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An awful game can sometimes be your best friend By Jerry “Stickman” Stich It’s no secret that video poker returns have been steadily declining. My wife and I recently went on a cruise, and I always enjoy checking out the casinos on cruise ships to see just how good(or more likely how bad) their […]
Daniel Negreanu has become the face of the game and discusses life, competition, and even bringing an NHL team to Las Vegas By Sean Chaffin “The fact that $4.6 million was raised for the One Drop Foundation makes it less of a bunch of rich guys with way too much money gambling for stupid […]
When opportunity knocks, answer the door By John Grochowski Sometimes a day at the tables is all about taking advantage of the opportunities presented, and not just in terms of strategy. Promotional tournaments, coupon plays, and unexpected comps—they’re all part of the game and worth retelling. Wilf Here are two stories in one. The […]
New Jersey seeks legal sports wagering, but faces an uphill battle against U.S. government By Sean Chaffin As Atlantic City suffers through the bankruptcy of four casinos and renewed casino competition from other states, the state of New Jersey has been seeking to allow sports wagering at its casinos and racetracks and is battling […]
Can’t afford high-priced chips? Try slot club card collecting By H. Scot Krause I recently read a reader’s “Letter’s to the Editor” asking about casino chip collecting. It reminded me about an upcoming casino collectibles show that I could inform readers about. But it also gave me the perfect idea for this month’s column—slot […]
Casinos come and go, but the stories remain forever By John Grochowski In my time as a player, I’ve seen casinos come and casino go, and there’s always a little melancholy whenever one of the old standards is no more. So it is with the announcement earlier this year that the Riviera would close […]
The nationwide slot tournament where players fight it out for ultimate glory and a chance to win a $1,000,000 grand prize! For slot players in many parts of the U.S., May means more than flowers. It means it’s time to start watching for the bus. That would be the TournEvent of Champions bus, sent […]
Avoid becoming a casino zombie By Frank Scoblete Sometime in the mid-1990’s my wife the Beautiful AP and I were in the Golden Nugget in downtown Las Vegas. We were walking from the buffet, full and satisfied after a delicious breakfast, when a somewhat wild-eyed, somewhat disheveled woman stopped us. “What’s today’s date?” she […]
Casinos are under the influence from arcades to apps By John Grochowski Distinctions have been blurred in the modern age of slots, and to a large extent the games you play in the virtual world online are the same as those in the real—or reel—world. For decades, there’s been a relation between slots and […]
Our report on where to find the most generous slot floors in the nation By Frank Legato For 22 years—beginning in our sister publication Casino Player in 1993-94 and continuing in Strictly Slots beginning last year—we have gathered public slot information for each 12-month period and reported where the casinos with the loosest slots could […]