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Strictly Slots Magazine July 2011 Are You Going Overboard? 10 Signs you may be gambling too much by Frank Scoblete Money Management 101 How to handle and protect your precious casino bankroll By Bill Burton Attack from TEXAS Multimedia Games mines the talent of Austin, Texas to create great slot games by Frank Legato Giving […]
Casino Player Magazine July 2011 The Blackjack Hall Of Shame The ten worst blackjack games–and the casinos that (have the nerve to) offer them By Henry Tamburin The Insider The true story of a casino dealer who’s seen it all in Las Vegas–and has money-making tips to share with you By Jack Salay Ten Tempting […]
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 […]
Why playing aggressively pays off By Basil Nestor You may be tempted to play this game the same way as standard hold em, checking and folding low-quality hands. But that will lose you a lot of money. Regular hold ‘em poker can be so frustrating. When bad cards come, you spend a lot of […]
With the NFL season back on track, bookies & bettors go to work I do not recommend buying picks. A lot of tout services are far more adept at marketing themselves than they are at picking winners. Last month, Las Vegas bookmakers exhaled a collective sigh of relief as they were able to […]
The Cosmopolitan beckons players with lucrative promos and tournaments By H. Scot Krause The better casino club promotions in Las Vegas are usually found at the outlying casinos and locals’ casinos–not on the Strip. But one Strip casino, Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, has been offering some great promotions this summer. August is normally NFL […]
Our 16th annual roundup of the finest casinos, hotels, games and amenities in the business By Rob Wiser Here they are, the results of our 16th annual Best Of Gaming survey. Each year, we provide our readers with ballots and ask them to vote on their favorite aspects of the gaming world—the casinos they most […]
TAKING THE MYSTERY OUT OF PLAYING NSU DEUCES WILD By Henry Tamburin “NSU” is the abbreviation for “not so ugly.” The late video poker writer Skip Hughes used the acronym NSU to describe an unusual deuces wild game that he first saw in a casino (circa. 2000) where the per coin payout for five-of-a-kind […]
Ten Player “Mythtakes” About Slot Play By Frank Scoblete Put three quarters in a machine every five seconds, and you’re putting through $540 per hour. Play four hours, and you’ve gambled $2,160! The casinos will be more than happy to recognize such action with free or discounted rooms, meals or other perks. Mythtake #1: […]
Community-style slot machines turn players into neighbors, encouraging cooperation (and sometimes competition) As they travel around the Monopoly board, players take turns selecting game cards. Pick a 20-credit card, and you’ll probably hear a collective groan from your community. Pick one for 500 credits, and you’re a hero. “Community-style slot machines”–it has a kind […]