Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 924

Reno -- Logical Choice for Gamblers

Not much is mentioned about Reno as a gambling destination... But it is the more logical choice for many gamblers. If you like Nevada gambling, don't like the Vegas-sized crowds, and want to go someplace where lodging and food deals prevail, mixed with great gambling choices, and promotions.....read more

Ask The Slot Expert

Dear John, Question One: Is it legal to take a hand-held counting device (such as a baseball ball strike indicator) into a casino? One could use it to count hits. Question Two: Would this be helpful in searching out good machines? Thanks in advance,Mike Dear Mike: One: To tell you the truth, I don't know for sure whether or not it is legal to take a hand-held counter into a casino...read more

Kick Out Those Low-Card Kickers in Double Double Bonus

It's always tempting to go for the big jackpot, and often in video poker that's just what we do. We'll break up a flush, straight or high pair for a one-card draw to a royal flush, tossing away smaller payoffs for a chance at a bonanza...read more

Why Disney Won't Take Bets from Vermont

The Los Angeles Times broke the story at the end of May, 2001: The Walt Disney Co. is backing a pay-to-play online gaming venture. Disney's partner, Skillgames, will officially launch its website, Skillgames.com, in Summer 2001 "amid a multimillion-dollar promotional blitz." Is Disney gambling on gambling? Disney executives say, "No." A visit to the website shows they are probably right. I was able to register as a Skillgames.com user by paying $25 with my credit card...read more

It's Hard to Get to Easy Street

Just about every book on craps ever written, and most craps articles, rightly extol the excitement of the game. Few books or articles, however, bother to explain that while craps can be a super-exciting, adrenaline-soaked thrill ride, it can also be the most emotionally draining, exhausting, and depressing game in the casino when things are going wrong...read more

The Crapshooter: Math Weenies

The Crapshooter © 2001 by Larry Edell In craps, a math weenie is someone who places the importance of mathematical calculations above all else. He would insist that a craps player has no chance of winning because craps is a negative expectation game and every bet on the table has a positive expectation for the house...read more

Craps Annoyances

This is "let-off-steam" time because I've been bottling this up for years now and the time has come to let'er rip! Some craps players (though no craps players reading this, of course) are some of the most irritating, annoying and disgusting individuals I have ever laid eyes on...read more

Farewells and Fairways

It is getting to where I never know any more if I will meet a cyber-death of my web sites and the columns, or if fate once again will carry me over the hump. With "all my cards" out on the table, I have but one recourse... of patience and waiting.....read more

Ask The Slot Expert

Dear John, I have lost a big fortune playing the Japanese-made slot machines. Please advise how to avoid losing that much and how to win. I would also appreciate it if you could explain the theory behind computerized slot machines and how to wait for the opportunity...read more

Casino Expansion Continues

Michigan's casino gaming industry is extremely diverse, but has its growth stalled or is it poised for more expansion and improvements? During the course of the last several weeks, I have received a number of inquires about the status of the Detroit permanent casinos, Michigan tribal casinos slated for New Buffalo and Battle Creek and the potential development of a casino in Port Huron and Allegan County. From a tribal perspective there are already 11 casinos located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula...read more