I recently had a discussion with a colleague of mine that orbited around the Hollywood portrayal of gamblers, and the casino culture in general. Specifically, how wrong the writers get it when determining how advantage play actually goes down in casinos. In general terms, the Hollywood description is romanticized to the point where anyone who actually […]
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Podcast – guest Bob Nersesian #16
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. His new book is called The Law for Gamblers: A Player’s Guide to Legal […]
Winning the lottery too much
Some NC lottery players win so often, their good fortune defies logic. Are they gaming the system? The Charlotte Observer found N.C. lottery players who beat terrible odds so consistently that statisticians said the chance of someone being that lucky was… CHARLOTTEOBSERVER.COM Interesting article asking how the same people can keep winning scratch off lottery […]
Expanding Your EV
Even the novice advantage player is familiar with the concept of EV. For the player unfamiliar with the jargon; EV stands for expected value. It is the set of equations that gives a player a way to determine what amount of money they expect to win by engaging in a particular advantage play. And more […]
When Experts Say Opposite Things
When I was in graduate school 45 years ago, plus or minus, I heard about an incident many years prior to that at the University of Chicago. It appears that there was an elevator for a campus building with a “Students Only” sign on it. One professor entered and was challenged, presumably in a friendly […]
Podcast – guest Don Johnson
The guest this week is Don Johnson. We talk to Don about his massive wins at blackjack, porn stars, horse racing, and Phil Ivey. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download
Podcast – DFS pro Nick Dunham aka 1ucror
The guest this week is DFS pro Nick Dunham, aka 1ucror. Nick is also the CEO or Rotowar, a company that creates tools to help players succeed at Daily Fantasy Sports. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download
Lessons from Chip Reese
I was reading Mike Sexton’s new book, Life’s a Gamble, in preparation for interviewing Sexton on the radio. The Sexton interview will be taped before you read this and will be posted here (that link is to the filtered podcast archives) on Thursday, July 28. The book is autobiographical, with lots of anecdotes about Sexton himself and various other […]
Hiding in Plain Sight
Like any diligent student of Advantage Gaming I study a variety of games from many different sources. My classroom is the Gaming Research Center located on the third floor of the UNLV Lied library, where over the last 15 years I easily have spent several thousands of hours in study. There resides the most complete […]
Podcast – guest Bob Nersesian #15
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 has a new book coming out called The Law for Gamblers: A […]
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