Author Archives: queen of comps

12/4/2003 How did I ever keep up before I had a computer and discovered the Internet? I learn so much by using online resources. Here are just a few samples of valuable information I’ve picked up recently on the cyber … Continue reading →

11/6/2003 I want to thank everyone who has written to me and said nice things about More Frugal Gambling. I especially enjoy hearing examples of how players have used my writings to allow them to stretch their gambling dollars into … Continue reading →

10/3/2003 Editor’s Note: Here, Jean Scott provides a sneak preview of More Frugal Gambling, in the form of an annotated Table of Contents – the annotations being Jean’s comments on the chapters. The book itself is due back from the … Continue reading →

9/4/2003 More bad news from the Coast Properties: All full-pay video poker games have been downgraded at the Barbary Coast. Sherman has now reached the sea, crying that there’s nothing left to burn down! Fortunately, other casino executives have taken … Continue reading →

8/1/2003 Recently, Brad and I played Multi Strike off and on for three days straight. I played more hours in those three days than I sometimes do in a whole month. The occasion was (a shock, I know) a vacation, … Continue reading →

7/4/2003 This is my third and last column in this series on the fascinating 4-line video poker game, Multi Strike Poker. I think almost everyone will enjoy the unique sound effects of this game. You soon learn to “read” your … Continue reading →

6/5/2003 Dear Jean, Recently, I purchased a copy of Frommer’s Las Vegas 2003. In it were two comments about LV slot machines that I don’t think are true and you’re the only one that I trust to give me a … Continue reading →

5/2/2003 I haven’t climbed up on my soapbox and given a lecture on the state of the video poker world for several months now, although the online chat groups are overflowing with talk of it. There’s a lot of moaning … Continue reading →

4/3/2003 It was good last week to be “”back home in Indiana,”” as the song goes, but it’s even better to be back in Las Vegas. Actually, we have felt more at home in this, our adopted city, since long … Continue reading →

3/6/2003 Jean, you aren’t in Indiana anymore – and you haven’t been for a long time! Those famous lines from “The Wizard of Oz” (slightly reworked) hit home for me the other night while I was sitting in the living … Continue reading →