Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 596

The captain's supersystem

Frank: I work at a casino in Missouri. I've noticed an odd betting pattern in Craps made by one of our regulars. He'll place $5 on both the pass and don't pass, as well as the come and don't come. He'll only place odds on the do's, usually at 3-5 times (we offer 10x odds). I see his strategy in that the pass and don't pass will balance each other out, as will the come and don't come...read more

Frank Scoblete's Casino Killer Advantage Weekend in Tunica

You Can Beat the House at Craps! Pai Gow Poker! Advantage Slots and Video Poker! Only One Weekend in 2007 on April 21 and 22. Frank Scoblete has brought the gambling public a brand new and completely easy advantage-play blackjack method in his new book Golden Touch Blackjack Revolution! Well now Frank is offering something special for slot players and Pai Gow poker players — classes that will explain how to get the mathematical edge over the house on the machines and at a great table game. On one weekend only in 2007 on April 21 and 22, join Frank's Casino Killer College and learn how to beat the house at two games thought to be unbeatable...read more

Let's fix those blackjack "problem hands"

In this weekly column, blackjack strategy has often been discussed at a higher level than in your average newspaper gaming column. But one very basic thing continues to bother me. It's the fact that experienced players who I see regularly at the casinos still misplay lots of hands. Just today I saw a man put up a $500 bet...read more

Jest for Fun

He: "We can't afford to go to Atlantic City on our budget." She: "I have an idea how we can." He: "How?" She: "Have two budgets." * * * * * "We saw the erupting volcano attraction at the Mirage Casino in Las Vegas." "What?" "Volcano...read more

Smart Craps Play Starts at Home

Craps is a game with a large variety of bets, most of them not worth making, and a small, select group of bets that can keep the house edge at around one percent, give or take a few tenths of a percent. These good bets can give a savvy craps player a very good chance to take home the money today or tonight. So what are the best bets at craps? The math tells us clearly that the Pass, Don't Pass, Come and Don't Come have the lowest house edges - around 1.4 percent...read more

Four books designed to make you more money

There are no sure things in gambling. If there were, we wouldn¹t call it gambling, right? But there are some resources, books, for example, which clearly will save you money if you¹re frugal or cautious or intent in stretching your recreational dollar...read more

WMS Gaming Unveils New Generation of Slots

Midwest-based WMS Gaming, with corporate headquarters in Waukegan, Illinois is rolling out some mighty impressive new games that I guarantee will delight slot players everywhere once they start popping up in casinos in Northwest Indiana and the Chicago area. The company's Sensory Immersion Gaming and Transmissive Reels Gaming systems take slot play to new plateaus of innovation and imagination. Sensory Immersion Gaming does what its name implies...read more

Playing it smart - Bets that oppose one another

Several table games offer bets that oppose one another. More often than you might imagine, players devise strategies combining these bets, confident they're putting one over on the casinos. An example might be a "team" of two people who pretend to be strangers...read more

2006 Global Gaming Expo Report - Part 7

When table games designers show their latest and greatest each year at the Global Gaming Expo, the games tend to fall into two categories: games based on blackjack, and games based on stud poker. Ya Awada of Gaming Entertainment Inc. doesn't shy from either of those categories, with his 3-5-7 Poker and High-Tie Blackjack being among the games that have found casino niches...read more

Heard it on the river

Amidst the bills and junk mail that plague our mailbox I spotted a classy looking white envelope and on closer examination, the name DONALD TRUMP popped out like a flash bulb from the return address. The Donald, sending me an invitation. Wow...read more