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John Grochowski Gaming Guru - Page 39  Some blackjack shifts and craps high-low bets21 February 2019
QUESTION: Counting cards seems too much like work to me. I’m there to play and have fun. But I like talking with my card-counting brother-in-law. Last time we talked about blackjack, it came up that he always stands on 16 when the dealer has a 10 card up. He said it doesn’t cost very much, that it’s almost ... (read more)
Penn & Teller slots and more17 February 2019
Video slots have been the major thrust of the slot machine industry for a couple of decades now. That doesn’t mean three-reel players can’t have a magical time, too. Everi, a slotmaker with a growing presence on casino floors, brings some of the most famous stage illusions to players with its new Penn & Teller slots. ... (read more)
Super Double Bonus and fast slot games14 February 2019
QUESTION: A question on your column on Super Double Bonus Poker. You explain that if you have three face cards and another pair, and full houses pay 8-for-1 or less, the average return is a little more than 41 coins if you hold the three faces. Standing pat on full houses pays 40 coins with 8-for-1 payoffs, 35 at 7-for-1 or 30 with 6-for-1. ... (read more)
Some Scientific Games slot machines10 February 2019
Scientific Games is one of the giants among casino industry suppliers, a leader in slot machines, electronic table games, automatic shufflers, casino management systems and more. It’s the slot portion that’s most in the public eye, of course. Bally and WMS Gaming both are part of the Scientific Games ... (read more)
Standalone versus not standalone7 February 2019
QUESTION: I’m puzzled that whenever you write about video poker payback percentages you are writing about standalone video poker machines. The most common machines that have video poker are Game Kings. Their payback percentages are muddled. These machines have at least eight different poker games plus at least two slot games in them. ... (read more)
More about the Wheel of Fortune3 February 2019
International Game Technology’s Wheel of Fortune slot machines have been player favorites ever since the first three-reel version launched in 1996. Not a year goes by without new variations on the theme as IGT extends the brand with games based on the ever-popular “Wheel of Fortune” television game show. ... (read more)
Losing while winning31 January 2019
QUESTION: I don’t see why it is inevitable for a roulette combination to lose money when it wins more often than it loses. If you bet enough different numbers, whether corners, red/black, columns or whatever so that you have 80% of the numbers covered, you have an 80% chance of winning. You’ve stressed that every wheel spin is an independent trial, and past results don’t influence the outcome. ... (read more)
Are table games forever?27 January 2019
Slot machines come and go so rapidly that virtually every player has a list of old favorites that now are absent from casino floors. Table games turnover is much slower. Once a game has established itself as a player favorite, it’s usually in for a good long run. Blackjack, craps, roulette and baccarat have ... (read more)
The rude dealer24 January 2019
QUESTION: I had a blackjack dealer rooting against me, which was kind of weird. Actually, she was rooting against the whole table. When she rotated onto our table, she took cards out of the shuffler and said, “Let’s lose some money!” A couple of guys said, “Yeah!” but the rest of us looked at her funny. ... (read more)
The comeback machine20 January 2019
Double Bonus Poker once was one of the games I played most, but I’d fallen out of the habit in recent years because pay table reductions had taken the fun out of the game. In December, when I found a bank of machines with 9/7/5 (9-for-1 on full houses, 7-for-1 on flushes, 5-for-1 on straights) Double Bonus, a 99.11% game with expert play, I just had to give it a go. ... (read more)
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