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The Casino Answer Man

26 April 2000

Q. The Las Vegas Advisor recently highly recommended both your Slot Machine Answer Book and Robbing the One-Armed Bandits by Charles Lund. I bought your book and loved it. What can you tell me about the Lund book?

G.S.,
Chicago

A. Let me start with a return recommendation for the monthly Las Vegas Advisor, the outstanding guide to the best deals in gambling, dining and entertainment in Las Vegas. The Advisor's annual coupon book also is loaded with vouchers for gambling, rooms, rental cars, meals and shows. It enables Las Vegas visitors to easily make up the $50 cost on a year's subscription.

As for Robbing the One-Armed Bandits, it's an expanded version of the booklet Advantageous Slots, to which I gave a glowing review about a year ago. Lund focuses on slots with banked bonuses. When bonuses are big enough or games-within-a-game are partially completed, the edge swings to the player. Advantage seekers play only until they hit the bonus. They're looking for profits of a few coins here and a few coins there, then they move on. That involves a lot more walking and looking than playing.

If the hit-and-run strategy is not for you, if you'd rather sit, play and chase jackpots, or if you're tied to one local casino, then the usefulness of Robbing the One-Armed Bandits is limited. But if you play in Nevada and have the patience and inclination to go casino hopping, searching out machines that have reached the player-advantage point, then this book is essential.


For more information about slot machines and video poker, we recommend:

The Slot Machine Answer Book by John Grochowski
Break the One Armed Bandits: How to Come Out Ahead When You Play the Slots! by Frank Scoblete
Slot Conquest Audio Cassette Tape (60 minutes) with Frank Scoblete
Victory at Video Poker and Video Craps, Keno and Blackjack! by Frank Scoblete
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.

John Grochowski Websites:

www.casinoanswerman.com

Books by John Grochowski:

Winning Tips for Casino Games

> More Books By John Grochowski

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.

John Grochowski Websites:

www.casinoanswerman.com

Books by John Grochowski:

The Craps Answer Book

> More Books By John Grochowski