Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 160

Ask the Slot Expert: Do you get more favorable results when you bet more on a slot machine?

Question: I would like to know if the reels spin any differently if you play minimum or maximum coin in? Seems to me that more favorable reel results happen when you play higher amounts. Answer: Slot regulations specify that the result dictated by the RNG must be displayed and that the RNG must be free of any outside influences, like the number of coins played...read more

The best of the best casinos

This is not a review of casinos. I am sure that most of you have your favorite casinos at which to play and I am not going to change your minds. No, this is my outline of what is the best of the best in terms of casino offerings for me; these are the important elements I enjoy...read more

Play it right!

On a Saturday evening in July, I joined longtime friend Matt for pizza and baseball, watching the Cubs and Brewers over some fine dining.Matt doesn’t gamble, so I really didn’t expect to be debating blackjack strategy. But Rob, a friend of Matt’s I’d never met before, had been to a casino that morning and lost a few dollars.Rob wanted to expound on the evils of hitting soft 18 against a dealer’s 9, 10 or 11 – the correct basic strategy plays.“Basic strategy just seems so arbitrary,” he said...read more

Practicing the count

While practicing the count for blackjack at home and you are interrupted for any reason, stop, recite the count to yourself, silently, over and over again so you don't forget it.Let’s say you’re are practicing and one of your little ones has an important question or the phone rings and it’s for you...read more

Eschewing the big payouts

QUESTION: I saw something happen at Three Card Poker and I wondered if you agreed with the player.He was betting only on ante-play, and the rest of us were betting both ante-play and Pair Plus. Naturally, he was the one who got a straight flush...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: More on Washington's Tribal Lottery System

Question: I had asked about Washington's VLTs and the betting system, and have found an answer to the question I asked you. [See last week's column.] I searched all the machines at my local casino and discovered that only some of the progressives have a bet modifier...read more

Don't go overboard

Drinking, eating, running and gambling all have one thing in common: You can get so hooked on them that they become obsessive negative endeavors instead of positively fun endeavors.Obviously, a glass or two of wine at dinner, a cocktail of two at a party, are enjoyable, but if you become a stumbling drunk it isn’t good for you – obviously.If you eat too much and become one of the hordes of heavies in this land of milk and lard, that too is not a good thing, as any doctor will tell you...read more

Sports betting at one year old

More than a year has passed since the U.S. Supreme Court opened the door to legal sports betting, and while states haven’t rushed headlong through the opening, betting options are expanding rapidly.Sportsbooks are up and running in 10 states...read more

Is this a winning system?

From Marty:I think I have come up with a way to beat craps. I'm here for you to prove me right or wrong.First I'll start with the fact that there's 6 bets that pay 30 to 1 on the craps table; 2, hard 4, hard 6, hard 8, hard 10 and 12. The minimum bet is $15 and the max is $500, since most casinos only pay out $15,000 max on one of these bets.I have a betting strategy that allows me to go AT LEAST 128 rolls betting on any of the above mentioned bets...read more

Good buy bets at craps

QUESTION: I was playing craps my usual way. I bet pass and take full odds up to 5x. Then I place 6 and 8 – whichever one isn’t the point, or both if neither is the point.I noticed this guy a couple of spots away from me who kept buying 4 and 10...read more