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Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 457

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Articles by John G. Brokopp
Articles by John G. Brokopp

WMS Gaming Continues to Expand Innovative Technology

14 October 2009
WMS Gaming knows no boundaries when it comes to developing slot games that take the playing experience to entirely new levels of entertainment. The company has proven that with the four innovative categories of games it has released in recent years: Community Gaming, Transmissive Reels, Sensory Immersion, and Adaptive Gaming. The titles and themes WMS has created using the technology changed the way people play electronic gaming devices. What's more, they are appealing to the younger generation of gaming enthusiasts who grew up with in-home, portable, and arcade video gaming experiences and were searching for a more engaging, entertaining, and challenging way to play slots. Rob Bone, vice president of marketing for WMS, which has its corporate headquarters in Waukegan, Illinois, knows this better than anyone, which is why he is so enthusiastic about the company's plans to continue to expand the technology. "We didn't know if all four of the categories would be successful, or for that matter any of them, but all of them have proven to be very successful," Bone said...read more
 
Articles by John  Grochowski
Articles by John Grochowski

Two trips down Memory Lane

13 October 2009
The September news that a dealer in East Chicago, Ind., had been arrested as part of a cheating ring brought back memories of one of the most eye-opening weeks of my time covering casinos and casino games. The East Chicago dealer was one of seven arrested nationwide...read more
 
Articles by John  Robison
Articles by John Robison

Frank Scoblete signs four-book deal with Triumph Books, a division of Random House

12 October 2009
Frank Scoblete, casino gaming's No. 1 author, has just signed a four-book deal with Triumph Books, a division of Random House, one of the world's biggest publishers. Frank will be writing two books on craps, one on blackjack and one on slots...read more
 
Articles by Bill  Burton

Leave the Credit Cards Home

11 October 2009
It seems as if we are rapidly becoming a cashless society. Many businesses are encouraging or forcing their employees to use direct deposit for their paychecks and using credit cards has become a way of life. There are even commercials on television trying to convince you that it is faster to pay with a credit card than with cash...read more
 
Articles by Frank  Scoblete
Articles by Frank Scoblete

Crazy gambling letters from nutty people #4

8 October 2009
Dear Mr. Scoblete: Let me introduce myself to you by way of introduction. I am a gambling expert looking to have my new book which I am about to write published so the world can see what I have developed and discovered as I have developed a way to beat the game of roulette with a number charting system based on the concepts inherited in quantum physics which shows that a ball spinning will have a equal and opposite spin too which will come to rest at a point of design that can be predicted mostly accurately by analyzing the opposite spin and trajectory thereoff and concept of propulsion of a small round object which is what a roulette ball is as we all know concerning roulette...read more
 
Articles by John G. Brokopp
Articles by John G. Brokopp

Monopoly Slots Give Iconic Board Game a Run for the Money

7 October 2009
If you're a fan of Monopoly-themed slot games, you're going to love the news released earlier this summer by WMS Gaming. The company which took Monopoly directly to "GO" on casino floors a decade ago announced it had extended through 2016 its long-term license agreement with Hasbro, Inc...read more
 
Articles by John  Grochowski
Articles by John Grochowski

Everlasting slots

6 October 2009
It happens when players walk down the aisles of casino slot floors every day. A hot new game catches your eye. You give it a try — and you like it. You like the game play, you like the bonus rounds, maybe you have a couple of pretty good wins...read more
 
Articles by John  Robison
Articles by John Robison

What do slots do during their pauses?

5 October 2009
Dear Mr. Robison, I would like to know what is happening to a slot machine when it does what we players call changing. When playing a machine that readily accepts the bet then on the next bet you may have to press the bet button two to three times before it is accepted...read more
 
Articles by Donald  Catlin
Articles by Donald Catlin

A Royal Dilemma

4 October 2009
            A choice that (unfortunately) one seldom has when playing 9/6 Jacks or better Video Poker is that of choosing between a three-card Royal Flush and a four-card Flush.  All Basic strategy tables for 9/6 Jacks list the three-card Royal as being better than the four-card Flush.  For the most part this is good advice.  However, there is one case where the opposite is true.  A hand that contains a suited Ace and ten along with another suited high card is a weak three-card Royal since it is a double inside situation and thus reduces the straight possibilities.  This in and of itself does not negate the Basic strategy rule; it depends upon the nature of the fifth card in the hand.  Let me illustrate with an example.             Suppose you are dealt AH, QH, TH, 9H, X.  If X is an unsuited low card, say a three of clubs, the correct play would still be to hold the AQT.  However if X is an unsuited King or Jack then this reduces the number of straight, 2 pair, and high pair hands on the draw and is enough to render the four-card Flush the better hand.  What if X is an unsuited ten?  Let's look at that situation in detail.             Suppose we are dealt the AH, QH, TH, 9H, TC.  Discarding the 9H and TC means that we have C(47, 2) or 1081 possible draws.  The following table shows the results. Result Freq. Pays Product Zip 756 0 0 High Pair 246 5 1230 2 Pair 21 10 210 3 Kind 7 15 105 Straight 15     20 300 Flush 35 30 1050 Full House 0 45 0 4 Kind 0 125 0 Str...read more
 
Articles by Frank  Scoblete
Articles by Frank Scoblete

Don't split those fives!

3 October 2009
Dear Frank: Today I tossed the dice twenty times without seeing the seven. I need to take a Golden Touch dice control lesson in June of 2010. I have a DVD of dice control from Golden Touch too. I was thinking of buying the DVD on blackjack, because I also practice speed counting...read more

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