Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 551

The Secrets of Put Bets

Pssst... Wanna know a secret? How about the secret of put bets? When you play at casinos offering 10X odds and make a pass line bet, wouldn't it be better to have a point of six or eight rather than four or ten? Well, now you can, by using a put bet...read more

Craps Fantasy and Reality

Dear Frank: I recently found your website and am interested in your philosophy on craps. I am a member of the "fantasy club" too that wants to think that we can control the dice. I have on my computer at home, with a click of the mouse up to 4 hours of craps play with pass, don't pass, and up to two come bets with single, double or "whatever" odds...read more

Beginner's Dice: Ten Easy Steps to Learning the Game, Part Three

Step Eight: Know the Rules I mentioned in the opening to this series that craps has rules and you must follow them to the letter or you'll be hit with the stick. Actually, you'll be scolded by the boxman and the dealers. Here are the typical rules of the game: You must have a Pass Line or Don't Pass bet in order to shoot the dice. You cannot take the dice off the boundaries of the table. You can only touch the dice with one hand. When you shoot the dice you must hit the back wall. When you buy in, you must drop your money on the table and say, "Chips," or something to that effect. You are not allowed to touch someone else's chips, even if they land in front of you. Should the dice leave the table and land in your chip rack, pick them up and put them back on the table...read more

Indiana woman spins life-changing jackpot on penny slot

Judy Rowe has never been to Las Vegas, but after winning $708,115.55 on a penny Wheel of Fortune Super Spin wide-area progressive at the Four Winds Casino Resort in New Buffalo, Michigan, two months ago, she may think about going. She's a small-town girl, having lived all of her 44 years in the north central Indiana community of Warsaw...read more

Global Gaming Expo, slots and table games

A couple of days before leaving for the annual Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas, I was telling a colleague about some of the latest and greatest games I was looking forward to seeing. There was already a buzz about WMS Gaming's Star Trek, I told him, with features that boldly go where no slot machine has gone before...read more

Playing It Smart: How many throws does it take to resolve a bet at craps?

Nearly every craps aficionado has heard that "sevens show once every six throws," or words to that effect. If not actually scheduled like clockwork in any arbitrary set of six tosses, then at least expected in theory or found on the average...read more

More on counting spins

Chaz has it right. I count the spins that it takes to hit. The casinos do tend to adjust those percentages from time to time. I like to look at the payout percentage after a machine has just paid off a large amount. I notice that that seems to be around 9 to 11%. So by counting with minimum bet until it starts to hit makes sense. I noticed that machines will often pay at 7 8 11 20 50 and 100 spins kind of like in an order similar to this. When I sit at a new machine, and I do believe the central computer looks at your number and allows you to win early...read more

Placing the nine

Dear Frank, I've been reading an enjoying your columns on CasinoCityTimes.com for many months now and have a couple of questions to ask you. I play the Pass Line with odds and place the opposite number (i.e., if the point is 5, I'll place the 9, etc.)...read more

Progressive video poker changes

I am sure you have been asked this many times, but I have been wondering about the paybacks of straight poker machines as compared to those connected to a progressive pot. Say, for instance, on a DBL-DBL Bonus Poker machine game, will it give out fewer 4 of a kinds and full houses just to pay into the progressive pot? Our local casino just linked my favorite machines to a progressive and I have noticed that I cannot win like I used to...read more

Improving your Texas Hold'em hand beyond the flop

Tons of good, solid strategy has been written about how to pick your playable Hold'em starting hands. That'll get you into the pot responsibly, but once the flop comes down, you usually have a whole new set of problems. Today, we'll cover some typical scenarios that have a habit of developing on the flop...read more