How much is taken out of the prize pool for the World Series of Poker main event, where does it go, and does it render putting up the $10,000 to play a bad gamble?

Your news section has mentioned a "leap forward in server-based gaming" and that "IGT has been contracted to create an all-server casino." What is a server-based casino? How would that affect the player and gaming as we know it?

When playing a shoe game, should you hit or stand with a soft 18 against a dealer ace? I know you hit against 9 and T, but I can’t find the answer against an ace.

I was reading Dave Matthews’ blog and he wrote "I went to play a little bit of video poker and was playing 26 lines at $1 each. The frequent video poker players out there will know why I was playing 26 lines." Why play only 26 lines?

Concerning slot machines. Do you think it is possible that some slot machines DO NOT have the highest jackpot combo in the chip? They could pay 200, 400, or 1,000 units, etc., often, but never pay the big one. How would anyone really know? Are the chips checked for this?

With video poker you have certain house odds (9/6 vs. 10/7) on the game you're playing. If you're playing a multiple-game machine, do the odds change or stay the same?

Who won the Nevada Megabucks jackpot this week and where did they win it? Thanks.

I love your newsletter and have gotten it for many years. You've done such a good job educating people on playing VP! Do you think that's one of the main reasons casinos remove the good schedules? If it is, it's sad, and bad for the players out there, but I would rather know how to play correctly on whatever machines I choose to play.

A friend of mine who plays video poker uses the phrase "they don't reach" when referring to certain groups of cards. I don't want to look dumb, so I never ask him, but what does that mean?

With the film 21 now out, there has been lots of publicity about people trying to "cheat" casinos, but has a casino ever been caught cheating customers?