Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 556

Calculating the House Edge When Taking Odds

Jerry: I have a point that concerns the fallacy of adjusting our vig calculation when taking odds. Let's exaggerate an example. Say we have a $10 line bet and $5 million in odds. The odds bet has NO vig, ergo "no money at risk". Over time one will break even on all odds bets...read more

Playing it Smart: Game speed can affect your gambling fortunes

Baccarat is classy. It's traditionally played in cordoned-off sections of the casino at big tables with fancy chairs, run by dealers dressed to the nines, and monitored by more bosses than you knew the joint had. And, oh yes, at high stakes...read more

Cash out, then clear out

Dear Mark: So I sit down at a bank of video poker machines and quickly hit a four-of-a-kind for $800. Every bone in my body says I should move to the next machine if I want to keep playing, but I know your counsel is that it won't matter as far as the odds go...read more

Four blackjack questions that separate the men from the boys

Casino blackjack is an entirely beatable game, but do you have what it takes to beat it? We've been over the vital stuff many times in this column, but I see very few players who have a realistic chance of winning when I'm in the casinos...read more

The Insane of Gambling

Casino gamblers are a cross section of the American public, albeit a little richer, a little less religious, somewhat more adventurous in travel and dining plans, quite charitable, and, of course, we like to gamble. At least that's what the latest Harrah's survey has to say about all 54 million of us who make over a billion visits to the casinos. But let's be honest here now...read more

WMS Gaming keeps doing what it does best

WMS Gaming, one of the world's leading slot machine creators, devotes its energy to turning out what it perceives as the most entertaining, interactive, sensory-appealing slot games in the business. All it takes is a look at gaming floors in casinos around the country to conclude it is a successful business plan. The Waukegan, Illinois based company stakes its reputation on making the games people love to play...read more

The Ultimate Blackjack Tour

Saturday afternoon, I was in my home office getting a little work done, when I heard my wife shout. "Hey! It's Anthony!" In the living room, she'd turned to CBS, and the Ultimate Blackjack Tour, where the final hands were a showdown between Anthony Curtis and Blair Rodman...read more

Bits & Pieces from Indian Country - September 2007

The last major tribe to get into gaming is slowly moving forward. The Navajo Nation has the largest enrollment of any tribe in the United States and the most territory (about the same size as the state of West Virginia), located in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah...read more

Quick-takes: The month's trends in a glance – September 2007

New Jersey and Illinois have problems that are much alike – the budget process. The deadline to establish a budget for the state in each case is set by law. But when the deadline approaches, political differences raise their ugly heads, and they can and have delayed a final budget approval...read more

When does the RNG lock in the result?

Hi, John, I used to play the Ripley's Believe It Or Not slot machines in downtown Las Vegas a few years ago, and then they were removed from the casinos because they did not have the TITO format. Do you know of any casinos in Las Vegas that still have them? Is Mikohn making new ones? If so, which casinos have them? Thanks, Analu Dear Analu, I really liked playing the Mikohn games that required some skill in the bonus rounds. As far as I know, the skill games never did well on the slot floor and Mikohn had shifted towards random bonus games...read more