Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 688

Joe Blackjack Doesn't Play As Well As He Thinks

Yeah, I know you. You're Joe Blackjack -- the kind of player who figures he knows everything there is to know about casino 21. You've been playing the game forever and you even keep a blackjack strategy chart in your wallet. Well Joe, let's find out just how much you really know...read more

Hostile playing conditions found on some blackjack games

Dear Mark, I just noticed that our local casino has brought back single-deck blackjack. The only rule difference I noticed is that they pay six for five for a blackjack instead of three for two. Is this game a good deal for the player? Justin A...read more

The Secrets of the Field

Pssst... Wanna know a secret? How about the secret of the field bet in craps? As you might know, the field bet is a one-roll bet. So if any number other than 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 or 12 rolls, you lose. The other numbers 5, 6, 7 and 8 roll a total of 20 times while the field numbers roll only 16 times...read more

NFL Annual; Wong On Dice New Arrivals at GBC

As the football season fast approaches, so do arrivals of new books for handicappers. Ed Meyer's NFL Annual (250 pages, 8x11 plastic spiralbound, $34.95) is the latest, along with Wong on Dice by Stanford Wong (190 pages, paperbound, $24.95), which directs its attention to the latest approach of pre-setting and the art of "skill shooting." The NFL Annual, now in its 16th year of publication, is designed to teach the bettor how to recognize the "character" of each NFL team; be better able to analyze what happened the previous week and understand how it will impact this week's performance; to help understand the team's current emotional and physical status and to clearly evaluate what a team faces in its upcoming game. Meyer shows the reader how he did in 2004 based on the information he provided...read more

Bet the Ranch, Buy the Farm

Astute advantage players at games such as poker and blackjack often ridicule the whole concept of money management because they cite, correctly, that no amount of money management can turn a negative expectation game into a positive expectation game...read more

Slots Review: Monopoly Money Wild Chance, Monopoly Cash Flow, Monopoly MoneyLine, Monopoly Reel Riches

Monopoly is the focus for this month. Although, Williams released these newer versions at different times, they should all be available for some fun play. 1) Monopoly Money Wild Chance: This version has a top box bonus feature combined with flashing Monopoly Money bills, Jail, Chance and Community Chest cards...read more

The Impact of Gaming Privilege Taxes

The American Gaming Association has released a new research "white paper" prepared by Christiansen Capital Advisors, which examines the impact of gaming privilege taxes on capital investment, job creation, and other forms of economic contributions that casinos make in their host jurisdictions...read more

World Series of Poker the Olympiad of the Gambling World

In light of the Olympic proportions that the World Series of Poker has assumed, "Let the Games Begin" would have been a much more appropriate way to signal the start of the 2005 competition earlier this month than the traditional "Shuffle Up and Deal". The 36th World Series began on June 2 in Las Vegas and will continue for seven weeks, during which a record 45 events are scheduled...read more

How Pushes Affect House Advantage in Casino Games

Some casino bets either win or lose. Others have a third possibility, they can "push," neither winning nor losing. In games where pushes can occur, they may play a more significant role than most folks realize. Always, although superficially, because the action is slower with fewer exchanges of money in any given number of rounds or time period...read more

Heard it on the River

Lots of observers said that when HARRAH’S bought HORSESHOE there would be changes aplenty and they were right. We took in all those changes on a recent media tour of the Tunica casino and have to say that the changes are all positive and will keep the Horseshoe brand flying high...read more