Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 243

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

Deal Me In: One coin is fine on a multicoin/multiline

Dear Mark: On a multi-line/multi-coin video slot machine, how many coins do you recommend per line? Also, on a slot machine where you can push a button to stop the reels when I do decide to stop them, does it make any difference as to my chances of winning? Susan L.On multi-line/multi-coin slots, I would recommend playing one coin per line...read more

Don't do what this "don't" player did

Craps is the most social game in the casinos. For the most part, players win and lose together.That’s part of the fun. There’s nothing quite like the elation and camaraderie of a busy craps table with a shooter on the roll.Still, there are those who prefer the so-called dark side, betting the shooter won’t make his points...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: Using casino credit

Question: My wife and I enjoy playing Banana King slots by Aristocrat. As you no doubt know, occasionally the player gets a bonus game called Match Card, in which you may win the Major, Minor or a consolation prize. The Major often runs in excess of $1000...read more

Mission impossible

Except for some banking slots, which I wrote about a little over a year ago, slot players are fully aware that they face a bleak future. The casino will have edges over them of between 17 and 2%. Those edges ranging in the 17% category will usually be the giant progressives with monster jackpots...read more