Sam’s Town offered a nice low-roller promotion in September that they are extending through October. On Sundays, earning 1,750 points entitles you to $20 in Rebel gas cards. This is a 1.1% add-on to whatever multiplier you are normally entitled to if you play less-than-100% games. It’s a 0.55% add-on if you play their 100% […]
Podcast – guest Bob Nersesian 2
Bob Nersesian returned this week, and was as passionate and interesting as his first visit. This week we discuss your rights in Indian casinos, (you have none) silver mining (whether it is legal for you to take credits you find in a slot machine), earning comps under a fake name, and much more. Click the […]
A Look at Busting Vega$ by Ben Mezrich
In Munchkin’s and my September 1, 2011 Gambling with an Edge radio shows, guest Andy Bloch (poker player and former MIT Blackjack Team member) mentioned that he was involved in the Monte Carlo arrest described in Ben Mezrich’s book, Busting Vega$. Bloch claimed some of the details in the book were different than what actually […]
Podcast – guest Steve Cyr
Our guest this week was Steve Cyr, Super host. He is the subject of the book, Whale Hunt in the Desert which contains many of his crazier exploits. On the show we talk about loss rebates for big players, his controversial quote, “Stars are stiffs,” and what a host can do for you. Steve Cyr […]
A Look at Extra Action Poker
I’ve been playing Extra Action Poker on www.videopoker.com. The game only appears in a few casinos so far, but the nice thing about my column is that it will remain on this site indefinitely, so if six months from now you want to consider playing this game, the information about it will still be here.
If a Tree in a Forest Falls and Nobody is Aroun...
I never figured out why people debated the subject listed in the title of this article. Of course there was noise. To my mind the presence of sensors, human or otherwise, is not a necessary requirement to knowing whether or not there is noise. For whatever reason, some people want to take the other side […]
Annual Invitation to Come Square Dancing with S...
A year ago, when my weekly column was on a different site, I wrote a column encouraging you to join Shirley and me square dancing http://www.casinogaming.com/columnists/dancer/2010/0914.html Everything I said in that column still applies except that this year the beginner’s classes are on Tuesdays, beginning September 13.
Podcast – guest Steve Fezzik
Our guest on the show this week is sports handicapping legend, Steve Fezzik. Steve has won the Hilton Football Super Contest not once, but twice. In this episode we talk about the difference between betting for a contest, and betting to get the money. We discuss sports bettors being barred from casinos, and what happened […]
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