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Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 292
Odds at craps and 6/5 single-deck games13 April 2014 QUESTION: When do you actually bet – put the money down – for the free odds on the pass line in craps? Do you bet the free odds after the point is established?ANSWER: Yes, your odds bet is made after the point is established.Some casinos even offer different amounts of free odds depending on the points...read moreSize and Length Do Matter12 April 2014 Size and length do matter – when it comes to providing only the best in casino customer service training. But they are sometimes ignored when casinos organize training sessions.Simple things such as the size of the group of people being trained and the length of the presentations are critical to creating a successful training experience for casino employees...read moreThat first casino trip10 April 2014 I remember my first casino trip like it was yesterday, even though it really was more than a quarter-century ago. It was my wife’s idea to take a Las Vegas package deal she’d found while scanning the newspaper travel section.We received advice from just about everyone we knew...read moreAsk the Slot Expert: Are high-denomination slots programmed differently?9 April 2014
While I was walking through a casino in Central City, Colorado, I noticed that the casino had a designated "high stakes" group of machines. One of these high stakes machines was a $100 per bet machine! Wow!
I was wondering if these high dollar machines use a different pay-out formula than a penny or 25-cent machine since the player could be wagering several hundred to several thousand dollars per spin...read moreI do this and that and that and this and then I add, etc.8 April 2014 FROM ROGER: I'd like to thank you for showing me a world I didn't know existed. For the first time I knew what I was doing, by reading your books, when I stepped up to the table. I had the best run of my life, so far. My best was 31 before the 7.I couldn't have done it without your influence and help...read moreDealer collusion with players6 April 2014 QUESTION: Regarding your column, my advice, would be to tell the pit-boss that one of the dealers is displaying his hole card occasionally to the player.Reason:When I was going to the college to become a mathematics teacher, I was working part-time at a local casino...read moreSaving an 8 in Video Poker5 April 2014 Hi Stickman,With 5 card video draw poker, assume you have the following: 7 of spades, 8 of diamonds, 8 of hearts, 9 of spades and 10 of clubs. Obviously you will discard one of the two 8's. My question is does it matter which of the two you discard?In other words will the same replacement card come up no matter which of the two 8's you discard?Bob in BostonHi Bob,Decades ago ten cards were selected as you hit the deal button – two for each display location...read moreThe new multi-state progressive slots3 April 2014 As I sit down to write this on the first Sunday in March, there is a $1.034 million jackpot building on dollar Wheel of Fortune slot machines in Mississippi. In New Jersey, the same game has a top prize building past $940,000, while in Nevada, it is past $1.908 million and counting.The big jackpot games are called “wide-area progressives,” and the wide-area world is changing.In the last week of February, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement announced it was authorizing multi-state links for wide-area progressives...read moreAsk the Slot Expert: Do slot machines compensate for big payouts?2 April 2014
On a slot machine that is a multiplier machine, after a big payout on the
maximum bet, will the machine compensate for the payout? Or does the next spin
on the machine have the same odds as before the big payout?
It doesn't matter whether a machine is a multiplier, bonus multiplier, multi-line or multi-coin/multi-line machine, the odds are the same on every spin regardless of what has happened in the past.
Slot regulations require that the Random Number Generator be free from any outside influences, like time of day, day of week, who is playing the machine, whether the player is using a players card, and how well the machine has done in the past.
Your chances of hitting a big payout are the same on every spin -- even the spin right after a big payout...read moreAre you an April fool?1 April 2014 Are you an April fool? It is now April 1st, April Fool’s Day and many people are making fun of or having a laugh with their friends and/or relatives over some silly something or other, as in “I gotcha! April Fools!”But as a serious casino gambler are you – that’s right, y-o-u – an April fool? Usually a gambler who is an April fool will be a January through December fool as well.I scoured the Internet to see how much gambling information is relayed by April Fools and I found quite a few totally idiotic statements made by individuals who might be serious about their unfounded claims, or scammers looking to bilk hopeful but unsuspecting gamblers of their money, or assorted dopes and ploppies of the lowest rank putting forth those gambling systems which don’t work, which have never worked and that they have used to lose themselves money.So here are a few ideas brought to you by some true April fools:APRIL FOOL’S IDEAS CRAPS:When you come to a craps table where a random game is being played, check out what happened in the past to see if the table is “hot,” “cold” or “choppy.”OR ask the dealers or other players if you haven’t been watching the table as to the characteristics of that table because tables maintain such past characteristics.IF they say the table is “hot” then play at that table even though it “was” hot in the past as opposed to “is” hot in the present...read more |
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