Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 469

A found ticket story

John, I was reading your archives and came across your request for readers' experiences with lost tickets. About a year and a half ago, my then-81-year-old father was at a riverboat casino in Indiana. He saw a ticket sticking out of a dollar machine and, assuming it was for an odd amount less than a dollar, took it...read more

Playing Craps With a $2000 Bankroll

Hi Stickman, I'm sure you've simulated most every popular system out there. If you had a max bankroll of $2,000, what craps system or strategy would you recommend playing? I've simulated playing a don't pass bet with odds along with a don't come bet, with a positive outcome...read more

Making "Cents" from Race Track Casinos in Illinois

After years of heated debate revolving around the topic of gaming expansion in Illinois and the myriad legislation that was proposed, or bills presented that were voted down or never made it out of committee, I found it odd that the ultimate decision was to permit gambling in every neighborhood in the state. The bill to bring video gaming into bars and lounges was to me like the owners of Major League Baseball starting off with a debate over whether or nor to allow another franchise into the league and then deciding to expand to all 50 states. No wonder opponents of gambling are up in arms, and even some villages are contemplating barring their communities from participation. The mitigating circumstances, of course, revolved around the budget crunch and the need for additional revenue...read more

It's Still Gambling

During the later part of the 1900s the term "Political Correctness" became synonymous with a way of speaking or writing in a manner to avoid offending anyone. Any words or labels that could be considered offensive or stereotypical were replaced with by what some would call a "neutral" language...read more

What the edge at craps actually means

Too many dice controllers think that if you set the dice perfectly, aim them perfectly, throw them perfectly, spin them perfectly then the result will be what you want it to be — perfect. Unfortunately, that is not true. A perfect starting throw (most dice controllers do not have perfect starting throws but let's pretend) will not end up perfect when the entire throw is finished...read more

Balmoral Park Takes Charity Route to Bring in Live Poker

State-regulated casino gaming at Illinois race tracks in the form of racino legislation appears a long shot at the present time, but that didn't stop officials with Balmoral Park Race Track in Crete, Illinois from finding a way around it. The track had a live poker room open the weekend of Aug...read more

Video poker same rank draw experiment

One of the first things I learned about video poker a couple of decades ago is that results are as random as humans can program a computer to be. There is no such thing as perfect randomness, but programmers can get close enough that we might as well say that every card has an equal chance of turning up on every deal and every draw. That's what I've been telling everyone who reads my column or who has heard me speak for going on 16 years now...read more

Where can I buy a used keno machine?

Where can I buy a used multi-card keno machine (IGT)... is someone selling these, or do you have to go through IGT? Used machines are available from many companies. Search for "used slot machines" in your favorite search engine...read more

At Risk or In Play?

I recently received the following e-mail from one of my readers: Hi Don, I've been reading about the "doey-don't" system of placing both a come and don't come (or pass and don't pass) wager. The books claim that this reduces the house edge on the standard line bet...read more

I love roulette

Hi Frank, In regards to my first e-mail which I referred to your book Spin Roulette Gold on pages 204 and 205 on number frequency. Well I play Golden Palace.com for fun money. I spun the wheel 3,800 time to see how many times 00-1-8-10-12-19-25-27-29-31 come up...read more