Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 442

$3 Craps versus $5 Craps

Back in mid March I received the following email from Michael M., one of my readers from Laughlin, Nevada: Hi Don, I am an employee in a Laughlin casino. I have both dealt and supervised the craps table over the past 20 years and I am trying to convince my current director the advantages of a $3.00 minimum vs...read more

"See a horn; bet a horn" redondo

To Golden Touch Craps: Your articles stating that craps cannot be beaten by mathematics is incorrect. Craps is the only game where the player/non-shooter can, with specific betting patterns, create as much as a five-to-one edge over the house on any given roll of the dice...read more

Big Changes for 2010-2011 WSOP Circuit Tour

It's not too early for poker players to start thinking about the World Series of Poker Circuit Event, which will be held in The Venue at Horseshoe Casino October 15 through October 27. The event in Hammond will be the third stop of an expanded full-fledged national tour with stops throughout the United States...read more

Video keno is random too

Stop me if you've heard this one before. Electronic games are never "due" to hit, nor are they due to miss. Results are as random as humans can program a computer to be. OK, just about everyone has heard it before. I've written that often in regards to slot machines and video poker, but I don't write as much about video keno...read more

Long-term paybacks on multi-game machines

Hi John, My wife and I have a bet on the following question: We play on IGT's Game King machines that offer Poker Games, Keno and Slots. All games on the same machine. The machine has to return a certain percentage of the wagers to the casino and to the players...read more

Do I owe taxes on my table games profits?

Dear Frank: I just wanna say that I've read two of your books and they have turned me into a winning craps player. I'm definitely not an expert dice controller nor do I make all the right plays because sometimes when I'm hot I take on a lot of action...read more

Can I lay the 4 and bet the hard ways at the same time?

Dear Frank: If I buy the 4 in craps, does that include the soft 4 and, if so, can I lay the 4 and bet $15 on a hard 4 and buy the 4? All three bets is what I'm saying and all of them at the same time? Casey Hi Casey: When you buy the 4, you are buying all the possible 4s (2:2, 3:1, and 1:3)...read more

Why Losing Feels Like Winning

The other day as I was walking through the casino, I noticed three young ladies playing a progressive slot machine. One of them was actually playing the machine and the other two were looking on as she did. As I walked by the girls let out a shriek of excitement and I thought that they must have hit something big...read more

Can the 5-Count actually make craps a positive game for players?

Skinny writes for my website and here is a brilliant piece which can be found at http://www.goldentouchcraps.com/skinny0001.shtml. It analyzes mathematician Dr. Don Catlin's massive study of using the 5-Count. Its results might just surprise you...read more

Poker has a green (and charitable) side

The recent Main Event at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, where poker professionals from around the world compete for personal fame and fortune, is the face of poker that attracts the most attention. There's another side of the game, which has a lower profile but is just as significant: the charitable component, where games are held to raise funds for worthy causes...read more