Is
it gaming or gambling?
-- Dear Mark,
On a regular basis you refer to casino entertainment
as gambling. The industry refers to it as gaming.
Who's right? Steven S… more»
Getting
bent out of shape
-- Dear Mark,
I was listening to a radio talk show about casino
gambling when a caller claimed he does well in blackjack
by looking for warps. Well, the guest on the show
didn't give a response because the host went to a
commercial and they didn't come back to the subject.
So, Mark, what is a warp? Rhonda A… more»
Good
advice can come from anywhere
-- Dear Mark,
I very much enjoy your helpful hints on casino gambling
in your columns, but I'm curious, what's the best
advice you've ever heard preached? Ned C… more»
Guerrilla
Gambling 101
-- Dear Mark,
Casinos must make loads of money off constant losers
like myself. Anything I can do to stop the flow of
money always going in one direction? Sandra R… more»
Heed
the golden rule of gambling
-- Dear Mark,
If there was one golden rule of gambling you would
give to first-time players, what would it be? Bob
H… more»
So
what's all the hoopla over Megabucks?
-- Dear Mark,
Recently Megabucks surpassed the current record of
more than $11 million dollars. A few questions please.
First, is there an easy way to find out the current
progressive amount without going to a casino? Second,
do you get paid half up front and the remainder over
the next 10 years? Finally, when it approaches record
levels, should I join the excitement and run out and
play? Lois H… more»
How
much is enough?
-- Dear Mark,
I work as a dealer on an Indian reservation in northern
Michigan. One of the most common mistakes I see is
players getting ahead, then giving all their winnings
back to the casino. Why do you think so many players
are boneheads? Anonymous for job protection… more»
I
love buffets, but…
-- Dear Mark,
My brother likes to play single deck blackjack games,
while I enjoy a casino that offers a decent buffet
and a cocktail waitress that comes to the keno lounge
more than once an hour. So, we cannot always gamble
in the same casino. I probably already know what you
will say, but what in your opinion of what makes "the
best" casino? I am appealing to your love of
the buffet. Jack M… more»
If
the player is wrong, see rule #1
-- Dear Mark,
Good-day from Melbourne, Australia. While having a
surf on the internet I came across your columns and
found them interesting. The questions you receive
as a dealer took me back to what I didn't know about
casinos until I started to work in one. I found some
of your past columns informative about a patron's
feelings towards certain situations that can be quite
distressing to those uneducated in casino etiquette.
Patron feelings are something we dealers tend to forget
about in our very repetitious and occasionally stressful
shifts… more»
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