Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 747

A foul hand is a losing hand every time

Dear Mark, I was involved in an interesting situation recently at a casino. Playing pai gow poker, I set my hands appropriately, or so I thought. In any case, even though I possibly set my hands wrong, I would have beaten the bankers hands either way, except that, I was denied payment...read more

Changing Chips in Slots

Hello, Just wondering if you can tell me where to find slot machine game like Money to Burn, Cash Crop, and Leprechaun's Gold for the PC. Thanks, Troy Dear Troy, You can find a list of the CDs that have casinos slot games for home use in my column entitled Atlantic City Joker Poker, posted about a week ago. As far as I know, none of WMS Gaming's machines, including those you asked about, are available for home play. The best way to see what's available is to look at the software offerings at www.greatstuff4gamblers.com or at a major retailer, like Best Buy or CompUSA. Best of luck in and out of the casinos, John Hi, I'm trying to find out how and where to play The Price is Right online...read more

What If You Could Buy Gaming Chips at a Discount?

What if you could buy gaming chips at a discount? Say, 10, 20, or even 25 percent. Special chips you bet at face value, get back with your payoff when you win, and redeem at cost if any are left when you quit. Not a pipe dream. A deal you can get on ships in Florida that sail past the three-mile limit then open the games...read more

Ask Frank and Alene: The Way to Play Roulette

Dear Scobe and Alene, I don't play roulette, but I watch the game sometimes and notice that people bet several individual numbers at the same time. To me, this makes no sense and it seems like they're betting against themselves. Even though they're giving themselves more chances to pick the right number, only one number can ever win. If I were to play roulette, I would pick one number and cover it in several ways...read more

Is a Loud Machine a Loose Machine?

I'm a slot tech for a casino in Wisconsin. We have absolutely no rhyme or reason as to how we set the volume on our machines, most are turned off. When we verify a jackpot we NEVER swap a chip, only verify that it is the chip that is supposed to be in that machine...read more

Scobe's Quick Tips, Series 2: #11 and #12: Promotions and Players Cards

Quick Tips #11 If you are looking to enhance your odds of coming home with something, anything, from a casino visit, then join every drawing, participate in every coupon or match play that you possibly can. Most times these are added values and not something taken from your comp bank...read more

New Small Stakes Hold 'Em Book; Two New Trend Books Arrive at GBC

Small Stakes Hold'em: Winning Big With Expert Play by Ed Miller, David Sklansky and Mason Malmuth (369 pages, paperbound, $24.95) arrived at Gambler's Book Shop and may be one of the hottest sellers of the past few years for beginning and intermediate-level players. Two new arrivals for sports bettors are the 2004 Trend and Schedule Books...read more

Atlantic City Joker Poker

John, In the past we discussed how bad the CN casinos are and boy, do I agree. In Tunica there are several good games. I've been playing 9/6 JOB and Aces and Faces. So far we've done well. The Grand even has a 6-deck BJ game that allows you to resplit aces. I've learned so much from you and Frank that I should send you half my winnings, but you'll have to settle for book royalties...read more

AGA Code of Conduct Focus of Responsible Gaming Week

During the first week of August, the American Gaming Association will hold its 7th annual Responsible Gaming Education Week. Although the casino industry works every day to educate and assist people regarding problem gambling, creating a week to focus on the issue serves as an excellent way to bring more attention to the issue...read more

Nothing Ugly about Deuces

One of the most profitable Video Poker games out there is Deuces Wild. The original full-pay version paid more than 100%. When the casinos tried to 'cool' the paytables off with Double Pay and Triple pay, they had little success. Even the relatively popular 'Not so ugly Deuces' pays 99.7%...read more