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John Grochowski Gaming Guru - Page 140  Bally celebrates 75 years17 July 2007
Bally Technologies has done much to celebrate its 75th anniversary year, including distribution of its hottest product line in the last couple of decades.
But nothing brought the company closer to its roots than June 25, one special day in Chicago that started an event at Navy Pier at which it debuted ... (read more)
A Shuffle Through the Gaming Mailbag10 July 2007
Q. When you write about a video poker game paying a certain percent with expert play, how much does it pay if you don't play like an expert?
Also, how do you go about learning expert play? How did you learn?
A. A casino slot director once told me his video poker games were holding about 3 percent more than the math says they would if all customers played at expert level. ... (read more)
Every World Series of Poker brings its own stories3 July 2007
Every World Series of Poker brings its own stories, adding to the lore that began when Johnny Moss won the first event in 1970, by vote of his fellow players.
No chip count, no last man standing. The eight players who gathered at Binion's Horseshoe on Las Vegas' Fremont Street voted on who had played best. ... (read more)
Adding table games to an All-Slot Casinos26 June 2007
My friend Bob always seems to have a casino question for me, but usually they're game-oriented.
"Is it better when the blackjack dealer hits soft 17 or stands on soft 17?" Or, "What do you do when straights on Double Bonus Poker pay only 4-1 instead of 5-for-1?"
Answers: The house edge is lower in ... (read more)
How can quarter slots have a higher long-term payback percentage than five-dollar slots?19 June 2007
It's no secret among slot players that higher-denomination machines pay back more than lower-denomination games. Nickel machines have higher paybacks than pennies, quarters higher than nickels, dollars higher than quarters and so on.
The high rollers who take a spin on the $25 or $100 slots are getting ... (read more)
Casinos should make games better12 June 2007
There's no doubt that if a casino puts a beatable game on the floor, somebody will beat it.
Whether it involves counting cards at blackjack, applying expert strategy to the best video poker pay tables, practicing dice control at craps or simply recognizing a casino mistake that yields an unusual ... (read more)
Boyd Gaming Ups the Ante on the Blue Chip5 June 2007
Back in his dad's day, Boyd Gaming board chairman and CEO William Boyd recalls, customers had narrower expectations for a casino operation.
"People came to Las Vegas to gamble, although a lot of times they didn't admit it, but there wasn't a lot else to do," says Boyd, whose father was the legendary company founder, Sam Boyd. ... (read more)
Frequently asked questions29 May 2007
Stop me if you've heard this one...
On second thought, don't stop me, because apparently many of you haven't heard.
Between e-mails from readers, callers to my WCKG-FM (105.9) radio show, and those I meet at seminars, I receive hundreds of questions a year. Some are asked over and over and over again. ... (read more)
A shuffle through the gaming mailbag22 May 2007
Q. I'm just learning how to play craps. I know all about the pass line and come and the place bets, and I stay away from the hard ways and the sucker bets.
My question is about the odds. My friend who's played craps for a long time says the best place to play is the one that offers 100x odds. Well, I can't afford 100x odds. ... (read more)
Nickel Slots Seem Positively High-End15 May 2007
Word that the Mohegan Sun casino in Connecticut has installed half-cent slot machines immediately brought two scenes from casino past to mind.
**In the mid-1990s, I met my old friend Scott Smith in Las Vegas. Scott and I had worked together as sports writers at the Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph in ... (read more)
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