GAMBLING: Playing in a ‘tight’ Indian casino
During our recent traipse around the countryside (NJ – Hickory – Jax – Cherokee – NJ), we happend to linger at an Indian Casino. I can attest that the ‘house’ was the only one that one in this visit....
View ArticlePOLITICAL: Unwinding the Social Security Ponzi scheme
http://tslrf.blogspot.com/2009/01/entitlements-part-15-social-security.html Friday, January 9, 2009 Entitlements Part 1.5- Social Security *** begin quote *** This brought up enough discussion that...
View ArticleGAMBLING: One way to cheat at roulette
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/02/feds-bust-alleg.html Feds Bust Ring of Alleged Casino Cheaters By Kevin Poulsen February 11, 2009 | 6:36:30 PM Federal prosecutors in Tacoma, Washington are...
View ArticleGAMBLING: State of NJ takes your old uncashed tickets?
There as been a silent money grab in AC by Corzine. I hadn’t heard anything about it, but there was a sign at the Borgata about a new law on casino tickets. I didn’t really read it or really understand...
View ArticleGAMBLING: Roulette is fixed
http://artofmanliness.com/2009/07/17/a-primer-on-roulette-why-are-you-playing-this-game/ A Primer on Roulette: Why Are You Playing This Game? by Brett & Kate McKay on July 17, 2009 *** begin quote...
View ArticleMONEY: Might be a good answer to the wrong problem!
Nothing against discount brokerages, but may I suggest that it might be the “right answer to the wrong problem”. I was always enamored of the metaphor of “leaning your ladder against the wrong wall”....
View ArticleGAMBLING: Expanding casinos will lead to Chapter 11 all around
— On Tue, 2/2/10, Casino City Times News Desk <newsletter@mail.casinocity.com> wrote: From: Casino City Times News Desk <newsletter@mail.casinocity.com> Subject: Casino City Times: Delaware...
View ArticleGAMBLING: AC doomed?
>AC doomed? No doubt they will be hurt on the margin. (Lose some traffic and some dollars to all this competition.) I wouldn’t say doomed unless the NJ politicians renege and allow gambling in the...
View ArticleGAMBLING: Hot and cold slots?
> Hot and cold slots? No, it’s that human perception thing getting in the way of reality. imho! Like the folks who say the face of the devil in the WTC 9/11 smoke. Humans are wired to perceive that...
View ArticleGAMBLING: An interesting problem
http://catlin.casinocitytimes.com/articles/57864.html Penney’s Game 6 March 2010 By Donald Catlin *** begin quote *** Every now and then in this column I like to look at so-called proposition bets (for...
View ArticleINTERESTING: “Deal or No Deal” strategy
Did you ever see “Deal or No Deal”? As an IT Architecture / BPR kinda guy, I think you have to have a strategy to get through the game. (Hey, I play penny slots too. No genius here.) The only way to...
View ArticleGAMBLING: The Zen of Penny Slots
The Zen of Penny Slots ① You can lose lots of “real money” at Penny Slots; the casinos have them for a reason. (Don’t fail to underestimate just how much you can lose “chasing rainbows”!) ② “Money...
View ArticleGAMBLING: “Wheels” are not equally probably
THOUGHTS ABOUT CASINOS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS Wheels are an inherently an “unfair gambling practice”. You see the Big Wheel and you know that all the values are equally probable. The promise meets...
View ArticleGAMBLING: Becoming the Zen Master of Panny Slots, Schadenfreude, or just dumb...
Yesterday, I played better on a Penny. Following some of my new Zen of Penny Slots, I had an interesting experience. A lady sat down to play next to me. She was very concerned with how I was doing. I...
View ArticleFUN: Playing video poker in SSH for fun and “points”
OK, it’s dumb. Spending real money to “win” points redeemable for over-priced prizes. That being said, Frau and I compete. Loser buys lunch. And when the “kids”, some of whom are actually children,...
View ArticleGAMBLING: Borgata changes its comp formula
After a recent trip to Borgata in AC, my wife earned no comp dollars. That was strange. She played her “mystery slot dollars”, “bonus slot dollars”, and “slot dollars”. Actually turned out she actually...
View ArticleGAMBLING: Learning from an IPAD slot machine game
In gambling, there are some essential decisions — the game, the strategy, and how much you can afford to lose. The games are pretty straight forward. Even the stuff that’s hidden, like the pay tables,...
View ArticleMONEY: Polish Ponzi hurts; a lesson for the USA and the Federal Reserve...
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/and-why-you-always-demand-physical Aaaand It’s Gone: This Is Why You Always Demand PhysicalTyler Durden’s pictureSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 08/14/2012 21:09 -0400 ***...
View ArticleMONEY: Polish Ponzi hurts; a lesson for the USA and the Federal Reserve...
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/and-why-you-always-demand-physical Aaaand It’s Gone: This Is Why You Always Demand PhysicalTyler Durden’s pictureSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 08/14/2012 21:09 -0400 ***...
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