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Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 338
What's bad turns out good18 October 2012 When things are really going wrong in a casino, the numbers on the credit meters are in free-fall, or our stacks of chips have become stack of chip.But sometimes something goes wrong that turns out right. You make a mistake, and win anyway...read moreAsk the Slot Expert: Where can I find Silver Strike slots?17 October 2012 Hi,Recently, someone from player development at a casino I frequent sent me an e-mail with an attached file by mistake. The file is a list of the casino's 5,000 top rated players. I'm thinking of approaching player development in another local casino to see if the list is of any interest to them...read moreProbability versus odds17 October 2012 Probability Versus Odds by John “Skinny”This was posted by John “Skinny” on the Golden Touch Craps private members-only web site.OK, let's get probability and odds squared away first. Essentially they are expressing the same thing but doing them in a slightly different manner...read moreSequential Betting Systems16 October 2012 Can a betting system produce an edge over the house?
In previous articles we’ve looked at systems that focus on a number being due to appear and systems that are based on numbers repeating. Neither of these types of betting systems are able to overcome the house edge in the long run.
Let’s look at another tenet of some of the systems being sold.
There are patterns of numbers that repeat.
These betting systems tend to be a little more complex...read moreProbability, Frequency, and Luck15 October 2012 Luck, good and bad, in casino gambling arises fundamentally from differences between the probabilities or expected rates of bets winning, losing, or pushing and the frequencies at which these outcomes actually occur. This, because payoffs for wins are set in advance based on the probabilities while bankroll changes are determined during the course of the action by the frequencies...read moreRoyal flushes in video poker versus card room poker15 October 2012 QUESTION: Are video poker machines programmed to pay royal flushes more often than they should? I’ve been playing live poker all my life, and I’ve never had a royal flush. But in video poker, I’ve had at least 10. What’s going on?.ANSWER: I often hear from players who mistakenly believe that electronic gaming devices, whether they’re slots, video poker, video blackjack or video keno, pay off less often than you would expect by random chance...read moreFun gambling quotes III compiled by Melissa A. Kaplan14 October 2012 Some Fun Quotes On Casino Gambling (III)"Scobe's First Law: Whenever the count gets really high in blackjack and you have your biggest bet out, some moron will sit down and win." – Frank Scoblete, author"Scobe's Corollary to his First Law: The moron who just sat down always gets the blackjack with the minimum bet out...read more![]() Bet you didn't know13 October 2012 Vingt-Et-Un Corporation developed a system called Blackjack II. It consisted of two separate dealing shoes holding six decks each. Depending on the color of the first card, red (diamonds – hearts) a card would be drawn from the red shoe. If black (spades – clubs) the 2nd card would be drawn from the blue shoe...read moreDeal Me In: Boosting the payoff12 October 2012 Dear Mark: On multi-denomination slot and video poker machines, does the payback percent increase when I play higher denominations on the same machine? Betty B.The potential for the long-term payback does go up, Betty, as you increase the denomination on a multi-denominational machine.Most, but not all, multi-denominational machines actually have better long-term paybacks as you increase the denomination on them...read more![]() Time For A Safety Checkup12 October 2012 For as long as I can remember Daylight Saving Time meant it was also the time for our home safety check. We always check the batteries in our smoke detectors and flashlight and check the gauges on our fire extinguishers when we move the clocks...read more |
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