Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 621

You CAN Whittle the House Edge on the Buy Bet

A reader has taught me a very valuable lesson: I don't know as much as I think I do. Over the past few months, I've been writing a few articles about craps. It has been very easy, basic stuff just to give you the nerve to walk up to a craps table...read more

Good Blackjack, Bad Blackjack

It's no secret that the modern-day corporately owned casinos must always show a greater profit in each succeeding year or the executives get canned. In fact, the primary job of today's casino executive is to get another job that is either higher up in the same corporation or to move on to another corporation that thinks he or she can do a better job than the person who just moved on to a different corporation from their corporation. Now, that isn't as obscure as it reads...read more

Hunting Fish; Getting Lucky - Two Fine Books on Poker, People, Places

The world of poker is getting larger and doesn't seem to be close to the end of its growth spurt. More people are playing, more states and nations are in action and it seems more people are writing about the game now than they did at any time in history...read more

Top Ten Tips for Recreational Gamblers

Want to have more fun on your casino outings? Better yet, would you like to increase your chances of having profitable sessions? Here are 10 simple rules to follow: Adhere to the principles of sound money management. Don't allow your money to lose its value the minute you set foot in the casino...read more

Not All Craps Hedges Deserve the Bad Rap the Genre Gets

Many craps aficionados like to hedge their bets. Typically by putting money on both sides of an either-or proposition. One side being the main bet with a payoff of even-money or close to it. The other side frequently being a longshot -- a small wager with a large payoff -- which ostensibly serves as a form of insurance. A simple and common example might be a $10 bet on the Pass line with $1 on Any Craps during the come-out roll...read more

A Shuffle Through the Gaming Mailbag

Q. I just got done reading two video poker books and I must say that there are some things in there that completely contradict what I read in your book among the others that use "expected value" and math as the basis. The first book talks about some error in these imperfect random number generator chips that makes aces pop up more often...read more

Am I due to win?

Hey there, I think you remember who this is once again. Steve? Pissed away literally thousands at Harrah's back in 2003 and 2004? They evicted me from speaking my mind through e-mail? Anyway, here I am again... You know what? I bet you anything that it is a fact that the more spins you go through without hitting a jackpot, the better your chances of hitting are for next time...read more

"Two-Wins" Blackjack Strategy

Blackjack is known as a fun and easy game to learn and play. Just about everyone can count to 21 and it only involves you and the dealer. Remember, the other players at the table are on your side, not like in poker where you are playing against each other...read more

The Liberty Bell and the Liberty Belle: An Interview with Marshall Fey - Part I

In 1885 a Bavarian immigrant by the name of Charles Fey arrived in San Francisco. In Bavaria, at age 14, Fey had operated a lathe at the farm tool factory of the Munich Plow Company. He later added to his mechanical skills when he worked at a ship yard in England so that when he arrived in San Francisco he had saleable skills...read more

Meet some wallet gobblers

Dear Mark, I'm hoping you can clear up a question that's been bothering me for long time. I've noticed so many times on 50 and 100-play video poker machines that when dealt two pair, I get few full houses. They seem rigged! It seems like the 50 and 100-play have different programming...read more