Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 840

Wake Up! In Blackjack, the Order of the Cards Is Not Sacred

Remember when you were a kid playing poker on your kitchen table for pennies? How did you feel when the dealer made a mistake, and you wound up getting something other than your correct cards? If you're anything like I was as a youngster, you probably felt jinxed. Well, old beliefs die hard...read more

What is the Secret of Protecting Your Pass Line Bet?

(c) 2003 by Larry Edell Pssst... Wanna know a secret? How about the secret of protecting your pass line bet on the come out? Many dealers will encourage you to make additional hedge bets on craps numbers (2, 3 and 12) to protect your pass line bet...read more

Super Bowl, Action Ball, Chinese New Year

The BIG GAME weekend is here, Super Bowl Sunday promises to be one of the biggest draws to Reno this weekend, as sports bettors line up to place their bets. What a game it promises to be, the Buccaneers and the Raiders, it’s a party not to miss. And parties there are plenty of, as every casino in Reno has geared up to this main event...read more

Scobe's Quick Tips: #6 and #7

Scobe's Quick Tip #6: Never touch another player's chips. Never put up a roulette bet after the dealer waves his arm over the layout and says: "No more bets." Never touch the dice with both hands when you are the shooter. Never put money in a machine when someone else is sitting at that machine. In short, respect the casino's rules and routines. For more about casino decorum, read Guerrilla Gambling by Frank Scoblete. Scobe's Quick Tip #7: Casinos like their betting procedures to be orderly. When placing a bet at blackjack, craps, Let It Ride or other table games, you put the highest denomination chip on the bottom...read more

Can the dice be controlled by the shooter, legally?

Can the dice be controlled by the shooter, legally? That's a question that will come up more and more and a technique that is making some waves in craps pits. Seasoned table game execs scoff at the idea and in this corner, there is a high level of skepticism...read more

More New Year's Resolutions

A few weeks ago I gave my most important New Year's Resolution: Keep records of your gambling activity. This week I want to present a few other New Year's Resolutions. Make a money management plan before you leave for the casino...read more

Help is Available for Problem Gamblers

The gaming industry as well as state officials have always acknowledged that although the vast majority of people enjoy gaming as an entertainment option, a small percentage are unable to gamble responsibly. When drafting Michigans gaming laws and regulations, State of Michigan lawmakers took the issue of compulsive gaming seriously...read more

Video Poker from a Different Perspective

I have always held the belief that gambling is more of an art than a science. A science implies there is a defined set of rules and parameters in which to operate. In art, there is room for interpretation...read more

Odds are — LVSC set the line

Dear Mark,Who sets the line for football games each Sunday? Where do illegal bookies get their odds? Drew M. Las Vegas Sports Consultants Inc. (LVSC) establishes the odds for more than half of the licensed sportsbooks in Nevada as well as licensed bookmaking operations in Mexico, Europe and Australia...read more

If You Can Handle the Exposure, Give Lay Bets at Craps a Look-See

Most craps enthusiasts are familiar with Place and Buy bets. These are wagers directly on one or more of the boxes: four, five, six, eight, nine, or 10. Each wins if the corresponding number rolls; all lose if a seven rears its ugly head. Many dice devotees, however, know surprisingly little about the opposite propositions...read more