Tricks and Tips for those Games of Chance and Rare Skill – Poker, Blackjack, etc.

In Seminole County a man thought he had won a jackpot but the casino said it was a glitch, he hadn’t won. After a PR campaign against the casino, the man was finally awarded his winnings. Turns out if they hadn’t awarded him, he couldn’t sue because it was a Tribal Casino.

In a case of irony a casino was built on the very grounds where gambling is illegal and no one figured this out until AFTER the casino had been built. Accident or not, they are still NOT allowed to gamble there.

Ideally when you go into a casino you want 100% depth in the shoe.  Obviously that maximizes your advantage over the house when you count; this is especially true when you are using sidecounts.
But that’s not reality.  At best – at absolute best your depth will be 85% into the shoe.  Most likely you’ll end [...]

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Address: 4150 North State Road 7
Hollywood, Florida 33024
Phone: 866-2-Casino
Directions: Take I-95 to Stirling Road. Go West to State Road 7 (441). On the South West Corner of the intersection.
http://www.seminoletribe.com/enterprises/hollywood/casino.shtml
The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino is run by the Seminole Tribe of Florida with the famous “Hard Rock Cafe” blended [...]

Recently, one of my more favorite casinos closed.
It wasn’t a great casino, it was really a piece of crap. What it did have, however, was a 10 minute walk from my house, as well as the cheapest blackjack in the metro area. Combine that with stiff cheap drinks and you, my friend, have [...]

Not too long ago I said that the PlayAway system should be shut down according to some regulators, since it uses the Internet. The Mashantucket Pequot tribe is ignoring them and using it at Foxwoods anway.
According to the state of Connecticut, not only does it violate State law, but it violates the Indian Gaming [...]

The gambling regulartors in teh state of Connecticut ordered Foxwoods casino to remove their internet gambling portal “PlayAway.”
Foxwoods says they don’t believe any problems have been caused, as the bet is placed at Foxwoods and the users are allowed to check the results online. Since all gambling is actually done at Foxwoods, the [...]

There’s been a lot of talk recently since the Mohegan Sun has decided to start using the new blackjack tables from a company called MindPlay in Bellevue, WA, just outside Seattle. MindPlay has been purchased by Bally’s, so you know where they stand.
The tables from MindPlay/Bally’s track everything. EVERYTHING. ALL cards played, [...]

I ordered and had emailed to me Mr McQueen’s “system” which is merely an example of a larger meta-theme he proposes that by playing a set style repeatedly will somehow ‘trick’ ‘fool’ or whatever word you want to use to imply “override” the slot machine’s Random Number Generator.
What makes this particularly scary is that he [...]