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All Bonus Poker games are not created equal By John Grochowski Smart video poker players have long been trained to look at the payoffs on certain hands before deciding to play. In games without wild cards, the first place to look is the return on full houses and flushes. A Bonus Poker game that […]
Exciting new versions of Ultimate X are coming soon By John Grochowski Regular readers will know that video poker has long been a passion of mine. When my wife and I made our first Las Vegas trip together more than 25 years ago, it was a video poker-playing trek on the Strip that made […]
New games and new bonus rounds coming in 2017 By John Grochowski In a slot world where games are designed to be entertaining, interactive experiences that keep you coming back for more, bonus events are the centerpieces. Win or lose, you can have a good time if you get to play the bonus games a […]
AGS uses its new Orion cabinet to bring out the best in the new PowerXStream game River Dragons By Frank Legato When you encounter the new River Dragons slot game from AGS, some features may be familiar if you’re a fan of the slot-maker’s games. There’s the PowerXStream setup, in which the reels are […]
Strictly Slots Magazine November 2016 THE BEST OF SLOTS 2016 Our annual review of your favorite slots— and the casinos that offer them! By Frank Legato, & John Grochowski THOSE INFERNAL MACHINES: THE IN-BETWEEN The bad, the in-between and the good By Frank Scoblete GETTING IT STRAIGHT The skinny on straight flushes By Henry Tamburin […]
Casino Player Magazine November 2016 COMING IN 2017 New table games unveiled at the Global Gaming Expo By John Grochowski ATTRACTING THE NEXT GENERATION OF GAMBLERS G2E offers a glimpse at millennial-focused skill-based gaming for the casino floor By Benjamin Marx BLACKJACK ADVICE Tips for playing a double-deck blackjack game By Henry Tamburin THE NUMBERS […]
The state of blackjack on the Las Vegas Strip By Henry Tamburin The state of blackjack on the Las Vegas Strip You probably thought I’ve gone off the deep end with the above title for this column but I figured it would get your attention about what I’m about to share with you: the serious […]
Know your strategy and betting amount By Jim Feist We are bombarded with choices about numbers every day. How much is this item? How much is that? Gas costs how much? It doesn’t go away at the poker tables, either. One of the dilemmas we experience at the tables constantly is how much to […]
Tips for playing a double-deck blackjack game By Henry Tamburin Recently, I received questions from two different blackjack players that dealt with playing a double-deck game, which I decided to make the topic of my column this month. The first question came from a basic strategy player who normally plays an eight-deck blackjack game. […]
G2E offers a glimpse at millennial-focused skill-based gaming for the casino floor By Benjamin Marx WALKING THROUGH THE SPRAWLING AND crowded floor of the Global Gaming Expo, the yearly Las Vegas convention showcasing the very latest in casino innovations, one can’t help but be overwhelmed by the thousands of new slot machines and table […]