Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 683

The Best Things Dealers Can Do

There is a war going on in the casinos between machines and man, and this war is every bit as terrifying as the war between the machines and man in the Matrix series, the Terminator series, 2001: A Space Odyssey; Colossus: The Forbin Project, and a host of other movies, books, plays, poems that speculate what will happen when man is replaced by machines...read more

Pro Scorebook--22 Years of Results; New Halftime Betting Book by Frederick

Few books command the annual attention of sports bettors like Phil Steele's Pro Football Scorebook (332 pages, plastic spiralbound, $34.95). It's an all-time best-seller at Gambler's Book Shop, with 22 years of pointspread histories (with totals histories beginning in 1987); betting angles for Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday night games; pre-season angles; playoff histories and angles; before and after "bye" week plays; room to keep records week by week; a look at key box score statistics from games played in 2004 and game summary descriptions of each game...read more

Harrah's CEO Addresses Harrah's - Caesars Merger

Destination visitors from the Midwest represent a strong demographic for Las Vegas, a statistic that has become even more pronounced since Iowa gave birth to the riverboat casino industry in 1990, followed in quick order by Illinois, Missouri and Indiana. Rather than take appeal away from Las Vegas, the emerging markets created a new legion of casino fans who view Las Vegas as the "Gambling Capital of the World"...read more

How Many Sevens Should You Expect in Six Throws of the Dice?

Every craps player knows that the chance a throw of the dice will yield a seven is one out of six, which is 1/6 or 16.7 percent. Most craps players know why. The dice can land 36 ways, six of which total seven. And six out of 36 reduces to one out of six...read more

Bonus Hand Triple Play Poker

Each year at the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas, I check out new games by the dozens. And each year months pass before I actually see the games on casino floors. So when I spotted a game called Bonus Hand Triple Play Poker during a stroll through Empress Joliet, the name seemed familiar, but I was a little shaky on the details. When I sat down to play, it all came back to me...read more

More on IDs and Taxes

You said: "U.S. citizens will not have anything withheld from a slot win of $1200 or more if they can provide a valid Social Security Number. " I am not going to argue. But it would behoove you to read what the IRS has to say. http://www.irs.gov/instructions/iw2g/ar02.html Also, reference the last 1-2 newsletters by Gail Mitchell...read more

How to Get a Job in Vegas

My buddy Russ was working at the Sahara. Even though I wasn't employed at the moment we still stayed in touch. He was a funny guy. Grew up in some little burg in Pennsylvania, his folks had a lot of money, and one day he came tooling into Vegas in a new Cadillac...read more

Table Comps at the Las Vegas Hilton

If you are a table player I think you might find the following letter of interest. In particular, it might be worth your while to investigate the comping policy at the casino where you usually play just as I did. I believe the letter is self explanatory. May 17, 2005 Mr...read more

Slots Review: Garfield - It's All About Me, Men in Black, Bally's Cartoon Jackpot New Games

You may think there are just three slot reviews here, however, with Bally gathering a group of their top cartoon slots (see #3); there are plenty of cute characters to go around for players looking for more variety in their play. 1) Garfield - It's All About Me: Doesn't that say it all about this amusing, yet bigheaded cat? Garfield is accompanied by his opponent Odie the dog, owner Jon and his gal-pal Arlene...read more

Lady and gentlemen, start your engines

Dear Mark, Do you know anything about the 8/5 betting strategy? Michael N. The 8/5 system is a simple little betting method used exclusively in roulette and mostly in Monaco by tourist ladies with purple hair. You bet on the same eight numbers consecutively for five times...read more