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Confessions of a slot sinner By Frank Scoblete If I were still in Our Lady of Angels Catholic Grammar School in Bay Ridge Brooklyn and the nuns, led by my nemesis Sister Jerome Drake, would drag us over to the church for a serious bout of Confession, I’d be in great trouble now. I would […]
Aruze’s new “Super Vault” reel-spinning progressive slot takes a popular style and makes it better By Frank Legato You may do a double-take at first, thinking Aruze Gaming’s elegant new wheel-spinning slot machine is a certain other famous wheel game. Called Super Vault, it is a three-reel game, like that other one. The roulette-style wheel […]
Every game has its own turning points on hands with royal potential By John Grochowski There’s nothing like a royal flush to make a video poker player’s day. On a quarter machine it’s a $1,000 payoff if you bet five coins, and it’s a grand experience. I remember every detail of my first royal. My […]
Choosing the best version of blackjack By Henry Tamburin Has this ever happened to you? You enter a casino to play blackjack and spot an empty seat at one blackjack table, and another at an adjacent table. Both tables have posted $10 minimum bets. The dealer on one table is dealing a double-deck game, pitching […]
There’s a growing army of legal sports betting proponents By Buzz Daly Not everyone buys into the notion that evolution is for real and a positive development. Darwin’s theory still has nonbelievers, and evolved modern man is considered a wimp by some women. But the burgeoning evolution that is changing negative attitudes about legal […]
Making sense of different Deuces Wild games By Henry Tamburin AStrictly Slots reader sent me an email about several different deuces wild games that he saw at his favorite casino, and wanted to know which one is the best to play. There are, for sure, a plethora of different deuces wild games; some are […]
Forget the old rule of always betting max coins By John Grochowski There is no magic formula for winning on the slots. No betting pattern, no duration of play before moving to a new machine, no pauses between spins, no using or withholding your players club card can sway the random number generator from making […]
Some video poker players say that after hitting a royal flush you should switch machines. But what’s the smart play? By Henry Tamburin Here’s an email I received from a reader… “Please settle a dispute I’m having with my husband. I hit a royal flush, and after I received my hand pay, I continued to […]
Incredible Technologies’ “Crazy Money Deluxe” takes the cash-crazy theme to new heights By Frank Legato In the slot-machine business, great games become great sequels, and great brands. So it’s been for Crazy Money, the most popular game produced by slot manufacturer Incredible Technologies. It can be said, in fact, that Crazy Money put the Chicago-area […]
Multipliers, volatility and timing in video poker By John Grochowski One fundamental difference between slot players and video poker players comes in the willingness, even eagerness, to try something new. Slot machines, especially on video, come and go as players try out all the features and bonuses, have fun with the entertainment value for a […]