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Deal Me In by Mark Pilarski

January 16, 2009

Happenstance or Cheating?

Dear Mark: I was recently in Vegas for New Years. I changed $100 to play blackjack at a $10 table, breaking my bets into five $20 bets. It was just me versus the dealer, pushed a couple of times, and I lost eight straight hands without winning one single hand (the last $20 was broken down into two $10 bets).

Here's the part that keeps me up at night. It was a brand new six deck shoe. When... Read More

Deal Me In by Mark Pilarski

January 9, 2009

While all liars figure, some figures can lie

Dear Mark: I need to settle this argument. I play Pai Gow Poker, and to me, other than a copy hand, I see it as an even game, since there have been many times where I did not have a copy hand all night, or very, very, few of them. So from a dealt hand, I would say it is a 50/50 proposition on who will win.

My buddy, Tom, plays Three Card Poker, with the ante only bet, no... Read More

Deal Me In by Mark Pilarski

January 2, 2009

Where did Bugsy hide the FULL-PAYS?

Dear Mark: I have experienced what you state about two machines sitting next to each other with different payouts, such as 9/6 and 8/5, and so on. My question is when a nickel machine lists 9/6, and a quarter machine also lists 9/6, does the player on the nickel machine playing five nickels get the same payout odds as he is getting for a quarter machine? Red D.

I haven't seen a t... Read More

Deal Me In by Mark Pilarski

December 19, 2008

Player's recall might be slightly off

Dear Mark: I like to play Video Blackjack on 25 cent machines. Do you know if these machines are dealt randomly from a deck of 52 or are they "fixed" to give me fewer blackjacks? It seems I never get my fair share of blackjacks compared to a table game, nor seem to win as much. Bill H.

Video blackjack, Bill, is dealt from a randomly shuffled 52-card electronic deck, and each... Read More

Deal Me In by Mark Pilarski

December 12, 2008

Finders Keepers?

Dear Mark: Thanks for sharing your great insights about gambling in the casinos. Reading your material quells lots of myths about how slot machines react to gamblers.
My question is, are there general casino rules concerning money that a customer finds left on a slot machine, or if when the Player's Club card is inserted a voucher prints out with money on it? Can the customer keep the findings? Grady K.... Read More

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