My House Wins

Distinguishing between slot players and video poker players when it comes to multipliers is a dangerous trend in the gaming industry....

To properly comp your customer, you have to know their abilities. Not all customers are the same. Players A & B bet big, win or lose big...

Since the pandemic, some chains have reduced their comps to nothing. They are offering nothing to players to come and donate their hard...

To offer decent pay tables or not? That is the question. Here is the answer.

Absolutely nothing, as the song goes but in reality they can be useful only if they are a good at their jobs. Unfortunately, most hosts

Every casino game has a built in house edge. A house edge that mathematically guarantees that the house will come out ahead given...

Casinos are supposed to offer games of chance to the public offering entertainment and the chance to beat the casino. Unfortunately,...

When casinos evaluate their players, are they looking at the whole picture or are their holes in the picture? The latter. Casinos are...

Gambling has been a part of human culture since ancient civilization. Gambling dates back to 3,000 BC and casinos date back to the 17th...

Do you know someone who is crazy about hold percentage? Maybe you know someone who is just crazy? While hold percentage may be useful,...

The house edge on casino games is so large that even the most incompetent managers can make a casino look successful. If the average...

Player X averages $500 per round and plays at a half a percent disadvantage. Player Y averages $500 per round and plays at a five percent...

One Shuffle Fits All Remember when dealers split six decks in half, riffled the cards once or twice in three sections and offered you...

Your Pit Bosses do what? Fill slips, player ratings, game protection, customer service, comps, schedules, enforce procedures, rule on...

Part 8 - Lone Wolves A large portion of AP's are lone wolves who travel solo looking for opportunities. Almost all lone wolves pose...

Part 7 - Are slot and VP AP's a threat to Casinos? Slots and VP are unlike most other casino games. There are no dealers, chips, cards...

Part 6 - Card Counting and Video Poker Card Counting and Video Poker? What could they possibly have in common? Well, more than it may at...

Part 5 - Cheats and Thieves This is a sore subject for AP's. True Advantage Play relies on skill not deceit. If you look at a man right...

Part 4 - House Edge Tax and the REAL House Edge Every casino game is designed to have a fixed house edge (tax) with optimal play. Let me...

Part 3 - Card Counting Myths abound about teams of card counters winning millions of dollars from unwitting casinos. The most famous is...