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Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 285
Pro blackjack player? Do casinos want winners?22 July 2014 FROM UNMEN: One of the things you should have included in your “Don’t, Don’t” article is this: “You should not stand in back of someone playing a slot machine and act so impatiently to get the machine. Don’t bug the player.”FRANK RESPONDS: Absolutely!FROM JACQUELINE: I just read one of your articles and can relate to losing and winning...read moreTight slots and loose roulette20 July 2014 QUESTION: I’ve liked the video slots for a long time now. I noticed right away when that one with the fishing lures (Reel ’Em In) came out on nickels that it gave me a little something back a lot more often than I got on the reel slots. I could keep going and going, where on the reels if I didn’t hit something good I’d sometimes lose my money really fast.With the penny games now, that seems to have changed...read more![]() Don't tell others how to play19 July 2014 Follow casino players will love you when they win after you helped them. They will love you even more as they win hand after hand based on your advice. However, when they lose, even one hand, even after five wins, they will sometimes turn on you.“Your suggestion made me lose” will be their comment.It doesn’t matter that you helped them numerous times before; they will only remember the one that lost...read moreThe new world of video keno17 July 2014 When I started going to casinos in the 1980s, I played a little of everything – blackjack, roulette, video poker, slots, some early attempts at craps and a game that’s rarely seen today called red dog.Keno? A little bit over breakfast. Nearly every casino in Las Vegas had keno runners then...read moreAsk the Slot Expert: Slot machines hit on the last spin16 July 2014
Slot machines do hit on the last spin. And I hit most jackpots when I drop my bet from three quarters to one quarter. This is a fact. I've been gambling for 30 years and have seen this happen to me and other people too often. Please explain this fact...read moreThe employees make the casinos15 July 2014 I am going to preach in this column. I figure after 25 years of writing, I deserve a day on the soapbox.I think if casino dealers, hosts and other employees are excellent; if they give professional, courteous and friendly service; if the dealers make you enjoy playing at their tables, or going to their hotels, if they give outstanding personal service, then you should write letters of commendation for them...read moreKeno and horse racing13 July 2014 QUESTION: Please tell my new daughter-in-law I’m not crazy. She and our son had their wedding at a casino resort, and the whole extended family gambled a little along with some shopping and shows.Some of the women decided to relax in the keno lounge for a little bit over a drink...read moreHow to hold onto your VP profits12 July 2014 Have you ever talked with a friend on the telephone and gotten the feeling that something is wrong with them, but they aren’t telling you? This happened to me recently. I finally asked my friend point blank, “Is something wrong?” That’s when he opened up and told me what happened when he’d played video poker recently.Before I get into Al’s story (not his real name), let me give you some background...read moreSuit 'Em Up Blackjack10 July 2014 If all other rules are equal, blackjack players face a lower house edge when fewer decks are in play. That’s mostly because there’s a greater frequency of two-card 21s with fewer decks, and players collect 3-2 payoffs – or 6-5 in bad games – while the house takes only even money on dealer blackjacks.However, some side bets have lower house edges when more decks are used...read moreAsk the Slot Expert: Do slot machines try to win back money?9 July 2014
How long does it take a machine to get back into the paying mode?
I was at Paragon Casino in Marksville, Louisiana, on Saturday night. I won some money on the X-Streem machine after staying on it practically for hours. It’s one of those that has three bonus jackpots at the top of the machine...read more |
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