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Home play versus the real deal

Columns December 10, 2015 by Jenny Holdings

I use a blackjack game on my home PC to practice before going to the casino, where I like to play video blackjack. I have set the blackjack game on...

Hmmm, do I smell an opportunity here?

Columns December 10, 2015 by Jenny Holdings

A 1988 study by Van Toller and Dodd found that "aroma engineering" in Las Vegas casinos could increase players' optimism and gambling zeal by as much as 53%. Do today's...

Hit-and-run

Columns December 10, 2015 by Jenny Holdings

I have noticed that you recommend the quick, hit-and-run method of gambling, unless of course, you are on the winning streak from heaven. Wouldn't waiting for the win streak to...

Hell’s Kitchen

Columns December 10, 2015 by Jenny Holdings

Hell broke out at our kitchen table poker game last Friday night. Quite an argument ignited over the following hand in Pai Gow Poker. Does the five card straight of...

Heed the golden rule of gambling

Columns December 10, 2015 by Jenny Holdings

If there was one golden rule of gambling you would give to first-time players, what would it be? Bob H. The same golden rule that Peter Lynch, the legendary stock...

Hearing Versus Listening

Columns December 10, 2015 by Jenny Holdings

Several weeks ago I wrote to you to inquire about blackjack's Royal Match bet and got your definitive answer that I’ve summarized here in two words: bad bet. Like most...

Heaps of Streaks and Runs

Columns December 10, 2015 by Jenny Holdings

I was at the Casino Caesars in Windsor at a baccarat game when the bank won 19 times in a row. Is this a record? Robert M. Based on both...

Happenstance or Cheating?

Columns December 10, 2015 by Jenny Holdings

I was recently in Vegas for New Years. I changed $100 to play blackjack at a $10 table, breaking my bets into five $20 bets. It was just me versus...

Hanky panky?

Columns December 10, 2015 by Jenny Holdings

Why is it that when a slot mechanic opens a slot machine the machine stops paying? Is there any hanky panky going on? Timothy C. No need to worry, Timothy....