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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 […]
The ancient art of deception By Jim Feist As a longtime poker player who also studies and wagers on sports on a regular basis, I understand the art of deception. Baseball season is commencing and there is a constant cat and mouse game between catchers, hitters, pitchers and managers. Is the steal sign on? […]
Questions and answers on a casino favorite By Henry Tamburin Blackjack continues to be the most popular table game in casinos. The reason is that it is an easy game to learn how to play, it’s a beatable game, and it’s possible to win often by learning the correct playing strategies (i.e., the house […]
If you think your video poker machine is “rigged,” think again by Jerry “Stickman” Stich I have friends who firmly believe that casinos “fix” their video poker machines. They feel the casinos are cheating by not giving a random game, and in support of their beliefs, they cite some of the following observations: ➤Have […]
Slot players are at the center of casino profits—and perks By John Grochowski Today’s casinos are so slot-machine centric that it can be difficult to imagine a time when slot players weren’t a desired demographic, a target of comps, perks and special offers to keep us coming back. Meal comps? Free rooms? Those were […]