Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 937

Barney Vinson's World

Cheaters cost Nevada casinos millions of dollars a year, $20 million alone just to slot machine cheats. In one recent year, Nevada casinos turned in nine tons of slugs that people had put in slot machines. One gambler tried to loosen up a slot machine by squirting oil into the coin acceptor...read more

Big Julie

The Crapshooter © 2001 by Larry Edell My wife and I recently watched the old Frank Sinatra and Marlon Brando musical Guys And Dolls, which is primarily a movie about craps. In it, Frank Sinatra runs a floating craps game for a living, and usually does pretty well at it too...read more

The 100 Most Significant Events of the 20th Century in Casino Gambling (66 to 70)

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

Viva Flamingo Las Vegas!

Recently I created a "Gripes and Giggles" section for casino complaints and casino laughs.. where I had promised gamblers intervention to help solve their gripes with casinos... knowing how many times in the past I had left a casino in a huff, swearing to never return.....read more

Why 10+2 Doesn't Equal 9+3 at the Blackjack Tables

Every experienced blackjack buff knows "the book" says to hit 12 versus a dealer's 2-up. Few solid citizens are sure why, because they seem to lose when they do. But that's another story. Suffice it to say for now that your soft underbelly is exposed in this situation no matter how you handle it, but expectation isn't quite as bad hitting as standing...read more

Ask The Slot Expert

Dear John, In one of the casinos that I play in, there is a machine called Super Aces. It is a 7/5 machine with a progressive royal starting at $1000 and a progressive for four aces starting at $500. Suppose you are dealt a full house consisting of three aces...read more

Who Visits Casinos?

Just as in any other industry, casino operators like to keep an eye on who their customers are. And the ideal forum to present any such study is the annual World Gaming Congress and Expo, which on Oct. 20, 2000 concluded its three-day run at the Las Vegas Convention Center...read more

Sam's Town is Las Vegas' New Best-Kept Secret

Sam's Town Hotel & Gambling Hall on Boulder Highway in Las Vegas made its reputation on being the establishment where "locals bring their friends". In the wake of an $86-million expansion and renovation, Sam's Town enters the new millennium with such a new look and feel that it is very likely going to become the place Las Vegas visitors will go back home to tell their friends about...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

Advantage Play with John May

Advantage players typically want to know how favourable a particular game or technique is. A variety of methods have been used to try to determine the worth of a game or system. When card counting, the advantage player's staple, was first developed, the measure used was percent advantage...read more