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The truth behind popular gambling myths By Frank Scoblete I like to think of these “wrong facts” as Ploppy Philosophy. Where there are people, there are ideas. Where there are ideas, there are often wrong ideas. And where there are wrong ideas, there are often superstitions that grow in, under, around and through these […]
Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, MS, will be home to the 12th Annual Gulf Coast Poker Championship Sept. 5–16. The record-breaking event will heat up with four seats guaranteed to the Main Event in the nightly Super, $100 Buy-In with $50 Rebuys Sept. 5–7, followed by the three-day $300,000 No Limit Hold’em Guaranteed […]
Answering an age-old question: Do the odds get better when you bet bigger? By John Grochowski The random number generator that determines what you see on the video screen, or on the reels, doesn’t know how much you’re wagering. It just generates random numbers corresponding to reel symbols. It seems not a week goes by […]
My idea of a sensible “diet” for slot players By Frank Scoblete Weight Watchers allows you to eat anything, as long as you don’t exceed your daily points. So how should I structure “Slot Watchers” program to achieve basically the same thing? Slot Watchers I have been fat for 20 years now. Oh, yes, I […]
Learn this game and take your shot at multiple jackpots by David Stratton When Four Card Keno was introduced it was immediately embraced by veteran keno players, who recognized the obvious advantages of being able to mark up to four different keno tickets in the same game. In the previous two issues of […]
The tricky thing about video poker pay tables By Jerry “Stickman” Stich With most video poker games, the casinos change only one or two paybacks to improve their house edge. These are fairly simple to see and intuitive to understand. However, with some games, several paybacks are changed, with some being increased and others […]
What does “100 percent payback” really mean? By Frank Legato For more than two decades, this magazine has sought to give players a better understanding of the games they find at the casinos. In the area of slot machines, players are constantly seeking information on two areas in particular—the function of the random number […]
What’s your style in the casino? By Frank Scoblete Casino gamblers have their own styles, too. In fact, every table game player approaches the games in his or her own unique way. Two icons of the 1950s and 60s were Sugar Ray Robinson, my pick for the greatest fighter of all time, and Elvis Presley, […]
The consequences of following the wrong video poker strategy By Henry Tamburin A friend of mine asked me what the consequences would be if he used his core 9/6 Jacks or Better strategy, which he knows and plays well, on a different game. I answered him…and my response will be helpful to other players […]
Aristocrat expands the hit Tarzan series with “Tarzan and Jane” by Frank Legato Some of the best slot games immerse the player in the total experience of a theme, and no one has done that better than Aristocrat. Slot-maker Aristocrat Technologies proved last year it could take a theme and run with it, using […]