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John Grochowski Gaming Guru - Page 147  An Eye on Casino Surveillance14 March 2006
When police in Las Vegas recently had to rappel down the outside of the Harrah's Las Vegas hotel, window to window, to catch a gunman, my mind took a slight detour.
Though the incident occurred 20 floors above casino level, I found myself thinking about casino surveillance, trying to spot purse snatchers and roulette cheats. ... (read more)
Blackjack Winning Strategy Home Study Course7 March 2006
Learning from books is a wonderful thing. I love books. I write books. And in my spare time, I spend quite a lot of time reading books.
But sometimes there's nothing like a little hands-on experience. That goes double with learning to count cards at blackjack, where books can teach you the theory, but it takes practice to apply that theory in a casino environment. ... (read more)
A Shuffle Through the Gaming Mailbag28 February 2006
Q. I was playing a slot machine, and I had to go to the bathroom. Usually, I put a coin cup on the machine, and people leave it alone. This time I couldn't find any coin cups around, so I just left my players card in the machine and hoped that would signal people I was still playing. I couldn't have been gone five minutes, and when I came back, someone else was playing the machine. ... (read more)
Touring the New Blue Chip Casino21 February 2006
When you walk in the front door at the Blue Chip Casino in Michigan City, Ind., what do you see?
Everything.
No longer do you have to walk through a narrow opening to get to the slots and tables. No longer is your first view just the restaurant doors and the big counter that used to be in front of the casino entrance. ... (read more)
Grochowski Reviews Texas Hold'em Books14 February 2006
The boom in poker isn't just a matter of people playing Texas Hold'em, or even people watching it on television. Given the state of my bookshelf, it appears people are reading about it, too. At least an ever-growing number of folks are writing about it. There are so many that when it comes to reviewing them ... (read more)
Golden Touch Dice Control Revolution7 February 2006
The mathematics of craps has been well established, unchanging since the first cry of "Yo-leven" or "Winner winner, chicken dinner." Roll two six-sided dice, and six of the 36 possible combinations total 7. Bet the pass line, and the house will keep an average of $1.41 for every $100 wagered.
But what if ... (read more)
Time Is Money in the Casino - Part 331 January 2006
The last couple of weeks, we've explored how speed of play and the house's mathematical edge on casino games work together to make money for the casino. And we've taken both speed and edge into account to list your average cost per hour when you play, first on table games, then on electronic games.
Now let's put the two lists together. ... (read more)
Time Is Money in the Casino - Part 224 January 2006
If time is money at casino table games --- and we saw last week that it is --- it's doubly so on slot machines and video poker, where we play much faster.
How much faster? A blackjack player at a full table plays about 50 hands an hour. On reel slots and video poker, I usually figure 500 hands as an easy ... (read more)
Time Is Money in the Casino - Part 117 January 2006
Time is money, as much when visiting the casino as in the work world.
And when we're deciding how to spend our time in the casinos, how much time it takes to play a hand or spin the reels is a factor to be weighed right along with the house edge.
So let's take a unit of time --- one hour --- combine it ... (read more)
Gambling Do's and Don'ts10 January 2006
Smart play in the casinos can be habit-forming. Keeping your bet size proportionate to your bankroll, choosing games wisely and avoiding chasing losses with bigger bets should be deeply ingrained in any smart player.
Unfortunately, not-so-smart play can be habit forming, too. From the things I see walking ... (read more)
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