Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 611

Coincidence or rigged?

John, I found Steve's article on your 8-7-2006 e-mail interesting. I just returned from The Horseshoe in Tunica and, while playing the 50-cent slots saw something unbelievable and made my wife say, "Something's rigged". A guy right across the aisle from us, on a bank of five 50-cent slots hit two triple diamonds and a red seven paying 5,400 coins...read more

Winning at Poker Requires Playing Above and Beyond

When you play poker, theoretically your cards are supposed to be no better, yet no worse than your opponents' - over the long haul that is. Your goal each time you sit down, however, is to turn a net profit with presumably average cards – an interesting challenge...read more

The Secrets of Advantage Playing

Pssst... Wanna know a secret? How about the secrets of advantage playing? When you play craps, there are several things to take into account even before you get to the craps tables. For example, you should have a players, or "comp" card...read more

Heard It On The River

Putting your money where you county is, a lot of praise can be sung these days for Tunica County officials who had the foresight to make a unique deal with the Mississippi Dept. of Transportation to complete the new I-69 link from I-55 to Highway 61 three years ahead of time...read more

Random is random

Dear Mark, You have stated that depending on the maker of the video poker machine, the draw cards are either behind the first five dealt cards, or they are dealt right from the top of a deck. OK then, I'm playing in Michigan, and the video poker machine is made by IGT...read more

Why We Play Craps

I have written that craps is the most exciting game in the casino. I have written that line in books and articles; I have spoken that line when I give talks at seminars and classes. I say it because I believe it. Craps is the most exciting game in the house, bar none. Of course, inveterate slot players probably think slots is the most exciting gambling option, and probably blackjack players think blackjack reigns supreme; even Pai Gow poker players might think their lovely is the most beautiful, enticing game in the casino. Having played just about every variety of casino game, trust me, craps is unsurpassed for great thrills, great spills and a great chance to win some money right now - if you make the best bets. So I decided to ask some of the world's greatest dice controllers from Golden Touch Craps why they love craps so much...read more

Four Gambling-Related Titles Add Some Variety to Your Library

Sometimes when it rains, it pours and when you¹re in the desert, you appreciate the downpour. At Gambler¹s Book Shop, we get to appreciate it in two ways ­ first for the welcomed moisture and second for the gambling-related titles that show up at an unprecedented rate...read more

The Bad, the Good, and the Beautiful at Blackjack

Gamblers are naturally pleased to win wagers and disappointed to lose them. In most games, the odds associated with the ecstasy or agony are ordained before bets are made, or are established when players pick the propositions on which they put their pennies...read more

Slot Manufacturer Hits Jackpot With This Deal

Any one who watched the season premier of "Deal or No Deal" on NBC-TV had to agree with the decision by the contestant to take the $625,000 "sure thing" deal rather than gamble and risk watching the value of his suitcase No. 23 go down the tubes. Of course, as it turned out, he had the $3 million dollar suitcase in his possession all along and, had he continued on, would have walked away with the biggest jackpot in television game show history. Slot machine manufacturer Atronic inked a licensing agreement a few years back for "Deal or No Deal" at the time the show was a huge hit in countries across Europe and elsewhere around the world. When it premiered in the United States and became an instant sensation, Atronic all of a sudden was besieged with interest about the video slot it had developed using the game's theme, and it now appears the company's gamble is about to pay off big time. Everybody is talking about "Deal or No Deal" in much the same way "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" became an instant sensation when it first appeared on the air waves some years back. Now gaming fans will soon have an opportunity to experience the thrills and intrigue of the game in the form of low-denomination progressive slots that bring together all of the elements of the show that have made it so captivating. Atronic has taken the appeal of the show and reproduced it in an interactive gambling format that epitomizes the entertaining heights to which slot play has ascended. The company has incorporated an imaginative variety of second screen bonuses in the game, plus they added a rapid-hit progressive jackpot that can be activated six different ways, but far and away the highlight is the "Cash Box Bonus" which gives players the closest experience to playing "Deal or No Deal" short of actually being a contestant on the show. When the Cash Box Bonus is triggered, 10 cash boxes each with a "question mark" symbol appear on screen...read more

Following My Own Advice

I'm often asked if I follow my own advice when I play in casinos. Do I really refuse even money when I have a blackjack and the dealer has an Ace face up? Do I really steer clear of the one-roll propositions in craps? Do I really bet the max on every spin on a progressive slot machine? The answers are yes, yes, yes --- with the proviso that I don't play progressive slot machines all that much...read more