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Gaming Guru  The show and then the show23 April 2019
By Frank Scoblete It may be considered a waste of time if you go on a casino-venue vacation such as Las Vegas and not entertain yourself with a great show. In Vegas, you have afternoon shows and free shows and lounge shows and big-name entertainers playing the biggest hotels. Over my casino gaming career I’ve seen some great shows such as Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca, James Brown, Danny Gans, Rita Rudner, Penn and Teller, Petula Clark, Siegfried and Roy, David Copperfield, Melinda, Cher, Smokey Robinson, The Four Tops, Don Rickles, and all the Cirque Du Soleil shows to name the few that just came to the top of my mind. Doesn’t going to a casino town and just gambling seem as if you are missing out on other great things to experience? The sporting events alone are worth the airfare. I’ve seen some great fights including one where an ear went flying off the skull of the champion. The casino is always there for you but the shows have set times and you have to be there at those times or, obviously, you miss the show. But there is another show; one almost everyone misses and that is the show of the other people in the casino, and on the streets, and in the elevators and restaurants. These people are theater at its most magnificent and oftentimes weird aspects. For example, I was exclaiming to my wife the Beautiful AP about how perceptive I am, you know, because I’m this great writer. We were taking our early morning walk on the Strip, and AP nudged me and said, “Did you see that?” “Huh? What?” I asked. “Turn around and look,” she said. So I did. Right behind us was a guy walking his girlfriend on a leash around her neck. He was pulling her along as if she were a recalcitrant dog. AP smiled, “They passed right by us when you were talking about how perceptive you are.” At the slots the players can go from totally involved all the way to whining and moaning about their bad luck and how they hate the casinos. That is until they win and then they shout like lunatics and hug everyone near them. There are slot players who talk to themselves and others who talk to everyone around them. Slot players can be model types and occasionally creatures that should return to the Black Lagoon. At a craps table you can see players who feel as if they are at a funeral and then in a few rolls of the dice they then explode with the feeling of being in New Orleans during the Mardi Gras. Blackjack players are often thinkers and worriers and those who play the carnival games want something easy to play where they can sit down for long periods of time and not do too much cogitating. It is part of the entertainment to just sit in a casino and look around. People are the best shows in the world. And should you go for a walk outside look for people walking other people by using a chain. This article is provided by the Frank Scoblete Network. Melissa A. Kaplan is the network's managing editor. If you would like to use this article on your website, please contact Casino City Press, the exclusive web syndication outlet for the Frank Scoblete Network. To contact Frank, please e-mail him at fscobe@optonline.net. Jerzy questions16 April 2019
FROM JERZY: I have to take issue with you on some of your ideas. I know you are a conservative player – to say the least my friend! – but you seem to enjoy taking the fun away from gambling in a casino and I am assuming you feel about this in all gambling anywhere. Most of us want a thrill but making conservative bets such as blackjack and safe bets at craps are a waste in my opinion. ... (read more)
Magic of the machines9 April 2019
I want magic. Yes, yes, I do; I really do. I don’t want the kind of magic that is merely illusion as performed by the stage magicians in casino showrooms or on glittery stages. No, I want the real thing. I want Aladdin’s lamp; I rub it and a genie appears and grants my wishes, magically bringing the universe to heel and then bow and kneel before me. ... (read more)
Big craps questions2 April 2019
FROM VIC: At a craps table in Biloxi, Mississippi, on a $10 minimum table, I saw a player put down a $25 chip for a place bet on the number 6. When I said you will get $1 change ($12 minimum x 2), the dealer said he is not due $1 change. The dealer continued with: $25 on the 6 is OK, clearly spoken and pays $29.00 or something unclearly spoken to me. ... (read more)
Ask Frank: Spanish 21 StrategyHello there, Living in Canada, I find that the rules are more liberal here than at other casino locales, such as the dealer standing on all 17s for Spanish Blackjack. In your book, Armada Strategies for Spanish 21, there is only a strategy for when the dealer hits soft 17. I w... (read more)Ask Frank (Playing Winning Craps)Dear Mr. Scoblete: In your book Forever Craps, you recommend to play one Don't Come bet per shooter without odds in order to reduce your exposure to the house. I usually play at casinos that count the spread and odds. If I play one ... (read more)Bad Ways to Play Good Casino GamesYou've met this guy before. He's cantankerous, witless, and loud. He knows everything about everything when it comes to casino games. He's a self-made expert who knows more than all writers and mathematicians combined, and as he doubles on his thirteen against the dealer's ... (read more)The Craps to English DictionaryCraps is another country, a kingdom with its own mores, legends, myths, rites, rituals, superstitions and government. It also has its own language, much of it easily misunderstood as sexual or scatological references. For those of you interested in journeying to this ... (read more)Craps Crap and Craps Gold - Part 1What do the following sayings have in common? "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." "Better late than never." "High fences make good neighbors." "Always play the Pass/Come and take full odds." Answer: The above statements are true. Yes, some people might quibble and say that you can eat as ... (read more)Frank Scoblete |
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