| The Lottery Book is the first practical treatise on a subject which has for so long been confined to a "dream book" mentality. Prof. Catlin is a proven "numbers scientist" who'll guide you through a course on the nature of the games, the math behind them, and how to play them. You'll have a ready reference guide to the various state lotteries around the country and how to figure the odds against you, as well as the cerebral ammunition necessary to arm you with the knowledge to determine when a jackpot reaches what the author calls a "positive expectation" bet. There's also some very entertaining reading about people who have won huge lottery jackpots and went on to use the money to live life to the fullest, as well as winners whose lottery riches became the gateway to nightmares. The cashless system makes it possible for slot players to collect tickets with modest wins and hopefully have them add up to a nice little score when it's time to go home. For example, if you buy into a nickel machine for twenty dollars and in a short period of time you've seen your money double or even triple, the voucher system makes it easy to capitalize on your good fortune and move on to another machine. 3. Resolve to not be greedy. It's an easy thing to say but so hard to do. If you want to be a successful player, however, you must get used to it. Chasing jackpots or not being satisfied with modest gains have been the ruin of many a slot player. As this columnist has cautioned so many times before, it's hard to win. When you do, you owe it to yourself to be content. It's o.k. to play with a portion of your winnings, but by all means make it a point to preserve some of your good fortune and walk out the door with it. 4. Resolve to play at a leisurely pace. Quite frankly, this is the strongest weapon you possess. The speed with which you play has no effect on your chances of winning. All you are doing when you play fast is giving the casino an opportunity to extract a bigger share of your bankroll. 5. Resolve to refuse to allow the games to manipulate you. Many of the new multi-line video slots are extremely entertaining. You must always keep in mind that the nickel games are the stingiest as far as theoretical payback is concerned. Collectively, they make a ton of money for the casinos. What's more, the multi-line, multi-coin features entice you to increase your risk from a few coins to several dollars per play. That can really eat up your bankroll in a hurry. "We are very excited about the renovations," said Joe Domenico, general manager and senior vice president of Harrah's East Chicago. "Our goal with the renovation is to provide the best service and a world-class gaming experience for our customers. These renovations are an extension of our commitment to invest in the future of East Chicago." There are also some welcome enhancements to the vessel's food and beverage service. A 22-seat interactive flair bar is being constructed on the third level along with a 50-seat diner-style restaurant, which will make Harrah's East Chicago the market's leader in on-board amenities. Perhaps the top improvement for slot players will be the addition of 1,100 "Fast Cash" equipped machines. This cashless, coin-less technology gives guests the convenience of being issued a ticket voucher compatible with any similarly equipped machine, thereby eliminating the need for buckets and coin counting. In an effort to attract a younger crowd to the table games area, a "Party Pit" is planned for a portion of the third level. I saw this feature in operation at Harrah's Las Vegas and also at Harrah's Joliet a number of years ago. I can tell you from a serious player's standpoint it's not to my liking. The informal atmosphere, talkative dealers, balloons, bells and whistles are designed to appeal to a young crowd of inexperienced table games players. During the same six-hour bonanza, blackjack players at Terrible's were getting double payoffs on suited naturals. That meant instead of receiving 3 to 2 ($7.50) for a suited blackjack for a five-dollar bet, anniversary night players got 3 to 1 ($15.00) for a five dollar bet. The Las Vegas Advisor reported this bonus gave the game a 1.25 percent edge to basic strategy players. If you also employed a card counting system, the edge was magnified even more. |
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