Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 894

Harrah's 'Treasure Hunt' Big Hit with Players

Casinos are always coming up with new promotions in an effort to lure customers through their doors. The competition tends to get pretty intense in the major markets. In the Chicago-area, for example, including Northwest Indiana, there are eight properties from which people with an itch to gamble can choose...read more

The Slot Expert's Guide to Winning at Slots and Video Poker

You can hear me give my slot and video poker tips live on The Good Times Show, hosted by Rudi Schiffer with Frank Scoblete, which is broadcast from Memphis on WMC 790AM Saturday morning from 10-12 CT. Each year around the time that the kids go trick-or-treating, I do my own version of trick-or-treat at Atlantic City's casinos...read more

Bonus Slots Update: Stooges II, Fire & Fortune, Tailgate Party

The 2001 bonus slot review is complete, however 2002 will offer many more to view. 1) Stooges II: A much improved version than the previous reel spinning Stooges that never really caught on. During the primary game, you hear actual audio clips from Stooges films...read more

Gambling's Greatest Wins, Runs, Records and Legends - Part 3

CRAPS TALES In the area of craps, the greatest interest is usually centered around monster rolls, rolls that last more than 20-30 minutes and make everyone at the table a bundle of money. I have had two monster rolls, one for 45+ minutes on April 2, 1999, at Binions Horseshoe in Vegas that I wrote about in Casino Player, and another in July of 2000 at Sunset Station of approximately 30-35 minutes duration...read more

By the Time Progressives Hit, They're Usually Bought and Paid for

The progressive jackpots at some machines and table games are among the gaming innovations that catapulted casinos to the top of the leisure and entertainment heap in America. They satisfy the public's lottery-fed fantasy of being within reach of riches...read more

The Slot Expert's Guide to Winning at Slots and Video Poker

You can hear me give my slot and video poker tips live on The Good Times Show, hosted by Rudi Schiffer with Frank Scoblete, which is broadcast from Memphis on WMC 790AM Saturday morning from 10-12 CT. I was at Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City a few weeks ago playing a Texas Tea slot machine--and doing rather well, thank you very much...read more

Gambling's Greatest Wins, Runs, Records and Legends - Part 2

SON, I'LL TELL YOU A STORY Roulette naturally lends itself to the fantastic but true realm of casino gaming stories as it is the oldest game with the longest tradition and the most written about it worldwide. Try these stories on for outsize: Over a seven year period, between 1904 and 1911, William Nelson Darnborough from Bloomington, Illinois, challenged the monstrous Monte Carlo casino at roulette, winning close to a half million dollars (in early 1900s currency, mind you)...read more

Making a Full Casino Out of Video Games

Technology has made it possible to create a full casino--including table games--using only video screens and computer chips. The games feel and play like the real thing, even though patrons are actually gambling against a machine. Games like blackjack and craps can be duplicated using film or holographic images of dealers, stickmen and other players...read more

Expert Strategy for Double Down Stud Video Poker

Double Down Stud is based on stud poker and it is played differently from most other video poker machines, which are based on draw poker. Draw video poker games give players the opportunity to improve their hands by discarding cards and drawing new ones...read more

Strange Casino Happenings

Let's catch up on some mighty strange happenings in the world of casino gambling, starting with a pair of disputed 7-figure slot jackpots in Nevada: First there's the case of Michael Bragg, a 57-year-old retired attorney. Last July he was playing a Millionaire 7's slot machine at the Texas Station Hotel & Casino in North Las Vegas...read more