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The sane way to look at comps By Frank Scoblete Casino players love comps. No secret there. Look at all the players who routinely hand in their player’s cards in order to be “rated.” Being rated is simply the casino keeping track of how much you bet, how long you play, the house edge […]
Sometimes even the mysterious stranger can’t win By Frank Scoblete Playing slots can seem as if you are in a Sergio Leone spaghetti western. You remember those films, mostly starring the young Clint Eastwood before anyone knew what a tremendously talented film maker he would become. Those movies had a great, mysterious hero (played […]
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 […]
The number seven is everywhere, from epic moments in history to the modern casino By Frank Scoblete Seven is a magnificent number and one of the most profound in human history. You have Seven Heavens in Judaism and Christian theology with the Seventh Heaven being the highest heaven, often where God exists—or just below […]
Undoing the damage—before it’s done By Frank Scoblete Many gambling writers say that emotions do not count in gambling. You cannot change the nature of a casino game because of your feelings. The RNG in a slot machine works as it was programmed to work, whether you are happy, sad, cheering, crying, clapping, or […]
Breaking the “curse” of the casino By Frank Scoblete I think just about everyone reading this column knows the basic story of the werewolf, the half man/half beast monster that terrorizes villages, towns and cities when the full moon rises. A werewolf cannot control this inner beast and when the silvery moon bathes him, […]
Win or lose, luck’s got nothing to do with it By Frank Scoblete I am sure many of our readers have heard the following or at the very least some versions of the following: “I know a woman who is the luckiest person at the casino. Every time she plays the slots, she wins! […]
If played at certain times, these machines give players an edge By Frank Scoblete Players can get an edge on the following three machines if these machines are played at certain times. With the help of columnist Jerry “Stickman” I explain those times and how much money to have in your pocket in order […]
Slot machines that you can actually beat! By Frank Scoblete I am going to share with you some of the machines that my fellow columnist Jerry “Stickman” and I discovered to be player-favorable at certain times. What do I mean by “player-favorable”? Simply that the slots player can get a real mathematical edge […]
Getting a little extra oomph out of slot play By Frank Scoblete The jaded slot player has seen it all, done it all, but still wants some kind of new excitement; some new element that will raise slot play a notch or two. Slot manufacturers beat their heads against the walls trying to come […]