Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 764

My Helicopter (Shot) Crashes!

For the past two years and a half I have been fascinated with the idea of beating the craps "tubs" for some decent money. For those who have never heard of or seen a tub, it's a small table, maybe the size of two blackjack tables, sunken just like a regular craps table, where about eight players sit around (you aren't allowed to stand at it) and there's a mini-layout, one dealer for the whole table...read more

At the movies, maybe, but it's still illegal

Dear Mark, At our newly formed Thursday night poker club, I was informed that I couldn't call a bet, and then raise. I used these words; "I'll call your $20, and raise you another $20." Someone objected and said that I couldn't do that...read more

Why Players Seem to Do Worse at Games that Should be Better

Blackjack and craps are casino games which let players make wagers having extremely low house advantage. With Basic Strategy, blackjack buffs can cut the edge to roughly half a percent depending on the rules in force. Betting Pass and Come or Don't Pass and Don't Come, then taking or laying Odds, craps fans can trim the edge below this level...read more

Do Choices Matter on the Slots in the State of Washington?

In a recent reply you stated "According to the slot manufacturers, your choices do matter in these types of bonus rounds. The program running the machine uses the RNG to determine how much the different regions (or whatever) are worth...read more

The Odds Aren't Always What They Seem

Most serious gamblers are rather proud of their understanding of the odds and how they work. Still, it's easy to misjudge their true properties and get those odds all messed up. That's why so many ardent gamblers repeatedly reason against the odds...read more

Heard it on the River

GOV. HALEY BARBOUR is known, we have heard, to have three positions on the state's gaming…no gaming expansion beyond the present counties, no lottery and no raising of gaming taxes. Sounds good to me and I think the industry will take comfort on those issues...read more

What the Heck is a Razgu?

What the heck is a 'Razgu'? Is it a good hand? Is it a bad hand? Is it the name of a baseball team? The term Razgu was coined by one of my Dad's Poker playing friends to refer to a really bad hand. Most often, it means a Video Poker hand, which is so bad, that there is nothing worth keeping...read more

Playing the $100 Slots

Hi, John, I have played the slots at Lincoln Park, Lincoln, Rhode Island, hundreds of times over the years and have come to the conclusion that even though a state-operated casino can not change the payout percentage without changing the program chip, something else is being changed to alter the hit frequency as the slots are networked together. I have played banks of the same type of machine, (i.e., Winning Bid, Money to Burn, Leopard Spots, etc.) and each one behaved exactly like the other...read more

Ask Frank: Can a Slot Hit Like Clockwork?

Dear Frank, I have a friend that plays a particular slot machine. The funny thing is that every Monday and Wednesday at 12:30 am the machine pays off. I told her that it is coincidence until they showed me they notes. For the last 6 months this machine has hit every time. What do you think? Chuck Dear Chuck, I have no idea...read more

NCAA's Anti-Legal Sports Betting Campaign is Fronted by Inspector Clouseau Impersonator

The bumbling, stumbling, addle-pated inspector who tries so hard but can't get out of his own way has been reincarnated. Bill Saum, a nonsequitur-spouting dim bulb NCAA executive, is giving a world class performance that replicates Clouseau's buffoonery to a T. His pretentious title, NCAA director of agent, gambling and amateurism activities, pretty much reflects the substance of the person...read more