Best Casinos

March 8, 2008

Everyone has their favorite casino, but what really makes the best casinos so great? Some people think it’s a single deck blackjack game, while others prefer a good buffet with cocktail waitresses that make frequent rounds. Mark Pilarski worked in more than his fair share of casinos and has his own take on what make the best casinos so great.

Even with his love of buffets that line up on the American casino landscape, a great lineup of food isn’t going to equal the best casino.

It is no secret that casinos have a mathematical edge over players on all their games. This fact alone makes it tough for players to win. The higher the casino’s edge, the lower the chances the player will end up a winner. With the casino enjoying this mathematical advantage over the player, they key to “the best” is to know where to play, which games offer the best chance at winning, and learn how to beat them.

You should judge a casino “the best” if its gaming rules maximize a player’s chance of winning. Consider this Starving Player’s Checklist: single versus double zeros on a roulette table; blackjack dealt from a single deck with liberal rules like doubling on anything, re-splitting and surrender; a crap game with five or ten times odds in lieu of two-times odds; 9/6 video poker machines; a mini-baccarat table with low limits; casinos that advertise 98.5% paybacks on their slot machines, and then tell you which machines those are when you ask.

Besides, Jack, my New Years Resolution (authored by my wife) was to avoid the buffet chow lines, but not a decent-paying video poker machine.

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