Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 835

More New Games from IGT

IGT has games with big, bright top boxes, with the wheel atop Wheel of Fortune or the 3-D figures of Jed and Granny designed to draw attention from across the casino. IGT has video slots on its I-game platform, multiline games such as Cops and Donuts, Tabasco, Dragon's Gold and the Great Turkey Shoot...read more

Expected Values Help You Juggle Payoffs and Probabilities

Payoffs and probabilities in gambling are intimately intertwined. Ignore the coarse, if not the fine, structure of the connection at your peril. One extreme may have you pursuing prizes you'll reach only with phenomenal luck...read more

Iacta alea est!

Dear Mark,My buddy put $20 in a video poker machine, playing $5 a hand to get the maximum payout. He lost the first three hands, but on the fourth was dealt a natural royal flush. Number one, what are the odds of a natural royal flush happening in video poker? Number two, what would happen if he got nervous, and pressed the wrong button discarding all the cards instead of standing? I suspect in that case he is out of luck, and there is no payout...read more

Jest For Fun

Daffynishion of a pawnbroker in Las Vegas: One who lives off the flat of the land. * * * * * A: "Did you hear the new casino Chumps R Us song?" B. "No, how does it go?" A...read more

Blackjack Quiz

I've never met a blackjack player who thought he was a poor player. Yet, even most experienced players have several misconceptions about the game that cause them to make costly mistakes. Let's try to separate the solid players from the pseudo-experts with the following quiz...read more

Going up?

After scraping along on the bottom side of down for a while, it looks like things are moving up again. I got an e-mail the other day that announced the inaugural issue of the Casino City Times Weekly Edition (formerly the Casino City Newsletter), which is an extension of the new Casino City Times website, and the latest addition to the Casino City Network of websites...read more

Scobe's Quick Tips: #12 and #13 (Blackjack Basic Strategy, Casino Rated Player)

Scobe's Quick Tip #12: Blackjack basic strategy often calls for plays that don't seem right but are right. Here are some: Double down on your Ace-7 against a dealer's 3, 4, 5, 6. Split your 9s against a dealer's 8 and 9 but not against a dealer's 7. Double Ace-8 against a dealer's 6 in single-deck blackjack. You might not agree with these decisions but -- make them anyway because the computer says to! For more information on blackjack read Best Blackjack by Frank Scoblete and Blackjack Take the Money and Run by Henry Tamburin. * * * * * Scobe's Quick Tip #13: Spread your play around. You should have at least three casinos that have you as a rated player...read more

Ask The Slot Expert

Hi. What do you think of bonus game video poker machines like Triple Trouble and Gold Mine? I have had luck with the Triple Trouble when those little devils come up often but noticed they are not full pay machines. Also, on the Gold Mine video poker, where you get a bonus round if you hit a full house, the full houses seem to come up more often than in other video poker machines...read more

World Poker Open draws record number of hopefuls

Looking back on the very successful JACK BINION WORLD POKER OPEN, co-sponsored by HORSESHOE CASINO & HOTEL and GOLD STRIKE CASINO RESORT, one has only to count the numbers to realize how much this event has grown during its four years of existence. When it began, there was the usual optimism and the un-stated objective of surpassing the WORLD SERIES OF POKER held in Las Vegas, the tournament that set the standard at that time...read more

Political Contribution Prohibition Results in Supplier License Denial

Two suppliers whose principal owners made the mistake of making political contributions to Michigan candidates after filing an initial application for a suppliers license were denied full supplier licenses by the Michigan Gaming Control Board on February 11th...read more