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Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 170
Two hands versus one in video poker30 August 2018 QUESTION: I was playing penny video slots next to a lady who was playing two games. She wasn't waiting for anything to stop. She'd hit one button then right away do the other machine. Even during free spins on one, she kept playing the other.I joked that it was all I could do to follow one game, there was no way I could keep track of two...read moreAsk the Slot Expert: The curious case of the complicated comp29 August 2018
Question: I am a 50-year plus experienced gambler. I know a lot about the subject of gambling, but I just can't figure out the following.
I live in Las Vegas and get to know many players in the high roller areas.
A few of them who are frequenters of different casinos have told me the following...read moreThe Quotable Captain: Dice control28 August 2018 (The late Captain was my mentor in gambling. I’ve written six books about him. This series contains some of his quotes, ideas and advice. This particular article concerns the ability of some players to control the dice when they throw.)The Captain: “I know that some people have trained themselves either privately or at the tables to control the fall of the dice.” — The Captain’s Craps Revolution (1993)Probably the biggest debate in the world of craps play is the question of whether some shooters can actually control the dice...read moreFlop Poker26 August 2018 Whenever I'm in a casino for the first time or the first time in a long while, I like to take a long walk around the casino floor to get the lay of the land.Among the things I'm looking for are table games outside the usual mix. One that recently drew me in for a few hands is a poker-based game called Flop Poker.Flop Poker has been around a while, mostly in Mississippi...read more![]() The best and worst blackjack hands25 August 2018 We know a 10 and ace is the best hand we can have in blackjack. You and the dealer can expect to get one in about every 20 hands or about 5% of the time (that is the math).Twenty is the second-best hand. That is why you shouldn’t split 10s; it’s a winning hand, just take the money.There are two types of players that split 10s: card counters and foolish people...read moreComplicated craps and blackjack surrender23 August 2018 QUESTION: When you wrote about Casino Over Under, you mentioned that games needed to be easy to understand and easy to deal with an uncluttered layout.What about craps? It's not any of those things. You can play for years and not understand all of the bets...read moreAsk the Slot Expert: A slot machine bets more than the player selected22 August 2018
Question: Empire Casino. Yonkers, NY. I play the minimum on a 1-cent slot machine, max
50 cents.
I placed a voucher value $96.16. Played 1-cent, 50-cent bet & hit the play button.
Paid no attention to balance as I was playing only a few minutes...read moreGambling and the Law: Why retaliatory tariffs on playing cards?21 August 2018 The bad news for the legal gaming industry is that Canada and the European Union have imposed a 10% additional import tax on playing cards manufactured in the United States. The only good news, if you can call it that, is that China has so far not followed suit.The new added import taxes are expressly called “retaliatory tariffs” by our trading partners – retaliation for tariffs President Donald Trump unilaterally imposed on some products exported from Canada and the EU into the U.S.But why playing cards?For Canada and the EU, winning this trade war means returning to the way things were before Trump interfered with the up-to-then smoothly operating world markets...read moreThe Quotable Captain: The struggle21 August 2018 (The late Captain was my mentor in gambling. I’ve written six books about him. This series contains some of his quotes, ideas and advice. This particular article concerns the biggest problem gamblers have at the games.)The Captain: “The struggle is not between you and the casino; it is between you and yourself.” — The Captain’s Craps Revolution (1993)Casino gambling is fun...read moreSports betting arrives19 August 2018 Since the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way in May for states to legalize sports betting, New Jersey, Delaware and Mississippi have been the quickest off the mark.All already have sportsbooks up and running, a huge change from the decades when only Nevada had legal, full-scale sportsbooks.How did we get to the point that states could legalize other forms of gambling but not sports betting?The ban on legalization, overturned in response to a challenge from the state of New Jersey, had been in effect since enactment of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992.PASPA prohibited legalization of sports betting in any state that did not already have it...read more |
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