Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 914

Internet Gaming Issue in the National Spotlight

Nevada recently passed an Internet gaming bill paving the way for Nevada gaming regulatory authorities to study the issue and to seek to develop a workable system of proper regulation. In reaction to this development, proponents of a ban on Internet gaming are seeking to have a bill introduced in Congress in the next few weeks seeking to ban the activity in all 50 states. The Nevada bill, at this stage, provides that the Nevada Gaming Commission can promulgate regulations for Internet Gambling if certain critical conditions are met...read more

Lagniappe Craps

The Crapshooter © 2001 by Larry Edell My wife Andrea and I were having brunch in one of those wonderful garden restaurants in the French Quarter of New Orleans. We were with our friends Al and Teri, and had played craps with them last night in one of the floating casinos in Lake Pontchartrain, just north of here...read more

Should You Just Hit 11 vs Ace, or Go for the Double?

How do you play a two-card 11 against ace-up in blackjack? Some stalwarts double - particularly at tables with "peek-a-boos" when they know the dealer doesn't have a natural. Others hit. Basic Strategy dictates doubling in one-deck games and in two?deckers when the 11 comprises 7-4 or 6-5; otherwise hit...read more

The Casino Answer Man

Q. I just wanted to comment on the handicapped situation at Harrah's in Joliet. My husband and I played on the Southern Star on May 19, and, as always when it's busy, many areas on the first and third floors were impassable to me in my wheelchair...read more

Get the Edge at Roulette

NEW BOOK SHOWS HOW TO GET A REAL EDGE AT ROULETTE Christopher Pawlicki, the author of Get the Edge at Roulette: How to Predict Where the Ball Will Land!, is the type of player that makes the casinos cringe! Why? Because he can beat them at their own games -- such as roulette...read more

Mississippi Dreaming - Part 1

Let's start at the end, shall we? After three nights and two days in Tunica, Mississippi, it was time for my wife, the beautiful AP, and me to get in the Sam's Town car and head for the Memphis airport. I had come to Tunica to do seminars on gambling with slot expert John Robison and Walter Thomason, author of the best-selling book Twenty-First Century Blackjack...read more

Sic Bo and Beyond

.reg { text-indent: 2em; } .eq { font-size: smaller; text-align: center; } .no { font-size: smaller; text-align: right; } Sic Bo is an Asian dice game played with three dice. It is very similar to the proposition bets in the game of craps...read more

The Oracle at Odds - Part 12

This is the age of lists -- the top 100 movies of all time, the top 100 books of the 20th Century, the top 100 colleges for academic excellence or bargains or partying, and the top 100 women former President Bill Clinton scored with; plus all those weekly top 10 this list, and top 10 that list and top 10 those other things list...read more

Regis Comes to Tahoe

New slots again!... the newest being the "Regis' Cash Club" machines going into Caesars Tahoe. The Regis' Cash Club machines are linked to various casinos within the state and the top progressive award, which will not be less than $1 million, will be paid in full upon verification of a valid win...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'm always amazed at the number of people I see playing less than full coin on progressive slot machines...read more