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Bill Burton: About Gambling
TBurton’s Casino Tips
his month I share a few of my favorite tips from my book, 1000 Best Casino Gambling
Secrets. I hope you may nd these useful.
Place your money on the table when you want to purchase chips. Dealers are not allowed to take money from your hand. e dealer will pick up your money and count it in a manner so the cameras can see it. ey will then push your chips to you.
Don’t spend all your money playing progressive slots.
You have better odds of being struck by lightning than winning one of the big progressive jackpots. Since a portion of the money played is allocated towards the progressive jackpot, the return on these slot machines is even lower than average. Unless you hit the big jackpot, you are just donating money to the eventual winner.
40,000 hands. Each time you hit the deal button, the odds are the same. You could hit a Royal in one hand or go 250,000 hands without one.
In Blackjack, never touch, handle, add to, or try to remove your bet once the deal has started. You are not allowed to touch the chips in the circle play once the dealer has dealt the rst card.
In Pai Gow, be careful how you arrange the hands. If the front two-card hand is higher than the back ve- card hand the player automatically loses. If you are uncertain how to arrange the cards, you can have the dealer do it for you. Just turn your cards over and ask
Playing off a dollar here and there adds up to a lot of money over the course of your casino visits. Most casinos now have coinless slot machines that use vouchers. e ticket-out system was designed so you will be more inclined to play o a few credits rather than walking to the cage to collect a small amount of money.
“Read the pay table of a slot
machine. It can help you judge
the frequency of winning spins.
If you see that there are a lot of
for the house way.
In poker, bad players are profitable and you want them in the game. Never berate or try to educate another player
combinations that return smaller at the table. If you su er
wins, then the machine will usually have a larger hit frequency than one that has only a few large winning combinations.”
a bad beat just say “Nice hand,” and move on. If you berate a bad player, you may drive them out of the game. If you educate them, they may play better next time.
slot bank and grab them. It’s always better to be safe than sorry.
Carry a few five- or ten-dollar bills to use for tipping attendants on your jackpot. If you have a hand-paid jackpot, you will usually be paid with large bills. e attendants may hope you will be so happy with your win that you will give them a twenty-dollar bill or more.
Until next time, remember: “Luck comes and goes.. Knowledge Stays Forever.”
Bill Burton is the author of 1000 Best Casino Gambling Secrets and Get the Edge at Low Limit Texas Hold’em available online at www.billburton.com. Burton is also an instructor for Golden Touch Craps: www.thecrapsclub.com.
Read the pay table of a slot machine. It can help you judge the frequency of winning spins. If you see that there are a lot of combinations that return smaller wins, then the machine will usually have a larger hit frequency than one that has only a few large winning combinations.
The chance of hitting a Royal Flush when playing Jacks or Better is about 1 in 40,000. at does not mean that you are guaranteed to hit a Royal if you play
Never play at a higher limit or for a longer period of time just to obtain a comp. In many instances you will lose more money than if you had just purchased the meal or show outright.
Keep your purse on your shoulder or set it in your lap while you play. Purses, cell phones, and other valuables should never be placed in the area between slot machines. You could easily forget them or someone could reach over from the other side of the
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAMING GUIDE
November 2010
About Gambling with Bill Burton