Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 504

Slot Floor Dynamics Require an Expert's Touch

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

2008 Global Gaming Expo, part 5

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

On slot volatility and hit frequency

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

Should I shoot or pass the dice?

Dear Frank, I've not had much success with craps when I am the shooter. I guess I fall into the "occasionally establish a point, then quickly seven-out" category. I look forward learning more and then practicing your dice control techniques — perhaps even attending a seminar in the future, but my question is, in the interim, what are your thoughts on my using the 5-Count system and simply passing the dice along when it is my turn to shoot? Will doing so have a negative impact on my chances of success at craps? Thanks, Tim Dear Tim: In a random game of craps, which is what you are playing, it doesn't matter if you shoot or don't shoot...read more

More On Buy Bets and Craps Etiquette

Hi Stickman, I just returned from a week in LV (went to G2E) and just now read your article which I get via Casino City Times. I spent the better part of a day hunting for a decent craps game. I normally play in MS where the vig on Buy bets is collected only upon a win...read more

Misreading the Law (of Averages)

I recently received the following letter from one of my readers, Dave Beck. Don, Scoblete's recent Casino City Times column about charting has me wondering. If charting is useless, then the triangle-shaped diagram of the dice combination possibilities must be useless...read more

Protect yourself against fraud, liars with these two books

With Wall Street, Internet and telephone scams on the increase (and they are cropping up everywhere), it pays to be knowledgeable, to be able to protect yourself from being conned by slick promoters, opportunists promising something for nothing...read more

Should I have my 6 and 8 working on the come-out?

Frank, Whenever I place the 6 and 8 and have them working on the come-out, folks tell me that's a bad bet. Why? The odds are the same of rolling the 6 or 8 on any roll, in my mind. Please advise — I win on this bet, usually try for one more and take them down. Ronnie Dear Ronnie: Well, you are right and you are wrong...read more

New Slot Machine Brings Gamers Closer Together

Playing the slots at adjacent machines is the closest that couples and friends can get to one another during a casino "night out". Other than that, it's pretty much a case of going your own way and setting a time and place to meet. Bally Technologies wants to change all that...read more

2008 Global Gaming Expo, part 4

Developing technology has become a crucial element in the slot machine industry, but the technology itself is just a first step. Applying that technology in developing games and systems that will keep slot players in their seats, well, that's both science and art. Two of the nation's leading slotmakers, WMS Gaming and International Game Technology, used booth space at the Global Gaming Expo at the Las Vegas Convention Center to stretch out, strut their stuff and show what their tech solutions can do...read more