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Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 491

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Articles by Frank  Scoblete
Articles by Frank Scoblete

Is 7-point-7 a good bet?

4 December 2008
Dear Frank: The Orleans Casino in Las Vegas has a new proposition bet called "7-Point-7" above the pass line on its craps table. I played it once and won, but I am suspicious of it as being a sucker bet. It paid 3x on the seven and not even money...read more
 
Articles by John G. Brokopp
Articles by John G. Brokopp

Bally Technologies Moves Full Speed Ahead

3 December 2008
It was apparent during this year's Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas that Bally Technologies, the one-time king of slot manufacturers, is making great strides toward capturing a greater share of the world's slot machine market. The company's 11,000 sq...read more
 
Articles by John  Grochowski
Articles by John Grochowski

A shuffle through the gaming mailbag

2 December 2008
Q. I had something happen to me in Las Vegas that I found unusual. My wife and I go three or four times a year and play $5 slots. My reservations were made through my host, with room comped in advance. When I got settled in, I sat down to play a $5 Double Diamond machine, and within 15 minutes a different host came up to me and called me by name...read more
 
Articles by John  Robison
Articles by John Robison

A choice that does matter in video keno

1 December 2008
I just have to add something to your response. It doesn't matter what numbers you choose, but it does matter how many you choose. Typically, casinos will have significantly different pay tables based on the type of bet that is made. Casino Niagara, where I gamble, has all of the pay tables set at roughly 93% for video keno...read more
 
Articles by Gary  Trask
Articles by Gary Trask

Top-10 mistakes made at the blackjack table

1 December 2008
Let's face it: It's difficult enough to win when you visit a casino. But when you make simple or careless mistakes, the dreaded "house edge" is painfully exacerbated, particularly when it comes to blackjack. Blackjack is the most popular game and it has the lowest house edge of any other game in the casino...read more
 
Articles by Fred  Renzey

H.O.R.S.E Tournaments Show Other Sides of Poker

28 November 2008
To most gamblers these days, poker means No-Limit Texas Hold'em and that's it. Many poker players who have learned the game in the last five years don't even know there is any other kind of poker out there. Well, before No-Limit Hold'em became the rage that it is now, there were lots of other poker forms being played in public card rooms...read more
 
Articles by Howard  Schwartz

Vegas' Newton bio colorful; great old 21 classic republished

27 November 2008
Jack Newton, one of the most respected "pioneers" in regard to scams and their detection, now in his 80s and living in Las Vegas, has penned a biography titled Gentleman Jack Newton -- Confessions of a Crossroad Gambler (180 pages, paperbound, $14.95)...read more
 
Articles by Frank  Scoblete
Articles by Frank Scoblete

Why I am not an expert on everything

27 November 2008
When my kids, Greg and Mike, were growing up, they looked up to me. As little kids they thought Dad knew everything — at least Dad knew everything that they asked about, which is all the important stuff in a little kid's life. Yes, I strode through their little lives as a god among mere mortals. Somewhere in their early teenage years it started to dawn on them that Dad didn't actually know everything — in fact, Dad didn't know a hell of a lot about everything...read more
 
Articles by John G. Brokopp
Articles by John G. Brokopp

Catch 4-of-a-kind the easy way with quick quads

26 November 2008
Many of the new products that were unveiled during this year's Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas are representative of waves of the future and not necessarily what casino fans will be able to play any time soon. The more innovative technologies and models are still in the developmental stages...read more
 
Articles by John  Grochowski
Articles by John Grochowski

Action on Illinois' inactive casino license

25 November 2008
No one can ever say the state of Illinois can be rushed on casino matters. Since the Silver Eagle in East Dubuque closed its doors in 1997, leaving one of the state's 10 casino licenses inactive, cruising requirements have been dropped in the riverboat states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Missouri and an entire land-based casino industry with both Native American and commercial casinos has grown in Michigan...read more

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