Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 545

Deal Me In: Are casino dice on the level?

Dear Mark: I'm a big craps player. I was talking to my Uncle (who is in naval intelligence) about craps. He said they did studies on dice and said there are easy steps that can be done to "slightly" change the outcome of rolls over a period of time, such as: felt tip pen mark on one of the dice, hitting a certain side with some force, etc...read more

Playing It Smart: Doubling down strategies explained

Blackjack buffs earn much of their money when they get their fair share of hands on which to double-down and win a decent fraction of them. The converse also holds. Too few doubles or too many that fizzle can quickly send the unlucky to the lockers...read more

G2E 2007, Part 8: Electronic Table Games

Time was that slots were slots and tables were tables and never the twain did meet. There was a tiny bit of crossover in the handful of players who dabbled in video blackjack on single-player machines. But the key term there is "single-player." Table games are a social experience, one unavailable on electronic games. That's changed, of course, with the multiplayer electronic table games that have been introduced in recent years: Shufflemaster's Rapid Roulette and Vegas Star; DigiDeal's Digital 21; Novomatic's TouchBet roulette and sic bo...read more

Will jackpots ever repeat pay on a haywire machine?

Hi, Your site is amazing, keep up the good work. I was reading one of your articles about Double Diamond Haywire and you said that if a single bar had a Haywire function that it would repeat. I was wondering if there is a jackpot symbol that also has a Haywire function, and what about the 7s or triple and double bars? If a Haywire bar lines up with a non-haywire Diamond, will that repeat? What is the most number of times a pay can repeat? Do you give up some hit frequency as compared to a plain Double Diamond to make up for the repeated pays? By the way, I am one of those people who goes back and forth between 1, 2 and 3 credits and I would like to say that I hit just as much on 3 credits as I do on 1 credit, including big hits...read more

Switching from Blackjack to Craps

Dear Frank: I enjoy reading your books and letters. I can really relate to your blackjack stories. Here's why. Back when AC was going to introduce gambling I thought I had better prepare myself because I knew living in New Jersey I would be going down...read more

Jest for Fun

You gotta hand it to those casino parking lot attendants. They really do a bang-up job. * * * * * I'll tell you why I quit playing the slots. I've been playing them for 15 years and I just wanted to give it up before it became a habit. * * * * * Money isn't everything -- as long as you have enough of it. * * * * * I talked to one of the owners of a topless restaurant...read more

Can You Tell a Bad Blackjack Player from a Good One?

Once a blackjack player learns some proper basic strategy, he rather quickly tends to assume he's an expert at the game. If another player at the table makes a play that doesn't fit into his own repertoire, he'll likely assume that player is a sucker...read more

Success With Dice Control

Dear Frank: I read your book on dice control (Golden Touch Dice Control Revolution!) and went to an Indian casino in Connecticut. I got in the craps table with $200. When I got in it was my turn with the dice. I couldn't believe it. I had control of the dice for 25 minutes. When I finally sevened out I had over $1400. I cashed out and went home feeling great...read more

WMS Gaming Beams Up New Slot "Trekkies" Will Love

Acquiring the rights to develop celebrity icons, TV programs, motion pictures game shows and board games into slot themes that will attract gamblers is a preoccupation of the world's leading gaming device manufacturers. Many times brand licensing requires the marketing and legal divisions of the companies to gaze into the crystal ball and predict what'll be hot, and then grab up the rights before someone else does...read more

G2E 2007, part 7: What's new from Shufflemaster

For years, the two largest U.S. distributors of new table games have been Progressive Gaming Inc., with games such as Caribbean Stud Poker including progressive jackpots, and Shufflemaster Corp., with a collection of mostly poker-based games...read more