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John Grochowski Gaming Guru - Page 153  The House Edge8 March 2005
If you've been reading this column for very long, you've seen the numbers a hundred times: The house has a 5.26 percent edge on American double-zero roulette, a 1.41 percent edge on the pass line at craps, a 2 to 2.5 percent edge against the average blackjack player, but only a half-percent or so edge ... (read more)
Reader Reactions to Las Vegas: What Would You Do If1 March 2005
When the Travel Channel special Las Vegas: What Would You Do If in which I appear was about to premiere last month, I asked those who watched to e-mail me their reaction to the problems in casino ethics tackled in the show. Let's check out a few:
I was surprised right from the start when nearly everyone said they wouldn't cheat in a casino, even if there was no chance of being caught. ... (read more)
When Will The New Slots Be in Your Casino?22 February 2005
Each year after the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas, I write about the flash
and dash of the latest and greatest slot machines. And each year, I get
e-mail from readers wondering when they're going to be able to play these
games.
Casino operators, especially on Midwestern riverboats, don't always ... (read more)
Trump Casino Has Good News for Video Poker Players15 February 2005
Every now and again - not often, mind you - I get a phone call from a casino
executive who wants to tell me exactly what I want to hear.
The bearer of good news this time around was Mark Kashuda, the director of
slot operations at Trump Casino in Gary. Trump had upgraded its video poker
area, he told me, and he wanted me to come take a look. ... (read more)
A Shuffle through the Gaming Mailbag8 February 2005
Q. My buddy and I were playing craps, and a guy across the table looked at
his watch and said he had to leave. He was playing don't pass, and they just
took his bets down for him and gave him his money. When I'm playing pass,
they won't let me take my bets down. OK, the odds I can take down, but not
the line bets. ... (read more)
New Wrinkles on Video Poker1 February 2005
Along with looking at all the slot machines and new table games at the
Global Gaming Expo at the Las Vegas Convention Center, I set aside a little
time each year to look at new video poker games.
That's one of the fun parts of the convention, for when I play for fun and
relaxation, video poker is right at the top of my list.
... (read more)
New Wrinkles on Other Table Games25 January 2005
The last two weeks, we've checked out new games based on blackjack and Texas
Hold'em - the table games with the biggest presence at the Global Gaming
Expo in Las Vegas.
But that's not all there is in the world of new table games. Let's look at
three new non-blackjack, non-Hold'em games.
Will we ... (read more)
New Wrinkles on Poker18 January 2005
The poker explosion has built-in problems for casinos. Running a poker room
is labor intensive. The games themselves have no house edge - the casinos
make their money by taking a percentage of each pot, but there's no
predicting how large the pots are going to be. Texas Hold'em, Omaha,
seven-card stud ... (read more)
New Wrinkles on Blackjack11 January 2005
As much as casinos would like to wean us onto other games, blackjack remains
the most popular game in the table pits. Per dollar wagered, the casinos
make more money on Caribbean Stud and other relatively new games, but many
more dollars are wagered on blackjack.
What's a profit-hungry operator to ... (read more)
What Would You Do If...4 January 2005
The camera was rolling, and the first question came to me:
If you knew there was no possibility of being caught, would you cheat in a casino?
No, I replied, I would not cheat --- although to some extent, this depends on your definition of cheating. Some casinos regard counting cards at blackjack as cheating. ... (read more)
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