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Betting the max on slots is not always the right move By John Grochowski For decades, players have been told that, when it comes to slots, they should always bet the max to get the best payback percentage. That’s still the case on most three-reel stepper slots, and on a small percentage of video […]
Extras muddle the picture By John Grochowski Evaluating a video poker machine is usually pretty straightforward. A 9-6 Jacks or Better machine where full houses pay 9-for-1 and flushes 6-for-1, will return more to players than an 8-5 machine. A 10-7-5 Double Bonus Poker game, where full houses pay 10-for-1, flushes 7-for-1 and straights […]
By John Grochowski Carrie has been playing slot machines for longer than she cares to remember. She and her husband Bill had already been annual Las Vegas visitors for nearly a decade when I met them in the early 1980s, several years before my own first Vegas visit. “There was no video then, just the […]
Do you know whether your slot has low or high payback? By Frank Legato On July 15, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas released the results of a study performed in Australia to ascertain whether players can notice different payback percentages on identical slot games. Two pairs of identical slot machines were placed at […]
Check raise as a bluff to gain advantage By Jack Clayton Football season is here, the best time of the sports betting calendar. That means coaches are going to use strategies to attack the weaknesses of their opponents, such as running the football all day long on a team with a small defensive line, […]
LONGER OR SHORTER By Frank Scoblete One of the opening scenes of the 1995 movie Casino has Robert De Niro as Sam “Ace” Rothstein explaining how the casino makes money. A mega-high roller has just won millions from his casino and Rothstein and company want to get that money back. So, Rothstein arranges for the […]
THE NEED FOR SPEED By Jerry “Stickman” Stich Each video poker player has their own comfort level when it comes to how fast, or slow, to play their favorite game. Some set the speed of the machine on the slowest possible setting, hit the Deal button, study the cards that are dealt in great […]
SLOTS TO THE MAX By John Grochowski For decades, players have been told they should always bet the max to get the best possible payback percentage. That’s still the case for most of the three-reel stepper slots, as well as on a small percentage of video slots. But simply getting the highest payback percentage […]
Good starting cards may not always be that golden opportunity By Jack Clayton We all have favorites. Maybe you grew up in New York and root for the Yankees and Knicks. What Chicago native wouldn’t have a soft spot in their hearts for the lovable Cubs? Even gamblers have favorites, such as preferring Texas […]
How much does the royal flush impact your game’s payback schedule? The answer might surprise you. By Jerry “Stickman” Stich Most serious video poker players know how much their favorite video poker machine pays with expert play. For example: Full pay (9/6: 9 for 1 for a full house, 6 for 1 for a […]