Month: May 2025

I was not able to attend this year’s Blackjack Ball because of my wife’s unexpected surgery that occurred the week of the Ball. Nevertheless, my good friends Rick Blaine (co-author…

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Roulette is a game of numbers with three colors thrown in; red, black and green (sometimes the color blue substitutes for green). Players can bet on one number and on…

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Several years ago, I gave a blackjack seminar in front of an audience of about 100. At the start of my seminar, I posed this question to them. “How does…

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TABLE OF CONTENTS One of the questions I often get from blackjack players is this: My favorite live casino just installed a double-deck blackjack game. What changes do I need…

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When I first started playing video poker some 25 years ago, I knew about the importance of playing with an edge. At the start of my video poker playing career,…

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Basic strategy players and card counters have asked me that question umpteen times over the course of nearly 50 years of playing, teaching, and writing about blackjack. This is what…

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Winning lines Most machines have multiple winning lines on the reels, so options are given for how many lines the player wants to bet. Each line is equal to one…

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We all need to get away. And if you’re like me, you want to go to one of the world’s top gambling cities, a place where legal gaming tops the…

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We all hope to hit it big at the casino. For most of us, winning a few thousand dollars would be the dream come true. Then there are those who…

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It’s easy to stay at one of the new, shimmering casinos on the Las Vegas Strip or thereabouts. And we’re advocates for doing just that. The Fontainebleau, for example, is…

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