Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 818

Toledo Research Study Recognizes Benefits Casinos Have Provided

Two Toledo City Councilmen, Robert McCloskey and Wade Kapszukiewicz, received an Executive Summary from a legislative aide on the impact of casino gambling on a community. The Toledo City Council plans to have an "Economic Development Committee" hearing on June 18th at 2:00 to discuss "what role legalized gambling and casinos could have in regard to the economic development of the City of Toledo." In conjunction with the announcement of this hearing, the City Council had research conducted to look at the Economic Impact and the Social Impact of casino gambling. The Executive Summary, which was prepared by a governmental employee detached from the industry and presumably objective, does a lot to dispel many of the common myths about the industry...read more

Killer Sports NFL Annual; Amazing Forsythe Bettor's Guide; Platinum Sheet Geared for Players

Three excellent resources for betting football this season have arrived at Gambler's Book Shop and for those of you who like to do your homework before the action begins in August, now's the perfect time to relax and prepare, as basketball and hockey seasons end and baseball reaches the mid-season point. Ed Meyer and his MTi crew in Cleveland have done a great job with their newly-formatted 2003 edition of the Killer Sports NFL annual (276 pages, 8x11 plastic spiralbound, $24.95). Packed with more than 1,000 trends against the spread and another 1,000 for betting Totals and 1,000 for betting teasers, plus some fascinating, in-depth essay-articles on betting teasers; betting the money line; betting parlays and some excellent advice on halftime wagering...read more

Golden Touch Crew Coming to Chicago

The Golden Touch Craps Crew is coming! The most successful dice-control experts in the world, led by Frank Scoblete, the nation's No. 1 best selling gaming author, will conduct a seminar in Chicago the weekend of Saturday, July 26, and Sunday, July 27...read more

Saying Goodbye to Twin Vessel Gaming in the Chicago Area

Twin vessel gaming properties, which at one time were the dominant style of riverboat gambling in the Chicago-area on the Illinois side, are history. Empress Casino Joliet, the last holdout in offering its guests a choice of two floating casinos, replaced its sister vessels with a two-level barge facility in May. A twin riverboat operation was in place at Harrah's Joliet Casino & Hotel until the fall of 2001 when it became the first Illinois gaming operation to unveil a single-level, permanently docked barge...read more

A Shuffle through the Gaming Mailbag

Q. I play the five-quarter slot machines at the Grand Victoria in Elgin, and this has happened to me four times in six months. I always play the full five quarters until I go through $40. Well, as the money rolls down, I'm usually left with three coins...read more

Gamblers Can Be Right by Being Wrong (and Conversely)

Many gamblers want badly to believe in the Law of The Maturity of Chances. That is, the more often a proposition fails, the more it becomes due to succeed. The proof they cite for this pudding is that the probability of repeated losses tends toward zero as series lengthen, so chances of a win must rise toward certainty. Only, the "law" is a fallacy...read more

You Can Bet On It!

A few issues back I promised to further explore the game of craps and reveal some of the worst bets available. Craps to the novice gambler looks very confusing. The action is fast and people are moving chips all over the table. In the previous article, I wrote about the best bets, which are the pass line with full odds, come with full odds (two maximum), place six and eight, don't pass and don't come...read more

24/7: Living It Up and Doubling Down in the New Las Vegas

The premise behind this novel is simple. Random House publishing gave Andres Martinez $50,000 to spend in Las Vegas. Martinez proceeded to lose most of it. If you find that concept interesting, God help you...read more

Thunder Valley Opens

The official opening date of the Station Casinos and Auburn Rancheria's new Tribal casino, Thunder Valley, near Auburn, California is June 9, but rumor has it that they have been quietly operating already for several days...read more

Craps A to Z Series - U is For Units

© 2003 By Larry Edell When you play craps, wouldn't it be nice to find some way of keeping track of your bets, so you could easily increase them when you are winning and easily decrease them when you are losing? Let's find out how! Professional crapshooters always break their bets down into units...read more