Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 684

How Much Does It Take to Win on a Dollar Machine?

John, I always enjoy your articles as they are both informative and educational. My questions have to do with a couple of slot machines I recently encountered at Casino Niagara and at Seneca Falls Casino in New York. One was a 9's or better and the other was 10's or better...read more

More on the 5-Count

Hi, Frank, The 5-Count method that you use and recommend is great. It makes a lot of sense. My question is, what if the thrower makes his point in count 2, 3, or 4, before actually acquiring or reaching a count of 5? Do you start another count or does that mean the thrower is hot and you start betting? I'm scheduled to go to Las Vegas on August 14...read more

Pro FB Guide Reviews '05; Fact Book Covers All-Time Results

Annually, bettors love to read the Pro Football Guide (published by Sporting News) because it contains the week-by-week scoring summaries of all games played last season plus the box scores. The 347-page paperbound ($18.95) is a solid reference for those who missed games or are keen on factors such as time of possession or penalty yards...read more

New Campaign Promotes Responsible Gaming Awareness

This week, casino companies nationwide will be joining together as they sponsor the eighth annual Responsible Gaming Education Week from August 1-5, 2005. The centerpiece of the campaign, organized by the American Gaming Association ("AGA"), will be the launch of a national responsible gaming awareness wristband campaign...read more

Slot Machine Authority Imparts Words of Wisdom

Allow me to introduce you to Frank Legato. He's a 49-year-old casino industry journalist who for the last two decades has specialized in conducting research on and preparing articles about slot machines for many of the nation's leading gaming publications. The reason I'd like you to get to know him is because he knows everything there is to know about slot machines...read more

Who's to Blame when You Draw Bad Cards at Blackjack?

Gamblers who win sometimes credit luck or whatever occult forces in their personal universes they hold responsible for miracles. More often, though, they attribute success to their own punting prowess. Solid citizens who lose commonly look for, and usually find, innocent bystanders to blame...read more

Video Poker in Ontario, Detriot and Chicago

Experienced video poker players tend to be a selective lot, always looking for the best deal. So it was no great shock when after the Frank Scoblete Gamblers Jamboree at Casino Windsor in May, I received a handful of e-mails asking the same question: "What are the video poker pay tables like at Windsor? Should I make a trip?" The optimists' answer: Things are getting better. On this visit, there wasn't much to hold a video poker player's interest...read more

Heard it on the River

Tunica's casinos do not have to take a back seat in entertainment to any gaming jurisdiction and this was proven with the recent debut of the much-awaited production show, BALAGAN. This column rarely reviews shows after the fact, preferring to publicize them before to help spur attendance, but this Broadway-scale event created from the genius of Russian-born MISHA MATORIN, whose father was a director of the famed MOSCOW CIRCUS, is a must see, absolutely. We attended the private party premier of the show with a certain amount of cynicism held in reserve that it would be just another collection of clowny circus acts tossed together and with appeal more for kids than adults...read more

Should I Play Video Poker Progressives?

I read you told someone at the Tropicana you could get your cash back the same day. In February we were at the Trop and we couldn't get our cash back. They told us we had to wait until next trip. JoAnne * * * I just heard through a very reliable grapevine that the Trop is converting to bounce-back cash only in the near future...read more

Jest for Fun

A male tourist asks a check-in clerk what's good in a room. "Well," said the clerk, "there's a blonde in room 2l4." * * * There are still a few pit bosses around with adventurous experiences during WWII. There was one pit boss who was hidden in a cellar by an Italian girl...read more