Creativity, artistry, math and science come together in designing slots. Manufacturers come together every autumn at the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas to show off their latest brainchildren.
Games are designed to shout "Play me!" at players and "Buy me!" to casino operators. There's intense competition to carve out floor space in live casinos and display prominence in online casinos.
Gamblers playing casino games at an advantage love to camp out at the tables. They slowly make their money, hand by hand, as they deploy winning strategies that have them operating with an edge at games like blackjack, three card poker and even slot machines.
Unfortunately for them, casino bosses do not share their enthusiasm.
The word has been out for decades among video poker players: Look for "9-6" machines to enhance your chance to win.
That's fine as far as it goes. The 9 and 6 stand for 9-for-1 payoffs on full houses and 6-for-1 payoffs on flushes, and those often are desirable, and even lofty, markers for high-paying games.
In the United States, the outcome of the presidential election, which will be decided on Nov. 5, is expressed primarily by people voting. In Great Britain and other jurisdictions around the world, it is expressed by people betting.
Considering that, in line with previous years’ numbers, billions are expected to be wagered on America’s presidential campaign outcomes. In the UK alone, the money generated by the event is massive and anticipated to be in the nine figures.
The competition (and bragging rights) for the World's Greatest Blackjack Player (aka Grosjean Cup) was significantly different than previous years at this year's Blackjack Ball.
Instead of the usual 21-question "test," this year's blackjack competition was implemented in a sudden-death format where you had to answer each question to advance correctly. You were eliminated if you had an incorrect or no answer to a question.
