Bad Casino Gambling Advice From the Mouths of Babes

Everything in this article is absolutely true (meaning absolutely false) and the words come from the mouths of casino gamblers – adult casino players, not kids. However, the advice and opinions offered go from just bad to just horrendous and everything in between. Too many casino players just have totally wrong opinions, and yet on some of these opinions those players just can’t let them go. Indeed, all the more horror for them if they cling to such falsehoods because it costs them a lot more in losses than they need to experience. In general, casinos don’t have such real…
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Is Any Casino Game Ever ‘Due’ to Pay Out?

Serious casino gamblers understand the concept of the return of casino games. Simply put, it is the amount of money bet while playing a casino game that is returned to the player. Most also understand that the return percentages given are mathematically calculated and are based on an infinite number of bets. They understand the short-term return percentages can vary significantly from the mathematically calculated long-term return percentages. Few gamblers understand how the transition from short-term to long-term results works. Many gamblers, systems sellers, and pundits also do not understand this phenomenon. Is any casino game ever due? Read on…
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Number Sense: Inside How the Games Stack Up

There are casino games where you win more bets than you lose and games where you lose more bets than you win. The total game’s results may be a loser for the player but this bet or that bet can go for the player more often than not. There are games where the players’ losing streaks can go on and on. Take traditional roulette for example. If you are betting on one number, the ball can land in 37 or 38 or 39 different pockets – and that means you can go on a massive losing streak. [Please note: The…
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The Greats: A Look at Some of Gambling’s Best

People have a tendency to catalog other people, places, and things as greats or not-so greats. This must be a part of our emotional constitution to define everything and everyone. Fighting? Muhammad Ali versus Joe Louis? Who would win? Ali versus Marciano? Ali versus any name you want to put here. Ali versus Tyson; the young Tyson? Sometimes these debates can turn, well, brutal. I rarely take part in them. But I am certainly aware of them. What’s the greatest building in the world? The tallest? The widest? The prettiest? Is a pyramid better than the original Taj Mahal? What…
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The Best Time to Leave a Casino is … When?

The best time to leave a casino is … when? I have not done a study of casino players on this topic, but it is my belief that most of them have no idea when the best time to leave a casino is for them personally. They may bring along a certain casino playing stake (or, worse yet, choose to hit the ATM for their playing cash) and have some general idea how much they are willing to lose before giving up the quest for riches and heading home. It is a sad fact that most gamblers do not have…
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Cashing In: Can Any Betting System Insure a Win?

The internet if full of books, strategy cards, pamphlets, and advice that tout winning at the casino. Some authors claim that by using their systems, you will win up to 75% of your wagers. Others claim that their systems will guarantee a win if you follow the betting patterns they promote. Casinos are big business. They are able to build opulent structures, provide fine amenities, swimming pools, spas and a myriad of other creature comforts. These huge resorts employ tens of thousands of people to serve the casino’s guests. Ask yourself this question, if there was a simple betting system…
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Setting Sail: Inside the World of Cruise Ship Casinos

The world of cruising has exploded. There are cruise ships and cruise ports over much of the world that is not currently at war (earth is almost always at war). The cost of cruising is somewhat high but then again you tend to get what you pay for. It seems that going on cruises has become a very enjoyable, fashionable trend. I know some people who go on several cruises a year and swear by them. Being out of sight of land can be fun. What’s out there? Water and more water and wavy water and fierce water and, again,…
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Casino Questions: Some Hard Games to Learn

Here is a look at a few questions from readers about casino gambling. A question from Doris about blackjack: Mr. Scoblete, I am assuming you have played or read about most games. I know that blackjack is a tough game to play because you have to memorize “basic strategy” that explains why you have to hit, stand, double down or split pairs.I know there are other rules to follow when you play the game too. Now, all of that seems very complicated. Why have a game that requires the player to memorize so much stuff – and that player will…
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Play Smart: Casino Advice You Didn’t Ask For

Do you want to know how the casinos get their edges over the players? This short answer is sufficient to fully explain the matter. Here it is: more money goes into the casinos then comes out of the casinos. Correct. You really don’t need a more detailed explanation than that. That slot machine keeps more money than it pays out; so, does the blackjack game, and the craps game, and the roulette game and on and on it goes. You don’t need an advanced degree in mathematics to get this simple picture. Now to make you forget precisely what is…
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On a Stroll: Revealing The Facts of Casino Life

Take a relaxing walking trip around the casino. Come on, this won’t take too long I promise you. Look at the table games of blackjack, craps, roulette, mini-baccarat, Pai Gow Poker and all the other table games that you will pass. Check out all of the bets you can make at all of these games. Each and every bet. Give them some thought. Go by the slot machines, epic ones that pay out millions and multi-millions, and those smaller ones that pay out small amounts, and, oh yes, check out the video poker machines too. Note all the payouts. Each…
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