Business credit cards for profession gamblers and APs
Gambling with an Edge
Oct 17, 2023 Written by
Jimmy Jazz
I have been writing about the benefits of opening new credit cards to achieve significant bonuses for several years now. I recently started on the business card aspect. There are many great business credit card deals for professional gamblers and even non professional APs should be able to qualify [...]
Podcast - Sherriff AP episode 9
Gambling with an Edge
Sep 27, 2023 Written by
Richard Munchkin
Sherriff AP chucked it all to become a professional card counter. He had one of the worst losing streaks I have heard of, and I'm not just talking about losing money. Everything in his life seemed to all go wrong at the same time. I think most people would have quit, and never loo [...]
Bobby Vegas: Friends Don’t Let Friends Play Triple Zero Roulette
Vegas with an Edge
Sep 27, 2023 Written by
Bobby Vegas
Though roulette is considered a fools game in the world of advantage play, its centuries- long allure is undeniable.
Whether it’s a cavalier James Bond tossing planks like candy, a European trust-fund baby dispassionately tossing daddy’s money away at the Wynn, just your average Vegas-$1,000 [...]
Spinach!
Gambling with an Edge
Sep 26, 2023 Written by
Bob Dancer
I was playing $5 NSU Deuces Wild at Harrah’s Cherokee on a recent Seven Stars trip. This casino is one of many that will not let you accumulate credits on your machine greater than $2,999.99. If I have $2,900 in credits immediately after the deal and I end up with a $100 quad or full house, the m [...]
Hockey Knights in Vegas is BACK!
Vegas with an Edge
Sep 25, 2023 Written by
LVA Admin
It's HOCKEY SEASON! Hockey Knights in Vegas host Eddie Rivkin is joined by new co-hosts Lindsey Brown of Lotus Broadcasting and Chris Chapman of Fox Sports Las Vegas to bring you all things Vegas Golden Knights as the Stanley Cup Champions begin their defense of the Cup! Episode 54 is a season prev [...]
Billy’s Book
Gambling with an Edge
Sep 20, 2023 Written by
Blair Rodman
Some readers upon seeing this title might think that only cultural icons — e.g., Cher, Madonna, Elton — are recognizable by just one name, so who’s “Billy”? But if you’ve been involved in the sports betting world for all or part of the last four decades, Billy is all you need to hear to [...]
The Old Man and the C (asino)
Gambling with an Edge
Sep 19, 2023 Written by
Bob Dancer
Ever since my 76th birthday in February, my body has been falling apart orthopedically --- hip, knee, and shoulder. Most of my body’s systems are fine, but my skeleton, not so much.
The MRI on my right hip showed a number of issues, including arthritis. My orthopedist has convinced me that I n [...]
Podcast - Bob Dancer episode 8
Gambling with an Edge
Sep 18, 2023 Written by
Richard Munchkin
Bob Dancer is the world's best known authority on Video Poker, having written many books, and countless articles on the subject. He of course was my cohost and founder of Gambling With an Edge for 12 years. But in this episode we are going back to when he was trying to be a professional backgammon [...]
It’s a Matter of Priorities
Gambling with an Edge
Sep 12, 2023 Written by
Bob Dancer
Recently in Las Vegas, there was a local pub offering a nice promotion between 1 a.m. and 8 a.m. several days a week. Not a great promo and not likely to be repeated, but I’m not interested in providing more details about it than I already have. Suffice it to say it was close enough to where I li [...]
Life is a Gamble Jason Ladanye episode #7
Gambling with an Edge
Sep 10, 2023 Written by
Richard Munchkin
Jason Ladanye is a professional, award-winning sleight-of-hand entertainer who has performed card magic all around the world for the last twenty years. Prior to magic he was musician who was touring as a keyboard player from the time he was 17, opening for everyone from the Rolling Stones to BB King [...]
A Fond Frugal Farewell
Frugal Vegas
Sep 06, 2023 Written by
queen of comps
Back in 1999, Brad and I had been having good success in casinos for 15 years and word was getting around about it, especially after we appeared on “48 Hours.” Friends were hearing about all the comps we were getting on our frequent Vegas trips and bugging us to tell them our “secret.” The p [...]
How Special Is It?
Gambling with an Edge
Sep 05, 2023 Written by
Bob Dancer
In a recent blog post I wrote:
Another factor that is true for me that isn’t universally true for other players is that I have the ability to figure out and master strategies and I enjoy doing so. Thinking about, writing about, studying, and playing video poker occupies a much larger part of m [...]
Book the Super Bowl NOW
Vegas with an Edge
Sep 03, 2023 Written by
Bobby Vegas
First
is the Super Bowl, one of the greatest sports, cultural, and marketing
spectacles ever.
Then
there’s experiencing the Super Bowl in Vegas: sports betting to the moon, celebrities,
whales, celebrity whales, best of the best getting down, awesome parties
everywhere, prices through the roof [...]
Changes as They Happen
Vegas with an Edge
Aug 30, 2023 Written by
LVA Admin
[Editor's Note: This Updates page is one of many new features that will be part of the new LasVegasAdvisor.com. Rather than waiting until the end of the month to see what's new and different in the City of Perpetual Change, members can stay abreast of it in real time. With this post, we're previewi [...]
What Would You Do?
Gambling with an Edge
Aug 29, 2023 Written by
Bob Dancer
I had a conversation with a strong player, and he posed a series of ethical questions. He estimated that if I asked this question in a crowd of people, at least 75% of players would claim they would do the right thing in each situation. But if nobody else were around, less than 50% would actually d [...]
A Whale of a Story
Vegas with an Edge
Aug 25, 2023 Written by
Bobby Vegas
We gamblers and advantage players. We’re complicated.
We’re smart, obsessive, and we make great stories. The greatest of all was Kerry Packer.
I know it’s ironic: A coupon scuffler let’s-get-it-for-free guy like me is fascinated by the biggest whale of all time. Sure, it’s goofy, bu [...]
Arnold Snyder Lives in Our Memories
Gambling with an Edge
Aug 23, 2023 Written by
Rick Blaine
[Editor's Note: We continue to receive tributes to blackjack expert, writer extraordinaire, and friend of many Arnold Snyder, who passed away after succumbing to an infection in early June. This one is from Rick Blaine, author of our book Blackjack Blueprint.]
After receiving the sad news that [...]
Podcast - Bob Nersesian episode 6
Gambling with an Edge
Aug 22, 2023 Written by
Richard Munchkin
This is a brief episode with our favorite gambling attorney Bob Nersesian. Bob is on with breaking news for professional gamblers regarding the trespass statute in Nevada.
You can reach me at
[email protected], or find me on Twitter @RWM21 or @lifeisagamblepod on Threads. If you like th [...]
Is It Worth It?
Gambling with an Edge
Aug 22, 2023 Written by
Bob Dancer
I recently posted a few blogs concerning some fine points for the strategy of 9-5 Triple Bonus Poker Plus. They discussed somewhat complicated decisions with relatively small financial impacts. After the second blog came out, a reader posted the following:
I have read posts from you before that [...]
Are the Good Times Really Over for Good?
Gambling with an Edge
Aug 15, 2023 Written by
Bob Dancer
I’ve borrowed the late Merle Haggard’s 1981 song title to describe a conversation video poker players have heard hundreds of times. It’s often expressed as an argument where the premises go something like the following:
Video poker pay schedules aren’t nearly as good as they used to be.C [...]
Podcast - Don "The Dragon" Wilson episode #5
Gambling with an Edge
Aug 11, 2023 Written by
Richard Munchkin
In this episode of the podcast, I chat with Don "The Dragon" Wilson, one of the most iconic martial artists, and action stars of the 1980s and 1990s. Don talks about his fight career, and his transition from fighter to action star.
You can reach me at
[email protected], or find me on Twitt [...]
