Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 600

How Do I Use the Tables in Spin Roulette Gold?

Dear Frank: Hi, my name is Ken. I own your book (Spin Roulette Gold), it is great, thank you. I do have one or two questions I am confused about. Starting on page 150, you list groups of numbers, 20 per. (Yes I did read page 149!) If I look at the first set, 25-33...read more

Best not to murmur while card-counting

Dear Mark: Unfortunately, the video poker machines where I play are all "tight." Therefore, I have been considering going back to the $5 blackjack tables. I try to count, most of the time, and I'd say I was fairly proficient at it but I've always wondered ...read more

Jest For Fun

Math teacher to gambler's son: If your father had $300 and a friend asked him for a loan of $200, how much would your father have left?" Gambler's son: "Three hundred dollars." * * * * * A. "My brother is a panhandler in Las Vegas." B...read more

What has odds of 1 to 2,598,960? Give up? Read on

Dear Mark: Is there a difference in payback between a standard $1 slot machine and a $1 Megabucks machine? Sally O. A wide-area progressive, such as a Megabucks machine, typically coughs up 87% to the player, which, compared to a standard one-dollar slot that roughly pays back 94%, representing a 7% loss in long-term return...read more

Most Gamblers Underestimate the Effects of Luck

My imaginary friend Eddie has been playing blackjack for many years. He's a pretty good basic strategy player, but not perfect. Eddie still has trouble playing his soft hits and soft doubles correctly, and he's foggy on some of the trickier splits...read more

Sure thing isn't so sure

Dear Mark: I received an offer in the mail that if I use this person's strategy at video poker, and play on machines that hypothetically return close to 100%, that I will be a winner every time, GUARANTEED! What is the deal here? Ken G. GUARANTEED? Ah, another swindler scamming their system. Before you get sucked in, here's the real deal...read more

Playing the Darkside

I am not a Darkside player. My emotional constitution just won't allow me to see the Darkside as a viable option in craps play. If the casinos banned the Darkside, I wouldn't shed a tear. In fact, I would cheer. I am well aware that the math of craps is slightly better for Don't Pass and Don't Come players and that there is no reason whatsoever for me to not play the don't side of the craps board...read more

Harrah's collaborates on newest poker camp

You are holding pocket aces and you feel a slight twitching of your left eyelid, soon to matched by a jumping right eyelid. Be cool, take it easy. How can a guy wearing weird orange-tinted glasses and using a fossil as a card protector know that you have pocket rockets? But what about the obsidian-eyed unsmiling guy sitting next to him who is studying you like he is doing a profile? Is this a dream? No it isn't...read more

Slot comps and the wily 6-5

Dear Mark: Last week you mentioned comps and how to get them for blackjack players. How about for those of us who play slots, how do we get them? Fran F. Slot players get their share of goodies by signing up for a player's card and inserting it into the machine's card reader while playing...read more

Don't stick a fork in internet gambling

When President Bush signed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act in October of this year, many reports gave the impression it sounded the death knell for the multi-billion dollar Web based gambling industry. On the contrary, all it did was strictly regulate the process by which funds are transferred from users of the sites to the offshore companies that own and operate them...read more