Internet forums, by their nature, are filled with disparate opinions. Recently, another blogger in the LVA stable wrote a comment in response to a blog I posted in late March. He disagreed with me. And, as you’ll see, I disagree with his disagreement. The distinction you’re missing is that advantage play almost never violates the casino’s rules, […]
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A Measure of Success
On the website gamblingwithanedge.com, there are numerous things posted — including my blogs and all of the GWAE podcasts. There are other bloggers on that site as well. One of the features of that site is that there is room for comment. In a comment to my March 27, 2018 blog, “Liz” wrote, in part: […]
Farewell to Dotty’s — Part II of II
In last week’s blog, I discussed the W-2G promotion at Dotty’s and how they have removed the best games for playing that promotion. I suggest you read that blog before you look at today’s, because today I’ll continue the discussion without much review. Compare this promotion on 9/6 Bonus Poker Deluxe with 9/6 Jacks or […]
Farewell to Dotty’s — Part I of II
There are hundreds of 15-machine Dotty’s outlets throughout Nevada, along with a few larger facilities. I have played at Dotty’s for the past few years and have written several articles about this. Although they still have far looser video poker than most 15-machine outlets, the games have been tightened sufficiently that I find them no […]
Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
I’ve been teaching video poker classes for more than 20 years. A key part of each class is answering questions from the students. Some questions indicate the student is just starting out on the playing-video-poker journey, and some only come from students who have been studying for a while. The questions I want to mention […]
Digging for the Holes
Someone associated with a gambling site called casinoguru.com posted on gamblingwithanedge.com in response to one of my blogs: You can’t really win money unless you bet everything at once during the first play and win. These games are somehow set to give casinos a certain advantage in the long-run. Otherwise, the owners of the casino […]
He Screwed Me!
I rarely play two video poker machines at once. One exception is when the South Point runs their “Money Madness” promotion, where they have a casino-wide progressive that must hit between $10,000 and $25,000 (along with a smaller progressive as well.) If you’re playing and somebody else hits the progressive, which is usually going to […]
The Cost of Tips
In mid-February, Andrew Uyal, a Las Vegas Strip casino pit boss, wrote in his Behind the Curtain column on the www.gamblingwithanedge.com site an article titled Who Actually Cares? It was about tipping. One of the comments made to his article was about my writing, so Uyal forwarded it to me to make sure I saw […]
How Do You Figure?
Let me describe a hypothetical situation that is based in reality. Let’s say the two best games for you at a casino are 25¢ Ten Play 9/6 Bonus Poker Deluxe (99.64%) and 25¢ Spin Poker 9/6 Jacks or Better (99.54%). Let’s also assume the slot club plus the various promotions adds a half percent. You […]
Apples and Oranges
I’ve written before how I sometimes play at various Dotty’s outlets. My usual pattern is to play about $100,000 coin-in each time I go. In January, I received an offer from Dotty’s that was the first ever of its kind, in my experience anyway. They sent me a two-night stay at either the Hoover Dam […]
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