Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 925

Barney Vinson's World

Planning a trip to Las Vegas in the near future? Each month we'll spotlight a different casino in Vegas so that you'll get a better idea of what each resort has to offer. This month, let's explore Caesars Palace. With luxuriant landscaping, chiseled statuary, and sparkling fountains, this is probably the most recognizable resort in Las Vegas...read more

Hedge Bets Are Almost Always a Bad Strategy

Gamblers are forever trying to find ways to "lock in" a win -- to guarantee themselves a profit even though it means taking a short payoff. They do this by making what's known as a "hedge" bet. What exactly is that? Let me give you an extreme example based on a true story...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 live from Memphis on WHBQ over the air on 560AM and over the Internet on Yahoo! Broadcast on Saturday morning from 8-10 CT...read more

A Conversation with the Captain

Whenever I get the chance to play craps with the Captain I jump at it. So when he called me and asked if I'd like to join him for several days in Atlantic City, naturally I said yes. Although craps is a relatively straightforward game where the math seems to dictate the movement of wins and losses, speaking to the Captain always makes me think a little differently about craps and games of chance and life...read more

Betting Exchanges

Want to make a bet over the net with other gamblers on an event of your choosing? At better odds than with any bookmaker? With a secure system designed to prevent fraud? Now you can. The day of the betting exchange has begun. What is a betting exchange? An internet site (prominent examples being flutter.com or betfair.com) whereby gamblers can post and accept person-to-person wagers...read more

The 10 Best Bets at Craps

There are probably over 100 different bets and combination of bets at craps, not all of them on the layout. Some of these bets are excellent, some of them are good, some of them are not so good, and some of them are just awful. Here are the 10 best bets at craps in order of bestness...read more

Golf, Gambling, Celebrities, and More Gambling

Okay, so I don't spend my time on the golf course... but it is really hard to not notice what a great course lies adjacent to the casinos, and graces the shoreline of Lake Tahoe... Edgewood Tahoe, that is... And to not notice the press that starts this time of year about the 12th Annual American Century Celebrity Golf Championship coming up on July 7th - 9th would be unthinkable.....read more

Ask The Slot Expert

Dear John, What is the percentage return for perfect play on Double Down Stud? Is there a strategy chart available for this game? Thanks, Dodie Dear Dodie: Double Down Stud returns 97.8 percent with perfect play, which is much easier to achieve than on a draw poker machine...read more

Gambling Trivia

In the race to see which is more cluttered, my home office or the corner of my mind that collects little pieces of gambling history, well, I guess my home office wins hands down. Nonetheless, bits of trivia are trying to escape, so let's empty a little of the clutter: The slang expression rolling the bones has an origin that is quite literal...read more

Sometimes It's Better to Be Lucky than Smart

Listen up, video poker players! A show of hands of how many of you have ever experienced the thrill of a royal flush. Nope, I'm not raising my hand, but I hope a lot of you are. I've come close a few times. Once, while playing a Triple Play quarter machine, I was dealt four-to-a-royal in spades with max coins ($1.25) bet on each of the three lines...read more