Dealing with Money
I recently received an email from a slot director with whom I’m friendly. It read: I’ve had a number of customers ask me what banks in Las Vegas are gambler friendly, meaning they understand how “professional gambler” is an actual profession and as such, banks would be used to multiple deposits, withdrawals etc. in varying [...]
Podcast – The Inside Story of Mattress Ma...
Bob and I continue the interview of Anthony Curtis and Frank B talking about Mattress Mack. When we finished last week’s interview (which you should listen to before this one), we didn’t think we’d be doing a second. But we had a lot of things we hadn’t spoken about and everyone was present and available [...]
An Exception to the Rule
If someone were attempting to describe my “system” of winning at video poker, a reasonable 20-second summary would be: Only play when you have the advantage. Play within your bankroll. If you do the above, over time your bankroll will increase. Yes, there are some nuances, but basically, that’s it. It’s not that complicated. It’s [...]
Podcast – The Inside Story of Mattress Ma...
Our guests this week are Anthony Curtis, and Frank B. about the Houston Astro mega-fan who needed to get more than $10 million bet on the Houston Astros to win the World Series for insurance purposes. Note that we had originally scheduled Buddy Frank for this slot. We have that interview safe and sound, but [...]
Winning a Drawing
I get inspiration for columns from all sorts of places. This was a question sent in to [email protected] for Richard and me to answer on the podcast. I will answer it there the next time we have a “Bob and Richard answer their mail” show (which is usually when we haven’t been able to schedule [...]
Podcast – Buddy Frank
Bob and I interview long-time slot director Buddy Frank about how video poker has changed over the past several years. Since Buddy worked for Eldorado for three years, we get his prediction about how Caesars will change when the sale to Eldorado goes through. We welcome your questions – send them to us at [email protected], [...]

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