Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 22

The Truth Shall Set You Free

Everyone who gambles in casinos wishes to overcome the house edges on the games they play. Some players, a few, know what those house edges are, some (meaning many) do not know anything of the sort. They actually have little idea of how and why the casino ultimately takes their money.My sainted mother used to say, “Frankie, the casino wins because it is the casino.” She had no idea of what actually went on within the games as the casino has established them...read more

Casino Survey Part 10

Casino Survey Part 10Casinos have a wide range of games designed to attract nearly every type of gambler. Since there is such a variety, I thought it might be interesting to survey casino goers to find out their favorite games and why they play them.This is the tenth article in a series of articles that explores this topic.Responses from a recent casino sampling.Sarah from California:“When I come to a casino, I am not like so many other players I see...read more

We Get Letters

CINDY: Do you remember the old Perry Como show?ABBY: It is a tickle way in the back of my brain.CINDY: The show opened with Perry getting letters with this song “we get letters, batch and batch of letters, Dear Perry,” sing something for us!ABBY: I’m not singing.CINDY I am not even sure Perry sang anything.ABBY: And the point is?CINDY: Well, we have gotten emails from people and people have asked us questions in the casinos from time to time so why don’t we answer them?ABBY: We have answered them face to face when we are asked something or other.CINDY: In our column!ABBY: Oh, yes, I see...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: Ranking video poker gimmicks

Nevada has a contentious ballot question this election. I can't escape the ads for and against the measure on TV. Each week I get a couple of mailers on either side in the mail. The measure has two aspects. One is an open primary. The argument for the measure is that Independents cannot vote in a closed primary...read more

Video Poker Player Explodes

Slot players rule the casinos. They do. Just walk into a casino and look around. This fact is not hard to see.Some 60 to 90 percent of slot losses make up the casino coffers. There would be no casino “industry” without the seemingly countless millions of slot players if they were removed from Lady Luck’s domain...read more

Feeling Low?

CINDY: Okay, I have a puzzle for you.ABBY: I’m not that good at puzzles, you know that. Chances are I will fall flat on my face.CINDY: Not that kind of puzzle. Really just a matter of your opinion for me to see where you stand.ABBY: Okay, do it...read more

Casino Survey Part 9

Casinos have a wide range of games designed to attract nearly every type of gambler. Since there is such a variety, I thought it might be interesting to survey casino goers to find out their favorite games and why they play them.This is the ninth article in a series of articles that explores this topic.Responses from a recent casino sampling.Shirley from Mississippi:“I love coming to the casino...read more

The Card Counting Revolution

CINDY: Okay, we said we’d do it and now we are going to do it. Let’s talk about card counting.ABBY: Considering that neither one of us was really successful at it, this makes total sense to me.CINDY: We know how it is done; why it works and how the casinos feel about it.ABBY: I guess that’s enough to make us experts.CINDY: Probably...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: More reasons slot players may play rapidly

Question: This is concerning your column on October 2nd about distracted play. The only things I have seen similar to what was described by your questioner (banging the machine rapidly) was either one of two things. When a jackpot was reaching a high level in a linked bank of machines, the player would think that the jackpot would hit soon so that it was in their best interest to have more chances to be the person that would benefit. Similarly, there are many individual machines that randomly pay out either a minor or major jackpot and the machine states that the jackpot will pay before it reaches a maximum amount...read more

Interview with the Slot Machine

Slot machines have come a long way. Yesterday’s slots were merely mechanical devices with three reels of 10 stops each with only a thousand possible combinations (10 X 10 X 10 = 1,000) and they were primarily located in bars. Now they are almost sentient computer-driven marvels found largely in casinos worldwide.They make the most money (by far!) for the casinos...read more