Guest this week is Richard Munchkin. We discuss theft by team mates and other blackjack concerns. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download
Which Game is Best?
Let’s say you’re visiting a particular casino for the first time. Your game of choice is single line $1 9/6 Jacks or Better, and fortunately, you find it in two different machines. As near as you can tell, it takes $1 to earn a slot club point on each machine and neither machine has a […]
I Get Paid For This – book review.
I just finished, I Get Paid for This: Kicking Ass and Taking Notes in Vegas, by Rick Lax. Okay, it isn’t a gambling book, but it is about Vegas. Rick Lax works at The Las Vegas Weekly, and most of the material in the book appeared as articles in that paper. Rick does what he calls […]
Podcast – guest Buddy Frank
The guest this week is Buddy Frank, vice president of slot operations at Pechanga Casino in Temecula California. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download
A Bob Dancer Rule
In March of 2011, Gold Coast had a promotion involving a wheel spin. Basically, it was like a Big 6 Wheel, only there were 20 spaces instead of 60. Each of the spaces had a prize ranging from $250 to $5000. The players selected (that’s the hard part!) got to spin the wheel. So long […]
Podcast – guest Anne Fried-Lefton
The guest this week is Anne Fried-Lefton, a tax accountant who has made herself knowledgeable about the tax situations of gamblers. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download
A Look at KTx
If you’re unfamiliar with my notation, KTx refers to a suited king and ten with a third card in the same suit that is too low to be part of a KQJT9 straight flush or an AKQJT royal flush. Specifically, that limits us to KT2, KT3, KT4, KT5, KT6, KT7, and KT8. In games without […]
The Blackjack Life book review
I am always eager to read new gambling books, especially books about blackjack, so I was happy to see the new release The Blackjack Life by Nathaniel Tilton. The book chronicles the blackjack life of Nathaniel who is the epitome of the modern card counter.
Podcast – guest Richard Munchkin
This week the guys discuss game shows. The Monty Hall problem, Deal or No Deal, and Jeopardy. podcast Click to listen – alt click to download
Getting on a Game Show
On last week’s Gambling with an Edge show, I shared a story about when a friend tried out for the Jeopardy! game show. Although it doesn’t relate to video poker, there is clever strategy involved. After I told the story on the air, several people wrote flattering emails to me requesting that I publish the […]
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