For the first six months of the Gambling with an Edge podcast, my co-host was Frank Kneeland. One of Frank’s claims to fame, video-poker-wise, was that he managed a large team of video poker players for two years in the early 1990s. On one of the shows, about six years ago, Frank told a story […]
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New Southwest companion fare offer
I was looking through emails and saw one from Go To Travel Gal about a new way to earn Southwest Companion Fare. Southwest Companion fare allows you to have one person fly free on any Southwest flight you book, including frequent flier tickets. To me, it’s the best travel offer going. In the past you […]
I Don’t Do Mornings
For most of my life, I have worked by myself. For a total of about 12 years, I worked in an office. Two years in the 1970s in a think tank, and basically all of the 1980s in IT departments of three different organizations. In each of the offices where I worked, there was at […]
What Can You Learn in Video Poker Classes?
I’ve been teaching video poker classes for more than 20 years and periodically I address the questions: What can students learn? What do they have no hope of learning? Since the next semester at the South Point begins next week, Tuesday January 8, at noon, perhaps it’s time to address these questions one more time. […]
Jack’s Favorite Things of 2018
It’s been an incredible year to be a sports bettor. Much like Oprah, I decided to compile a list of my favorite products and innovations of the year. These are the developments that improved the sports wagering landscape. Obviously, at the top of any bettor’s list would be the Supreme Court ruling that overturned PASPA […]
Playing 9/6 Jacks or Better Multi Strike
Except for the last few weeks, I haven’t recently played any version of Multi Strike. In the past, I played 9/6 Jacks or Better, 8/5 Bonus Poker, and 9-4-4 Deuces Wild Bonus in the Multi Strike variation, but it’s been so long that I felt I needed a tune-up. Now in my seventies, my memory […]
Which Is It?
A few weeks ago, I wrote an article about a casino running a food drive for the local food banks and offering free play to players who donated the most food. For those of you who listen to the Gambling with an Edge podcast, you now know that was the Hollywood Casino in Toledo, OH […]
An Early Christmas Present
In my email inbox, I regularly receive pictures of royal flushes and other video poker jackpots. Frequently, I get thanks in the email saying that if my writing and classes hadn’t taught the emailer how to play, they’d never have a chance. And then the picture of the royal is from an 8/5 Double Double […]
Counting the Same Thing Twice
I received some emails from a player, call him “Sam,” who was trying to talk himself into playing 8/5 Double Double Bonus Poker Multi Strike, a game that returns 97.07% when played well. It returns far less than that for most players because the game requires four separate strategies to play correctly. As most of […]
How Would I Attack It?
A friend lives near the Hollywood Casino in Toledo, Ohio. In October and November, they ran a Thursday food drive promotion with the following features: On Thursdays, everyone who brings a non-perishable food item spins for $5 – $500 free play. Top five donators by weight every Thursday spin for between $100 – $500 free […]
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