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Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 465
Should I bet the Iron Cross?26 July 2009
Frank:
Question please: What do you think about playing the numbers 5, 6 and 8 and always playing the field bet on a $5 table?
This way you are always playing on every dice roll except the number 7.
Your advice please.
Thanks,
Mike
Dear Mike:
No...read moreIs it possible for a slot machine to never pay?25 July 2009
John,
I'm intrigued by your comments on the randomness of slot machines.
Yes, there certainly is a RNG in each machine and these are part of
the EPROM, but if payoffs were determined entirely by randomness then
there would be possibilities where some machines would never pay off...read moreBlackjack phobia24 July 2009 FACT: Blackjack is your bet gamble in a casino.
FACT: The majority of casino players play the slots.
Do you see something wrong here? I do, which is why I asked several of my die-hard, slot-playing friends why they don't play blackjack...read more![]() Black Book, Workbooks packed with betting angles, systems23 July 2009 With pro and college football around the corner, the smartest, most disciplined bettors have begun serious searching for information about teams, patterns, angles. In effect they are arming themselves for a six-month war — their bankroll against that of bet-takers — and a few pieces of betting ammunition are already available.
Among the newly arrived books helpful to sharpshooting handicappers are Marc Lawrence's Black Book: A Guide to Picking College and Pro Football Winners (107 pages, 8x11 plastic spiralbound, $29.95); The NFL & NCAA Football Power System Workbook (65 pages, 8x11 paperbound, $24.95); Mike Hillin's Las Vegas Line-Maker Workbook (71 pages, 8x11 plastic spiralbound, $19.95), RME's NFL Workbook (72 pages, 8x11 plastic spiralbound, $16) and NCAA College Workbook (124 pages, 8x11 plastic spiralbound, $20).
Lawrence's Black Book is unique among angle books because it offers true believers 100 percent winning and losing plays for both college and pro teams, along with dozens of weekly plays...read moreThe worst bets at craps23 July 2009 The Captain of Craps, the legendary Atlantic City player who is the world record holder for the longest roll before a seven out (147 rolls!) calls the worst bets at the craps table the Crazy Crapper bets because you have to be crazy to make them...read morePenny Slots: Small But Mighty Revenue Generators22 July 2009 The term "penny slots" is a misnomer. The machines should correctly be classified as dollar games that can be played in units of one cent.
That's the only conclusion to be drawn, given the fact that the multi-line/multi-coin play action of penny games translates into dollars per spin for a majority of casino goers who have migrated to the games in droves.
The popularity of penny games is a phenomenon at casinos nationwide, all the way from the mega-resorts on the Las Vegas Strip to regional gaming jurisdictions, including the Chicago area.
Even Horseshoe Casino Hammond, the last bastion of a penny-free casino slot floor, recently made the plunge by introducing 256 of the games to its inventory.
There is, however, a huge difference between dedicated dollar games and penny games, which for all practical purposes are played in dollars.
The overall payback on true dollar slots generally hovers around the 93 to 95 percent range, meaning that is the amount of total money wagered on the games that is returned to players as a collective group.
The same figure for penny games ranges from 84 percent to 89 percent in this particular market, which means players as a whole receive far less return while the casinos generate far greater profits.
A graphic example is Ameristar East Chicago, which has embraced penny slots to such an extent that it is the runaway leader in this category of games among all casinos in Illinois and Indiana by a wide margin.
At the start of 2008, 659 of the 1,896 slots at Ameristar were penny games...read moreWould that jackpot have been mine?21 July 2009 A number of years ago, I was playing video poker at the Stardust in Las Vegas. A gentleman next to me was having a tough time, going through three $20 bills on a quarter game in nothing flat.
He decided to see if he could change his luck, so he moved down one machine to try again...read morePlaying It Smart: Is no-commission baccarat an impetus or an impediment?20 July 2009 Baccarat buffs are generally irked by the commission the house collects from the payoffs when bets on Banker win. They earned it, and should be able to keep it all, not have to give some of it back. Right? Guess what! The casinos dislike the commissions, too...read moreWhy is $1,200 the threshold for a W-2G?20 July 2009
Hi,
I was wondering how the government came up with $1,200 as the magical amount that can be taxed. I was lucky enough to hit a royal for $1,050 and didn't have to fill out any paperwork.
Thanks, Colleen
Dear Colleen,
Congratulations on your royal!
Some players take taxes into account when choosing a machine to play...read moreBetting advice for a lucky roller19 July 2009
Dear Frank:
I'm hoping for some direction from you. I'm on the east coast like you and play at Atlantic City.
I'm actually a tournament poker player mostly at the Borgata casino. When I'm done with poker I play craps as a way to relax and wind down...read more |
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