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10 common “mythtakes” that players make at table games By Frank Scoblete On any given hand, and on any given night, luck does play a role—that’s true. But in the long run, how skillfully you play will determine just what the casino wins from you—or what you win from them! I call them “mythtakes”: false […]
How rebates on losses can give players the edge By Henry Tamburin I don’t believe that Johnson’s gigantic windfall at the blackjack tables was due solely to luck. Neither did several contributing writers to my Blackjack Insider Newsletter (BJI). They undertook a detailed mathematical analysis of Johnson’s deal with the casinos and arrived at some […]
Watch out for college football teams that lose their first game by Jim Feist October is the best time of year for sports fans with NFL and college football in full swing. College football provides great wagering opportunities because of homecoming games, rivalries and good teams that will be suffering their first defeat. The list […]
The WSOP’s “November Nine” are heading for the ultimate poker showdown By Sean Chaffin Despite the cloud of controversy hanging over the poker world, this year’s World Series proved that the poker boom is still raging. The event attracted record attendance, with 75,672 entries from 100 nations creating the largest prize pool ($191,999,010) in WSOP […]
Some video poker players say that after hitting a royal flush, you should switch machines. But what’s the smart play? By Henry Tamburin The RNG (Random Number Generator) doesn’t track the number of royals it gives to players. It randomly selects the cards on each hand, regardless of what cards it selected on previous hands. […]
Station Casinos rolls out its new and improved Boarding Pass program By H. Scot Krause More than 12 years ago, Station Casinos introduced its innovative Boarding Pass loyalty card program, which found creative ways to reward guests for their play. I’m often skeptical when a casino announces slot club changes that promise to be beneficial […]
Our annual look at what’s in store for slot players in the coming year By Frank Legato For anyone interested in new slot machines, Las Vegas is the place to be this month. The first week of October, professionals who run casinos around the world converge on Las Vegas for the most important business […]
Understanding the ever-elusive RNG by Frank Legato Our reader mail is normally a pretty good gauge of the elements of slot machines that arouse curiosity in our readers. Easily the most-asked question relates to how slot machines reach their results. More than 20 years after we first published Casino Player, readers are still asking […]
Why playing aggressively pays off By Basil Nestor You may be tempted to play this game the same way as standard hold em, checking and folding low-quality hands. But that will lose you a lot of money. Regular hold ‘em poker can be so frustrating. When bad cards come, you spend a lot of […]
With the NFL season back on track, bookies & bettors go to work I do not recommend buying picks. A lot of tout services are far more adept at marketing themselves than they are at picking winners. Last month, Las Vegas bookmakers exhaled a collective sigh of relief as they were able to […]