Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 786

Video Poker Sites, Buying Your Own Slot Machine

John, A couple of weeks ago I found a site that told the location of full-pay video poker machines in the various casinos in Vegas. For example, the full-pay 10/7 Double Bonus machines could be found by the Pong restaurant and by the slot club at The Gold Coast...read more

Scobe's Quick Tips: #73 and #74 (Roulette)

Scobe's Quick Tip #73 In roulette some casinos allow what is called "surrender" on the outside, even-money bets of Red/Black, Odd/Even, and High/Low. That means if the 0 or 00 appears, you will only lose one-half of your bet. This reduces the house edge on the American double-zero wheel to 2.63 percent from its normal 5.26 percent...read more

Japanese Slots, Number of Coins, Slot Paybacks

Are we so dumb that we need the Japanese to make our slot machines too? They have invaded every aspect of our society while keeping us pretty much out of theirs. Even when we get into their economy, we are so overpriced no one will buy it? What gives? If it's any consolation, IGT (an American company) is far and away the largest supplier of slots to American casinos and has far more machines on slot floors than any other manufacturer. It's not that we need the Japanese to build our slot machines, the situation is that Japanese video game companies realized that designing a slot machine has much in common with designing a coin-operated video game and they saw a new market for their talents...read more

AGA Adopts Code of Conduct for Responsible Gaming

As part of its ongoing efforts to address the issue of pathological gambling addiction, the American Gaming Association ("AGA") recently adopted an industry-wide approach to promoting responsible gaming. According to AGA Chairman Phil Satre, the creation of the new Code of Conduct is the logical next step in the industry's ongoing responsible gaming efforts. "The final AGA Code of Conduct for Responsible Gaming was developed after many months of preparation and deliberation by a committee of professionals representing several AGA member companies," Satre said...read more

Dancer's Double Double Bonus Book, Cappelletti's Omaha Split Fresh Arrivals

Video poker expert Bob Dancer's latest book is now on the shelves of Gambler's Book Shop and selling as well as anything on the market. Another new arrival at the store is Mike Cappelletti's How to Win at Omaha High-Low Poker, geared for those who love the action in one of America's hottest new card games. Dancer and Liam Daily's A Winner's Guide to Double Double Bonus Poker (114 pages, paperbound, 8x11 format, $16.50) is right on target for the most popular form of video poker today in Nevada...read more

Opening up the Casino Mail Bag

This e-mail comes from Art, who took exception to something I wrote in a column last month about obsessive gambling behavior: Your statement, "Video poker has been described by opposition groups as the 'crack cocaine of gambling'...read more

Giveaways at the G2E

There are few things I like more than good barbecue, so I was delighted to get a little bonus while I was testing A.C. Coin's new King of the Grill slot machine at the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas. On the screen, the coals were firing up when a young lady holding a tray approached on my right. "Would you like a bottle?" she asked, and I accepted a container of barbecue rub from the tray...read more

Think out Your Attitudes toward Uncertainty and Risk in Advance.

Casino gambling entails far more than the mechanics of the games. It's a sophisticated exercise in managing uncertainty and risk. Many players are oblivious to the complexity this implies. So they push into the great punting palaces of the planet with only as much money as they can afford to lose, or maybe a bit more, and go hell bent for leather trying to win as much as possible. The seemingly banal injunction to fix a loss limit and win goal offers some aid...read more

Ask Frank: Spanish 21 Strategy

Hello there, Living in Canada, I find that the rules are more liberal here than at other casino locales, such as the dealer standing on all 17s for Spanish Blackjack. In your book, Armada Strategies for Spanish 21, there is only a strategy for when the dealer hits soft 17...read more

Those hungry slots

Dear Mark, Today's machines seem so complicated. Lines going everywhere, coin amounts needed to insert confusing, and of course, try figuring out the payoffs. Most confusing though is multipliers and multiple paylines machines. Help! Also, is there any consistent way to win at playing these new machines? Helen G...read more