Chasing Aces How far do we go in our Ace chase? It varies from game to game By John Grochowski ; In any video poker game, the “expert” strategy changes with the pay table. Do flushes pay 5-for-1, 6-for-1 or 7-for-1? Do you get 2-for-1 on two pair [Read story...]
Fact or Fiction?
Fact or Fiction? Test your blackjack knowledge By Henry Tamburin Are the following statements about the game of blackjack facts, or are they fiction? The house always has the edge in blackjack. Referring to a strategy card when you play blackjack is [Read story...]
The Two Percent Club
The Two Percent Club Can mistakes in strategy delay a royal flush? By Jerry Stich ; Last month I wrote about my longterm absence of a royal flush. As of the writing of that article I had gone over 166,000 hands without a royal flush. I am sure I am n [Read story...]
The Psychology Of Poker Play
The Psychology Of Poker Play It’s a lot more than pretending to be eccentric By Frank Scoblete ; Being a competent, good or even great poker player consists of more than just putting on a baseball cap (backward or forward), sunglasses, elaborate ri [Read story...]
Oklahoma’s Best: Choctaw Casinos
Oklahoma’s Best: Choctaw Casinos Choctaw Casinos bring excitement, energy and entertainment to guests By Karrie L. Zukowski Choctaw Casinos have eight primary locations, Durant, Grant, Pocola, Stringtown, McAlester, Stigler, Idabel and Broken Bow, [Read story...]
Simply Fun
Simply Fun Scientific Games’ Barcrest brand of slot machines brings back the simplicity of the reel-spinner By Frank Legato A DOLLAR DENOMINATION. THREE SPINNING reels. A simple mechanical bonus display of silkscreened glass with flashing lights be [Read story...]
Roses And Eruptions
Roses And Eruptions Full immersion and interactive play put the latest releases from Aruze Gaming in a class by themselves By Frank Legato ; Slot-maker Aruze Gaming America has always had its share of spectacular ways of presenting slot games. Aruze, [Read story...]
Ultimate Guide To Blackjack
Ultimate Guide To Blackjack By Henry Tamburin ; Take your game to the next level I’ve received many inquiries from Casino Player readers about the new Ultimate Guide to Blackjack that I’ve written; therefore, I decided to make it the focus of my [Read story...]
Video Poker Innovations
Video Poker Innovations Slots aren’t the only games with new options By John Grochowski ; Every year, slot machine manufacturers roll out hundreds of new games in an eternal game of “can you top this?” More innovative use of the reels, more int [Read story...]
New Slots, New Year
New Slots, New Year Here’s Our Annual Peek At The New Slot Games Coming Your Way In 2016 By Frank Legato For slot-machine enthusiasts, the new year inevitably brings a wide array of new games from all manufacturers to the slot floor. The innovation [Read story...]
The Blackjack Quiz
The Blackjack Quiz How well will you do in this true or false challenge? By Henry Tamburin I decided to do something different this month so I created a true/false black-jack quiz. Go ahead and give it a try. It’s easy, it’s fun, and you might ju [Read story...]
To Streak Or Not To Streak
To Streak Or Not To Streak Is it time to jump on the bandwagon, or are you too late? By John Grochowski ; The odds on most casino games are constant. They don’t change from one dice roll or spin of the roulette wheel to the next. They do change as [Read story...]
Changing Times for Video Poker
Changing Times for Video Poker Strategy changes for short-pay Jacks or Better By Jerry “Stickman” Stitch ; Gone are the golden days of video poker when you could readily find returns of 100+ percent. Those games are now virtually extinct. You can [Read story...]
Meet The 2015 WSOP Champ
Meet The 2015 WSOP Champ Joe McKeehen Wins World Series of Poker Main Event By J. Phillip Vogel ; He’s no ordinary Joe. Philly’s Joe McKeehen, 24,became poker’s world champion in November, leading wire to wire at the final table to capture his [Read story...]
A King’s Tale
A King’s Tale Excalibur’s Tournament of Kings takes audiences through a romp of chivalry By Lisa Robertson-Dziedzic Once upon a time in a land far, far away, there sat the majestic castle Excalibur, replete with colorful turrets, a great hall, an [Read story...]
Direct Access
Direct Access New casino websites let players check points, get special offers and more By H. Scot Krause ; Several casinos have launched new websites for direct access to your slot club account and providing up to date offers, promotions and special [Read story...]
The 2015 Best of Gaming Awards
The 2015 Best of Gaming Awards Casino Player’s annual survey of the country’s best casinos ; For most of the year Casino Player magazine reports on which casinos we think are worthy of special attention. Our focus incorporates everything from meg [Read story...]
The Psychology Of Gambling
The Psychology Of Gambling A poker player’s journey through the south in Mississippi Grind By Tim Wassberg ; AS FILMMAKERS, ANNA BODEN & RYAN FLECK have always been drawn to complex characters whether it be a teacher in zi, a baseball playe [Read story...]
Culinary Comeback
Culinary Comeback Foodies rejoice with the return of Savor Borgata Weekend By Lisa Robertson-Dziedzic ; Savor Borgata Weekend returns to the Borgata Casino Hotel on Friday, Nov. 6, and Saturday, Nov. 7, featuring a variety of events leading up to Str [Read story...]
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight Joining the darkside of craps By Frank Scoblete ; Ninety-five percent (or more) of craps players are Rightside bettors, also known as Do players. That means they are betting that the shooter makes his Point before a seven shows and/or [Read story...]
Five Easy Pieces
Five Easy Pieces A newbie’s guide to table games By Frank Scoblete ; Many new casino players approach the casino experience with a dash, dab or cartload of anxiety while brand new players can be frozen with terror. Newbies have fears: How are these [Read story...]
Back To Basics
Back To Basics The value of players club cards By H. Scot Krause ; I’m often amazed at the number of gamblers I see playing without a slot club card and hearing some of the excuses they give for not using one. So this month I’m going “back to b [Read story...]
A Taste Of The Good Life
A Taste Of The Good Life Gambling in luxury By Karrie L. Zukowski & Lisa Robertson-Dziedzic ; Some casinos focus almost exclusively on gaming, but a popular trend over the past decade has been to offer compelling—often breathtaking—non-gaming [Read story...]
Breathing Fire
Breathing Fire A grand display and fun community play mark Scientific Games’ “Dragon Spin” By Frank Legato ; Walk into any casino, and you’re bombarded by a cacophony of sights and sounds. There are always a few things, though, th [Read story...]
Don’t Be Fooled Again
Don’t Be Fooled Again “Identical” video poker machines might have very important differences By Jerry “Stickman” Stich ; Just because two video poker machines have the same name, and the pay tables look the same, does not necess [Read story...]
Les Miserables
Les Miserables Take the bad with the good – and quit your complaining By Frank Scoblete ; Here she comes! Here she comes! Does she see me? Oh, no, she’s heading right for me. Her bloodshot eyes bead right into my eyes. There is no escaping he [Read story...]
Magical Days
Magical Days Those rare moments when everything goes right By John Grochowski ; Everyone has ups and downs in the casino—often in the same day, and sometimes in the same hour. The sting caused by losing a couple of $20 bills gives way to elation ov [Read story...]
The Great 38
The Great 38 Learn the answers to gaming’s most frequently asked questions! By Frank Scoblete ; I love giving talks to my fellow casino players, and I can always be certain they’ll bombard me with plenty of questions. Here are 38 of the most comm [Read story...]
Casinos are coming to Cuba again
Casinos are coming to Cuba again Gamblers may soon be able to relive Cuba’s roaring 50s—in more ways than one By I. Nelson Rose ; Diplomatic relations have been restored and the U.S. embassy in Havana and the Cuban embassy in Washington, D.C., ar [Read story...]
Poker Table Mind Games
Poker Table Mind Games Ins and outs of the check raise By Jim Feist ; August may be hot, but I could care less: Football season is here and the poker rooms are air conditioned! Football season means coaches are going to use strategies to attack the w [Read story...]
Main Eventers
Main Eventers 6,420 began but only nine players remain in the WSOP’s Championship Event By J. Phillip Vogel ; ; Every year, like clockwork, poker players from around the world descend on Las Vegas in droves, all with one burning thought on their mi [Read story...]
SLOT Juggernaut
SLOT Juggernaut Multimedia Games’ innovative games and popular international slots tournament are only the beginning By John Grochowski ; Austin, Texas, is not the first place you’d think of in connection with hot slot games. There are no casinos [Read story...]
TournEvent FAVORITES
TournEvent FAVORITES Our picks for some of the best casinos participating in the 2015 TournEvent Of Champions By Karrie L. Zukowski ; The TournEvent of Champions draws attention from an enormous number of slot lovers as it winds its way across the co [Read story...]
Upping The Ante
Upping The Ante WSOP rings in a massive field for the Colossus, Hellmuth’s 14th bracelet, and a ton of poker action By Sean Chaffin ; Action got underway in late-May at the46th Annual World Series of Poker at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. [Read story...]
Motown Magic
Motown Magic These casinos make a visit to the Detroit area a must for any gambler by Karrie L. Zukowski ; Detroit, “Motown”, “Big D”, whatever name you call this great city, it’s the place for entertainment, culture and great food—not to [Read story...]
Tricks of the Trade
Tricks of the Trade Carlos Mencia’s evolution of comedy By Tim Wassberg ; Carlos Mencia has always been a comedian of differing perspectives. Whether honing his craft at The Comedy Store in LA to his success on Comedy Central with his own show Mind [Read story...]
Send Me No Flowers
Send Me No Flowers 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 [Read story...]
A Poker Life
A Poker Life 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 o [Read story...]
It’s A Shore Thing
It’s A Shore Thing Walk the boards and beyond in Atlantic City By Lisa Robertson-Dziedzic & Karrie L. Zukowski ; Atlantic City has been compared to Las Vegas as its petite, younger, less glamorous cousin. But fans of the Jersey Shore have long [Read story...]
When Bad Video Poker Becomes Good
When Bad Video Poker Becomes Good 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 chec [Read story...]
Bet on Baseball… or Wait ‘Til Football Season
Bet on Baseball… or Wait ‘Til Football Season Sports books prepared as baseball season draws fewer bettors By Buzz Daly ; With all due respect to bears and their genetically programmed behavior—which causes them to abandon normal activity and w [Read story...]
How To Play Pick ‘Em Poker
How To Play Pick ‘Em Poker This non-traditional video poker games has some pretty positive characteristics By Henry Tamburin ; A reader sent me this question: On a recent visit to my local casino I noticed they had the video poker game Pick’em [Read story...]
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