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Self-made billionaire and business maverick Tilman Fertitta discusses success, vision and the future By Tim Wassberg Knowing your identity in a crowded industry and finding vision across a variety of styles is an undeniable gift. Tilman Fertitta, the sole owner, chairman and CEO of Fertitta Entertainment, Inc., which owns both the restaurant giant Landry’s […]
Skill based slots with familiar themes By John Grochowski As casinos and game manufacturers ease toward an age of skill-based slots, I’ll admit to a small amount of trepidation. That’s age-related, of course. In my college years, the games at the back of the bar were electro-mechanical pinball machines, not video games. Home gaming […]
Money management at slots By Frank Scoblete Many casino players believe that there are ways to manage one’s money to prevent the casino from having an edge on them. This is a totally wrong assumption. If the casino has an edge at a game, which it does at just about all games, no money […]
Learn the correct way to play tricky hands By Henry Tamburin In the previous two issues of Strictly Slots, I reviewed some of the common blunders players make when playing Jacks or Better. This month I’ll continue this series with Double Bonus (DB). First a short background about DB. The game gets its name […]
GameCo’s Video Game Gambling Machines bring a new group of players to the casino floor By Frank Legato For the past several years, the casino industry has been dabbling in new looks and new types of games for the slot floor. The reason? Long-term survival. It’s no secret that younger players—anchored by the so-called […]
Casino Player Magazine February 2017 NEW SLOTS 2017 Our annual review of the new slot games coming soon to a casino near you By Frank Legato GAMBLING IN THE GOLDEN STATE Hot spots to stay and play in California By Karrie Zukowski ARE VIDEO POKER GAMES RIGGED? It can take a long time to hit […]
Strictly Slots Magazine February 2017 STACKING PANDAS Aruze gives the video slot machine a new look with “Tower Stack Feature Panda” By Frank Legato SLOT WAR Video vs. Reel Slots SLOTS ARE PERFECT EMPLOYEES Living in an age of machines By Frank Scoblete KEEPING A KICKER Crucial variations in video poker By John Grochowski Make […]
Strategy for Texas hold ‘em By Jim Feist Basketball season is a frenzied time in Las Vegas, with rivalry matchups, tournament play and the madness that follows. That means the best basketball coaches are going to use strategies to attack the weaknesses of their opponents, such as the full court press, the fast break, or […]
It can take a long time to hit that big hand By Jerry “Stickman” Stich It seems that hardly a week goes by without someone telling me that they think video poker games are rigged. One standard “proof” of this statement is the person saying he or she played several months without getting a royal […]
Hot spots to stay and play in California By Karrie L. Zukowski California stretches for nearly 900 miles and includes cliff-lined beaches, redwood forest, the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Central Valley farmland and the Mojave Desert. With its diverse terrain and people, why should its entertainment, most notably the casinos, be any different? Here are three […]