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Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 176
Does true loyalty pay?16 June 2018 Casinos offer players clubs in order to create brand loyalty and keep gamblers coming back to the same casino or casinos within the same network. They create perks and benefits as one ascends through the ranks of their tier-based programs. Many gamblers feel a sense of loyalty because of this treatment or enhanced experience, but it is only one part of the equation.Casino marketing departments use the term “reinvestment” to describe the comps and offers that will be provided to players in order to bring them back after they’ve been away for a certain period...read moreThat winning combination14 June 2018 QUESTION: You recently wrote that on lottery scratch-off games, the odds change as tickets are sold. If all the big winners are gone, later players have no chance at the jackpot.You further said that slot machines are different, and that the awarding of a jackpot doesn't eliminate it as a possibility...read moreAsk the Slot Expert: Old slot machines never die, they just . . .13 June 2018
Question: Penn National (Hollywood) in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, has just removed most of the remaining old machines that I have enjoyed playing. Can't help but wonder what happens to the machines and if they can be purchased?
Answer: The slot machines go to a farm upstate where they are in a better place playing with all the other slot machines.
Actually, what happens to a slot machine when it is taken off the slot floor depends on how the machine was acquired, just like how you acquired a car (buy versus lease) determines how you get rid of it.
If the casino purchased the machine, it will probably sell it to a wholesaler who will resell it...read moreAnatomy of a jackpot12 June 2018 Winning the “big one” is probably every slot player’s dream. Those reels spin or those characters hop up and down, the music plays, the money symbols land, land and land, and baskets of fruits or flowers or animated figures pile together. The big money, the huge money, is yours!“I won close to $1 million on a machine, a Wheel of Fortune, and I was like paralyzed for a minute...read moreStay or stop?10 June 2018 I never volunteer advice on strategy while playing in casinos, but the temptation was strong in early May when I found myself at a Mississippi Stud table where a new player — let's call him Bill — was being coached by a friend.Bill anted $5 and made an equal bet after seeing his two cards...read moreThe best craps bets9 June 2018 The game of craps can be very exciting. It can also be very frustrating. One of the great draws of this game is the variety of bets available. One can bet with the shooter – betting that he will make the point number before the 7 shows, or one can bet that the 7 will rear its ugly head before the shooter repeats the point number.Of course, there are dozens of other bets also available: place bets, hard way bets, field bets, horn bets, whirl bets, hop bets, big 6, big 8 and big red...read moreWin goals and loss limits7 June 2018 QUESTION: I'm interested in the idea of win goals and loss limits to decide when to leave a game. You set a win goal, and if you reach it, you leave. You also set a limit on losses, and if you lose that much, you leave.Is that how you manage your money? Does it change if you have an edge, like a blackjack card counter?ANSWER: For games in which the casino has an edge — nearly all of them, against the vast majority of players, I've suggested a modified system of floating win goals and loss limits.I don't think a hard win goal is realistic...read moreAsk the Slot Expert: Why are my slot club offers different from my friends' offers?6 June 2018
Question: For the last year, I lost every time I went to the casino with a friend. No one can understand why. I usually can win most of the times when I am alone.
Although I spend more than my friends, they get invited to use the perks given by the host...read moreThe five-tool casino player5 June 2018 In baseball, there is an elite category called the “five-tool” player. Such a player is excellent in the following areas:1. Batting average (usually near, on, or over 300)2. Power hitting (home runs, triples, doubles)3. Fast runner (base running, base stealing ability)4. Good arm in the field (can throw the ball with power from his position)5. Good fielderSuch players are rare indeed...read moreGambling and the Law: The Supreme Court changes everything4 June 2018 Late last year, I wrote a blog about the then pending sports betting case, entitled, “The Most Important Case of the Century.”It turned out to be even bigger than thatIn the coming days and weeks, I will be discussing in detail what this major change in the law means...read more |
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