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Even casinos come with tough decisions By Frank Scoblete My neighbor’s son is now 17. When he was really young, in the single digits, he was a delightful kid. He had a great sense of humor and he really seemed to enjoy life. Now his face always looks bored. When he is with adults, […]
Test your gaming knowledge. Are you up for the challenge? by Frank Scoblete If you know your casino gambling, you should have no problem with this test of all testing. If you don’t know your casino gambling, uh oh. Which is the most popular table-game in the casino? a.craps, b. blackjack, c. roulette, […]
The house doesn’t always win By Frank Scoblete [Please note: I wrote this and gave it to a few acquaintances and they all thought I was advocating the idiot stuff in this column. I wasn’t. I’m not. Andre is not me. He is wrong about just about everything when it comes to slot machines […]
Can you determine what slot payout percentages are on any given machine? By Frank Scoblete The lament among some slot players, many other casino players and most gaming writers is the fact that slot machines do not tell you what their percentage returns are except in cases where an area of machines has signs […]
Gaming ingredients for smart blackjack play By Frank Scoblete Take any food package or jar of food and you will invariably see on the back or side of it a list of the ingredients that food contains. This is obviously an attempt to help you decide whether to eat that particular food. I check […]
Nothing in the universe is perfectly random, but slots are as random as humans can program a computer to be By Frank Scoblete There are several problems with randomness. The first, and most obvious, is that randomness is often mistaken for non-randomness. This you see at gambling games of all types. A roulette game […]
Do betting systems really work? By Frank Scoblete I doubt many casino players can honestly say that they have never made a mistake in their playing careers. I know I can’t. In one of my first visits to the casinos, I played the Martingale at roulette. This was in the old Sands casino in […]
As a group, slot players are really the most important players in the house By Frank Scoblete Slot machines are simple, really; I mean really, really simple. More money goes in them than comes out of them. That’s it, really—a very simple game. Now, yes, very smart people have developed these machines (which used […]
Don’t expect to go from rags to riches in one or two sessions By Frank Scoblete You’ve taken a bit of a hammering at your favorite table game or games. It’s been a really tough session or day and/or night and/or trip. You’ve lost a significant amount of the money you brought for this […]
Tips to maneuver yourself into a possibly better position to maybe experience some positive results By Frank Scoblete We have all been there. Yes, we have. Nothing is going right. You try this machine, that machine. You try machines that were hot for other players and they turn ice cold for you. You try […]