I get inspiration for columns from all sorts of places. This was a question sent in to [email protected] for Richard and me to answer on the podcast. I will answer it there the next time we have a “Bob and Richard answer their mail” show (which is usually when we haven’t been able to schedule […]
Posts in category Advantage Play
Things are Always Changing
Most of the specific video poker games I played two years ago are gone. The reason for this is that either casinos have downgraded the machines (e.g. changed the full house from paying 45 to paying 40) or downgraded my welcome in playing that game. In one casino, the downgrade in welcome was a formal […]
What I Saw at G2E
Every year, the gaming industry holds its biggest show-and-tell convention of the year in Las Vegas, called the Global Gaming Expo or G2E. And every year, I go and look at what’s coming up in the near future. This year there were two new games I found worth mentioning, both by Action Gaming (aka videopoker.com) […]
I’ve Heard This One Before
In my classes, I often get out-of-town students. Whether I am teaching Quick Quads, Ultimate X, Deuces Wild, or whatever, there are often students who decided long ago that they are going to take at least one Bob Dancer class — and this is the week they’re in Vegas. Often, they come with a video […]
Chase Southwest Premier Business credit card bo...
The 80,000 mile bonus on this card is ending tomorrow, 10/16/19. Since this is a fairly new card and this is the highest sign up bonus ever for the SWA business card family, I don’t expect this one to return. The best business card, the Southwest Performance Business Card, comes with a different range of benefits, […]
When You’re No Longer Welcome
Let’s assume that your local casino has taken away your player’s card, meaning you can no longer receive most of the benefits from playing there. For the sake of today’s discussion, you are still allowed to play there without a card if you like. Further, assume that you insist on playing with an edge or […]
Which is Better — W2G or Not?
The Las Vegas Advisor has a Question of the Day. These are questions sent in by readers where a bite-sized answer is sufficient. Sometimes when it’s about video poker, the LVA passes it on to me. They recently sent me a question which is printed below. While the answer isn’t difficult, there are a lot […]
What Would You Do?
In the 1970s, I was a backgammon player in Los Angeles. Decent enough player, but not great. One of the semi-regular players at the Cavendish West was a guy named Steve. Steve was a so-so intermediate player — but he cheated. After a while, word got out and he couldn’t get into a game because […]
Dr. Nick Gets Banned for Telling the Truth abou...
On this episode of Dr. Nick and the Hot Aussie Chick podcast the dynamic duo discuss the latest happenings of the casino gaming world. The upcoming world gaming expo in Las Vegas is fast approaching and Dr. Nicks Credentials have been denied AGAIN… find out why. Also pants dropping poker player gets charged with terrorism, […]
A Scholarship Offer
In last week’s column, I reprinted a seven-year-old article I wrote about Edward Thorp saying that gambling is a tax on ignorance, which I would amend to being a tax on the ignorant and the lazy. Soon after I wrote that, John Chang (former long-time manager of the MIT blackjack team) appeared on GWAE and […]
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