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Proving the greatest craps player was real By Frank Scoblete In the years where my writing has allowed me some notoriety I have received hundreds of requests to meet people at casinos or to go out to dinner with them. I’ve rarely ever done either. Still, I made an appointment to have lunch with a […]
Don’t play any hand – play the right hand By Jim Feist One of the biggest mistakes sports bettors make is to wager on too many favorites. They don’t believe and underdog has a shot, either in baseball or football, so they always play teams that are supposed to win according to oddsmakers. This is […]
For a royal flush, that is the question By Jerry “Stickman” Stich As a gambling writer, everything you commit to print is subject to review, interpretation and opinions of the readers. In a previous Casino Player article I noted that it had been a very long time since my last royal flush while playing […]
Seven rules slot players need to live by By Frank Scoblete There are 10-best-things-to-do lists for just about everything from chocolate puddings to adult diapers. Now don’t our slot players deserve such an important to-do list considering without slot players there would be little or no casino explosion or expansion on our planet? Certainly. So […]
An Insider’s Guide to Color Match Royals By Mike fields My heart just skipped a beat. I thought I had a Royal Flush (RF). An elusive RF, a hand we rarely see but LOVE to hit. Ace, king, queen, 10 of hearts and a nine of hearts. So close. Of course, I zeroed my attention […]
Which slots do the best job of making the theme a part of the game? By John Grochowski Conversation overheard between two slot players, a man and a woman, at a casino coffee shop: HER: “I’ll bet you’re going back to Caddyshack after lunch.” HIM: “That was a lot of fun.” HER: “You had […]
Scientific games’ “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” taps into humor that had an entire generation laughing By Frank Legato For a wide swath of baby boomers who were in high school and/or college in the 1970s, there was a weekly ritual—belly laughs in front of the television, courtesy of the British sketch-comedy series Monty […]
When to play and when to walk away Jerry Stich Almost everyone who plays video poker has some sort of money management techniques. By this I mean that they have some idea before they play about when they are going to stop playing based on where their bankroll stands. One of the most basic (and […]
Blackjack players rant about their pet peeves By Henry Tamburin In my column in the October 2015 issue of Casino Player, I ranted about my pet peeves when I play blackjack. At the conclusion of the column, I asked readers to send me their pet peeves, promising I would publish them in Casino Player. Well, […]
Debunking common video poker myths By Henry Tamburin Video poker has its share of myths and misconceptions. Many players mistakenly believe in them which hinder their progress toward becoming a winning player; therefore, my goal this month is to dispel these myths. Casinos can change the odds of hitting jackpots on video poker machines Many […]