Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 391

A shuffle through the gaming mailbag

Q. I was surprised to find a Three Card Poker game that was hand-dealt, going around the table in order just like regular poker. At most other casinos, it is machine-dealt in groups of three cards going around the table with the dealer last...read more

Why is the 6 to 5 payout bad?

Dear Frank: I really enjoy your columns. Keep up the good work. I am brand new at blackjack and I noticed that there are two types of games. Those that pay three to two on blackjack and those that pay six to five. Is the increased casino edge that much greater on the six to five game? Nanny Dear Nanny: A simple example suffices...read more

Change In Your Craps Bankroll Is Affected by More Than Just the House Edge

All casino games writers that know what they are talking about preach making only low house edge bets. In a random game the math cannot be beaten in the long run. Bet the “Fire Bet”, which is a bet that the shooter will make four or more different point numbers before sevening out, and the house will take $2.50 for every $10 bet. Bet “Big Red” (a one roll bet that the next number thrown will be a 7, which the house pays at a rate of 4-to-1 instead of true odds of 5-to-1) and the house will take $1.67 for every $10 that you bet...read more

Jest for Fun

Husband to wife: "Let's take a municipal bus to the Flamingo on the Strip." "No way," said the wife. "The last time I rode on one of these Vegas buses there was an accident and I was almost killed." "Oh," said the husband, "give them another chance." * * * * * After a visit to a Las Vegas night club, a tourist said, "The place had a minimum...read more

Playing Together Adds to the Fun of Slot Playing

In the past, playing the slot machine has always been a solitary endeavor. It has been player versus the machine and, other than occasionally making conversation with the player seated next to you, there was not a lot of social interaction amongst slot players...read more

Is 'Slots Conquest' applicable outside Vegas and AC?

Frank, I just finished reading your book Slots Conquest: How to Beat the Slot Machines! and really enjoyed it. In the book you often refer to either Las Vegas or Atlantic City, but my question is: Does any of this apply to Foxwoods in Connecticut or Lincoln in Rhode Island, because these are the casinos I travel to? Regards, Cheryl Dear Cheryl: Everything I write about in the book applies to slot machines all over the country...read more

U.S. tax on jackpots won by foreign nationals

John, Love your articles. Just started last year playing slots at Seneca Niagara Falls Casino across the border from me. Enjoy their slots, paybacks, players rewards, etc. in comparison to our two Canadian casinos in Niagara Falls. But am mystified on how to get back the IRS payments that I have had to make on jackpots in the USA...read more

The house edge on the don't pass

Craps can be a game of opposites. You can bet the shooter's going to make his points on pass and come, or bet he won't make 'em on don't pass or don't come. You can place the 6, betting the shooter will roll a 6 before a 7, or lay the 6, betting the 7 will come first. And so on. A reader who identified himself as Jason phoned last month, asking about don't pass. "It's the opposite of pass, right?" he asked...read more

Legal stealing or real theft?

I asked members of my private website at goldentouchcraps.com to comment on the various moral scenarios one can be in during one's casino play. I'll give you the basic types of incidents, the law and what some board members had to say. Want a 30-day free subscription to this great private website? Send me your e-mail and name to fscobe@optonline.net...read more

An Optimal Craps Wager

The following is part of an email I received a while ago from one of my readers. My question has to do with "dice control." Assuming that you could come up with one less seven every 36 rolls (in other words only 5 sevens in 36 rolls), what would be the optimum profit margin to attain before raising your Pass Line bet? Although I believe in dice control, having witnessed it in action, there are different dice sets one uses depending upon what one wishes to accomplish...read more