Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 779

Scobe's Quick Tips: #85 and #86: Multi-Chip Bets, Craps Etiquette

Scobe's Quick Tip #85 Whenever you are betting with multiple-colored chips, always put the highest denomination on the bottom and the lowest denomination on the top. So if you are betting $131, the bet would be: one black chip ($100), one green chip ($25), one red chip ($5) and one white chip ($1)...read more

Heard it on the River

The JACK BINION WORLD POKER OPEN concluded last week and set a slew of records. Some 367 poker-players battled it out for a share of the $3,455,050 prize pool. BARRY GREENSTEIN, a software company owner who retired at 31 to play professional poker, won the championship, claiming $1,278,370 - more than double what THE DEVILFISH raked in as last year's top money winner...read more

An Introduction

My name may sound familiar to many of you. I am Elliot Frome and I am the son of Lenny Frome, whom I'm sure many of you have heard of. My dad was generally regarded as one of the top gaming authors and analysts until his passing in 1998...read more

Multipliers, Meters, Money

How do I know if a machine is a straight multiplier or a bonus multiplier or other type of machine? Ron Dear Ron, A straight multiplier is a machine like a 2-coin Double Diamond. It pays 800 for the jackpot when you play one coin, and exactly twice that (a straight multiple) or $1600 when you play two coins. A bonus multiplier pays a bonus on one or more combinations when you play full coin...read more

732 Days and Counting

What event will occur in Detroit 732 days from now? Super Bowl XL will take place at Ford Field on February 5, 2006. Although it sounds like there is a lot of time, preparations are already well underway. Back in August of 2002, a Detroit Super Bowl XL Host Committee was elected, led by Chairman Roger Penske, in an effort to work as a liaison to the NFL and the Metro Detroit community to prepare for Super Bowl 2006...read more

Big Happenings at Harrah's East Chicago

Continuing through March of this year, there's a $27 million renovation in progress at Harrah's East Chicago Hotel & Casino that will transform the already spacious and comfortable vessel into an even more pleasurable gambling experience. If you've been to the property recently, you probably have already observed some of the upgrades...read more

A Shuffle through the Gaming Mailbag

Q. I can tell by walking around Empress and Harrah's in Joliet that there are fewer people playing there since they started charging admission. Have the Indiana boats had an increase? B.D., via e-mail A. Yes, business has increased at Indiana casinos in the Chicago area, although not by as much as the dropoff in Illinois. The most recent figures I have are from October...read more

What Shift in Instances of Sevens Gets You the Edge at Craps?

Craps hinges on the seven. Except on one-roll and "hardways" bets, this is the number most desired or dreaded. And when money's on Pass or Come, players first desire then dread it; conversely for those who prefer Don't Pass or Don't Come. In an unbiased game, the seven is expected to occur on the average of once in every six throws...read more

Nephew not the sharpest knife in the drawer

Dear Mark, I have a nephew who thinks he has a foolproof system for winning at blackjack. He is not very intelligent, does not have a good background in mathematics, does not understand probability theory, does not know how to count, and does not even know how to play blackjack well enough to reduce the house's advantage to its minimum...read more

Frugal Video Poker

One of the newer gambling products on the market is the computer program Frugal Video Poker developed by Jim Wolf and highly recommended and marketed by Jean Scott. Jean, as many of you know, is the author of the popular books The Frugal Gambler and More Frugal Gambling, both published by Huntington Press of Las Vegas...read more