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Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 210
![]() Managing your time at the tables11 March 2017 In addition to managing your bankroll while gambling, you should also learn to manage your time.It’s important to remember that most casino games have a built-in edge; the longer you play, the more the house edge kicks in, resulting in more of a chance of losing your bankroll...read moreYou must pay the piper9 March 2017 QUESTION: When you see a slot machine like Wheel of Fortune or Seinfeld or Wonder Woman, are the people who were in those shows paid?ANSWER: Licenses for themed games have to be negotiated with the copyright holder. The owners of the TV shows, movies, board games and other intellectual property used in slot themes are paid...read moreAsk the Slot Expert: Adding symbols in a bonus round8 March 2017
Question: I have a question about the Zeus slot machine. When you hit the free game bonus, there are two additional features with the free games. One is a symbol that awards one additional free game every time it appears on the screen.
The other is the one I'm questioning...read moreIs it too much to ask?7 March 2017 I am a calm player; I really am. I’m cool like a Zen monk.If someone is not playing basic strategy at blackjack and making all sorts of bonehead plays, that’s fine with me. His play does not affect me positively or negatively. If some craps player is making the most idiotic bets; hey, it’s his money...read moreBack-to-back wins5 March 2017 I received an email recently from Mark, a video poker player who just found this column recently but who said he’s been skimming an online archive to see what he’d missed.“What caught my eye were some columns you’d done a while back on players who had jackpots close together,” he wrote...read moreWhat does a dealer do?5 March 2017 The answer to the above question seems obvious . . . a blackjack dealer deals cards. However, when I contacted the person who asked me the above question, I discovered that what she really wanted to know are more details about the job. (The reader lives in a state where demand for dealers has outstripped supply and she is considering a career change to become a blackjack dealer.)To dig more deeply into exactly what a blackjack dealer does, I contacted Nick Kallos, who owns and operates a dealer’s school in Las Vegas...read more100x odds and touch-screen blackjack2 March 2017 QUESTION: I was wondering about craps tables and free odds. Most of the casinos near me have 3x, 4x, 5x odds. That seems to be standard around here. When I travel, I’ve seen 5x, 10x, sometimes 100x odds.Why doesn’t everyone offer the 100x odds and be done with it? The odds are an even bet, right? The house doesn’t lose money on them, and players have to make the pass and come bets to get the odds, so the house still gets its edge.I mean, if I bet $10 on pass, the house is going to get that same 1.41% of $10 regardless of whether I bet another $30 in odds or another $1,000 in odds.ANSWER: Your point would be valid if all players used the odds as an extra bet and made same other wagers regardless of how much they bet on odds.However, that’s not all there is to it...read moreAsk the Slot Expert: How much to tip for a slot machine jackpot?1 March 2017
Question: When hitting a hand-paid jackpot, what is the courtesy regarding tipping the slot attendant that pays you? Do you tip higher for bigger jackpots? I hit for $1,300 and $8,000 last week and it seemed to me the attendants were truly appreciative of any tip.
Answer: Something strange seems to be going on with hand-paid jackpots...read moreWorthy slot writers28 February 2017 I know it is rare for a gambling writer to review other gambling writers, especially since some of these writers write for the same publications (including this one) and some of these writers are friends of his.My answer to the conundrum is this: So what?I enjoy reading other gambling writers, I do, although most of the genre is filled with silliness and poor advice, and nowhere is that more evident than in books and articles about slot machines, the casinos’ golden cash cow...read moreTop 10 most-read columns by Mark Pilarski27 February 2017 To card count, or not to card count? (photo by Bob Owen)You may have already heard the news: After decades of faithful service to the gambling industry, working for seven different casinos and writing informative, entertaining columns, Mark Pilarski retired late last year.For more than 20 years, Pilarski has answered burning questions from readers that covered a wide range of topics — everything from explaining casino odds to expounding on the finer points of going head-to-head against a chicken (more on that later).We'll miss him here at Casino City, where he has been a regular contributor to our Gaming Guru section since 1999...read more |
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