Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 495

Do other shooters resent your setting the dice?

Frank: Have you ever had trouble from other shooters at the table who don't try to control the dice, and resent you setting the dice prior to the throw? Thanks, Larry Dear Larry: Twice in the last five years I have had loudmouths make a big deal about my setting of the dice...read more

Thoughts on two lucky slot players

Hello, I desperately need your opinion on this situation. First of all go to the website [Soaring Eagle casino in Michigan] and click on the winners tab and look for "Randy P" select each month to see the winners and you will notice that he wins on average $100,000.00 dollars or more a month!!!!! So my question is "how is this possible"? Yes, he plays high-stakes slots usually $10 slots and $25 slots and his wife "Angie P" also wins a bunch!! I have read that slots are a terrible gamble and will take all your money and for me I never win anything hardly at all and the same with all my friends who play $1, $5, and $10 dollar slots but "Randy P" and "Angie P" always WIN!! How can someone win $100.000.00 a month on slots!!!! when they are designed to take your money and how does the casino allow this..?? Please google Soaring eagle casino in mt...read more

Interpreting House Edge, Part I

In general terms the house edge is a statistic that tells you how much of the money that you wager is going to be retained by the casino. There are some technical issues that mathematicians love to squabble about, that is, how should one handle ties and should the figure be based on the ante or the actual amount wagered...read more

Everyone has a system

In a sense, I am a casino gambling systems seller. Now, if you are going to quote that first sentence please make sure you use "in a sense" or the whole point of this column will be the opposite of what I intend it to be. A gambling system is a patterned way of approaching a game...read more

Smart Play Makes Casino Outings More Fun

All games should be played using the best strategies to help you come out a winner. This is especially true for casino games because of the fact your hard-earned money is at stake. Here are a few pointers for beginners and casual casino-goers to keep in mind the next time they tackle the slots or give the roulette wheel a spin. Inexperienced players are naturally attracted to the new-wave video slots with multi-line, multi/coin play functions...read more

How do advantage players get the advantage?

Casinos make money by paying players less than the true odds of winning a wager. The red-black bet in roulette pays 1-1, even though the true odds are 20-18 against the player. The pass line bet in craps pays 1-1, but true odds are 50.7-49.3. I've mentioned that before, and it was on the mind of a reader named Marcus when he phoned to ask a question. "I had a talk with a host who told me they were worried about advantage players," Marcus said...read more

Have casinos tightened their machines?

Dear John, Love your columns. Is it me or does it seem that the casinos are tightening up their machines in this economy? I am a medium roller and have had zero luck recently (past 7 or 8 months or so) in my weekly casino visits (which have now become bi-weekly and even monthly) and get an eerie feeling that the casinos have programmed their machines not to pay out as prodigiously as in years past due to the state of the present economy...read more

Can you be successful in craps without being a controlled shooter?

Dear Frank: I have read your book Beat the Craps out of Casinos dozens of times. I must admit it has enlightened me on the beauty of the game of craps. Since reading your book, I have been to Vegas three times (over nine months) and I have religiously followed the 5-Count...read more

Is it legal to copy slot machine EPROMs?

Hi, Is it legal to copy an Eprom of a game you already own for a backup in case you were to, say, break off a leg of a chip? I don't know for sure if this changed with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, but software users used to have the right to create backup (archival) copies of any software they purchased...read more

Dice Pilot's Betting System

Recently I received a request to analyze a betting system from a Golden Touch dice control student. Hi Stickman, I just got back from Vegas this weekend with a successful trip playing with Mad Money, Section8, Rafter, Rough Roller and Dave DaPorker....read more