Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 659

The best time to play slots

Hi, John, I love reading your column as I am an avid slot player who goes to Atlantic City at least twice a month. I read your answer to Laurie about the best times to visit the casino. I beg to differ about your answer. In Atlantic City, the best time to play is at night — the later, the better...read more

Casinos on Cruise Ships, Why Not on Airplanes?

Ryanair has announced it may start in-flight gambling as early as March 2006. Its expectations are high. A spokesman described gambling on its aircraft and on its website as "a real wallet phenomenon." The low-cost airline will introduce a new system known as Digebox, with 6,000 gaming laptop units, which can be converted to play real-time gambling games...read more

Jest for Fun

A. "Do you keep half of the money you win?" B. "No. I usually don't win that much." * * * A lady tourist asks a hotel check-in clerk what's a good floor to sleep on. "Lady," said the clerk, "if you're going to sleep on the floor, they're all the same." * * * The big Megabucks jackpot winner was complaining to her accountant about the amount of tax she had to pay on her winnings...read more

Meet the top dog

Dear Mark, If a video poker machine shows a good hand with only one coin bet, would the same hand have appeared if I had played the maximum amount of coins? Sue L. In practically every gaming jurisdiction, Sue, the answer would be yes...read more

Craps Come Bet Another Option

Congratulations. You've learned to make a pass line bet, and you've learned to back it up by taking the maximum odds allowed by the particular casino you're playing in. And you've learned how to behave at a craps table by respecting certain superstitions even though, hopefully, you don't believe in them. Most craps players consider the pass bet as the basic craps bet, but remember, you don't have to make this bet if you don't want to...read more

A Six-Pack in the Casino?

How can you not like a game called Six-Pack Poker? It must be a game created for the average Joe. When you take a look at the game, you begin to realize that it IS a game for the average Player. Many of the newer games require a much higher bankroll than Six-Pack Poker, because they require the Player to frequently bet 3, 4 or even 5 units per hand...read more

Do I Really Have to Wait for the 5-Count?

Dear Frank, I read your book, Beat the Craps Out of the Casinos: How to Play Craps and Win! I feel I should always be playing the pass line instead of waiting for the 5-Count to be over. But you still feel different. Please help me. I'm torn. Thanks, Brian Dear Brian: The 5-Count will reduce the number of random rolls you're wagering on by 57 percent...read more

Early Speed by Klein New at GBC, Burgio's Colorful Poker Book

Thoroughbred bettors, always thirsting for a new idea, concept or angle to beat the ponies, will find value in Klein's The Power of Early Speed (299 pages, paperbound, $14.95).The author, with four decades of handicapping experience including a decade in Kentucky for the Daily Racing Form, has compiled a 15-chapter gem analyzing more than 200,000 races run at more than two dozen different race tracks...read more

Blackjack Survey from the Illinois Side

Because there is skill associated with the game of blackjack, the individual house rules you encounter at the different casinos at which you play can have a profound effect on your strategy and ultimately your bottom line. Last week we took a look at the rules the properties in Northwest Indiana have in place at their tables...read more

Right May Be Good, but Who's To Say Wrong Is Bad?

Not so very long ago, gambling information was hard to find. Newspaper or magazine articles, books, and like sources of wagering wisdom were rare. Of those that did exist, the few with even a dab of dependability tended to be abstruse while the rest ranged from useless to dangerous...read more