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John Grochowski Gaming Guru - Page 128  Sports betting in Delaware20 October 2009
This is prime time for my friend Bill. He's a football nut, and loves to have a little something going on the games.
Office pools? Sure. Fantasy football? Four teams' worth.
But what he really loves is sitting in a big Las Vegas sportsbook with TV feeds of a whole day's worth of games on the big screens. ... (read more)
Two trips down Memory Lane13 October 2009
The September news that a dealer in East Chicago, Ind., had been arrested as part of a cheating ring brought back memories of one of the most eye-opening weeks of my time covering casinos and casino games.
The East Chicago dealer was one of seven arrested nationwide. Charges say they had been flown to Houston to learn a false shuffle. ... (read more)
Everlasting slots6 October 2009
It happens when players walk down the aisles of casino slot floors every day. A hot new game catches your eye. You give it a try — and you like it. You like the game play, you like the bonus rounds, maybe you have a couple of pretty good wins. You seek out the game each time you go to the casino. You become ... (read more)
A shuffle through the gaming mailbag29 September 2009
Q. This may be a dumb question, but I understand the hitting soft hands in blackjack to try to beat the dealer's up card, but what if I get a worse hand? Do I go back to hitting a 14, 15, 16 as I normally would? Even after I may have doubled down?
A. First of all, I don't believe in "dumb" questions. ... (read more)
When casino customer service goes wrong22 September 2009
Players go to casinos to gamble, to eat, to watch shows — for any number of reasons.
What keeps them coming back? The easy answer is winning money, but nearly all players lose more often than they win.
What really keeps them coming back is customer service. The right combination of comps, rewards and ... (read more)
Roulette: An even bet?15 September 2009
An e-mailer apparently was feeling aggrieved about a perceived lack of attention paid to his favorite game.
"You must really hate roulette," he wrote. "You're doing your readers a disservice. They're missing out on one of the best games. It seems like it's almost an even bet."
Now, I don't hate roulette. ... (read more)
Video poker same rank draw experiment8 September 2009
One of the first things I learned about video poker a couple of decades ago is that results are as random as humans can program a computer to be. There is no such thing as perfect randomness, but programmers can get close enough that we might as well say that every card has an equal chance of turning up on ... (read more)
Blackjack options1 September 2009
I didn't realize family friend Alex played in casinos. Our conversations tended to be about kids — and in his case, grandkids — sports, music, TV. Just everyday living.
So I was slightly surprised when Alex opened a conversation with "I've noticed they change the rules on blackjack sometimes."
Yes, they do. ... (read more)
A shuffle through the gaming mailbag25 August 2009
Q. Is it better to play a single-line video poker machine or the multi-line machines? If they have they same pay table (10/7/5) would it really matter?
A. Payback percentages and strategies are the same regardless of whether you're playing single-hand, Triple Play, Five Play, Ten Play or any other multiple-hand version of video poker. ... (read more)
Dealing with soft 17 and soft 1818 August 2009
There are times I'm tempted to break blackjack players into two groups.
Of course, there are way more than two groups — card counters vs. non-counters, pleasure players vs. money players, basic strategy players vs. hunch players and novices.
But given a familiarity with basic strategy, I can pick out ... (read more)
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