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Archive for February, 2008
2008 Cincinnati Reds
The 2008 Cincinnati Reds will hope the addition of new manager Dusty Baker can bring the team back to its winning ways. The team capped off their seventh straight losing season last year when they finished fifth in the NL Central at 72 – 90. While the offense is loaded with great talent, the pitching […]
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2008 Pittsburgh Pirates
The Pirates have become so use to winning that it has been 15 seasons since the last time they had a winning year. The team will most likely tie the record of 16 straight losing seasons set by the Phillies back in the 30s and 40s. For a team that finished last in the NL […]
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2008 Houston Astros
In 2007 the Houston Astros said good-bye to one of the greatest to put on an Astros uniform in Craig Biggio. Biggio’s last season wasn’t a storybook ending for the team as they finished with a 73-89 record for fourth in the NL Central, though he did reach the 3,000 hit milestone before he hung […]
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2008 Milwaukee Brewers
The Milwaukee Brewers were one of the surprise teams of 2007 leading the National League Central for pretty much the whole year before letting the Cubs squeeze by late. The Brewers had their first winning season since 1992 going 83 -79. The team is full of young talent let by corner infielders 1B Prince Fielder […]
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House Edge on Tie Wagers in Baccarat
We received an interesting note from a player this week about how they had been stuck on a losing streak in the casino and were thinking about mini-baccarat. They wanted to know if there were any secrets to the game that would help them win a little money, and this player was especially curious […]
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Vigorish on 9/6 Video Poker Machines
9/6 Video Poker is a Jacks or better machine that pays 9 for a full house and 6 for a flush with one coin inserted. A lot of the posted house edges out there will show you the odds when the royal flush is included with maximum coin play. That’s because the odds […]
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Playing the Maxium Amount of Coins in Slot Machines
The gambling experts may warn you to check the odds on the slot machines before sitting down and putting your money in, but they can almost always agree on one thing, when you step up to pull the lever make sure you are playing the maximum number of coins. This is usually five, […]
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Odds on Four Numbers in a Row in Roulette
It’s a rare occurrence but it is a possibility. The odds on a single number showing up four times in a row on a roulette table come in at about 2,085,136 spins for the American Roulette wheel, which has the double-zero.
This is something that you are not going to see very often, but I […]
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6/5 Video Poker Machine v. 9/6
There have been some questions coming in from visitors on whether it is better to play a loose Jacks or better 6/5 video poker machine or a very tight full-pay Jacks or better 9/6 poker machines, but there is no real difference in reality.
Every hand is dealt out randomly by the machine, so the tightness […]
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Superstitions on Craps Dice Rolling
I have gotten plenty of emails in the past from people who will believe just about anything. For instance, I just got something in my email the other day from a person asking about shooting craps. They swear that a hot roll is always stopped when the house changes dealers, someone touches who […]
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