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Scobe's Quick Tips: #8 and #9

31 January 2003

By Frank Scoblete and Frank Scoblete

Scobe's Quick Tip #8:

Computers and mathematical analysis have shown that Progressive Betting, either increasing your bets after you lose or increasing your bets after you win, does not change the house edge one way or the other.

The only change that occurs is in the "patterns" of your wins and losses -- they are more explosive.

If you want to bet progressively then a "positive progression" (up as you win) is better than a negative progression (up as you lose) -- if you start your betting at a lower rate than usual.

For more on progressive betting read Twenty-First Century Blackjack by Walter Thomason.

Scobe's Quick Tip #9:

The "hit frequency" on a slot machine indicates how often some money is returned to you. It does not indicate whether a machine is "loose" or "tight."

Often machines will return your original bet but nothing else. That is considered a "hit." Sometimes machines will return LESS than your original bet -- and that is also considered a "hit."

You can theoretically have a machine that hits 100 percent of the time with no wins!

For more information on slots read Break the One-Armed Bandits! By Frank Scoblete, The Slot Machine Answer Book by John Grochowski, and The Slot Expert's Guide to Playing Slots by John Robison.

Frank Scoblete
Frank Scoblete is the #1 best-selling gaming author in America and executive director of Golden Touch - which teaches classes in advantage methods for beating craps, blackjack, Pai Gow poker, video poker and some select slot machines.

His newest books are Casino Craps: Shoot to Win! (which comes with a DVD of unedited controlled dice throws) and Beat Blackjack Now: The Easiest Way to Get the Edge! both published by Triumph Books, a division of Random House. Another recent book is The Virgin Kiss. His new DVD is Golden Touch: Beat Craps by Controlling the Dice shows 200 unedited controlled dice throws. Frank's books and DVD are available at Amazon.com, in bookstores or by mail order. For a free brochure or to order by phone, call 1-800-944-0406 or write to: Frank Scoblete Enterprises, P.O. Box 446, Malverne, NY 11565.

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