Last week the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) was held in Las Vegas. This is the largest gaming show in the world and every year it is held in the fall somewhere in Las Vegas. Usually it has been held in the Las Vegas Convention Center, but this year it was held at the Sands Expo. Continue reading What I Liked at the Gaming Show
Author: Bob Dancer
Good Judgment Affected by Losing Streak
Sam’s Town offered a nice low-roller promotion in September that they are extending through October. On Sundays, earning 1,750 points entitles you to $20 in Rebel gas cards. This is a 1.1% add-on to whatever multiplier you are normally entitled to if you play less-than-100% games. It’s a 0.55% add-on if you play their 100% games. One nice plus is that Sunday is one of the days when you can pick up free play — should you be entitled to it for past play. You can play lesser amounts to earn lesser amounts of gas cards, but why would you? Once you’re there, this is a good promotion worth playing to the max. Continue reading Good Judgment Affected by Losing Streak
A Look at Busting Vega$ by Ben Mezrich
In Munchkin’s and my September 1, 2011 Gambling with an Edge radio shows, guest Andy Bloch (poker player and former MIT Blackjack Team member) mentioned that he was involved in the Monte Carlo arrest described in Ben Mezrich’s book, Busting Vega$. Bloch claimed some of the details in the book were different than what actually happened. Continue reading A Look at Busting Vega$ by Ben Mezrich
A Look at Extra Action Poker
I’ve been playing Extra Action Poker on www.videopoker.com. The game only appears in a few casinos so far, but the nice thing about my column is that it will remain on this site indefinitely, so if six months from now you want to consider playing this game, the information about it will still be here. Continue reading A Look at Extra Action Poker
If a Tree in a Forest Falls and Nobody is Around, Does it Make Any Noise?
I never figured out why people debated the subject listed in the title of this article. Of course there was noise. To my mind the presence of sensors, human or otherwise, is not a necessary requirement to knowing whether or not there is noise. For whatever reason, some people want to take the other side of this argument. (If you are such a person, leave me out of the argument. Just assume I have a closed mind on this particular subject.) Continue reading If a Tree in a Forest Falls and Nobody is Around, Does it Make Any Noise?
Annual Invitation to Come Square Dancing with Shirley and Me
A year ago, when my weekly column was on a different site, I wrote a column encouraging you to join Shirley and me square dancing http://www.casinogaming.com/columnists/dancer/2010/0914.html Everything I said in that column still applies except that this year the beginner’s classes are on Tuesdays, beginning September 13. Continue reading Annual Invitation to Come Square Dancing with Shirley and Me
Five Times Zero is Zero Only if You’re Calculating Wrong
I was at a Palms drawing on Friday night in mid-August. Afterwards I stopped by the Gold Coast to play a bit (4x points) and to pick up four beverage packs earned the day before. During “Thursty Thursdays,” 1,200 or more points on Thursday earns you four beverage packs (water, soda, beer) that you can pick up sometime between Friday and the following Wednesday. (You can earn less than four packs. I don’t have the rules with me just now.) I’d played quite a bit more than 1,200 points on Thursday, and if I was going to pick up the beverages, this was a good time. Continue reading Five Times Zero is Zero Only if You’re Calculating Wrong
New Video Poker Class Semester Begins August 31at South Point
I’ve been teaching video poker classes fairly regularly for 14 years in Las Vegas so another semester beginning soon is hardly earth-shattering news. Still, the new semester is different in a few respects. Continue reading New Video Poker Class Semester Begins August 31at South Point
Being Restricted
Both blackjack players and video poker players risk being restricted by casinos — largely for the same thing — which is winning too much. Many casinos view advantage players as highly undesirable, but most let advantage players who are losing continue to play. Continue reading Being Restricted
Playing an Straight to Eight Promotion
Someone asked me about a promotion at a Rounder’s bar that paid you an extra $20 for a max-coin 45678 straight or straight flush when played for quarters. The best game there is 6-5 Bonus. Continue reading Playing an Straight to Eight Promotion