Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 919

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. Many times the strategies that gambling experts suggest you follow goes against what you feel the correct play should be...read more

The Oracle at Odds - Part 3

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

Slotpourri

A casino patron asked a security guard, "What's that strange odor I smell in here?" "Probably the dead slots," said the guard. * * * * * A Martian wandered from his spaceship in the Nevada desert into one of the Las Vegas Strip casinos...read more

The Oracle at Odds - Part 2

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

Tahoe News No More

I hate saying it. I hate admitting it, but Tahoe won't have a column anymore after this one. I tried, and I tried, and I tried again..... I put the progressive jackpots online daily for 447 days straight, then for 48 days I did it twice a week, until I caved to the demand and resumed the daily jackpots...read more

Dawdlin' in Delaware

Let's face it, for most people Delaware isn't a destination. It's where you momentarily find yourself while passing through to somewhere else like Washington, D.C. or Philadelphia. Just ask Senator John McCain who refused to campaign in Delaware for its fistful of primary votes, saying that he only went to Delaware if he were on his way to New York...read more

Ask The Slot Expert

Dear John, I have walked up to a slot machine, put one coin in a three-coin machine, and hit a good jackpot. Would I have hit it if I had put in two or three coins? Maybe. Maybe not. Some slot machines determine which symbols to land on the payline as soon as you indicate you want to play by dropping in a coin, pressing the bet one button, or pressing the bet max button...read more

Added Gaming Competition: Net Gain for Public Schools

The entertainment options available to Michigan residents continue to grow at a rapid rate. One section of Michigan's entertainment economy that has experienced massive change during the last 20 years is legalized gaming. These changes have been driven by two primary factors: 1) consumer tastes and 2) governmental oversight. As new consumer options become available, it is natural to see a reapportionment of how consumers select to allocate their purchases...read more

Hammond Casino Now Horseshoe Quality

It is remarkable how every riverboat casino destination in the Chicago-area has acquired its own "personality", not only in terms of the vessels themselves but also in regard to the pavilions that house the restaurants, lounges, and entryways to the boats...read more

Single-Deck Blackjack Is Good for All Players, Not Just Card-Counters

I was having a quiet lunch by myself at a casino buffet not long ago, when three older men approached. They were blackjack players, and at least one was a regular reader of this column. "You say that it's better for the player if fewer decks are used, right?" the first gent asked...read more