Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 940

The 100 Most Significant Events of the 20th Century in Casino Gambling (51 to 55)

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

Fat Thanks and Good News

I want to start with a big fat thank you to everyone who has read my articles for hanging in there with me and offering so much emotional support, which has ultimately led to the survival of the TahoeGamingGuide.com for the past 42 weeks...read more

Ask The Slot Expert

Dear John, I am amazed at how you respond to readers' questions even if they've asked you questions before. I guess I'm a repeat offender. :-) Here's a super easy question for you. When they say that a 9/6 Jacks or Better game yields 99.5%, assuming the person playing hit the jackpot after the average 40,000 hands, wouldn't that person actually post a profit? I mean the 99.5% he or she gets back is on money wagered, not money lost from bankroll, if you know what I mean...read more

The Risks of Internet Gambling

Perhaps the most frequent question I get from readers of this column is about Internet gambling. "Is this something I can feel comfortable in engaging in?" is often how the question is framed. Fundamentally, anyone interested in this activity has to understand that most of the Internet gambling sites are not set up in a regulated fashion...read more

How Long Must You Play before the Edge Costs You One Bet?

House advantage on most casino bets is obscured in the fog between the chance of winning and the payoff. Confusion is compounded by the fact that chances and payoffs are commonly described in terms of "odds," which most solid citizens readily envision, while edge is usually stated as a "percentage," which folks frequently find flustering...read more

On The Side

Marketing a new table game is a tough go, with ever-shrinking space for tables as casino operators add more and more slot machines. Still, encouraged by the breakthroughs in the last decade of the stud poker-based Caribbean Stud, Let It Ride and Three Card Poker, as well as the blackjack variation Spanish 21, game designers trot out new ideas each year at the World Gaming Congress and Expo in Las Vegas...read more

More Video Poker Strategy

Video poker continues to grow in popularity by leaps and bounds among recreational casino gamblers who prefer tackling the so-called "electronic gaming devices" to table games. The reason, as I have emphasized in past columns, is simple: The chances of winning at traditional reel slots are based on a manmade computer program installed at the factory, while the chances of winning at video poker are based on the constant of mathematical probability...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

Barney Vinson's World

When you're gambling in a casino, it isn't necessary to specify the denomination of chips when you get change. If the minimum bet at the table is $5, the dealer will give you $5 chips. One dealer related the following story. A man dropped a $100 bill on the table and said, "Give me twenty-five dollar chips." So the dealer gave him 25 $1 chips and three $25 chips...read more

Bet You Didn't Know This About Blackjack

When you sit down to play blackjack, do you really understand what's going on? Of course, you know when to hit, stand, double and split. Sure, you're aware that if you play right it's the best (banked) game in the house for the player...read more