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Royal Flushes Gaming Guru - Page 21  Those Bad Times30 September 2021
ABBY: We’ve been playing in the casinos for a long time, haven’t we? CINDY: Yes, from a time way back, when you rarely if ever saw a woman at the craps tables. Men let it be known they didn’t want women playing craps with them. Women tended to be relegated to the slot machines. We’re now breaking out. ... (read more)
Why Are These the Most Popular?23 September 2021
CINDY: If you have been in a casino even once, you can’t doubt that slot machines rule the landscape. In the big casinos there can be hundreds if not thousands of them. We know they make the most money for the house – by far and away too. Somewhere between 65 and 90 percent of a given casino’s income can come from those machines. ... (read more)
Is Learning Easy?16 September 2021
CINDY: What is the toughest thing in starting a casino playing career? Maybe not the word “career,” I mean just learning the games and such. ABBY: I think you have to learn all about the game or games you wish to play or liked to play the first time you went and found the experience interesting. You just can’t wing it with your money when facing a house edge. ... (read more)
Play It Right: Slots9 September 2021
CINDY: Without hiding anything my dear sister, how often do you play slots? ABBY: Maybe ten percent of my time in the casinos. I usually do so when I am somewhat tired and don’t want to stand at a craps table or be at a blackjack table with annoying players. Actually, when I am tired, I tend to be annoyed even at players who are perfectly acceptable people. ... (read more)
Play it Right: Comps2 September 2021
ABBY: Comps are great. CINDY: Comps are awful. ABBY: Which are they then, really, awful or great? CINDY: I think they are both. Without a doubt they are both. ABBY: We know that comps are “rewards” for playing the various casino games. The more money you bet, the longer you play, the house edge on the ... (read more)
Doing It Right: Craps26 August 2021
ABBY: The game of craps is a man’s world and has always been ever since it was introduced into the casino in the 20th century. Other than maybe a girlfriend or companion, men played the game alone. In fact many women were told by their significant others to go “play the slots” or, what they meant was, “get ... (read more)
Doing It Right: Blackjack19 August 2021
CINDY: Last issue we looked at slots, video poker and mini-baccarat. Today we will take a look at the number-one table game in the casinos, blackjack. ABBY: Blackjack has about 10 percent of the casino business, far more than craps or roulette, the second favorite table games. Slots has about 65 to 80 percent of the revenue for the casinos. ... (read more)
Is Adding Really Subtracting?12 August 2021
ABBY: If I were to get into a time machine and go backwards to the casinos of the 1970s and 1980s, I would find many differences between then and now. And I am not talking about wearing or not wearing a mask; I am talking about the nature of the games. I’m also talking about the level of the house edge of the games. ... (read more)
Doing It Right: Slots, Video Poker and Mini-Baccarat17 July 2021
ABBY: In a past article, we discussed the fantasy of letting it all hang out when playing. Neither of us can do that because we feel doing so is a waste of money. CINDY: But how do we go about playing the games we like? We are traditional players so we only put a few dollars here and there in slot machines and video poker. ... (read more)
Let It All Hang Out?5 June 2021
CINDY: Now, tell me the truth. ABBY: Uh, oh. CINDY: Do you ever want to let it all hang out when you are in a casino? I mean just throw the money into the game, play kind of crazy…I mean play a lot crazy…and see where it goes? ABBY: You mean like go after a lot of money by making bad bets that win you a ... (read more)
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