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2006 Global Gaming Expo report - part 3

It was the final day of the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas when I approached the International Game Technology booth. I always save IGT for last, because it's the biggest, busiest booth at the show, and I like to see it after the crowds have thinned. Word was out that there was something new and different, something unique at IGT's booth, and I wanted to get a close-up look...read more

Patterns on slots

Dear Mr. Robison, First, let me say I agree with 99% of what you say concerning the randomness, etc. of slot machines. I do, however, have two very specific observations that have been bugging me for about three years now. There is a slot machine at the Trop in A.C...read more

Tipping Your Craps Dealer

Hi, Frank: When tipping the dealers on the craps table, which bet do they prefer you make for them? Thanks, Brian Dear Brian: The best tip is the best bet! So put a chip next to your Pass Line bet because the dealers have a much better chance to win this bet than any other bet in the game...read more

Internet Poker Folds a Winning Hand

The fallout from the new Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 has been nothing short of amazing. Every publicly traded gaming company is running for cover, and many of the private ones as well. Operators as big as PartyPoker and the payment processor FirePay stopped taking bets from the U.S...read more

Negreanu's wisdom a winner; Math of Poker Super

Like two back-to-back clutch homers in baseball, a duo of fresh poker titles arrive at year's end, so make way on your bookshelves for Hold'em Wisdom For All Players by Daniel Negreanu (166 pages, paperbound, $14.95) and The Mathematics of Poker by Bill Chen and Jerrod Ankenman (381 pages, paperbound, $29.95)...read more

It Doesn't Matter How Much You Have Invested in the Pot

I was playing Limit Texas Hold'em poker and just flat called right "under the gun" (first player to act after the blinds). I had K/Q offsuit. Four more players limped in behind me as well as the big blind, who was essentially getting to see a free flop...read more

Is Craps Dying?

World War II was the glory time for the game of craps. Sailors and soldiers and private citizens in the cities of America loved the game. From South to North, young men played it with abandon. It became the most popular game in the casinos after World War II as well since all the vets wanted to play a game they were intimately familiar with...read more

Global Gaming Expo Sheds Light on Table Game Technology

Last month's Global Gaming Expo, the gambling's premier trade show which is held annually at the Las Vegas Convention Center, attracts in excess of 30,000 attendees during its 4-day run, the majority of them industry professionals anxious to see the new product lines manufacturers are unveiling. Some 780 exhibitors from around the world, representing every technological aspect of gaming, including a gigantic pavilion reserved exclusively for food and beverage vendors, have the opportunity to showcase their products and services before the movers and shakers of the casino industry. The exposition is to the gaming industry what the Auto Show is to the automotive industry...read more

2006 Global Gaming Expo Report - Part 2

As revolutions in gaming go, Mr. Monopoly walking his dog down a video screen might not sound like it's on the cutting edge. After all, we've had popular video slot machines for nearly a decade now, ever since WMS Gaming started to hook customers with Reel 'Em In in 1997. But this was different...read more

Downloadable games are not the reason your machine turned cold

Hello, John, The article by Tim on November 20 put me one step ahead in understanding the slots. So far, it's been a common belief that the chip inside one slot has to be changed manually in order to get a different payback percentage...read more