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Fun facts and hidden inspiration in popular slots By John Grochowski In themes and game play, slot machines draw on diverse facets of our lives. Pop culture is bit of course, but items as ordinary as clocks and facts we think of as trivial play their parts in the slot experience. Over the years the […]
Everi’s National TournEvent of Champions continues to redefine the slot tournament By Frank Legato It was not that long ago that a slot tournament was simply about the money—more specifically, scoring enough to make money. The actual mechanics of a tournament were just that: mechanical. For decades, casino slot tournaments exuded a mind-numbing sameness. Loyalty […]
Follow these 13 simple rules or else By Frank Scoblete I am done with the regular way casinos do things and how they treat their customers. They are too lenient with ploppies; ploppies who play there and, yes friends, ploppies who work there. As of now, right this minute, no, right this second, the following […]
No matter how good it may look—no betting system will beat the math of the game By Jerry Stich They are everywhere. System sellers, those snake oil salesmen of the gambling world, bombard you with emails. Recently I have received some emails from fairly novice players asking questions about one form of betting system or […]
My favorite slot machine… sort of By John Grochowski When asked about my favorite all-time slot machine bonus event, I usually take the easy way out and rattle off a long list of games I like. That’s what I did in Strictly Slots last year, spinning off an editor’s question into 10 slot bonuses that […]
The Reality Of Going After the Big Money By John Grochowski When jackpot hunters scout out progressive machines and selectively play those with jackpots at higher levels, there is an underlying reality: No matter how high the jackpot gets, the odds are the same on every spin. You are no more likely to win […]
How to play some tricky video poker hands By Henry Tamburin Often times when you play video poker, the cards you should hold is a no brainer. Sometimes however, a hand pops up on your screen that makes you think, “should I hold these cards or those cards.” Here are a few of these “tricky” […]
Our annual rundown on where to find the loosest slots in America By Frank Legato Welcome to our 23rd annual report on where to find the loosest slots in the country. In case you don’t know the story, it was our sister publication, Casino Player, that invented the notion of “loose slots” by publishing charts […]
Folding up shop can be a good strategy By Jim Feist The growing interest in poker the last decade has been phenomenal—and profitable, if you know when to hold ‘em, fold ‘em and bluff. There is so much to the game, from holding the right cards to the psychological aspect of sizing up your […]
Sometimes other players can’t keep their opinion to themselves John Grochowski Some players like to give advice at the tables, some will give it only if asked, and some don’t like to give advice at all. By the same token, some players like to receive advice, while some take it badly. Here are a […]