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My favorite cee-ment ponds
My sister and I love to spend the day by the pool before we take in a little gambling in the evening. Since we are going to Las Vegas next...
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Recent posts about Mark News in the online casino world.
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Mutual funds versus blackjack
I've always felt that being in the stock market is the same as playing blackjack. They're both gambling. I might as well do something I love instead of giving some...
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Munchin’ on Casino Freebies
Is there any way of lowering the casino’s 1.5 percent edge on a pass line bet by hedging it somewhere else on the table? Brad D. If you’re thinking of...
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Moving up the smart way-piece of cake!
For the past two years, I have been learning blackjack on a 25¢ video blackjack machines. Now I would like to try my skills with the "real deal." No pun...
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More and less than you think
I was looking at your website and figured you were a good person to ask. I have noticed that when people are wining a lot, casinos switch dealers on them....
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Mistakes shouldn’t cause problems
I was in Atlantic City last week minding my own business on a blackjack game, when a player started verbally insulting me on how I played my hands. He told...
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Mission accomplished
I go to Atlantic City about two times a month, stay overnight and lose a bundle. I just love it. My question: I play a "Reel-em-in" 25-cent slot machine. Now...
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Minimum age to be in a casino: 21, no exceptions!
I'm headed to Vegas later this year. A 19-year-old female friend might accompany me. You should know that I am in an electric wheelchair. I was wondering what would she...
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MI Consumers Not on the Need To Know List
Is it my imagination, or have the casinos in Detroit tightened up the percentages won by them? Before building the new casinos, my husband and I seemed to have more...
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Mega this and Mega that
My question concerns the big progressive slots, like the Wheel of Fortune and Megabucks. They are in casinos - large and small - in many states. Is each machine programmed...
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Maybe once in 800 hours of swift play
If these two games were to be played correctly, which is better to play, blackjack or video poker? I would argue that it is video poker, simply because it offers...
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Mark Pilarski Biography
As a recognized authority on casino gambling, Pilarski worked 18 years in the casino industry, for seven different Nevada casinos. Mark now writes a nationally syndicated gambling column, is a...
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