Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 686

What IGRA Left Out

The federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, which everyone involved in tribal gaming calls IGRA, has turned into one of the most unusual laws ever enacted. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled it unconstitutional. It leaves many important questions unanswered...read more

What's the Logic of Soft Doubling Down in Blackjack?

The first thing any new blackjack player learns is when to stand and when to hit. Soon after, they start learning when to double down and split pairs. Then, way down at the bottom of the barrel comes doubling down with their "soft" hands, like Ace/2 or Ace/7. Sad as it is, this confusing cluster of hands is never learned correctly by 98% of the blackjack players...read more

The "State of the States" in Gambling Survey

The annual "State of the States" survey from the American Gaming Association arrived in the mail recently, bringing the usual compendium of statistics and survey results on who gambles, where they play, how many jobs are created and how much tax revenue is produced by the gaming industry. Most of the results will look familiar to anyone who has seen such surveys before...read more

Increasing Bets in Craps for a Hot Roll

Hello, Frank, I have just ordered 2 of your books from Amazon.com - Best Blackjack and Forever Craps. While I anxiously await the arrival I would like to ask if there is any advantage to increasing bets in craps to hopefully take advantage of the long roll. My plan (when I finally get to Vegas) is to establish a pass line and 2 come bets with the max odds behind them...read more

Vines, McEvoy Team on No-Limit Book; Tiltboys Funny

Don Vines and Tom McEvoy have written a timely, cut-to-the-chase work titled How to Win No Limit Hold'em Tournaments (367 pages, paperbound $29.95), while Kim Scheinberg has edited a highly unusual, check-your-reality credentials-at-the-door effort titled Tales From The Tiltboys (207 pages, hardbound $19.95). Vines, a relative newcomer to writing about the game but a veteran of no hold'em in medium buy-in events, has won more than three dozen titles including the World Poker Open and Orleans Open...read more

An All-Star Tribute

Like many, my first job was in the restaurant industry. Within a few years of starting to work, I had regular work as an assistant manager or manager of various Little Caesars franchises throughout the metro-Detroit area. These jobs taught me a lot...read more

Three Roulette Myths I Wish Were True, 'Cause I'd be Rich

Roulette is simple. This is one of its virtues. A gambling greenhorn can approach a table and play as well as a venerable veteran, by watching how others bet for a few minutes and receiving only the aid dealers who appreciate tips provide as a matter of course...read more

What Players Can Expect from the New Resorts East Chicago

Now that Resorts Destinations has had an opportunity to settle in at its new home in East Chicago, the stage is set for the Grand Opening celebration and the company's official entry into the Northwest Indiana and Great Chicago-land area casino gaming markets. Just what will Resorts bring to the table in the way of creating a unique experience for gamblers in the Midwest and how does it plan to do business and co-exist in a market represented by five gaming companies, all of which spend millions of marketing dollars every year to attract customers and build a loyal fan base? The Thrifty Gambler posed these questions and others to Nicholas L...read more

Gray Power Granny grabs the pot

Dear Mark, My elderly mother was the typical little old lady in tennis shoes who enjoyed going to a casino and playing video poker. However, because of health problems for the last few years, she is, for the most part, housebound and can't go...read more

Technology on the Slot Floor

That technology has advanced on the slot floor is obvious every time we watch the Wheel of Fortune spin, or drop our lines into the water in Reel 'Em In Cast for Cash, or save Nell in the Rocky and Bullwinkle slots. None of that would have been possible a decade ago, when playing the slots meant watching the reels spin and little more. But advances in slot technology doen't stop at the games themselves...read more