Round and round and where she stops


Dear Mark: I liked your indifferent answer last week regarding system players trying to find trends on a roulette wheel based on previous numbers. I...

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Beware of Greeks bearing gifts


Dear Mark: Why do roulette tables display previous numbers since the next number is completely random? If the house thinks people will try to play...

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Husband gripes over wifes generous tip


Dear Mark: Please tell me how this tipping experience should have played out. I was playing roulette and having decent success. While playing, I asked...

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Ah, those cash-comp-currencycalculations


Dear Mark: I have a disagreement withmy spouse that we hope you can settle. My husband believes you get more in casino comps when you...

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Keepers and weeper partial-pay machines


Dear Mark: I like to play "Jacks or Better" on a 9/6 machine. When dealt three unsuited face cards, or an ace with two face...

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Where speed can sometimes outrank craft


Dear Mark: My wife and I will be going to Las Vegas in about 10 days, and we will be participating in a "video"poker tournament....

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Courtesy hold while the lady powders her nose


Dear Mark: I have read your column religiously for years now and have a question for you that I have not seen before. What is...

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A truly thoughtless object – the rouletteball


Dear Mark: While playingroulette, black appeared seven times in row, then red, then black four times,red again, then black five times, red once, then black...

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The sticky thing about your gambling timeline: No warrantees


Dear Mark: Even when I get decent hands at blackjack, I can never seem to get ahead. My high teen hands (17’s -19’s) can’t beat...

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Jackpot Denied


Dear Mark: I was refused a jackpot when the slotmanager informed me that the machine had malfunctioned after it paid me morethan the jackpot should...

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Working the green felt makes forgood stories and good times


Dear Mark: I loved your column lastweek on simultaneously betting the Pass and Don’t Pass line thinking you haveuncovered the mother lode of Craps systems....

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The courteous sidestep demonstrated and explained


Dear Mark: I liked your response to David last week regarding sports wagers but you forgot to mention parlay bets. For one small wager you...

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