Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 570

New shooter takes aim on Chicago land gaming market

Ameristar Casinos expects to close on a transaction to acquire Resorts East Chicago late this year. The company, founded in 1954 by Craig H. Neilsen, operated modest properties in the far northern reaches of Nevada before finally expanding the brand in 1992...read more

Bally celebrates 75 years

Bally Technologies has done much to celebrate its 75th anniversary year, including distribution of its hottest product line in the last couple of decades. But nothing brought the company closer to its roots than June 25, one special day in Chicago that started an event at Navy Pier at which it debuted its new ReelVision seven-reel slot machines for Midwestern casino executives, followed by Bally Night at Wrigley Field, where 10,000 CD-ROMS were distributed to fans attending the Chicago Cubs-Colorado Rockies game...read more

Playing it smart - Buying five or nine at craps

If you bet $20 or more on the four or 10 at craps, you should Buy rather than Place the number. Chances of winning are the same. But you earn more for the money at risk, and accordingly give the bosses less edge. This, regardless of how much you bet...read more

Are casinos getting tighter?

I have been reading your letters for some time now and I really enjoy them. my wife and I go to the casinos a lot and any more it seems no matter what casino you are in you cant win nothing off the slots anymore.we just got back from a casino in ok. and I dropped 400.00 in the slots and didn't get nothing. are the casinos getting tighter? Yes and no...read more

Bits & Pieces from Indian Country - June 2007

A friend of mine uses the term "get it" for the ability to understand something that most people fail to understand – they don't get it. Indian gaming is sometimes in that category. Some people understand it – meaning Indian gaming's impact on rural tribes and their host communities – and some people don't get it...read more

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

We are months and months away from the presidential election, but presidential politics is everywhere – and into everything, including gaming. First Obama, while campaigning in New Jersey, took up the cause of the unions, characterizing dealers as criminally underpaid and put upon by management...read more

Help for Throwing the Dice at a Half Table

Dear Frank: I go to this casino where they take a 14-foot table and make it a half table. I stand 1SR which puts me about 6 feet from the back wall. I'm right handed so my throw is different than I'm used to. Would the backspin be different? Also would the height of the dice be different when released? Thanks for help with the books and DVD...read more

An unexpected ticket

Hi, John, I am new, reading your column this past year. I bought your book and pass all that intriguing information on to my retired Dad, who I take to the casino every month here in Connecticut. He loves the Mohegan Sun and I love Foxwoods! We play the slots...read more

Tipping points

Dear Mark: I have a problem about tipping blackjack dealers in the casino. I figure they get a high enough salary dealing cards, so why should I feel obliged to tip them, especially when their job is so easy and they don't do anything to help me, like tell me what's under their face or ace when I'm losing? The only thing I ever get from the dealer is a nasty look or a sarcastic remark when I light up a cigarette...read more

Most blackjack players overreact to the small stuff

Four of us were sitting at the blackjack table watching the dealer shuffle. At the completion, she called out, "Rolling", to the floor and offered the six-deck pack for a cut. First base cut the cards, the dealer put them in the shoe and then burned the first card...read more