Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 933

State Takes Aim at Stopping Internet Horse Racing Wagering

In the past week, two additional companies have announced plans to offer, or expand their offerings, of Internet wagering sites accepting bets on horse racing. Playboy.com together with Penn National, have announced that by the third quarter of this year, the companies plan to offer on-line pari-mutuel wagering on horse racing...read more

Slot Myths and Facts

Have you ever felt you might win more at the slot machines by playing only one coin at a time? Or by playing without a slot club card? Or by pulling the handle instead of pushing the button? Have you ever felt that you could go home happy if only a casino manager would push the jackpot button for you? You're not alone...read more

Hollywood Casino Expansion Is Underway

The legalization of dockside gambling in Illinois in the summer of 1999 sounded the beginning of the end for "seaworthy" gambling vessels. Talk of plans to construct permanently docked "gambling barges" was rampant among all the license holders...read more

Internet Casinos and the Invasion of the Androids

Say you could focus faultlessly on any task despite distracting influences, had infallible memory, and could accurately and rapidly do intricate calculations in your head. Would these robotic aptitudes make you a force to be feared in the casino? Certainly...read more

Readers Write

Frank, I've read your books about the Captain and the 5-count. I've become interested in your thoughts on rhythmic rollers. As you mentioned, you're shooting with the 3's in a V on top, your favorite position is to the right of the stickman...read more

Never Heard of Spread Betting? You Will

Spread betting is one of the most exciting innovations in modern gambling. It is the only form of gambling where losses and gains are potentiallly unlimited. The principle is simple. A spread firm will offer a quote on the result of some event...read more

The 100 Most Significant Events of the 20th Century in Casino Gambling (86 to 90)

What is the leisure time activity that more adult Americans participate in than any other? Going to movies? No. Playing softball? No. Golf? No. Bowling? Come on! Tennis? Oh, my aching elbow! Stamp collecting? No. Coin collecting? You're getting colder...read more

Snow Again In Tahoe

Well, here is is almost mid-April, and instead of spring showers... it appears winter has blessed the mountains again. Ski areas that were slated to shut down in a matter of weeks hailed the snow... and one local ski area, Sierra-at-Tahoe, reported 52" of fresh snow last weekend! Any thoughts of raking all the pine needles are now freshly buried...read more

Ask The Slot Expert

Dear John, I seem to win more when I go down a row of machines and play them once at max coins, going from casino to casino. Anything to that, or is my luck about to run out? rocketmannn Dear Rocketmannn, Your way of playing has a number of advantages over playing just one machine in one casino...read more

The Casino Answer Man

Q. I started playing quarter video poker many years ago, then moved up to dollars, and now I have my eye on the $5 machines. (Don't worry! I have the money to handle the jump, and I always stay within my bankroll.) Is there anything different I should look for in a $5 game instead of a dollar game? Big Jim A...read more