Our guest this week is a professional sports bettor, Spanky. We discuss how Vegas books have changed, his interaction with Billy Walters, and how important getting a good line is. We welcome your questions – send them to us at [email protected], or you can find me at @RWM21 on Twitter. podcast click to listen – alt […]
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 […]
Podcast – Surveillance Pro Griff, part 2
This week we have a return visit from “Griff,” a surveillance director who works somewhere east of Las Vegas. Griff answers questions from our listeners. We welcome your questions – send them to us at [email protected]. podcast click to listen – alt click to download Show Notes [00:00] Introduction of Griff, Surveillance Pro [00:39] Does […]
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 […]
Podcast – Surveillance Pro Griff, part 1
Our guest this week is “Griff,” a surveillance director who works somewhere east of Las Vegas. Griff answers questions from our listeners. We welcome your questions – send them to us at [email protected]. podcastclick to listen – alt click to download Show Notes [00:00] Intro of Griff, The Surveillance Pro[00:54] Would coloring up during high […]
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 […]
Podcast – Anthony Curtis
Our guest this week is Anthony Curtis, owner of Huntington Press, and publisher of The Las Vegas Advisor. We discuss room rates for New Years, the new Member Rewards book, and what is new in Las Vegas. podcast click to listen – alt click to download Show Notes [00:00] Introduction of Anthony Curtis from The […]
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 […]
The Proposed Federal Bill on Sports Wagering
As he promised he would before retiring, Senator Orrin Hatch introduced a new federal sports wagering bill this week. The stated goal of this bill is to regulate and standardize sports wagering among states that legalize it. Let’s take a look at what the bill could provide, both good and bad, and then analyze the likelihood […]
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