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Deal Me In by Mark Pilarski

July 18, 2008

Bills only, thank you!

Dear Mark: I liked your column last week where you told Ruth to slow down her play by inserting coins instead of using credits. Unfortunately, where I play, they only use bill acceptors. Still, it's good advice, just not here. Denny B.

A friend of mine has a yellow ski boot where he hoards all his change thru the year, separates it in different denominations for slot play, and then hits the casi... Read More

Deal Me In by Mark Pilarski

July 11, 2008

A sour grape swelling in memory

Dear Mark: How come every time I get up from a machine, someone sits down and immediately hits a big jackpot? Bill F.

My twenty years spent working on the front line, put me within a casino for at least 8,320 hours (20 yrs X 52 weeks X 8 hours a day), I don't need to get to my toes to count how many times I've seen a person desert a machine, someone new jump into the still warm seat, and... Read More

Deal Me In by Mark Pilarski

July 4, 2008

Is stretching your bankroll by betting one coin at a time a good idea?

Dear Mark: I am a senior citizen on a very limited budget, but I do enjoy my monthly bus trips to the casino. In the past, you have written that you should always play the maximum coin amount when playing slots, but if I do, especially on a quarter machine, I'm sitting, waiting and coinless long before the bus leaves. I'm just there to have some fun, so does... Read More

Deal Me In by Mark Pilarski

May 16, 2008

Friend Might Try Shuffle Master's Leg

Dear Mark: I was sitting at a casino bar in casual conversation with another player who said that he was a card counter. I asked him why play here since this casino uses only continuous shuffle machines. He replied that he liked to play on them because it drew less scrutiny versus a hand or shoe dealt game. Funny thing was that he was broke and couldn't even buy a round of drinks. Was he pul... Read More

Deal Me In by Mark Pilarski

April 25, 2008

Come play the tightest loose machine in the West

Dear Mark: How do you determine what is considered loose and tight in slot machines? Is there a way of identifying them? Do they place them where we can't find them? Karen K.

All casinos, Karen, have "loose" and "tight" machines commingled on the casino floor. "Loose" machines are defined as those machines returning more of the player's money; the "tight" machines re... Read More