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Bally brings racing glory to the slot floor with NASCAR by Frank Legato Of all the variety of slot themes out there, sports are virtually absent from the discussion. Part of the reason, no doubt, is hypocritical anti-sports betting stance of the major sports leagues. But another reason is surely critical mass: Sports fans […]
To hold that kicker or not—that is the question By John Grochowski It’s always tempting to go for the big jackpot, and often in video poker that’s just what we do. We’ll break up a flush, straight or high pair for a one-card draw to a royal flush, tossing away smaller payoffs for a […]
Learn to expect the expected By Henry Tamburin I often use the term expected value (or EV) when I’m writing about the best video poker playing strategies. Even though EV is foreign to most players, smart players know what that term means and how it is determined. EV is a mathematically precise term that […]
The unwritten slots rules to live by By Scobe’s Slant Somewhere around 80 percent or so of casino players are slot players. They dominate the landscape. Casinos are monstrous forests of slots with a smallish village of table games. Prior to 1984 both Atlantic City and Las Vegas made most of their money at […]
From gold to crystal to fantasy tales, Aruze’s Innovator series is redefining the reel-spinner By Frank Legato The first thing you notice is the reels—color-changing, bright reels moving at different speeds, and even in different directions. When the slot games of Aruze Gaming America first appeared in U.S. casinos around four years ago, they […]
The value of using simplified video poker strategy By Jerry “Stickman” Stich Many regular readers of this publication and Strictly Slots are aware of the paybacks of popular video poker games. For example, full-pay Jacks or Better returns 99.54 percent, full-pay Bonus Poker returns 99.16 percent, full-pay Double Bonus Poker returns 100.17 percent, and […]
Squeeze the house edge to zero percent… seriously By Basil Nestor Craps has dozens of bets, and many of them carry punishing advantages for the casino. But the best craps wagers give the casino an edge of zero percent. That’s right, nothing, nada, zip. You lay down your money, the house risks their chips, […]
The 20th annual edition of our report on the most generous slots in the business By Frank Legato The mission of Casino Player has always been to equip players with the information they need to get the best chance at winning. In the area of slot machines, that has always meant two words: Loose […]
By Henry Tamburin Spin Poker is a cross between a Triple Play video poker game and a five-reel video slot game. It brings the ‘feel” and “excitement” of playing a slot machine to a video poker game. Below is an image of a Spin Poker screen, consisting of three rows (or lines) and five […]
How can slots be random if… ? By John Grochowski It’s hardly news to informed slot players that the games are designed to yield random results and that there’s nothing you can do to make winners come up more often nor identify when the big hits might be coming. The games don’t have pre-programmed […]