Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 888

Video Poker Sure Isn't Poker

I have several friends who are regulars in private Poker games in my region. Of these, a few make regular trips to Foxwoods Casino in Ledyard, Connecticut to play in the Poker games there. All of these pals have at one time or another tried to entice me to join one of their games or one of their Poker trips and I have always refused...read more

Readers Write

Dear Frank, I have Million Dollar Blackjack by Ken Uston and his software. Low cards (3s through 7s) are counted +1, aces and tens are counted -1, while 2s, 8s, and 9s are not counted. Is this the best Blackjack program to use or would you recommend another? Mark Dear Mark: When you say "best program," do you mean best system to use in terms of counting? If so, I would say switch to the Hi-Lo, which counts the 2s and drops the 7s (thus 7-8-9) are neutral...read more

Superbowl 2002

The biggest sports betting day of the year will take place on February 3rd. Of course I'm referring to this year's Super Bowl. People that haven't made a bet since last year's game are gearing up for this year's action. Also, bettors that have battled the pointspread week in and week out since September are champing at the bit to get even or to press it up and get further ahead...read more

More reader questions on blackjack

I observed a blackjack player make a bet on fellow player's hand. Is this common and will the casinos allow this? I wouldn't say this is a common practice and as far as I know casinos permit this as long as the player approves of someone else betting on his hand...read more

Video Slots Show That Not All Gaming Devices Have to Be Alike

One of the lessons of the age of video slots is that not all gaming devices have to look alike and play alike. Unlike the old days when slots meant slots, and three-reel games were just about all that were available, today's slot floor mixes reel-spinners, video poker and video slots with bonus rounds...read more

Status of Gambling Laws - Part 2: Georgia - Maine

The following are American jurisdictions having recent activity concerning legal gambling. * States and territories with gaming devices are marked with an asterisk: * ! States with at least one casino (defined as having both banking card games and slot-like machines) are marked with an exclamation point: ! GEORGIA - Gov...read more

High Sea Gambling Dangers

Last week I began a series about gambling casinos that are operated aboard ocean cruise ships and luxury vacation liners. In stark contrast to the strict regulations and disclosure requirements that riverboat casino and land-based casino destinations across the United States mainland are subjected, casinos that float in international waters are pretty much given license to do as they please...read more

Playing Multiple Spots Reduces Blackjack Bankroll Fluctuations

Betting buffs are often befuddled because they never learned the real lesson of Goldilocks. They gorge greedily on games and playing strategies too hot or too cold for their tastes, when out in plain sight is a bowl of porridge that would be just right...read more

Mike Tyson, John Rocker and Why Tyson Will Lose to Lennox Lewis

I saw the unexpurgated tape of the Tyson-Lewis "press conference" held in New York on Tuesday, January 22. The end and the aftermath were pure Americana (circa 1970s through 2002, that is) with Tyson standing on stage, grabbing his crotch and yelling at "you white boy" (some reporter in the audience who had the temerity to say that Tyson belonged in a straitjacket after he sauntered across the stage and attempted to do mayhem on Lewis's bodyguard and on Lewis himself) that he would stick the thing he was holding with his hand up the "white boy's" butt and anally rape him...read more

Jest For Fun

A panhandler on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City stops a man coming out of a casino. "Have you got money for a cup of coffee, mister?" "No, I'm sorry I don't," said the man. "But don't worry. I'll get along. * * * * * A woman played roulette for hours, losing all her money...read more