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Best to mind your manners when playing craps Sage advice on video poker play for Father’s Day
Many players believe in their lucky charms
“Were you raised in a barn?”
should avoid doing
they made.
“Happy Father’s Day! Here’s a little bit
even from banks. It’s
get comps, and maybe
“I don’t carry lucky charms, but I believe
goes on. Many people
tap, tap... press the spin
Play To Win Again
Play To Win Again
The Best of... Series
The Best of... Series
~ Common idiom, probably
when playing
of change to start your day off right.
a little tougher these
even cash back from
in those things.”
say they use their lucky
button. Tap, tap, tap...
originating from a Southern mother
craps. Scoblete calls
• The dealers know
Remember, Dad, every coin counts!”
days, and well, even
some casinos. This
— Actor Christopher Walken
numbers for everything,
press the spin button.
~ Sage advice to go with Father’s Day gift
these “Mommy’s
the proper order of
In honor of Mother’s Day this
includingplayingroulette
While Kay was slow to
Do you have a lucky charm you keep
bring a roll of quarters
overall return.”
month, we are going to follow Mother’s
and craps. And, 90% of tihnotsoetshuervceyaesdinobealisevtehienmthaecihriinesstindcotsn—ot
admit it, she realized her
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when you are going to get paid. They will
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almost pointless to
will help increase your
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payouts. No need to ask
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• Take some care with throwing the
• Do not whine and moan about your
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player, knows of those who bring little
and start playing the first video poker
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small stuffed animal in her
ent to say. Of course,
roll and you are making
good luck (28%). As for
she knows about. Whethe
n’t think he should just
clap if he hits a number y
st of those surveyed said
really brings her luck or
eone was nasty to him,
the body area of the shoote
e sort of jewelry as their
unsure. She does feel since tradition up for so long, t for her would be to c
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shouldn’t be the “bore
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— he couldn’t remember which one, but
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money, you can
land on you for
Henry
“On most machines it pays 8 coins for
his mother did
r the stuffed toy
he knew the room number had an 18 in it.
were the days
ou’re on. Respect
• Do not give instruction in the game to
lucky charms, mo
Tamburin
a full house and 5 for the flush per coin
roll over if som
not, Patricia is
And on his second day of casino play, he hit
when you
r.
wrote in a
other players. Do not tell them how to bet
they counted som
she has kept this
(or even less). That’s not good enough
but he really
a big jackpot. That sealed number 18 for
actually put
column for
or how much to bet. If a new player enters
lucky item, whil
he prudent thing
(the overall return for an 8/5 machine
in the room” w
him permanently.
the coins into
•Donot
the game and asks for advice tell him to ask
shoes, keychains a
Jackpot!
is 97.3%). What you want is a machine
provocation.
ontinue it.
My father, an avid blackjack and video
the video
slam your
the dealers.
for them.
his three
that pays 9 coins for the full house
Scoblete co
. said she always
poker, did not have any charms, lucky
machine,
fist down on
Slot and bingo
important
and 6 coins for the flush. These 9/6
more or less
ucky socks when
numbers or rituals when he played. But, on
carefully
the railing
• Do not hold your drink over the
often have th
steps to
machines return 99.6% for perfect play.”
mother’s manne
to the casino.
the other hand, I have a small thing I do
counting out
or scream
table. A spilled drink stops the game
lucky charms wi
become a
Tamburin said a few casinos also have
doubt I have wr
a whole outfit,
when playing slot machines that I hope will
five for a full
or moan or
until the crew can clean off the table.
them while th
skilled video
types of video poker machines that offer
of articles and chapters in my
d, including a
be bring me some luck. After spinning the
deal. Then,
become a mess
play. They rub the
poker play.
the skillful player as good, and in some
books where I attack certain gambling
sweater that she considers
reels, I silently whisper the symbols I hope
in went the next five quarters, followed
if someone sevens out. Everyone sevens
• Do not blow on the dice. Aside from
heads of small dolls
Tamburin started by saying that
cases, even better returns. They include
ideas that are patently false and if truth
to be lucky, but it is mainly
will appear. “Quick Hit, Quick Hit, Quick
by more coins, until the roll was gone.
out. Just keep your disappointments to
being disgusting, no one wants to hold dice
and toy animals before
unlike with slot machines, players can
10/7 Double Bonus and Deuces Wild
be told, I’ve been somewhat unkind to
the socks that seem to energize her
Hit...” I chant while the reels go ’round.
A quick check of the machine’s counter
yourself. If you throw a fit, other players
that might have your germs on them.
each spin, hold tight to their
determine a video poker machine’s
that pays 5 coins for four-of-a-kind.
the sad sacks who postulate those ideas.
when playing video poker.
At other times, you can hear my faint
to see how you were doing would
will become uncomfortable. After a while
rabbit’s foot or twist their ring or bracelet in
overall return by looking at its payback
The third step to become a successful
But I am generally a decent sort and
A little elephant on her keychain is
murmur of “Free Game, Free Game, Free
determine if you were going to crack
you’ll be thought of as the craps plague.
• Feel free to set the dice in any
hopes of it bringing them a winning spin.
schedule displayed on the front of the
video poker player, Tamburin continued,
when I play craps I adhere to all the
what helps Bob K. when he plays slots.
Game” or “Red Butterfly, Red Butterfly,
open the second roll and start adding
machine. In fact, he said, it is possible
configuration you please but learn to do
Now, whether some days are just better
He keeps the keychain in his pocket, and
is to learn the correct playing strategy
superstitions that other players think
Red Butterfly,” as I sit at my favorite slot
those quarters.
•Donotbuyinorcolorupwhenthe
so quickly. Dice setters who take months
for having fun and enjoying time out,
to get returns close to, or slightly over,
for whichever game you want to play.
reflect reality and I make sure I bet at the
like Patricia, likes to know it is close. Bob’s
machine.
I fully remember giving rolls of
shooter is holding the dice. Also, arrange
to arrive at their set are annoying to
Friday and Saturday were selected as the
100%.
This strategy will tell you which cards
appropriate time and I never express my
grandson gave him the elephant to put
Does this chanting yield any real reward?
quarters to my dad for Father’s Day.
your chips by denomination so the dealers
everyone at the table.
luckiest days of week (41%), followed by
Tamburin shared the three important
to hold and which to discard. You can
disappointment in a shooter who sevens
on the keychain not knowing the animal
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• Know what bets you have on the
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