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Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 486

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Articles by Frank  Scoblete
Articles by Frank Scoblete

What is your gambling flaw?

15 January 2009
Nobody's perfect. You might be the best of the best in some field or other, yet you know that on some day or other you just aren't at your peak. Hopefully if you are a brain surgeon those non-peak times are outside of the operating room, but my guess is that even with Mrs...read more
 
Articles by John G. Brokopp
Articles by John G. Brokopp

Poker's Place in Sports World Well Deserved

14 January 2009
Is poker a game or a sport? Even television is confused. The World Series of Poker is a widely viewed component of ESPN programming, yet High Stakes Poker and the World Poker Tour can be seen on GSN, a.k.a. The Network for Games. The definition of sports competition implies physical dexterity, which would exclude poker players...read more
 
Articles by John  Grochowski
Articles by John Grochowski

2008 Global Gaming Expo, part 6

13 January 2009
The computer age of slot machines has given game designers the opportunity to set their imaginations on the loose. But the bonus events and game features that designers dream up requires sufficient computing power to bring the ideas to game screens. So it is at Aristocrat Technologies, which in 2007 introduced its new Gen7 game platform...read more
 
Articles by John  Robison
Articles by John Robison

Do near misses occur more frequently when you're low on credits?

12 January 2009
It happens often as all slot players know. The last spin of the reel and two solid sevens and a third just off the line. Another is the hit frequency increasing near the end of credits regardless of the machine. If a slot win is truly determined by the RNG, how are the hit frequency and near hit manipulated? Is the RNG running within a program that determines the casino take percentage and the near hit and frequency of hits adjustments as credits run out? Doesn't this suggest that we truly are not random winners based on the RNG alone? I think this is a fair question as nearly all slot players can attest to the frequency and near hit changes that take place in many types of machines as credits dwindle...read more
 
Articles by Frank  Scoblete
Articles by Frank Scoblete

Blackjack is not slots

11 January 2009
Blackjack has been the most popular table game since the early 1960s, when it became known that card counting could beat the game. Of the tens of millions of blackjack players since that time period only a few thousand ever got good enough to beat the casinos at blackjack but that didn't stop the casinos from panicking in the first blush of the card counting revolution. The first step the casinos took was to change the game drastically...read more
 
Articles by Fred  Renzey

The language of poker

9 January 2009
Here we are in a major poker room watching a hot $50/$100 side game from a distance. Let's get up closer and hear what the players are saying as the hand unfolds. Dealer; "Blinds please". The small and big blinds post their mandatory $25 and $50 bets and the cards are dealt...read more
 
Articles by Frank  Scoblete
Articles by Frank Scoblete

Frank Scoblete, you're larger than life

8 January 2009
Dear Mr. Scoblete, I just completed reading your interesting (and very humorous) piece: "Stop Minding My Business." I would humbly submit that you are perhaps misinterpreting the intentions of some readers. Because true leadership in any field of endeavor is so rare, we, as faithful followers of your observations, literally "hinge" on every word that you write...read more
 
Articles by John G. Brokopp
Articles by John G. Brokopp

Slot Floor Dynamics Require an Expert's Touch

7 January 2009
Managing a casino's slot machine inventory is a little like running a major league baseball team: you can never stand still. Just ask Philippe Khouri, vice president of operations at Harrah's Joliet Casino & Hotel...read more
 
Articles by John  Grochowski
Articles by John Grochowski

2008 Global Gaming Expo, part 5

6 January 2009
Multiple-game slot machines have been with us since 1992, when Bally Gaming introduced one of the casino industry's most important innovations: the Bally Game Maker. At the touch of a button, players could change from game to game on a video screen, all while sitting at the same console...read more
 
Articles by John  Robison
Articles by John Robison

On slot volatility and hit frequency

5 January 2009
John, After reading these articles ("More Truth About Slots"), it reminds me of getting an answer from Casino Player magazine last September about whether to stay or stray from the machine. The answer was because of volatility I should stay...read more

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