Hi Frank:

What is the etiquette around playing another person’s odds bet at the game of craps? Should I put my odds on top of their odds or somewhere else? I am looking at the technique to make the bet.

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Q: My friend says that when you’re dealt a winning hand or have four parts of a royal flush in video poker, you should pull out your player rewards card before you draw. She says it’ll help your comps. Is that true?

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My colleagues in Golden Touch Craps Inc., Dominator and Mr. Finesse, are advocates of regression betting as a means of securing wins and avoiding losses. A typical regression play, called the $110 one-hit-and-down, would go like this:

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On rare occasions you might hear a cheer or two coming from a blackjack game, usually a weak cheer, “Oh, wow, I won a hand.” It is rare you’ll hear more than one person ever say a loud, “All right!” at a roulette game. No one ever cheers at baccarat for that game is way too sedate for anyone who is prone to yelling, applauding or backslapping. Single big winners at slots might give a holler and a hoot, but slot players only win one spin at a time and no two-slot players win on the same machine at the same moment.

While playing casino games is fun, the real frenzy only occurs on a craps table or as Henry Dalton, someone I just met at a craps table, said, “Craps is a riot!”

Indeed it is. First let’s take a look at the various meanings of the word “riot,” lifted and paraphrased from the American Heritage Dictionary. (more…)