Casino Strategy: House Edge Education

Casino games have built-in mathematical advantages favoring the house. For the most part, you cannot completely reverse that advantage and get an edge for yourself unless you learn to count cards at blackjack or play expert strategy at certain video poker games with favorable pay tables.But short of learning to count cards or playing video poker at an expert level, there are some things you can do to make sure you get the most out of what casino games have to offer. In this article, we highlight a few that will help you along the way without having to go to extremes of learning new systems and strategies. Good luck!

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Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort Kicks-Off WSOP Events

The World Series of Poker Circuit will conclude its 15th season at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort with an event series scheduled for August 1 – 12 and over $4 million up for grabs. The August series will feature a $1,700 Main Event and two Senior Events.

Also taking place during the August series is the Global Casino Championship. The prestigious three day tournament will take place on August 6-8 and will feature a minimum $1 million guaranteed prize pool and will award the winner a World Series of Poker gold bracelet.

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NFL Season Preview: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly!


As mandatory minicamps come to an end and the new NFL season can be seen on the horizon, we are excited to bring you a our insight on a few teams who are bound to make some noise this year, a few that will come up short, and a little fantasy insight along the way.

We hope you have a successful season of fun filled sports action at your favorite casino sportsbooks or other optimal viewing spots!

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Executive Spotlight: Setting the Sights on Sports – Brandon Dardeau: Beau Rivage Resort & Casino – Biloxi, Mississippi

With new legislation allowing sports wagering sweeping the nation, casinos are racing to get their sportsbooks up and running for the upcoming football season. Mississippi is one of the first states to implement the new laws and several properties hit the ground running. The first legal sports bets in Mississippi took place simultaneously on August 1st at the MGM Resorts-owned Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi and Gold Strike Casino Resort in Tunica. We caught up with Brandon Dardeau, Vice President of Marketing at Beau Rivage, to get the inside scoop on their outlook on the industry how they are positioning to be the leader in sports betting in the South.

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Craps: The Truth About Craps

 

There is a singular truth about craps. It is a harsh truth and one that many craps players don’t know about, don’t care to know about, do know about but refuse to articulate or incorporate it into their strategies, or they just ignore it and pretend it has nothing to do with winning or losing or, strangely, with them.

That harsh truth is this: The best chance a player has to win is for him to make the very best bets in the game (and, sadly, there are only a few of them) as these bets will preserve a player’s bankroll. The worst chance the player has to win is to make what my mentor, the late Captain of Craps, called the Crazy Crapper bets – and these awful bets seem legion in the game and, yes, legions of players make them.

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