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News and Notes (3/13/16)
Mar 13, 2016 Posted by Mission146The Legislative Houses in Florida have agreed this week to no longer make live racing necessary in order to retain racino licenses in that State. While it is true that I have some trouble figuring...
Read MoreHome Poker (Part 3 of 3)
Mar 12, 2016 Posted by Mission146In the first two editions of this three-part series on Home Poker games, we took a look at what is perhaps the most commonly played Home Poker game, Five Card Draw, and we looked at the Home Game...
Read MoreMisplacing the X on the Map
Mar 12, 2016 Posted by Mission146Whether or not an individual person can identify the source, most people are familiar with the Benjamin Franklin quote, "Believe none of what you hear, and only half of what you see," and while...
Read MoreIgnition Casino Promotion
Mar 12, 2016 Posted by Mission146One of the newest casinos to grace the, "Recommended Casinos," section on these Forums is Ignition Casino. Because it is a recommended casino, it is subject to the WizardofOdds advertising guarantee:
Read MoreNews and Notes 3/6/16
Mar 06, 2016 Posted by Mission146llinois was the first State to offer online draw ticket sales, having first authorized the process in March of 2012. While the process has garnered 68 million dollars in lottery revenues since...
Read MoreThe (Theoretical) Spread of Skill-Based Games
Mar 06, 2016 Posted by Mission146Massachusetts is the most recent State to begin Legislation that would cover the arena of skill-based slot machines, with draft regulations are being proposed by the state's Gaming Commission:
Read MoreHome Poker (Part 2 of 3)
Mar 06, 2016 Posted by Mission146n the second Article of this three-part series, we're going to take a look at another common game for, 'Home Poker,' games which is Texas Hold 'Em. While Texas Hold 'Em remains a popular staple in...
Read MoreMust-Hit Over Saturation? (Part 1 of 2)
Mar 04, 2016 Posted by Mission146There was a time, at my local casino, that it wasn't terribly difficult to find a reasonably good play on a must-hit machine. I certainly wasn't in there popping $500 majors multiple times a day,...
Read MoreMust Hit Over Saturation? (Part 2 of 2)
Mar 04, 2016 Posted by Mission146In the first of these Articles, we explored the process of determining whether or not a must-hit machine is playable, and a few of the theories that one can use to determine the, 'Jump in,' point...
Read MoreThere Can Be Different Reasons
Feb 29, 2016 Posted by Mission146A few weeks ago I was in Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack at around 4:00a.m., (I have an unusual work schedule, so sometimes I end up picking up Free Play and/or looking for plays at unusual...
Read MoreAbout the Author (Part 2 of 2)
Feb 28, 2016 Posted by Mission146I believe I might have mentioned being terrible at Darts in the previous Article, and it's true! Nevertheless, one of the bigger gambles I took in my life was deciding where to move when I...
Read MoreHome Poker (Part 1 of 3)
Feb 27, 2016 Posted by Mission146One of the more significant (in terms of percentage) Advantage Plays that I have ever encountered is a good Draw Poker game. If one has the wherewithal to avoid playing really good friends and...
Read MoreMillion Dollar Book Review
Feb 26, 2016 Posted by Mission146They say, 'A good classic never dies,' and that is just as much true in the realm of gambling literature as it is in any other. It is with that mantra in mind that I offer the following review of...
Read MoreAbout the Author (Part 1 of 2)
Feb 26, 2016 Posted by Mission146As many readers of the Forum know, I'm a hotel manager, so as a result I have the opportunity to speak to a wide range of people from a wide range of backgrounds and who are employed in a wide...
Read MoreCasino Accountability
Feb 20, 2016 Posted by Mission146Former Cleveland Browns Wide Receiver Reggie Rucker is facing charges for using hundreds of thousands of dollars from his non-profit agencies (that he repeatedly claimed were not paying him in...
Read MoreNews & Notes 2/19/2016
Feb 20, 2016 Posted by Mission146In a piece of gambling news coming out of Cleveland, former NFL Wide Receiver Reggie Rucker stands accused of wire fraud for defrauding his non-profit organizations to take out tens of thousands of...
Read MoreThe Language of Video Poker
Feb 20, 2016 Posted by Mission146When is a dog a peanut butter sandwich? For those who know anything about how English is commonly used, and appropriate answer to the preceding question could very well be, "A dog is never a...
Read MoreNews and Notes 2/4/2016
Feb 04, 2016 Posted by Mission146There was once a time when people travelled to Vegas because it was the only place in the USA that had legalized gambling. Legalized gambling then spread around the country slowly but surely, so...
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