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Gaming Guru  Superstition and intuition17 July 2018
By Frank Scoblete FROM ANTHONY: I had a great feeling about a sporting event. The team I felt would win was a big underdog. So I was walking down the block (I live in a big city) and I said to myself that if I saw a red car by the time I count to ten I will place a bet on the team. Wouldn’t you know it but by the count of five a red car came around the corner. The team won! They came from behind and I was amazed. No one thought they would win and I made some decent money on my bet. Well, a week later I had another feeling that a certain team would win a game where they were the underdog. I walked down the same street and thought that if I saw another red car by the count of ten I would place a bet on this underdog team. Yep! The car appeared by the time I got to nine and I bet the team and won again! So I was two for two. Do I go for three in a row? I sure do. I scanned the Internet, waiting for a feeling to well up inside me as I looked up the various games. By the time I got to game twenty-six I had the team. It was a slight underdog but that feeling came over me that this team would win. So I went to the block I had walked on previously and again said if a red car appears I will bet that team I had a feeling about. A red car appeared again. You know what happened. I bet the team and won. Do you think I am on to something? I mean I am three for three and all three teams were underdogs. That has to mean something. Maybe walking down that block and seeing a red car is a good omen and I should follow it. FRANK RESPONDS: Betting sports based on intuition or omens have little to do with winning or losing. That block on which you walk and those red cars are irrelevant to the games that are being played. In short, you were lucky. I am sure there is someone right in your city who has strong feeling that he is going to win a big one and thinks “If a see a plane in the next minute, I’ll bet the ranch on my team.” Anthony I’d like to introduce you to that man. “Mr. No Ranch Anymore, I’d like you to meet Anthony.” There are some people who can actually beat sports but they are not doing it based on superstition and omens. In casino gambling many players rely on superstition and intuition. There is a commercial that has played in the New York metropolitan area about a man who had a strong feeling he would win a big slot jackpot. He shaved and wore a suit to the casino. He indeed won the big jackpot. He knew it. Across America there were probably thousands of people who had the same feeling and went down to defeat. Visit Frank’s website at www.frankscoblete.com. Frank Scoblete’s latest books are I Am a Dice Controller: Inside the World of Advantage-Play Craps, Confessions of a Wayward Catholic and I Am a Card Counter: Inside the World of Advantage-Play Blackjack. Available from Amazon.com, Kindle, Barnes and Noble, and at bookstores. 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. Untruths and truths about slot machines10 July 2018
The world of slot machines is filled with misinformation or semi-truthful information. Players often have the wrong idea about what is going on within the machine when they put their credit voucher in. So here are some untruths quickly followed by some truths that slot players should take to heart. Untruth: Slot machines are programed to give out a certain amount of money. ... (read more)
Truth and untruth of table games3 July 2018
There are more myths and misconceptions about casino table games than you can throw a “craps-out” about them; especially as there is no such thing as a craps-out. So here are some untruths with their truths quickly behind them. Untruth: The best advice anyone can give is to quit while you are ahead. ... (read more)
The one-bet rule at craps26 June 2018
FROM JUNE’S HUSBAND: I read your answer to my wife’s e-mail and I understand perfectly well what you are saying about one bet at the slot machines you recommended for her to play. Now I want you to tackle craps. The usual advice from gambling writers is to make about three bets, usually pass line, place or come bets. ... (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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