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John Grochowski Gaming Guru - Page 38  More on three-zero roulette28 March 2019
QUESTION: I was interested in the triple-zero roulette games you mentioned a few weeks ago, and how each zero increases the house edge. Would there be a way to design a roulette game with no zeroes at all? What if a bet on black lost only to the red numbers, with no need for a 0 or 00? I assume the game would have to be tweaked. ... (read more)
Those three-card royals24 March 2019
A Three Card Poker player named Jill e-mailed in late February to say she’d just played at a table that included mini-royals in its Pair Plus payoffs. “It paid 50-1, so just a little more than the 40-1 on other straight flushes,” she wrote. “Someone even got one while I was playing. Not me, unfortunately. ... (read more)
Player-selected wild card video poker21 March 2019
QUESTION: In the deep, dark recesses of my mind, I think I recall a video poker game where you could choose your own wild card. It had a pay table like Deuces Wild, with wild royals, five of a kind and so forth, but if you wanted to make a 4 or a 9 or whatever your wild card, you could choose it. Do you ... (read more)
Beginner's luck17 March 2019
Beginner’s luck exists mainly in our imaginations. First-time players are no more likely to hit a jackpot or otherwise win big than players on their second, fourth or 55th casino visit. In skill games, first-timers are less likely to win if they haven’t mastered optimal strategies. In January, I put out a ... (read more)
The big hit14 March 2019
QUESTION: My sister hit one of the bigger jackpots on a video slot. It was the major on a machine with mini, minor, major and grand. It was almost $1,000, so it was a great day. She won it in the first five minutes she was playing. I don’t know how many spins, but it was quick. I’ve never won more than a minor, but she’s won a few majors and says they’re always in the first few minutes. ... (read more)
The baccarat player10 March 2019
Kyle is a baccarat player, or so he told me via e-mail. He’s not a big bettor, sticking mostly to low-limit mini-baccarat tables and betting $10 per hand. “I win some and I lose some, but I have fun and can usually play a long time for my money,” he wrote. Kyle tries to keep things interesting with a couple of betting systems. ... (read more)
Triple zero roulette7 March 2019
QUESTION: On a trip to Las Vegas at the Excalibur Casino I was looking, I noted the numbers on the roulette wheel were in a different order than I was use to. To my surprise when I looked at the top of the number board I saw three zeros at the top, 0, 00, and 000! I never saw that before so I asked the dealer if that paid off at different odds since there were more possible outcomes. ... (read more)
Some new video poker games3 March 2019
Video poker is one of the most interactive casino games around. It keeps players involved with draw or hold decisions on every hand, and it keeps you in the game with frequent payoffs – given expert strategy, nearly 45% of hands are payers in 9/6 Double Double Bonus Poker. But it’s the big jackpot hands, royal flushes and high-paying four of a kinds, that amp up the excitement factor. ... (read more)
Changing blackjack basic strategy28 February 2019
QUESTION: You’ve said of several different blackjack hands that the statistics of basic strategy are a little different depending on the composition of the hand. A hard 16 isn’t exactly the same hand if you have 10-6, 9-7, 8-8, 6-7-3 or 5-3-2-5-A. What about hands where the basic strategy chart says to make ... (read more)
Get to know Konami Gaming24 February 2019
Konami Gaming has never let the usual format of video slot machines restrict its creativity. There’s a place for a traditional grid of five reels, each three symbols deep, but early on in video slot development Konami discovered the joys of experimenting with hexagonal reel patterns, or playing fields with different numbers of symbols in one column than another. ... (read more)
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