Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 891

Hold On Before You Compare Hold Percentages

As much as I hate to admit reading the competition, one recent Sunday I found myself checking out Parade magazine over breakfast. That's rarely a prime source of gambling information, but on this day, Marilyn vos Savant tackled a casino question in her "Ask Marilyn" column...read more

Casino Windsor Rebounding but Border Issues Remain a Problem

Casino Windsor's struggles stemming from the attacks on September 11th have been well documented by the media in the area. Continual and varying issues concerning the Detroit-Windsor border crossing, ranging from traffic delays to bomb threats, have dealt Casino Windsor a tough hand...read more

Big Brother (The IRS) Is Watching

The Internal Revenue Code is unkind to winners -- and it doesn't much like losers, either. The federal government taxes gambling winnings at the highest rates allowed. So do the many states and even cities that impose income taxes on their residents...read more

Minding Your (Casino) Table Manners

A few weeks ago, I began a discussion of good gambling etiquette by giving you some rules to observe when playing slots and video poker. Today blackjack and roulette get the black tie treatment: BLACKJACK 1...read more

Progressive Slots - An Update. Part 1.

Progressive Slot Players are no longer limited to MegaBucks as slot manufacturers introduce progressive versions at the same time as the companion bonus version hits the casino floor. Most players are not aware that there are two levels of progressive jackpots -- primary and secondary...read more

Why You Should Trim the Hedges from Your Craps Game - Part 4

A Hedge that Really Does Work So, are all craps hedges such that they increase house edges? No! Actually, the most popular bet at craps, Pass Line followed with Odds is a hedge bet, although not the usual hedge of equal and/or opposites. If we expand the definition of hedge to include any multiple bets that work "together" in the sense that they are made with that "togetherness" in mind, then surely the Pass Line with Odds fits the bill...read more

How Good Are Your Chances to Win at Blackjack?

Even though there are over a half dozen varieties of casino table games, better than 60% of them are blackjack. It's by far the most popular table game on the floor. There's a very good reason for it. You have a better chance to walk away a winner from the blackjack table than just about anywhere else in the casino -- if you know how to play! That last "if" is the stickler...read more

Why You Should Trim the Hedges from Your Craps Game - Part 3

Hedges in the Field There is a way to win 83.33 percent of all your decisions at craps and it is a hedge system that is often sold just that way by unscrupulous systems sellers whose advertisements blare: WIN OVER 83 PERCENT OF YOUR CRAPS DECISIONS! This method concerns betting the Field (the numbers 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, and 12) along with Place bets on the 5, 6 and 8...read more

Blackjack Rankings

When I played with a high-stakes blackjack team, we had a rating system based on skill level. Where do you rank? CivilianThe blackjack player who relies completely on intuition or some simple system, such as "Mimic The Dealer" or "Never Bust"...read more

Odds and Ends Plus G2E

A few months ago I deviated from my usual article about the mathematics of gambling and wrote a piece called Odds and Ends. It was an article containing a few of my thoughts on the then current state of Las Vegas and its casinos; I'll undoubtedly write similar articles in the future...read more