Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 910

How Good Are Those "Other" Games? Part One

When I was a kid I had a friend, Billy, who came from a very large family on his mother's side. I never saw any of his relatives from his father's side. One day I asked him about it. "Oh, I never see those people from the other side. I don't even know most of the people from the other side." He emphasized the word "other" every time he spoke of them...read more

Slotpourri

Did you read about where Liberace had a sequined dinner jacket made that cost him $3000? That's ridiculous. Why anyone who pays more than $2000 for a dinner jacket is crazy! * * * * * The Nevada state symbol is the slot machine. * * * * * I must complain that the cards are ill-shuffled until I have a good hand...read more

25 Ways to Protect Yourself Against the BAD Guys in the Casinos! - Part 6

Some casino games and some casino-hotel locales lend themselves much more readily to criminals preying upon us than do others. Gaming readers get great advice in handling the various games in the casino, but rarely do we get good advice about how to handle the variety of games criminals might play upon us in and out of the casinos...read more

Reno and Tahoe Faring Better Than Las Vegas

Las Vegas has been reeling after the disasters of September 11.... but showed a slight rebound... and there are lots of deals being offered in Las Vegas. Reno and Tahoe fared even better, as gaming revenues soared, as did the occupancy rate, which scored 92%...read more

Battle of the Blackjack Teams

I like to investigate "what if" scenarios. Many of my articles, plus much of the content of my book Twenty-First Century Blackjack are based on what happens when different types of blackjack players all play the same exact hands against the same exact dealer hands...read more

Don't Bet on the Taliban

If you read the newspapers and listen to some of the pundits, you might think the United States forces are facing a fierce opponent should we have to confront the Taliban in Afghanistan. By now everyone is well aware of the Soviet Union's defeat in that country and often we hear it referred to as "Russia's Vietnam." One retired Soviet army major was reported in New York's Daily News (Sept...read more

Ask The Slot Expert

I have been watching this dollar, two-coin machine since June. I wasn't there since mid-July, but from early June until mid-July this machine has hit for $10,000 or $5,000 at least five times that I know of. I returned back last night and watched some lady hit for $800 and then $100 about twenty minutes later...read more

News and Views from the Casinos

Internet gambling still has a long way to go before it's legalized and regulated in the United States, but if and when it is, the State of Nevada will be poised to be the industry leader. The Silver State's governor, Kenny Guinn, has signed legislation allowing Nevada casinos to offer Internet gambling...read more

What Do You Do when Chance Says "No" but Expectation Says "Yes"

Normal folks talk about bets in terms of the chance they'll win, lose, or maybe push. Chance is expressed numerically as the odds or probability of an event. Gurus often discuss "expected value" or "expectation." These give theoretical profit or loss assuming a statistically-correct distribution of results over time...read more

Casinos Take Measures Against Card Counters

A few years ago, I was playing a six-deck blackjack game in Las Vegas, and more than a full deck's worth of low cards came out in one hand. The table was full of 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s and 6s, as each of the five players at the table and the dealer took four or more cards before either standing or busting...read more