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John May Gaming Guru - Page 7 Top Ten Casino Game Profit Opportunities13 August 2000
Here's a list of the top ten casino games. This list is not the top ten
games for the recreational gambler. That's usually just a question of
measuring house percentages. This list addresses a more complicated
question: What are the top ten casino games for the serious ... (read more)
The Internet Slot Machine22 July 2000
John Robison has just completed a fascinating history of the slot machine for the New Chance & Circumstance magazine. For anyone with even a passing interest in the subject this is an invaluable reference, and I hope John will publish it formally at some point. (Editor's note: My history of the slot ... (read more)
How Long Is The Long Run?12 June 2000
When people learn you gamble professionally, you find people start asking you the same questions. "How much have you won this year? How often do you win? How often do you lose?" Often people assume that an advantage player simply walks into a casino and wins as many chips as he can get away with. ... (read more)
A Trick to Know the Dealer's Hole Card at Blackjack24 May 2000
Hole card play is very valuable. If you were a psychic and knew what the
dealer's hole card was, you would have an edge of 10 percent on every
hand.
Blackjack professionals developed many methods of determining the dealer
hole card. These methods, ... (read more)
Do Session Wins Matter?24 April 2000
If you hang out on the dingiest corners of the net or browse through seedy classified sections of unprincipled magazines, you will see an advert saying something to this effect of "Winning Gambling System - 85% session win." The claims that you read about "session wins", unlike the rest of the pitch, are not actually untrue. ... (read more)
Evolution versus Creationism: What Works Best for Table Games?13 March 2000
Don Catlin's article "Baccarat, Sort Of" is very welcome in the sense that there is very little worth reading on the mathematics of baccarat or its variations. Catlin explains the mathematics of the new version of baccarat, so I shall try to explain the psychology behind it. Firstly, why invent a new ... (read more)
System Huckster Detection Checklist21 February 2000
Want to know if that attractive-looking advert for a gambling system is a loser? I have spent the last few years poring over every junk piece of gambling literature. I consider myself an expert on the subject. I am a connoisseur of dreadful mail-order systems. If someone in Denver is composing some ghastly streak betting system, I can smell it several thousand miles away here in England. ... (read more)
Cracking Caribbean Stud22 November 1999
Caribbean Stud is the game that all gaming writers hate. No one, but no one, has a good word to say about Caribbean Stud. Pick up a book on general gambling, any book, and it will tell you Caribbean Stud sucks. The reason is this: even with perfect strategy, Caribbean Stud has a five and a bit percent house edge, much larger than blackjack, baccarat or single-zero roulette. ... (read more)
Readers Write1 November 1999
A reader recently asked Frank whether keeping pairs together when turning in your cards at Let It Ride was advantageous to the players. Frank replied to the letter and invited John May, our expert on Advantage Play techniques to put in his two pence. Here are the original letter, Frank's reply, and John May's thoughts on the subject. ... (read more)
Progressive Betting Versus Counting Cards6 October 1999
Walter Thomason appears to have kick-started an age-old argument with his interesting new work 21st Century Blackjack: New Strategies for a New Millennium --the old progressions versus counting warhorse. I can hear the damning criticisms from those who will never read the book. Naturally, as a player who ... (read more)
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