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Deal Me In by Mark Pilarski

November 14, 2008

Will a Roll of Quarters 4.5 Yards Long Last the Weekend?

Dear Mark: Is $600 enough of a bankroll for playing quarter slots for a weekend casino trip? Theresa S.

That depends, Theresa, on which quarter machines you chose to play and the speed at which you play them.

A $600 bankroll on a two and three-coin machine should be enough to keep you playing for a weekend just so long as you're not Speedy-Gonzales... Read More

Deal Me In by Mark Pilarski

October 17, 2008

It Probably doesn't matter where you sit

Dear Mark: You mentioned in a recent column regarding 98% slot paybacks that "if you look closely at the casino advertisement, it will probably say, "on select machines." Typically that means dollar machines, but the return usually it is not posted on the machine itself, and generally will be limited to a single carousel of machines, or possibly just one or two slots." My question as... Read More

Deal Me In by Mark Pilarski

October 10, 2008


"Any Craps" would be a great hangman word

Dear Mark: Is there any chance that you could spend a portion of your column explaining the "any craps" bet on a crap game. In all the years you've been writing your column, I don't believe you have ever covered it. Buck D.

Yes, Buck, I have not explained the "Any Craps," bet in any drawn-out answer to a reader's question, but I have in the past briefly mentioned that i... Read More

Deal Me In by Mark Pilarski

September 26, 2008

The Sure Win is at our Throats Again

Dear Mark: If card counters have a mathematical edge against the casino, isn't it impossible for them to lose? I guess my question is, as long as a player has that edge, they would always win, right? David D.

Yes, but you could go broke first. "Huh?"

Let's begin this exercise by flipping a coin and betting a buck a pop. But first, I am going to generously give you the... Read More

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

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