Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 205

Ask the Slot Expert: Another strange experience with found tickets

Question: On a recent trip to Gun Lake Casino in Michigan, I found two tickets on the floor. The total was $90+. I went to a cashier window wondering what to do (I did not try to cash the tickets). She tapdanced around the question and said to go to security...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: Another strange experience with found tickets

Question: On a recent trip to Gun Lake Casino in Michigan, I found two tickets on the floor. The total was $90+. I went to a cashier window wondering what to do (I did not try to cash the tickets). She tapdanced around the question and said to go to security...read more

The hole

There are some days and nights, I mean, there are just some days and nights when nothing goes right and the things that go wrong go awfully wrong. I am sure that those of you who are avid casino gamblers have experienced those days and/or nights of horror...read more

What slots do players like?

Slot players not only have favorite games, they have favorite types of games. Mary, a longtime slot player, e-mailed recently to say she didn’t get the attraction of free spin bonuses.“I love the ones where you pick things,” she said. “You’re part of the games in those, fate in your own hands, and you get to do something different besides watch the reels...read more

Chasing losses

Dear Stickman:I am trying very hard to become a better player in the casino. I have read some of your articles and several of Frank Scoblete’s books and articles. I only play the better games in blackjack. I only make better bets at craps, and I only play the better video poker games.Sometimes I do OK, but other times I still lose big...read more

Gambling and the Law: Are daily fantasy sports legal?

Technology is speeding up changes in the world of gaming. It took almost two centuries for poker to evolve from Straight Poker – five paper cards dealt face down with no draw – to Internet Hold ‘Em linking players using computers in different states and even on different continents...read more

Why are they still called slot machines?

QUESTION: The name “slot machine” comes from the coin slot, right? Now that machines don’t have slots, do you think that will change?ANSWER: It won’t change anytime soon. After more than a century of use, the name is so ingrained that even online players who risk no money in social casinos refer to the games as “slots.” Maybe as skill-based games without any semblance of reels claim a place in casinos, the terminology will start to evolve.Incidentally, the name “slot machine” originally referred to any coin-operated device, such as vending machines...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: Where I hit my royals

Question: Always enjoy your articles and the information you publish. I just read your latest about royal flushes and the percentages of hitting a royal vs. how many cards to the royal you were dealt. We live in the S. Lake Tahoe area, so we play at the five casinos they have here...read more

When play is work

I’ve heard them and I am sure you have heard them; in fact, just about everyone I know has heard them. Their famous quote is this: “I need a vacation from my vacation!”Even a singular one-day trip to the casino can elicit some such statement as “Oh, brother, I am beat” or “What an exhausting day I had!”I don’t really need to say such sentences, since my trips to the casinos are not characterized by endless hours at the tables or machines...read more

Craps tales

About a month ago, I wrote about Herm, a don’t pass player who said he mostly was left alone by craps players who prefer to bet with the shooter, but that he’d sometimes come across a player who made it a personal issue.Other readers have sent me their own craps yarns...read more

Best casino comp tips

Gambling at the casino can be a lot of fun, but so is getting some free things for your time and action. Earning casino complementary items with your slot or table game play is a benefit offered by most casinos in the US. “Comps”, which is the industry term for complementary items offered by casinos, can be especially rewarding.Comps are designed to keep customers loyal to a specific casino...read more