Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 34

Comps and Credit

CINDY: I will not deny that I like to get comps, those supposedly “free gifts” from the casinos. Oh, they could be for food as in those monstrously good buffets that cause you to eat so much you can hardly move and that make you swear you will never eat again...read more

Fibonacci Betting System

One of the most common questions I receive from readers is what do I think about this or that betting system. Can the reader win with it?Each betting system sounds reasonable (well, most of them anyway). The logic presented seems to make sense.I every case, however, there is something left out of the string of logic that is used to promote the betting system.This article examines the Fibonacci betting system.What is Fibonacci bettingThe Fibonacci sequence is a series of numbers that are formed by adding the previous two numbers in the sequence to create the next number in the sequence...read more

The Dark Side of Roulette

CINDY: Roulette has been played in some form of casino since the mid-to-late 1600s. It was invented by the philosopher, scientist, and theologian Blaise Pascal.ABBY: Blaise was trying to invent a perpetual motion machine, a centuries’ old desire of many people – who so far have all failed.CINDY: But Blaise did invent something that has become a staple of casinos for centuries, the game of the “little wheel,” which is called roulette.ABBY: Today there are basically three types of “little wheels” being played in casinos around the world...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: Video poker gimmicks - Part 3

Let's continue looking at some of the gimmicks video poker designers have added to video poker to give the game some of the excitement and sizzle of slot games. Many people and manufacturers call these enhancements "variations" or "features" and not "gimmicks." Po-tay-toe, po-tah-toe. We left off last week looking at gimmicks that require you to double your bet to activate the gimmick...read more

Ask About Slot Machines

Important PointsThe casino world is indisputably the slot world. That is a plain and simple fact. Somewhere between 60 and 90 percent of an individual casino’s revenue comes from slots. The slot players are the royalty of Lady Luck’s world and have been since 1984 when both Las Vegas and Atlantic City made more from the machines than from the table games.Still, most slot players and most casino players of all types have little or no idea of how these marvelous machines stay, well, marvelous...read more

Save Your Money!

CINDY: The title of this article is deliberately misleading. Many players will read it and figure we are telling them to stop playing and save their money.ABBY: It’s just the opposite! We are going to tell you what we have done to save some money for casino playing.CINDY: Correct...read more

More Dangerous Traps

CINDY: Yes, blackjack had some traps that would be impossible to avoid if the player played correctly. If the player played incorrectly? Heaven help that player!ABBY: But all games can have traps. That’s what’s instore for the players. There will be times when it all comes crashing down...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: Video poker gimmicks - Part 2

Let's continue looking at some of the gimmicks video poker designers have added to video poker to give the game some of the excitement and sizzle that slot designers have added to slot games. There's one more gimmick that requires only two extra credits per hand that I would like to mention...read more

Saving Money in the Casino

We don’t usually think of casinos as institutions where you can save money. So true.The casino is a place where we spend money on games where the casino has an edge over us and on food, rooms, drinks, shows, sporting events – a litany of enjoyable (hopefully enjoyable) treats that we pay for in some way or other.Yes, many of us get upset when we see that casinos have increased the prices of their games or offer us new games or new versions of old games that are not as good as the games of the past.You can take Triple Zero Roulette and 6/5 Blackjack as two such games that are no joy for the players to play...read more

Disappointment

Playing slot machines can be a great experience; that is, if things go your way. Playing slot machines can also be a humbling experience when the machine just dominates you and your money flows from you to the machine. Almost all slot players have been on each side of those experiences.Today’s column will deal with disappointments.Dating a High Price ModelMy college years, many, many decades ago, and she was a pretty coed, a model who appeared on magazine covers, and boy, oh boy, was she a dream girl from afar...read more