Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 911

25 Ways to Protect Yourself Against the BAD Guys in the Casinos! - Part 5

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

The Insidiousness of Pacifism

When I was a kid there was another kid named Sullivan (I don't remember his first name -- it's over 40 years ago) who tormented me day after day. He was an ugly kid, his ugliness highlighted by an even uglier disposition, and he was big -- almost six feet...read more

Ruthie's Roses

The Crapshooter © 2001 by Larry Edell A friend of ours, Ruthie, has a collection of different roses, and I was astounded to discover that there were over 10,000 different species, most of which seemed to be in Ruthie's backyard! What surprised me even more was that each different rose seemed to call for some special treatment reserved only for itself...read more

25 Ways to Protect Yourself Against the BAD Guys in the Casinos! - Part 4

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

One Nation, Indivisible

I, like most people I know, am still reeling with shock and horror in the aftermath of the morning of Tuesday, September 11th... the images burned into my mind, like the minds of all Americans, as we witnessed the day, and the moment, that our lives would forever be changed...read more

Trente Et Quarante

Trente et quarante (meaning thirty and forty) is a card game popular in France but played elsewhere on the European continent. A croupier deals out two rows of cards (red and black or rouge et noir) sequentially. Players may bet on either colour row to win...read more

Fundamentalism

A word of explanation is due. I write my monthly mathematics article on this site one month in advance of posting. With all of my equations and formulas it is undoubtedly the hardest article for editor John Robison to set up and that is why I give him a month to do so...read more

Ask The Slot Expert

I played the 6-9 jacks or better video poker machines recently at Argosy Casino in Lawrenceburg, IN. I was surprised to find that "two pair" paid only 1 coin, instead of two! If both pair were small pairs, would you be ahead to discard one of the pairs, in order to have a better shot at 4 of a kind? Thanks, Bill Dear Bill, That's a sneaky paytable...read more

The New Economy - How Gaming is Affected

It is difficult to focus on what economic impacts the horrible terrorist attack in New York and Washington D.C. will have on the United States' economy. This is especially true when one thinks about the thousands of lives that have been forever scarred...read more

Harrah’s Promotions Are the Spice of Local Gaming Life

Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc., which owns and operates two casinos in the Chicago-area market (Joliet, Illinois and East Chicago, Indiana), deserves a tip of the hat for sponsoring some very innovative and entertaining ongoing promotions...read more