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*** Gambling Newsletter ***

Hot News and Winning Strategies for Gamblers
Volume 4 Issue 46 - 02 JUN 2006

IN THIS ISSUE

TOP NEWS: Bonus Offers
STRATEGY: Slots
POKER: Celebrity Poker
POKER: The Top 3
SPORTS: CFL
EDITOR: World Series of Poker Odds

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STRATEGY
Slots

Maximum Coins In = Maximum Advantage Out

Dear Mr. Pilarski,
Time and again, even from such esteemed sources as Visiting Vegas type
shows on The Travel Channel, and perhaps even your feature (I don’t
recall), I continually hear the advice to play the maximum coins
(usually five) in the slot machines. Why is that? My question is
prompted because everyone seems to push playing maximum coins. E. W.

For almost all multiple-pay and multiple-play machines, the maximum coin
line tends to yield a better percentage payback. Note on the paytable
the proportional difference in the size of your payoff. Example: One
coin inserted pays 500 coins; two coins: 1000 coins; three coins: 4000
returned. You clean up when that third coin is played. Play fewer coins,
E. W., and the casino advantage rockets north. That is why esteemed
sources, and myself in the past, (love that! Good company...) suggest
playing the maximum coins allowed to yield a better payback percentage.
If playing the maximum amount happens to be a budget buster, those same
esteemed sources and Yours Truly will also recommend switching to a
lower denomination machine. Can’t hack playing $3 a yank? ...play 75¢
instead.

There are, however, a few machines that do return 500 for one coin
inserted, 1,000 for two coins, and 1,500 for three coins. If you happen
to come across this sort of proportional paytable, you wouldn’t need to
play the maximum amount of coins to get full value from this machine.

Dear Mark,
Everything I’ve seen about the vigorish on video poker includes maximum
coin play with a royal flush. If the royal is excluded from the
computation, what is the vigorish on a 9/6 machine? Mike H.

For inquiring minds, what Mike meant by a “9/6 machine” is that it’s a
Jacks or Better machine paying 9 for a full house, 6 for a flush, with
one coin inserted.

Jacks or Better video poker with maximum coin play has a house edge of
0.5%. Excluding the royal flush, the casino’s advantage would be
approximately 2.5%. Here’s a barnyard math way of viewing it. If, for
instance, you were to play 600 hands per hour on a $1 Jacks or Better
9/6 machine, you can expect to lose about $75 per hour, on average, for
each hour you play without hitting that phantom royal flush.

Dear Mark,
I need an alternative to my recent losing ways in the casino. I have
recently discovered mini-baccarat. Is there any secret to this game,
such as, betting on the tie? Sally D.

The secret to baccarat, Sally, is that there is no secret, so long as
you stick to the Banker or Player wagers. You will not break your “lose
everything, win nothing” track record by betting on a high vigorish
proposition bet such as the tie wager, when the two other, far less
punishing, alternatives are available.
As for that tie bet, it is the only proposition wager on the table, and
a lousy one to boot.

Statistically, a tie appears every 10.5 hands, but the casino is willing
to pay you only 8:1, which gives the house a 14.4 % edge on a tie wager.

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POKER
Celebrity Poker

The Fascination With Celebrity High Rollers

The elusive world of poker has come a long way from its seedy roots of
shady, Mafioso-type characters playing No Limit Hold’em in dingy,
underground gambling dens. Today, it is very much a part of everyday
life, sexed up with a peppering of celebrity and television coverage.
Thanks to the internet, this old game has also managed to reinvent
itself and appeal to a younger generation, with the likes of Ben
Affleck, Toby Maguire and Leonardo DiCaprio all helping to propel
poker’s profile into the stratosphere. Quite literally, the face of
poker has now been replaced by college kids in their dorm rooms or women
in their pyjamas playing poker, all influenced by the glamorous image
poker now has.

Full story at:
http://www.pokerforum.com/content/PokerForum/article3970.html

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POKER
The Top 3

Poker Today: The Top 3

The world of professional-level poker is not one world but several.
There's the world of the old-school career professionals who made not
only their living in the pursuit of the game but defined the game
itself. Then there are the current pros, those at the top of their game
who's names fill the "Who's Who" lists around the world. And finally the
new names, the big tournament winners who have seemingly come from
nowhere to stand center stage in the spotlight now focused on
professional tournament poker.

If we accept for the time being that the old school pros are more about
the history of poker than the face of poker today let's turn our
attention to the others and see who we might consider to be the "Top 3"
in the game today.

Full story at:
http://www.pokerforum.com/content/PokerForum/article3963.html

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SPORTS
CFL

Can Ricky Carry The Argos To A Title?

When Ricky Williams signed with the Toronto Argonauts, they instantly
became one of the favorites for the Grey Cup. But should the betting
public place all their faith in one player?

Full story at:
http://www.winneronline.com/articles/june2006/rickywilliamsargosodds.htm

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EDITOR
World Series of Poker Odds
Steve Johnson, Gambling Newsletter

The grand daddy of poker events, or World Series of Poker, is set to
start at the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino on July 29 and Phil Ivey
has been installed as the early favorite listed at +3000 while Joseph
Hachem who won last year’s event is currently listed at +6000. Other
notables such as Johnny Chan, Daniel Negreanu, and Phil Hellmuth Jr. are
listed at +10,000, +8,000, and +10,000 respectively.

The event will start on July 29 and last ‘til August 10th. At the final
table, players will begin with $10,000 worth of tournament chips with a
break every round. A winner will be crowned at the end of all that.


*See you in couple of weeks!*

Steve Johnson, Editor
editor@gamblingnewsletter.com

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