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UCLA Bruins Odds to Win the 2008 NCAA Tournament
The UCLA Bruins come into the final two weeks of the regular season as the #4 team in the country. They currently sit alone on top the Pac 10 Conference at 12-2, and have an overall record of 23-3. UCLA has only one real bad loss on the season when it lost to the Washington […]
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North Carolina Tar Heels Odds to Win the 2008 NCAA Tournament
The North Carolina Tar Heels are currently ranked #3 in the country and have rolled off 5 straight victories since the tough loss to the Duke Blue Devils at home. They are currently tied with Duke atop the ACC at 11-2, but the Blue Devils get the edge in the head to head battle. There […]
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Best Moments in NCAA Tournament History
The NCAA Tournament is fast approaching and before you know it everyone will be filling out their brackets. Each and every year the tournament is full of buzzer beaters, big upsets, and unforgettable plays. The tournament catches the nations attention for almost 4 weeks as 65 teams make their run at history. With all these […]
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Is Video Poker Draw Poker?
If you think draw poker is the same as video poker, then there are purists out there that would look at you and scoff. However, if you look at it this way, video poker is just you playing against the machine. The machine displays the cards as graphic images on the screen and […]
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Win Percentage in Blackjack
Everyone who reads the articles on this site knows that we love games in the casino with a small house edge. One of these games is blackjack. However, we were recently contacted by a player who had tracked all of their hands over the trip and found that they lost a fair amount […]
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Best Casino Craps Advice
You would be surprised where you get advice for playing at the casinos, and you would be more surprised to hear that most of it is based on no real mathematical knowledge at all. One time though a homeless guy approached me for a few coins so he could get something to eat. Now in […]
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Max Number of Players in Texas Hold Em
In Texas Hold’em, you do not discard the top card of the deck prior to dealing a round. So Texas Hold’em could be played by up to 22 players (44 player cards, 3 burn cards, and 5 community cards) sitting at the same table (you better have a big table).
Since Hold’em is generally played among […]
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House Edge on Roulette
For years I’ve been trying to convince my wife that playing on a single zero roulette table, which, by the way, our local casino offers, is a much better play than on a double zero wheel. She sort of believes me but it’s just that the 00 is her favorite number on the layout. Besides, […]
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Pay Cycles on Slot Machines
We have gotten asked the question of what a pay cycle means on the slot machine so we figured we would take the time to answer it here.
The term pay cycle is a theoretic expression used to describe the number of plays required for the machine to display all the possible winning and non-winning combinations. […]
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What is Sea Gulling
One of the things we always recommend to players is to make sure that you check your machine for credits before you decide to get up and walk away. However, do not think that you can go around the casino looking for machines that have credits in them. Machines that were last used by players […]
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