I read an article about blackjack that referenced "preferential shuffling" as a defense against card counting. Can you explain this tactic?

I'm a very poor reader. Can I get Decide to Play Great Poker on tape?

I was watching a YouTube video where Alan Mendelson was interviewing Anthony Curtis and he said that Annie Duke was coming out with some books that you could purchase from LVA. Any update on when that will take place?

What's the story behind holding all the cards on a dealt 4-of-a-kind in video poker? What does it matter if you hold all five or draw one?

Are there any reasonable-sized casinos that still have coin-in machines? I understand it's cheaper to have TITO machines and the supposed benefits, but there's nothing like the clink of the coins and the feel of them in your hands. Yup, dirty hands, but it's just more fun!

TV, movies, and books have often depicted someone on a hot roll at roulette; winning single number bets. Is there any documentation of a record for successive single number bets won in roulette?

How do I go about getting one of those handheld Color Poker games and are there different games on it?

What happened to the "Player's Edge" column in the Review-Journal? It is still listed in the Entertainment section but there are no columns for 2011.

I'm hoping you can clarify something for me. I am a big fan of Las Vegas documentaries. Two of the documentaries I've seen seem to conflict with each other. One claims that baccarat didn't come to Las Vegas until Frank Sinatra brought it to the Sands in the early 1960s. Another shows early songstress Rose Marie claiming that Bugsy Siegel once gave her $10,000 to play baccarat at the Flamingo. How could Rose Marie have been playing baccarat in 1946 if it wasn't introduced for another 15 years? Any insight on this? When (and who) first brought baccarat to Las Vegas?

I bet $100 on the Packers and won $83.35. Isn't this an unusual vig (17%), or is it normal?