Here was the email: Hi Bob, It may be hard to believe, but people regularly forget about deposits, property they owned or overlook funds that they should have inherited. This actually happens more often than you might think. In fact, there are billions of dollars in unclaimed assets in locations throughout the United States. […]
Posts in category Advice for Players
Is It Worth It?
I was playing a very nice $5 progressive at Circa. It was on the 165-foot bar at the west end of their casino’s lower level. In addition to containing slots and blackjack, the machines have numerous video poker denominations from 25¢ to $5, and each denomination has numerous games all connected to the same progressives. […]
The Last Thing I Would Do
The Las Vegas Advisor solicits “Questions of the Day” and some of the ones related to video poker are passed along to me. I answer, on average, one or two of these a month. On February 9, there was a QOD about hitting a jackpot while using someone else’s slot club card. One of the […]
What’s The Difference?
A friend originally from out of state, Sam, told me that tipping practices in Las Vegas seemed strange to him when he first moved here. After class one day, he asked me my opinion and felt I gave him a self-contradictory answer. “Tell me more,” I responded. “What inconsistency did I give you?” I had […]
Video Poker Endowment
You’re playing dollar pNSU Deuces Wild, the 15-9-4-4-3 pay schedule also called Airport Deuces, five coins at a time, and you’re dealt W W W 7♦ 9♦, where each W indicates a wild card. Specifically, a deuce. This is a dealt straight flush, worth $45 in this game. Congratulations! Your two choices on this hand […]
A Question from a Reader
All sorts of comments get posted to www.gamblingwithanedge.com concerning the various blogs or podcasts posted there — including mine. The following comment was posted a week and a half after the original came out, and I assume most of the readers had already moved along to later posts. Still, it occurred to me that I […]
How I Do It
What I’m going to talk about today is a personal preference. It definitely works for me. I have no idea if it is something that would work for most people or not, but you take a gander and see if it’s a possibility for you. One of the games I play at South Point is […]
What’s Wrong with Jacks or Better?
In terms of number of hands played, or number of dollars played, 9/6 Jacks or Better has been the video poker game I’ve played most in my career. Not so much recently, but certainly over my entire career. The major things I like about the game are: a. Return (99.54%). This isn’t high enough to […]
A Trip to New Orleans
This year, Caesars Entertainment merged with Eldorado. I have Seven Stars status at Caesars and haven’t played at any Eldorado property for several years. Because of the pandemic, I played not at all at Caesars in 2020. My Seven Stars status was extended to January 1, 2022, and any Seven Stars unused benefits that would […]
Is This a Good Idea?
This incident happened in 1999 or 2000. I don’t think I’ve written about it before. The video poker world in Las Vegas was much different then. Casinos had been giving away money right and left to knowledgeable video poker players for at least five years, and many of us were becoming financially very well off. […]
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