Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 520

Changes at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond

A few minutes before the official media tour of the new half-billion dollar barge at Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, I mentioned to a colleague that I'd taken a little private walk around the casino floor. "Is it all they say?" she asked. "Is it really like Vegas?" It really is, I told her...read more

Have the paybacks on full-pay video poker machines gone down?

Dear John, I think you work for the casinos. I have been playing video poker for the past 5-yrs, much of my play being in Las Vegas. I use Bob Dancer's theory of play and have been using his software for the all of the 5-yrs. I know how to select full pay machines and understand the odds...read more

What do you think of my throw?

Hi Frank: I've had a great deal of success playing craps since I timidly took it up a couple of years ago. My confidence has grown, I have read books, and I have practiced frequently. To my great joy, I have been pretty successful...read more

Changes at the Ameristar in East Chicago

That this is a time of change for casinos in northwest Indiana is hardly news in East Chicago. Horseshoe in Hammond soon has opened its huge new facility — nicknamed MOAB, for "mother of all boats" — that is sure to become a showpiece for gaming in the Midwest...read more

Deal Me In: The games they play to change your winning ways

Dear Mark: I play roulette when I feel lucky, which is hardly ever. However, I noticed that at one local casino where I play, if you watch real close, they change balls every time they spin the wheel. I also noticed they are different sized balls...read more

Fold That Poker Hand Instead of Betting It!

When making the transition from kitchen table poker to casino poker, you're no longer playing Acey/Deucey with your Aunt Gladys. That stranger across the table with the sunglasses and toothpick didn't sit down for coffee and cheesecake - he came to empty your pockets! So you'd better get familiar with some sound poker precepts, or he'll eat you alive. The precept of today's article is that you actually need a better hand to just call a bet than it takes to make a bet yourself...read more

Betting into a run

Dear Frank: I am a small time bettor and gamble about six times a year. I have both the Golden Touch controlled craps and blackjack information. I find when you really hit a run at either, you better be ready to bet, because as you know, these runs normally do not last forever...read more

Don't Worry About Slot Jackpots That Might Have Been

Here's a question that has been haunting slot players ever since the "one-armed bandits" were invented: "Would the jackpot that somebody just won at the machine I was playing a minute ago have been mine if I had just stayed there?" Typical of the feelings that slot players experience when somebody else wins a jackpot on a machine they just left is the following e-mail this column received from a reader: My husband and I were at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond on July 4th...read more

Playing It Smart: Why the most likely result of your gambling isn't what you expect

Gambling gurus often rank wagers by their "expected value." It's a complementary measure of house advantage. When a casino has 2 percent edge, expected value is (100 - 2) or 98 percent of a bet. Think of it like this. At 2 percent edge, the bosses earn an average of 2 percent of the gross wager $0.02 on the dollar...read more

Roulette odds

Until I received a phone call from my old friend Greg a couple of weeks ago, I didn't know he played roulette. For that matter, I didn't know he gambled — he was never part of our late-night college poker games. "I've loosened up a lot since then," said Greg, who was more into grades than games all those years ago...read more