Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 220

Ask the Slot Expert: A missed big payday on Triple Play Super Pay?

Question: Do slots spin the same no matter how many coins you put in? In other words, if you hit a jackpot on one coin, would that same spin have produced a jackpot if you had played three coins? Answer: The random number generator (RNG) in a modern slot machine runs continuously...read more

Check your inner child at the door

“I am looking to find my inner child,” said my neighbor Gracie. “I want to run in the wind, eat a mountain of candy and do all the things a person my age (38) shouldn’t do. To me being a child is the fun of life. I like to let myself grow!”Gracie goes to the casinos in Atlantic City twice a month...read more

Full houses and flushes

QUESTION: Your article on different Deuces Wild payoffs reminded me of something I’ve wanted to ask. You say that in non-wild-card games, percentages usually are adjusted by changing the pay tables on full houses and flushes. But there are lots of other changes, especially the fours of a kind...read more

The 5-Count versus seven-roll betting

From Franny,I came across an article that states waiting seven rolls before betting is 'similar' to the 5-Count with similar results. Yet it is different. It states you make your bet after the shooter's seventh roll.However, with the 5-Count you make the bet on the first roll after the 5-Count is completed...read more

Deal Me In: The best bet without using brain power

Dear Mark: When it comes to making the best bet in a casino, your advice has been playing perfect strategy at either blackjack or video poker. Here’s my issue with that: I am not interested in learning a new skill in any game that I will probably play once a month, for only four hours at best...read more

Three Card Poker payouts

At most Three Card Poker tables, the highest payoff on the Pair Plus option is the 40-1 you get on any straight flush.Compared to other poker-based table games, that top payoff is easily attainable. Straight flushes come up an average of once per 460.4 hands...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: Fault tolerance in slot clubs and slot machines

I had two potentially distressing events happen to me this past week while playing video poker. Both events show the high degree of fault tolerance built into slot machines and slot club systems. The first event occurred at Red Rock Casino on Wednesday...read more

Casino safari (3)

They are everywhere, the animals and insects of the casinos. Many of you have probably noted that some animals look just like their masters, yes? Well, in the casinos, some players resemble animals and insects of various kinds. Here are some more of them.Common Loon: These players dive so deep in order to find something – usually a dull something – to talk about...read more

Is the Big Wheel a good deal?

QUESTION: I live in an area where there are eight casinos within about a 45-minute drive. They’re scattered in different directions, so there’s no casino hopping. You pick one and that’s where you go for the day.My husband and I go to them all...read more

Casino safety

Although casinos make sure that safety comes first, there is never a complete assurance about one's absolute safety.Casinos are open to the public, so it is easy for all types of people to enter the establishment, including those that have undesirable motives...read more