Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 896

Minding Your Casino Manners

My task was simple and straightforward: Prepare an article about good gambling etiquette. So, borrowing from the pages of the legendary "Maven of Manners", Emily Post, I came up with the following rules: Refrain from putting your elbows on the Blackjack table...read more

Super Fun 21 Strategy for Soft Hands and Splitting Pairs

Last week we looked at basic strategy for hard totals in Super Fun 21, a new blackjack variation with a load of rules that are favorable to the player that are offset by one big bad one. The good rules: single deck; double down on any number of cards, including after splitting pairs; late surrender on any number of cards; six cards totaling 20 or under automatically win; five-card 21s pay 2-1; player blackjacks always win, even if the dealer has blackjack; blackjacks in diamonds pay 2-1...read more

How Much Do You Need to Play Each Game Without Going Broke? Part 2

The math of gambling can tell us quite clearly what our average expected loss (or win) will be at each and every game by plugging our betting levels into a very simple formula: Average Bet x Speed of Game (or Number of decisions per hour) x Hours Played x House Edge = Expected Win/Loss...read more

Progressive Blackjack à la Wildhorse

.reg { text-indent: 2em; } .eq { font-size: smaller; text-align: center; } .no { font-size: smaller; text-align: right; } Many of you are familiar with the Midnight Skulker, who writes articles on this site as well as for other gambling publications...read more

How Much Do You Need to Play Each Game Without Going Broke? Part 1

Albert Einstein liked to do "mind experiments." For example, he once pictured himself on a train travelling 30 miles per hour and thought: "If I shine a flashlight to the end of the car, the light will be travelling at 186,000 miles per second in relation to the interior of the train but what will it be travelling in relation to the ground? Do you add the speed of the train to the speed of light and come up with light travelling at an extra 30 miles per hour?" Einstein realized that the speed of the train had no effect on the speed of the light...read more

Slotpourri

The saying "it's better to have loved and lost" describes an unlucky gambler on his honeymoon. * * * * * Sign seen above entrance to a Puerto Rican casino: SE HABLA YOUR BANKROLL. * * * * * Atlantic City has all kinds of gambling. if you want to take a chance in the morning, you can buy a lottery ticket...read more

Snow Coming to Lake Tahoe

As I write this, the first significant snowfall is expected to arrive sometime tomorrow, Saturday, November 24... a little later than hoped for by area ski resorts. Normally slated to open Thanksgiving.... this year the opening was delayed by rain......read more

Ask The Slot Expert

Dear John, Many slots I play have four meters inside to the right side of the third reel. If I drop in coins or play a bill I inserted, only the top meter advances. If I play off credits won, however, both the top meter and the meter below it advance...read more

Permanent Casinos are Vital for the City's Economic Progress

Momentary. Interim. Ephemeral. Temporary. These words are all more or less synonyms for one another that infer uncertainty. Each of these words functions under the understanding that it will only be utilized for a defined length of time, and then will disappear and give way to words that convey more stability...read more

Harrah's Joliet Ushers in New Era

A new era in casino gambling in the state of Illinois was officially ushered in by gaming giant Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. with a gala ribbon cutting ceremony for the new permanently moored barge it constructed in Joliet, the first facility of its kind in this state...read more