September 2010)
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• In Deuces Wild video poker, when to discard a deuce (7 September 2010)
• Mississippi Stud Poker (31 August 2010)
• Expanding on previous columns (24 August 2010)
• A shuffle through the gaming mailbag (17 August 2010)
• Experiences with betting progressions (10 August 2010)
• Video keno is random too (3 August 2010)
• Don't make these bets (27 July 2010)
• Betting progressions don't change the math of the game (20 July 2010)
• Time is money in the casino, too (13 July 2010)
• New books on blackjack, craps and casino surveillance (6 July 2010)
• Easy-to-play table games (29 June 2010)
• Splitting 8s in blackjack (22 June 2010)
• There are no free comps (15 June 2010)
• Some players can't beat beatable games (8 June 2010)
• Mining data from the AGA's State of the States report (1 June 2010)
• Casino procedures (25 May 2010)
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• A shuffle through the gaming mailbag (11 May 2010)
• Video poker progressives (4 May 2010)
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• Flush attack (13 April 2010)
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• Playing a soft 16 (30 March 2010)
• RNGs and secondary decisions (23 March 2010)
• Three Card Poker pay tables (16 March 2010)
• A shuffle through the gaming mailbag (9 March 2010)
• Double Double Bonus Poker (2 March 2010)
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• Slots let you choose volatility (16 February 2010)
• No hole card blackjack (9 February 2010)
• A shuffle through the gaming mailbag (2 February 2010)
• Conversation with a slot player (26 January 2010)
• New Year's resolutions for gamblers (19 January 2010)
• Report from G2E 2009, part 4 (12 January 2010)
• Keno: Live and video (5 January 2010)
• Report from G2E 2009, part 3 (29 December 2009)
• Report from G2E 2009, part 2 (22 December 2009)
• Report from G2E 2009, part 1 (15 December 2009)
• How random slot machines can pay back a given percent (8 December 2009)
• More on match play coupons (1 December 2009)
• Why systems fail (24 November 2009)
• A shuffle through the gaming mailbag (17 November 2009)
• Why do slot players get better comps than video poker players? (10 November 2009)
• One of those days at the casino (3 November 2009)
• Three Card Poker (27 October 2009)
• Sports betting in Delaware (20 October 2009)
• Two trips down Memory Lane (13 October 2009)
• Everlasting slots (6 October 2009)
• A shuffle through the gaming mailbag (29 September 2009)
• When casino customer service goes wrong (22 September 2009)
• Roulette: An even bet? (15 September 2009)
• Video poker same rank draw experiment (8 September 2009)
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• A shuffle through the gaming mailbag (25 August 2009)
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• The math of match play (11 August 2009)
• A bad roulette system (4 August 2009)
• A shuffle through the gaming mailbag (28 July 2009)
• Would that jackpot have been mine? (21 July 2009)
• The ABCs of slot machines (14 July 2009)
• Casino archaeology (7 July 2009)
• A shuffle through the gaming mailbag (30 June 2009)
• Misplayed blackjack hands (23 June 2009)
• Thoughts on the record craps roll (16 June 2009)
• Why players like video slots (9 June 2009)
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• A shuffle through the gaming mailbag (26 May 2009)
• Why do casinos give slot players more comps than video poker players? (19 May 2009)
• Video poker: Luck or skill? (12 May 2009)
• A shuffle through the gaming mailbag (5 May 2009)
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• A shuffle through the gaming mailbag (7 April 2009)
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• Deuces Wild strategies (24 March 2009)
• Deuces Wild variations (17 March 2009)
• How virtual reels on a slot machine work (10 March 2009)
• John Grochowki reviews Masque Publishing's IGT Slots: Little Green Men (3 March 2009)
• A shuffle through the gaming mailbag (24 February 2009)
• A shuffle through the gaming mailbag (17 February 2009)
• Previewing Boyd Gaming's Blue Chip Casino Hotel in Michigan City (10 February 2009)
• 2008 Global Gaming Expo, part 9 (3 February 2009)
• 2008 Global Gaming Expo, part 8 (27 January 2009)
• 2008 Global Gaming Expo, part 7 (20 January 2009)
• 2008 Global Gaming Expo, part 6 (13 January 2009)
• 2008 Global Gaming Expo, part 5 (6 January 2009)
• 2008 Global Gaming Expo, part 4 (30 December 2008)
• 2008 Global Gaming Expo, part 3 (23 December 2008)
• 2008 Global Gaming Expo, part 2 (16 December 2008)
• 2008 Global Gaming Expo, part 1 (9 December 2008)
• A shuffle through the gaming mailbag (2 December 2008)
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• Demystifying the house edge (18 November 2008)
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• The mystique of slot machines - part 2 (21 October 2008)
• The mystique of slot machines - part 1 (14 October 2008)
• The whys of basic strategy (7 October 2008)
• Video poker questions (30 September 2008)
• An evening in Par-A-Dice (23 September 2008)
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• G2E 2007, Part 8: Electronic Table Games (22 January 2008)
• G2E 2007, part 7: What's new from Shufflemaster (15 January 2008)
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• G2E 2007, Part 2: What's New from Bally? (11 December 2007)
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• Global Gaming Expo, slots and table games (27 November 2007)
• Chicago-Area Video Poker (20 November 2007)
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• Blackjack Insider (23 October 2007)
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• Double double bonus poker (4 September 2007)
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• Heartland Poker Tour (7 August 2007)
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• Huntington Press' new book explores life of Las Vegas mobster (24 July 2007)
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• Who Owns a Casino Chip? (3 April 2007)
• Your Best Chance to Double Your Money at Roulette (27 March 2007)
• Table games mythbusting (20 March 2007)
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• A shuffle through the gaming mailbag: Guaranteed play video poker (30 January 2007)
• Timing is everything (23 January 2007)
• 2006 Global Gaming Expo Report - Part 7 (16 January 2007)
• 2006 Global Gaming Expo report - part 6 (9 January 2007)
• 2006 Global Gaming Expo Report - Part 5 (2 January 2007)
• 2006 Global Gaming Expo Report - Part 4 (26 December 2006)
• 2006 Global Gaming Expo report - part 3 (19 December 2006)
• 2006 Global Gaming Expo Report - Part 2 (12 December 2006)
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• A Shuffle Through the Gaming Mailbag (28 November 2006)
• Farewell, Stardust (21 November 2006)
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• John Grochowski Reviews, Part 2 (31 October 2006)
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• A Shuffle Through the Gaming Mailbag (10 October 2006)
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• 2006 World Series of Poker Winners (29 August 2006)
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• Blue Ribbon Video Poker at the Blue Chip Casino (1 August 2006)
• Reader Survey Results - Part 2 (25 July 2006)
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• A Shuffle Through the Gaming Mailbag (13 June 2006)
• Poker Games for Casinos Without Poker Rooms (6 June 2006)
• Blackjack Myths (30 May 2006)
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• A Shuffle Through the Gaming Mailbag (9 May 2006)
• Server-Based Games (2 May 2006)
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• A Team Player at Third Base (4 April 2006)
• Put v. Place Bets (28 March 2006)
• Don't Surrender to the Temptations of Casino Surrender (21 March 2006)
• An Eye on Casino Surveillance (14 March 2006)
• Blackjack Winning Strategy Home Study Course (7 March 2006)
• A Shuffle Through the Gaming Mailbag (28 February 2006)
• Touring the New Blue Chip Casino (21 February 2006)
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• Time Is Money in the Casino - Part 3 (31 January 2006)
• Time Is Money in the Casino - Part 2 (24 January 2006)
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• Gambling Do's and Don'ts (10 January 2006)
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• Harrah's Coupon Snafu (29 November 2005)
• New Wrinkles at the Tables (22 November 2005)
• New Video Poker Games (15 November 2005)
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• Updating The Slot Machine Answer Book (13 September 2005)
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• Choosing What You Play (26 July 2005)
• The "State of the States" in Gambling Survey (22 July 2005)
• Technology on the Slot Floor (19 July 2005)
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• Triple Double Bonus Poker Strategy (5 July 2005)
• Interview with a Card Counter (2 July 2005)
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• Gambler's Survival Kit - Part 3 (31 May 2005)
• Craps. Short Bankroll. Whaddya Do? (25 May 2005)
• Gambler's Survival Kit - Part 2 (24 May 2005)
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• Chicago-Area Slot Paybacks (27 July 2004)
• A Shuffle Through the Gaming Mailbag: Chuck-a-luck and Slot Payback Percentages (20 July 2004)
• Q & A with Grochowski (13 July 2004)
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• A Shuffle through the Gaming Mailbag: Short-Pays on High-Limit Video Poker (22 June 2004)
• Blackjack Basic Strategy - Part 3 (15 June 2004)
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• Super Fun 21 Strategy for Soft Hands and Splitting Pairs (4 December 2001)
• Have Some Fun with Super Fun 21 (27 November 2001)
• My Dinner with Jean (and Brad and John) (20 November 2001)
• Recommendation to Tip Dealers Generates Controversy (13 November 2001)
• Good Video Poker and a Good Slot Club Go Hand in Hand (6 November 2001)
• A Shuffle Through the Gaming Mailbag (30 October 2001)
• Come On Down! And Play The Price Is Right Slot (23 October 2001)
• Slots Hit Multiple Jackpots Too (16 October 2001)
• The Casino Answer Man (9 October 2001)
• Multiple Jackpots Letters (2 October 2001)
• Casinos Take Measures Against Card Counters (25 September 2001)
• Not All Hand Pays Are Jackpots (18 September 2001)
• Results on Slots and Video Poker Are Random (11 September 2001)
• The Casino Answer Man (4 September 2001)
• Win More at Three Card Poker (28 August 2001)
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• Triple Double Bonus Poker (10 July 2001)
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• Kick Out Those Low-Card Kickers in Double Double Bonus (20 June 2001)
• Gambling Trivia (6 June 2001)
• The Casino Answer Man (30 May 2001)
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• Caribbean Stud/Let It Ride/Three Card Poker Quiz with Answers (16 May 2001)
• Caribbean Stud/Let It Ride/Three Card Poker Quiz (9 May 2001)
• The Taxman Cometh (2 May 2001)
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• Slot Myths and Facts (18 April 2001)
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• The Casino Answer Man (4 April 2001)
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• Who Visits Casinos? (14 March 2001)
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• The Casino Answer Man (14 February 2001)
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• Don't Give Up On Surrender (24 January 2001)
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• Guarantee 20 Redux (13 December 2000)
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• Think You've Won on a Video Slot? (29 November 2000)
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John Grochowski

John Grochowski is the best-selling author of The Craps Answer Book, The Slot Machine Answer Book and The Video Poker Answer Book. His weekly column is syndicated to newspapers and Web sites, and he contributes to many of the major magazines and newspapers in the gaming field, including Midwest Gaming and Travel, Slot Manager, Casino Journal, Strictly Slots and Casino Player.

Listen to John Grochowski's "Casino Answer Man" tips Tuesday through Friday at 5:18 p.m. on WLS-AM (890) in Chicago. Look for John Grochowski on Facebook and Twitter @GrochowskiJ.

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Books by John Grochowski:

The Video Poker Answer Book

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