Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 163

Ask the Slot Expert: Jackpot and coin values on Lightning Link

Question: When playing Lightning Link, I noticed that if you play the 2-cent denomination, the Mini goes from $10 to $20 and the Minor goes from $50 to $100. I always tell people that, if they are going to bet $1, play the two cents. I see so many people playing for $1 at the 1-cent bet...read more

Going to war against casino war

It was called War, and you probably played a version of this as a kid, or in a bar to determine who bought the next drink. Hopefully you weren’t a kid in the bar. It’s really just simple, as in you get one card, he gets one card, and whoever has the highest card gets the free drink...read more

About slot percentages

Readers have long memories, and when they falter, the internet is there to refresh them.At the very least, it seemed that way in early June when a reader e-mailed to remind me that way back in 2010, I’d written about mining the monthly revenue reports of state gaming boards and commissions to compare slot machine payback percentages at different casinos.The reader is an Indiana player who said he couldn’t find the information in the state reports.Different states release different details to the public...read more

Craps on a $100 bankroll

From Brian,Assuming I have $100 bankroll at a $10 minimum table. The point roll is not a six or an eight. Would it not be better to cover six and eight with $10 bet including the pass for a total of $30 than a pass bet of $10 plus $20 on odds on more difficult numbers to hit like 4/10 or even 5/9?Hi Brian,This is a question with which many craps players wrestle...read more

Mississippi Stud and sports betting

QUESTION: I have a question about the Mississippi Stud strategy at wizardofodds.com.After you’ve seen four cards and are making your last bet before you see the fifth, the weakest hand it says to raise on is three mid-cards provided you’ve made at least one 3x bet.Mid-cards are 6s through 10s, and if you pair one of them up, you get a push.When there’s only one more card and the best I can do is push, is it really worth my making another bet? That seems like a loser.ANSWER: In any strategy-oriented game, sometimes a play is designed to win, and sometimes it’s designed to mitigate losses.This is one of the latter...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: Multipliers and dealt royals on Double Super Times Pay

Question: I just read your piece last week about the person whose wife hit the Royal on Double Super Times Pay. I don't know if you are aware that the rules of the game state that if you are dealt a Royal with any multiplier you automatically get the 10x multiplier on the deal and the draw...read more

The power of slots

Casino gambling or racinos are in over 80% of the United States. They are in Canada and throughout Europe and the Middle East. Casino gambling is almost as popular with the human race as warfare.Casinos would never have spread like wildfire had it not been for the slot machines...read more

Incredible Technologies

From the time it entered the casino market a decade ago, Incredible Technologies has been know for eye-catching slot machines and games with a difference.In the coming months, you’ll see more of the above with new games including Clinko: King of Bling, Clinko: Winning Wall, Fireworks Festival and Sky Dragons.All are on Incredible’s Infinity V55 platform with 4K resolution on a vertical 55-inch monitor for a towering presence that no passer-by can miss.Let’s check out some the games to watch.Clinko: King of Bling and Clinko: Winning Wall both feature the Clinko bonus trigger...read more

Special decks for blackjack

To become an excellent player and card counter at blackjack requires a lot of time and effort on the players part, most of it at home studying and practicing.To aid with the learning process to become skilled at the game, suggest you create special plus and minus decks...read more

The truth about video reels

QUESTION: My wife pointed out something you wrote about the slots, that a reel could have nine 7s and one lemon, but that the programming could make the lemon come up 90% of the time.It was about three-reel slots, but we were wondering, do video slots work the same way? Can they make it so that other symbols come up a lot more than bonus symbols and make it harder to get the bonuses?ANSWER: There’s no need for programmers to work that way on video slots.Video reels take up no physical space...read more