For all the world travelers out there, and I count myself among you; traveling is my second delight after the casino experience.
I revel in the sounds and sites of new cultures, new vistas, new experiences, and now so many casinos. Double bonus! Let's explore.
This casino travelogue highlights some of the most elegant and finest casinos [...]
So you just got back from your last gambling trip. Maybe you went to Las Vegas, maybe Atlantic City or maybe even somewhere abroad. You were sitting at the cards table with a stack of casino poker chips. You were clinking the chips together, stacking them up (because you won a lot of money that [...]
The 'average' online casino player is female, aged between 46 and 55.
The reason why is obvious, when you think about it - for years, land based casinos were male-dominated spaces where women, if they were allowed in at all, were seen as either waitresses, glammed-up escorts to 'serious' gamblers or blue-haired pensioners piling coins into [...]
After one more year Thorp published a book (I mentioned it at the beginning of the article) in which he rather in details, in the form comprehensible to any even a slightly literate and sensible person, set the rules of formation of a winning strategy. But the publication of the book did not only cause [...]
Thorp managed to find out that owners of gambling houses gave their officials rather strict directions with regard to the strategies which they should stick to in the game with visitors. Control over fulfillment of these directions had its initial aim to prevent from a frame-up of a croupier with the rest of the gamblers, [...]
Can the knowledge of mathematics help a gambler to win?
One can often hear that the best piece of advice given by a mathematician to a lover of gambling games is an assertion which lies in the fact that the best strategy in gambling games is complete abstention from participation in them. A lot of mathematicians [...]
I'm often asked about Casino games, and a common question is "What's the Easiest Casino Game to Play?"
Of course, that's a difficult question to answer, and yet an easy one to answer as well.
Let me explain....
First, "easy" is a relative term. What's easy for one person may be very difficult for another person. Although I've [...]
In previous posts and articles, I explained in detail how the game of Baccarat is played.
If you want to get the basics, read my article:
"Baccarat Made Easy"
If you want to get the details beyond that, read my article:
"Baccarat - Basics and Beyond"
If you have the knowledge already, then read on...
- How do you bet?
- [...]
In a earlier article, I wrote that ALL you need to do while playing Baccarat is to decide whether to bet "Banker" or "Player". I advised against betting on a tie, so that left ONLY that one decision to make.
Either place your bet in the area marked "Banker", and if the bank wins, so do [...]
Let's talk comps--that's short for complimentary, or freebies that you earn from casinos. Comps are a reward system for visiting a casino.
The following is an article I wrote with the intent that I wanted to approach the topic of comps with an easy, fun read. My thesaurus was worn out while looking for words with [...]