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Skill based slots with familiar themes By John Grochowski As casinos and game manufacturers ease toward an age of skill-based slots, I’ll admit to a small amount of trepidation. That’s age-related, of course. In my college years, the games at the back of the bar were electro-mechanical pinball machines, not video games. Home gaming […]
Money management at slots By Frank Scoblete Many casino players believe that there are ways to manage one’s money to prevent the casino from having an edge on them. This is a totally wrong assumption. If the casino has an edge at a game, which it does at just about all games, no money […]
Learn the correct way to play tricky hands By Henry Tamburin In the previous two issues of Strictly Slots, I reviewed some of the common blunders players make when playing Jacks or Better. This month I’ll continue this series with Double Bonus (DB). First a short background about DB. The game gets its name […]
GameCo’s Video Game Gambling Machines bring a new group of players to the casino floor By Frank Legato For the past several years, the casino industry has been dabbling in new looks and new types of games for the slot floor. The reason? Long-term survival. It’s no secret that younger players—anchored by the so-called […]
Strategy for Texas hold ‘em By Jim Feist Basketball season is a frenzied time in Las Vegas, with rivalry matchups, tournament play and the madness that follows. That means the best basketball coaches are going to use strategies to attack the weaknesses of their opponents, such as the full court press, the fast break, or […]
It can take a long time to hit that big hand By Jerry “Stickman” Stich It seems that hardly a week goes by without someone telling me that they think video poker games are rigged. One standard “proof” of this statement is the person saying he or she played several months without getting a royal […]
Our annual review of the new slot games coming soon to a casino near you By Frank Legato The slot-machine universe is changing. As technology continues to improve the game styles slot players have come to know and love, the world’s manufacturers of slot machines are seeking to broaden their audience. For slot enthusiasts, that […]
Crucial variations in video poker By John Grochowski As a longtime video poker nut, I mentally sort games into related groups: – Jacks or Better belongs with Bonus Poker because both pay 2-for-1 on two of a kind. – Double Bonus Poker, Bonus Poker Deluxe and Super Double – Bonus Poker belong together […]
Living in an age of machines By Frank Scoblete It is no exaggeration to say that if slot machines did not exist there is a markedly good chance that casino gambling would not have spread like wildfire across the United States and Canada. Slots generally cost far less than a dealer, even those […]
Video vs. Reel Slots When I started playing in casinos in those days of yore called the 1980s, virtually all slot machines were three-reel steppers with mechanical reels and handles on the sides. Video? That was for video poker blackjack and keno. Slots were the one-armed bandits. Today, of course, video slots have taken […]