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A selection of top casinos from the 2016 Best Of Slots awards Since many Casino Player readers gravitate towards slots and video poker rather than table games, we thought it appropriate to launch the new year by covering a few of the player favorite properties for slots, specifically winners from the recent “Best Of […]
A look at video blackjack By John Grochowski In most state gaming commission revenue reports, wagering totals and payouts are listed for electronic gaming devices. The category isn’t “slot machines,” and that’s deliberate. In the information they release to the public, casinos and regulators do not differentiate among slot machines and other electronic games […]
Simple slots questions and simple slots answers By Frank Scoblete Simple Slots Question: I know that there’s something called the RNG that controls the computerized slot machines but I have no idea what this means and how the results come from this computer thingy. Can you help me on this? I know it doesn’t […]
Ainsworth triples down on a good thing with sweet zone xtreme By Frank Legato For years, fans of slot games produced by Australia’s Ainsworth Game Technologies numbered one particular game series among their favorites. Called Sweet Zone, the games are woven around a central wild-symbol feature that can result in some gargantuan credit wins. “The […]
Answering reader questions about the hot and cold nature of slots By John Grochowski Sometimes slot players write to ask how games work. Sometimes they write just to tell their stories. And sometimes they write to tell stories of slot-playing experiences that sparked their questions. Let’s look at some of the recent questions that have […]
Strictly Slots Magazine December 2016 BRIGHT LIGHTS, SURGING DRAGONS AGS uses its new Orion cabinet to bring out the best in the new PowerXStream game River Dragons By Frank Legato BONUS HUNTER New games and new bonus rounds coming in 2017 By John Grochowski ULTIMATE VIDEO POKER Exciting new versions of Ultimate X are coming […]
Casino Player Magazine December 2016 ALL POINTS OF THE COMPASS Our coast-to-coast roundup of the top Native American casinos By Karrie L. Zukowski PARTY AT THE PLAZA A favorite downtown casino offers big fun in a vintage Vegas setting By Sean Chaffin HYBRID FANTASY New pari-mutuel fantasy betting scores big among Vegas sports books By […]
The inside story of the man who beat Atlantic City casinos for $15 million Henry Tamburin In 2011, a man wearing a black cap and an Oregon State hoodie wagered $100,000 a hand at blackjack inside the plush high-limit pit at the Tropicana casino. Twelve hours later, he quit with nearly $6 million in winnings. […]
Keep your opponents off balance By Jim Feist Deception is perceived as a bad word throughout most of culture, but there are times when it is an important element to winning – and winning honestly. In warfare, deception is essential to victory on the battlefield, which can help preserve a nation. In sports, some of […]
New pari-mutuel fantasy betting scores big among Vegas sports books By Buzz Daly Until recently, the newest twist in sports betting – daily fantasy sports – completely bypassed Las Vegas as the issues of implementation, licensing and of course feasibility were unresolved. The intense TV promotion of daily fantasy sports last year by a […]