Gaming Rules
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Is it gaming or gaming?
-- Dear Mark,
On a regular basis you refer to casino entertainment as gaming. The industry refers to it as gaming. Who's right? Steven S… more>>Getting bent out of shape
-- Dear Mark,
I was listening to a radio talk show about casino gaming when a caller claimed he does well in blackjack by looking for warps. Well, the guest on the show didn't give a response because the host went to a commercial and they didn't come back to the subject. So, Mark, what is a warp? Rhonda A… more>>Good advice can come from anywhere
-- Dear Mark,
I very much enjoy your helpful hints on casino gaming in your columns, but I'm curious, what's the best advice you've ever heard preached? Ned C… more>>Guerrilla Gaming 101
-- Dear Mark,
Casinos must make loads of money off constant losers like myself. Anything I can do to stop the flow of money always going in one direction? Sandra R… more>>Heed the golden rule of gaming
-- Dear Mark,
If there was one golden rule of gaming you would give to first-time players, what would it be? Bob H… more>>So what's all the hoopla over Megabucks?
-- Dear Mark,
Recently Megabucks surpassed the current record of more than $11 million dollars. A few questions please. First, is there an easy way to find out the current progressive amount without going to a casino? Second, do you get paid half up front and the remainder over the next 10 years? Finally, when it approaches record levels, should I join the excitement and run out and play? Lois H… more>>How the house makes its bread on the spread
-- Dear Mark,
How does a casino make money on sporting bets when you bet against the spread? Nick L… more>>How much is enough?
-- Dear Mark,
I work as a dealer on an Indian reservation in northern Michigan. One of the most common mistakes I see is players getting ahead, then giving all their winnings back to the casino. Why do you think so many players are boneheads? Anonymous for job protection… more>>I love buffets, but…
-- Dear Mark,
My brother likes to play single deck blackjack games, while I enjoy a casino that offers a decent buffet and a cocktail waitress that comes to the keno lounge more than once an hour. So, we cannot always game in the same casino. I probably already know what you will say, but what in your opinion of what makes "the best" casino? I am appealing to your love of the buffet. Jack M… more>>If the player is wrong, see rule #1
-- Dear Mark,
Good-day from Melbourne, Australia. While having a surf on the internet I came across your columns and found them interesting. The questions you receive as a dealer took me back to what I didn't know about casinos until I started to work in one. I found some of your past columns informative about a patron's feelings towards certain situations that can be quite distressing to those uneducated in casino etiquette. Patron feelings are something we dealers tend to forget about in our very repetitious and occasionally stressful shifts… more>>
