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Where to cash in on player-friendly blackjack games, and how to avoid the bad ones by Henry Tamburin The 6-5 payoff rule increases the house edge by almost 1.4 percent. If you’re a $10 bettor, playing a 6-5 game will cost you $3 each time you get a blackjack (and you’ll average roughly four blackjacks […]
Applying the Martingale betting system to slots By Frank Scoblete Long losing streaks at slot machines can happen, and they happen all the time. Indeed, in slot play, even with machines that might have fairly decent hit frequencies, the losing streaks are far more pronounced than at table games. The following information is from […]
How to make your bankroll last, minimize your losses, and protect your winnings By Bill Burton Some players believe that using a certain betting method can change the house advantage of the game and give them an edge. The idea that a betting system can change the house edge is a fallacy. The term […]
The worst bets in the casino often have the most appealing names By Frank Scoblete Players love these bets partially because they sound like so much fun. They make it sound like you’ve got a shot at winning some darn good money, even though the odds are very much stacked against you. For some […]
The essential steps to becoming an expert player by Henry Tamburin The basic playing strategy tells you the correct way to play all of the 550 different possible hands that will arise when playing blackjack. You must memorize the basic strategy and be able to make the correct play with speed and accuracy. If […]
15 rules and rituals they don’t teach you in the books by Rob Wiser I remember my first visit to Atlantic City, many years ago. It was on the Boardwalk that I stepped inside a casino for the first time, packing a pocketful of cash with visions of beating the house. Blackjack was the […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]