Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 921

Guaranteed Profits on Sporting Events

Want to know how to make a profit on almost every sporting event--even before a ball has been thrown/struck/whatever in anger? I have discovered with most bookmakers that pence (or cents, francs, pfennigs, etc.) are rounded up. So if I make a bet of 1p at 6/4, I will actually make 3p when I should make 2.5p, effective odds being transformed from 6/4 to 2/1...read more

Rubbing It In about Tahoe

It has been so cool lately, I had to find socks to wear on my traditionally bare for summer feet! The past week has been terrific... cool weather, occasional showers, clouds, a breeze... very little thunder and lightning... wow! It's been like that for so long, I think I forgot how to sweat! Gaming, however, is still as hot as it gets anywhere.....read more

Ask The Slot Expert

Dear John, I would like to know what are the odds on Deuces Wild. I love this game and it's something about the deuces. Friends tell me not to play them because it hard to get four deuces and at times it really is. I have put hundreds of dollars in hoping to get the deuces...read more

Michigan House Considers Resolution Calling for a New Tribal Casino

On June 26, 2001, Representative Larry DeVuyst (R-Alma) introduced House Resolution 167, which seeks to encourage Governor John Enlger to negotiate a Class III Gaming Compact with the Gun Lake Band. The Band has announced plans to have land taken into trust for a casino in Wayland, Michigan, a small resort community in Allegan County, which is located between Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids...read more

Free Lunch, No. Free Odds, Yes!

You may have been warned that there's no such thing as a free lunch, but the next time you stop by the craps table in your favorite casino you should know that there is such a thing as "Free Odds." The odds we're talking about here are called free because the house takes no edge on them...read more

Volatility: It'll Make or Break Your Day

Everybody knows that casinos have an edge on bets they book against players. To some folks, this is enough reason to forego gambling altogether. To others, it's an incentive to find games and learn strategies that minimize the bite...read more

Triple Double Bonus Poker

One thing video poker players can count on is change. Just when you think you've sorted through the high-paying and low-paying games, settled on a few favorites and learned strategies, something new comes along. The latest worthy game is Triple Double Bonus Poker, available on multiple-hand machines at Harrah's Joliet...read more

20 Assumptions You Should Never Make in a Casino!

Tell me honestly, whenever you say something like: "Well, I assumed blah, blah, blah," doesn't it annoy the heck out of you when some idiot then counters with: "Always remember, when you assume you make an ass of you and me! Ha! Ha! Ha!" None of us want to be told our assumptions are false...read more

Dad's Golf Screen Saver

The Crapshooter © 2001 by Larry Edell I hadn't seen my Dad in long time, in fact, not since he finally bought a computer and took up golf. We didn't have much in common any more, him being retired and me living almost 1000 miles away...read more

Basic Strategy at Blackjack Isn't About Winning More Hands

When you play blackjack you have a clear choice -- actually, you have several clear choices. You can play your own, self-styled strategy based on whim, reason, your personal experience or some combination of all three...read more