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John Grochowski Gaming Guru - Page 164  A Shuffle through the Gaming Mailbag21 January 2003
Q. Now that Mayor Daley has changed positions again and says he wants
a casino for Chicago, what do you think? Is a casino in Chicago owned
by the city and state a good idea?
A.A., via e-mail
A. I rather suspect ... (read more)
The New Poker Room at the Blue Chip Casino14 January 2003
A couple of Fridays ago, just a week after returning from the Global
Gaming Expo in Las Vegas, I found myself on the road to Michigan City,
Ind. I'd been alerted that Blue Chip Casino had opened a new poker room
on the third level of its boat, and I wanted to check it out. ... (read more)
Gambling on the Strip7 January 2003
When riverboat gambling was launched in Illinois in 1991, it was beyond
my wildest flights of imagination that we would get to this point:
A picky player is just as well off gambling on the boats and barges in
Illinois and Indiana as on the Las Vegas Strip.
... (read more)
New Machines from WMS Gaming31 December 2002
Bonus rounds on modern video slot machines resemble nothing so much as
animated film shorts. Characters, witty dialogue, even mini-plots make
the games go, and keep the customers in their seats.
These grown-up equivalents of Saturday morning cartoons need ... (read more)
Meeting Old Friends at the Ghost Bar26 December 2002
The drinks and hors d'oeuvres were free. The view, from the deck outside
the Ghost Bar on the 55th floor of the Palms in Las Vegas, was
spectacular. And Frank Scoblete was amazed.
"Can you believe this?" said Scoblete, the prolific gambling author
whose books include
Break the One-Armed Bandits,
Best Blackjack, and
Forever Craps. ... (read more)
The Chicken Challenge17 December 2002
LAS VEGAS--I had crossed the pedestrian bridge from the MGM Grand and
was about to enter the Tropicana, when a man thrust a card into my hand.
"Do you want to challenge our chicken?"
Why not? It was free, and that's even less than chicken feed. ... (read more)
A Shuffle through the Gaming Mailbag10 December 2002
Q. Thanks for your recent column on buying numbers at the craps table.
After I read the column, I started thinking about put
bets--specifically put bets on the 6 and 8.
When I go to Las Vegas, I play at Casino Royale, which has $1 tables
with 100x odds. ... (read more)
Should You Chuck Chuck-A-Luck?3 December 2002
There's more than a touch of the old carnival huckster in any casino
operation, pulling in the customers to play games that are weighted
against them.
Of course, the house edges that we talk about today in blackjack, craps
and baccarat are slim indeed compared to some old carnival games. ... (read more)
Craps Theories26 November 2002
"Hey, John. Do you have a minute?"
I turned back as I was about to descend the stairs and recognized a
40-ish man I'd seen shooting craps as I'd started making my rounds.
I was in no rush.
"I have a theory about craps, and I wanted to know what you think. ... (read more)
The Casino Answer Man19 November 2002
You walk up to a roulette table and see on the board that the ball has landed on number 17 three times in the last 12 spins. What do you do? Do you jump on board, betting on 17 or on combinations that include 17, figuring it's a hot number? Or do you ... (read more)
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