I was reading Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Prize winner in Economics. The part of the book that inspired this article was called “Regression to the Mean.” In this chapter, Kahneman recalled something he submitted when he was one of several scientists requested to report their “favorite equation.” Kahneman reported: Success = […]
Podcast – guest Bob Nersesian #6
The guest this week is Bob Nersesian. Bob is a frequent guest to the show, and always entertaining. Bob is the lawyer who advocates for the players against the casinos, and has successfully sued many Vegas casinos on the behalf of players. He is also the author of Beat the Players. Bob Nersesian podcast Click to […]
Apples and Oranges
In March, the Palms is giving away a 2013 Volkswagen Jetta every Saturday — along with other cash prizes. At the start of the month, I figured I’d play to earn entries for the car drawings on Saturday the 16th and Saturday the 30th. The weeks chosen were somewhat arbitrary and partly determined by other […]
Name That Casino 3
There is still one casino unidentified from my original name that casino. It is this one. So it is time for one last hint. I was going to go with something hard, like this… But I thought that might still be too tough. So this next one should be enough to get it.
Podcast – guest Barry Meadow
Our guest this week is Barry Meadow, author of Blackjack Autumn. The book chronicles Barry’ trip to play blackjack in every casino in the state of Nevada. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download
A couple random thoughts
I read a couple things that caught m eye this week. First there is this. 7 rules for recording police. Professional gamblers may have to deal with police in several situations. The first is when driving with large amounts of cash. In the past I have advocated recording the police in these situations. Laws vary […]
There Should Be a Limit
I recently played during a promotion at Planet Hollywood. Someone I didn’t recognize came up, told me his name was “John,” and stated that he’d purchased Video Poker for Winners during a class of mine several years ago. He said he’d learned a lot from it. I try to be polite and talk with any […]
Podcast – guest Laurance Scott
Our guest this week is Laurance Scott, author of Professional Roulette Prediction. Laurance has developed a way to beat roulette by visually tracking the speed of the ball, and the wheel, and then predicting where the ball will land. Sound crazy? Give it a listen. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download You can […]
Professional Roulette Prediction by Laurance Sc...
Professional Roulette Prediction, by Laurance Scott was originally written in 1990, and then revised and re-released in 2005. The book presents a method for beating roulette through visual prediction. Scott presents a method for timing the speed of the ball, and the speed of the rotor, and using the relation of those two speeds you […]
Keeping Focus
There’s a book entitled The Invisible Gorilla by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons which explains, in part, how our perceptions and decisions can be distorted when our attention is not properly focused on the correct action or event. The authors created a film in which players with white shorts and players with black shorts passed […]
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