Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 101

My Money or Their Money?

ABBY: Do you remember poor, old Mister Dobbs?CINDY: Oh, yes, a sad case. I think he was close to 90 or so when he died. And he never had any of those nights at the casino that he could put in his memory book. It was a book full of blank pages.ABBY: The guy played in casinos for almost 60 years! Think of that; 60 years and he really didn’t have one trip where he came home a big winner...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: Cashless Gaming at Slot Machines, Part Deux

I took my relationship with cashless gaming at slot machines to the next level. Last week I had created my STN Cash (Stations Cash) account and discovered that once you had a cashless account linked to your player card, anytime you cashed out with your player card in the reader, your credits go to your cashless account -- even if you didn't use the STN Cash app to put money on the machine...read more

Slow Down, You Move Too Fast

You are driving your brand-new car; the car you have always wanted to drive. Now you own it! All that hard work you have done got you the necessary money to pay for that beautiful car.Life’s been good.Why not test out some speed on this baby? You press down on the accelerator...read more

Winning Big

All casino players want to win. They do know that the casino has an edge over them and many will know how those edges are achieved. Still, they want to win; otherwise what’s the real point of playing? A part of the fun comes in the anticipation of just such winning.Craps, blackjack, roulette, baccarat and carnival-game players all play to beat the casino out of the money...read more

Top 10 most common ways poker beginners beat themselves

Let's face it, poker is a tough game to consistently win at.Players are better these days, even in low limit games, and if you don't have a good strategy, good game selection and some reasonable tilt control, then you will probably struggle to win.However, having coached hundreds of poker students in the past, one thing I noticed is that many beginners in particular actually beat themselves.That is, they shoot themselves in the foot and ruin their results with a variety of "rookie" or "amateur" mistakes.So in this article I am going to break it down for you...read more

High and Low Paying Slots

QUESTION: I have no idea of what the slot machines that I play are returning to the players. I play a whole variety of them from the huge jackpot machines to the quarter games that are more traditional. How come the casinos don’t let you know what you are facing when playing their machines...read more

Bingo!

Some players say “Bingo is more than a game…. It’s a way of life.” You will find a lot of bingo players agree with that philosophy. The game itself can be traced back to the 16th century Italy, when the state established “Lo Giuoco del lotto d’Italia.” which literally means "The Clearance of The Lot of Italy,"In 1929, a carnival game called "Beano" was playing in Atlanta, Georgia...read more

The Proper Ingredients

ABBY: You can’t make a delicious cake if you are using superglue and concrete. It won’t have that softness and delectable taste. You could even throw some chocolate in and the taste would still be harsh and awful and if it stuck to your teeth, you’d need a tooth extraction to get rid of it...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: My first cashless gaming experience at the slots

One of the results of the ongoing pandemic is the accelerated development and acceptance of cashless gaming products. IGT's solution even won Product Innovation of the Year at the recent Global Gaming Expo. Strictly speaking, cashless gaming has been around for a long, long time...read more

Hot and Cold

All casino playing deals with streaks. Here are some examples of the types of streaks players experience:• Streaks of wins• Streaks of losses• Streaks of some wins and some losses interspersed• Streaks of given numbers showing at games such as roulette or craps• Streaks of individual propositions showing at roulette or craps• Streaks of who the heck knows what’s happeningCertain games have more of this or that type of streak...read more