A writer for a Vegas-themed website emailed me that question. It’s a question I’ve been asked before, and it’s a fair question, I suppose, but one that is difficult to answer (answer for the opposite question below!). In my case, just divulging the amount of the win would provide sufficient identifying information to compromise the […]
Posts in category Advantage Play
Reader mail – Beating Roulette
Recently in the mail bag I received… “Can you suggest a strategy or book to help me master the game of roulette?” Super Fan
My favorite new app
Have you ever been in the middle of nowhere, and you say, “I know there is a casino around here somewhere.” You drive around, but you just can’t find it. Well your problems are solved. I’ve always been a fan of the book American Casino Guide, but now they have an app. Open the app […]
Podcast – Learning to Count Cards.
We have no guest this week. We continue our series on learning games from scratch. This week we discuss how to go about learning to count cards. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download
How We Do It: Handing Off a Seat
In this first post in the “How We Do It” series, I would like to discuss an extremely important task, nay, skill, that card counters have never even considered, but which my crew faces on a near-daily basis:
He Beat Me—Straight Up …
As I promised, I’ll now reveal my favorite gambling movie. There are a few “classics” that I haven’t seen, but I doubt that they can supplant my favorite.
The Player Secrets of a Vegas Whale
I opened Netflix last night only to see this in my recommended list. How could I not watch? The Player is 45 minutes of what I would call “Newsotainment”; not really news, and not really entertaining. It is the story of how Don Johnson won $15 million in Atlantic City by exploiting their loss rebate […]
Talking to the enemy?
Regular visitors here know that I do both print interviews, which you can read by clicking the interviews link to the right, and podcast interviews which come from the radio show Gambling With an Edge which I cohost with Bob Dancer. Recently I heard that Colin and Ben of the blackjack team known as The […]
Seeking Out Unfair Games
Many times I’ve written about video poker games that I consider fair. And what I mean by “fair” is that every unseen card has an equal chance of appearing next. Most people seem to accept my definition — or at least understand what I am talking about. However, I recently received an email at [email protected] […]
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