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Deal Me In by Mark Pilarski

September 19, 2008

Not all the important information is hidden

Dear Mark: In our state, we don't have access to slot payback percentages so we as players don't have a clue what that percentage is. Your advice in a past column called "slot tips" was to play video poker instead of slots, and yet, wouldn't that also be bad advice in that video poker is just as random as slots are? Theresa P.

Here's what I wrote in that column, Theresa... Read More

Deal Me In by Mark Pilarski

September 12, 2008

Better half has the week off

Dear Mark: Our local newspaper has been carrying your column for years and I must say, the education you dole out every week is a welcome relief to losing money every time I go in the casino. Count me in the “make only bets that have less than a 2% casino advantage” club that you always espouse. Anyway, my husband and I have argued this VP hand for years. I'm dealt a flush, but four of the... Read More

Deal Me In by Mark Pilarski

August 8, 2008

You can pitch cardboard at any age

Dear Mark: I am a recently laid off autoworker in Detroit who is being forced to look for a new career. I am considering dealing blackjack. My question is, is there any age limit to dealing cards? I am 57, and I was wondering if that is too old, and if at that age I would lack certain skills needed to deal the game? Dan O.

Once, when I was having one of those whining "why am I here"... Read More

Deal Me In by Mark Pilarski

August 1, 2008

No filet mignon this time

Dear Mark: What is the best way to play $25 on the crap game. I say place it on the Pass line, while my friend believes you should Place it on either the 6 or 8? Your decision gets one of us a steak dinner. Jeff F.

You are in the know, Jeff, sort of, but only for Whopper at Burger King and not a steak dinner, and here's why.

Between the two wagers mentioned, your Pass Line bet has a... Read More

Deal Me In by Mark Pilarski


July 25, 2008


More and less than you think

Dear Mark: I was looking at your website and figured you were a good person to ask. I have noticed that when people are wining a lot, casinos switch dealers on them. Why do they do it, and why in the heck do pit bosses walk around with clipboards marking stuff? Rossco C.

Telling you that dozens of dealers go on a break every 20 minutes for an hour's work to commiserate over rude... Read More

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