Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 257

Finding a lucky machine

Everyone who has played video poker (or any casino game for that matter) understands that there are streaks. Streaks can be fun and exciting, if they are hot streaks, or they can be disastrous and crushing, if they are losing streaks.What players call "luck" is nothing more than the fluctuations of a random game exerting influence at the current moment...read more

Deal Me In: Breaking the bank

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Dear Mark: I have never seen you answer this question, so I wanted to send it to you. Through your column, I now know and accept the fact that the casino ALWAYS has the house edge over players be it on slot machines, table games, or any other forms of gaming...read more

Splitting fives in blackjack

For basic strategy players in blackjack, there are a few absolutes when pairs are dealt:Always split aces and 8s. Never split 5s or 10s. What brings this to mind as I write is an e-mail exchange with a reader who ignores one of the absolutes...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: Today's slots are too complicated

Question: What’s frustrating for me are the new video type machines that seem complicated. There's no way of learning how to before play beforehand and while playing. I guess the casinos don’t care as long as the money keeps rolling in...read more

Hamlet

Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, is the greatest work of literature that I’ve read. It is more than a masterpiece; it is the definitive look at what it means to be an intelligent human being caught in all the madness of life.Brilliant lines reflecting brilliant analysis by brilliantly fleshed-out characters; a play that will make you think and wonder about it all...read more

The 'best' games to play

QUESTION: If you were me what would you recommend playing at the casino that would give you the highest chance of walking away with a profit?I have been gambling for 10 years and the other night I put over $700 in the same penny machine at $1.25 max bet...read more

Roulette tips

1. The Single-Zero WheelWhen playing the game of roulette, try to find a wheel that only has one zero rather than the double zero. The single zero is known as a French or European wheel. The odds for a player are greatly improved when playing against a single zero...read more

Deal Me In: Antiperspirants, anyone?

Dear Mark: I love the El Cortez in Las Vegas that you lauded last week, except for one thing: They sure do sweat the money. It is probably one of the sweatiest shops in Las Vegas. Otherwise, as you said, you just cannot beat the low limits, the limited deck sizes and the rules...read more

Favored to win World Series

It’s spring training time in major-league baseball, and for gamblers that brings talk of odds to win the World Series, who’s favored and what that actually means.The Chicago Cubs are a hot topic of conversation after their breakthrough season a year ago, when they won 97 regular-season games, beat the St...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: Do casinos tighten machines when they're no longer new?

Question: We travel from the U.K. to Vegas twice a year. Just about every trip there is a new slot machine that just about every casino has. We have noticed that when we play these machines on the first trip, they pay out very well. Titanic was a great example...read more