Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 849

Keeping in Touch with Las Vegas for Free

Even though Chicago-area residents have plenty of casino gambling opportunities in their own backyard, there still is nothing quite like Las Vegas. Long before the riverboats took up residence on Midwest waterways, a trip to Vegas or Atlantic City was the only way to experience slot machine and table game action. The expansion of gambling across the United States during the last decade hasn't caused travel and tourism in Las Vegas to wane...read more

Finder's keepers, losers weepers?

Dear Mark,You always say check your machine for credits before you leave. Is it true that if I went to play a machine and there were credits left on it by someone I could get in trouble with the casino? Beri W. Called "seagulling" in gambling lingo, it is illegal to specifically circle the casino looking for credits on a slot machine...read more

Craps Theories

"Hey, John. Do you have a minute?" I turned back as I was about to descend the stairs and recognized a 40-ish man I'd seen shooting craps as I'd started making my rounds. I was in no rush. "I have a theory about craps, and I wanted to know what you think...read more

How Often Should You Get What You Expect?

You don't have to be a Nikolai Ivanovitch Lobatchevskii to grasp some vital facts about events whose chance of occurring is "one out of some number." Namely, in that many trials, the average, expected, and most likely number of instances all equal one...read more

Gambling Wins Again At The Polls - Part I

Now there are only two: On November 5, 2002, voters in Tennessee amended the State Constitution to create a state lottery, leaving Hawaii and Utah as the only states without some form of legal gambling. Across the nation, the election showed voters are becoming more comfortable with legal gambling...read more

Blackjack training tools

Some players find it difficult to learn the basic blackjack playing strategy. Ditto for card counting. I know when I first learned blackjack some 30 years ago, I resorted to using flash cards made from index cards to learn the basic playing strategy...read more

Growing.... By Leaps and Bounds

Well, I sure can't say that things on my end aren't growing by leaps and bounds! A couple of weeks ago I got my newsletter from Mr. Vegas 98.... Everything Las Vegas... which is one of the most detailed newsletters I get about Las Vegas...read more

Just Ask Scobe and AP

Dear Scobe and AP: I have been playing kitchen-table poker with my college buddies for a few years now and I have decided now that I've reached 21 years old to play in the casinos, ultimately to become a professional player...read more

Slot Machine Payback and Hit Frequency

Dear John, I have been going to the casino for three months, so I am new at this. I have been playing at the same place all of this time. I have noticed, mainly in the last month, that the machines are not paying out...read more

Video Poker Requires Homework

There exists a popular perception among casino players that video poker is more advantageous than the traditional reel and new wave video slot games. This perception is true and bolstered by mathematical statistical studies, but it can result in maximum benefit for players ONLY under the following conditions: You learn proper strategy and employ correct playing decisions, and You become a discriminating video poker player by learning to read pay tables AND you avoid like the plague video poker machines that are designed to extract a greater percentage of your gambling dollars...read more