Casino Gambling: What's Hot Now: Craps Odds Bet

Casino Gambling: What's Hot Now
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Craps Odds Bet
Nov 15th 2012, 11:08

If the point number is 5 or 9 the odds bet pays $3 to $2. You must make your odds bet in multiples of $2, so your odds bet always needs to be an even amount. If the casino offers double odds and you have a $5 pass line bet you can bet $10 in odds.

If you wanted to take less than double odds you would have to place your odds bet would have to be $2-$4 $6 or $8. An easy way to remember the odds for 5 and 9 is “If the number is odd your odds must be even.”

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Casino Gambling: What's Hot Now: Casino Jobs

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Casino Jobs
Nov 15th 2012, 11:08

Casino jobs are some of the best paying and most eagerly sought-after of all entry-level positions. While casinos hire experienced personnel, they also hire team members who have no casino experience and often train and promote from within for their best jobs. The benefits offered by major casinos in the United States are often excellent, and working conditions are very good.

Getting a Casino Job

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Wondering how to get started in your quest for a casino job? Casinos are open or being built in 38 states, and the hunt for new employees is really getting kicked into gear. If you are looking for a job, whether you are experienced or are just entering the job market, casinos offer many different types of employment. And, knowing how to apply and what to apply for will help with your employment success.

Top Ten Reasons to be a Casino Dealer

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Being a casino dealer can be fun and exciting, and the pay can be excellent! Some casinos offer training to their employees. There are a lot of benefits to being a dealer, do you know the top ten?

Concierge Host - What a Casino Concierge Host Does

Working as a casino concierge host can be a great position for people who like working directly with a property's guests. If you know what to expect and how to apply, you might land a fun job, even if you've never worked for a casino before.

Coin Loader - What a Casino Coin Loader Does

Ever wonder what a casino coin loader does? This entry-level position is still offered at many casinos. Take a look at the specifics and see if you qualify and might enjoy a new job.

Pit Boss - What a Casino Pit Boss Does

Being a casino pit boss can be one of the most exciting and rewarding jobs in the casino industry. Most pit bosses start out as casino dealers, but regardless of how they got there, most pit bosses love casinos and love their pay scale.

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Casino Gambling: What's Hot Now: Redeeming Slot Vouchers

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Redeeming Slot Vouchers
Nov 15th 2012, 11:08

One of the quickest changes to the casinos over the last few years has been the transition to coinless slot machines. Some of the casinos call it the EZ-Pay system while others call it TITO, which stands for Ticket In Ticket Out. Instead of feeding coins into the machine you place any denomination bill in the bill receptor and the machine registers the appropriate amount of credits. When you hit the button to cash out a voucher is printed with the amount of payout which you can redeem at the cashiers cage or redemption machine. All of the new slot machines being made have this feature.

The change to a coinless system became a necessity because of the advent of the multiâ€"denomination machines. The casinos also favored them because it allowed them to cut labor costs by hiring less slot attendants and change people.

The casinos made a conscience effort to make sure the new coinless system would be accepted by the players. Many casinos added numerous redemption kiosks around the casino floor. This makes it faster and more convenient for players to cash in their vouchers. Players no longer have to lug buckets of dirty coins across the casino floor and wait in line for a cashier to count them.

Players also don’t have to worry about a machine running out of coins while they are cashing out. In the past the biggest complaint amongst slot players was the time they had to wait for a hopper fill, especially when the casino was crowded. The TITO system has eliminated this problem.

When coinless slots were first introduced onto the casino floor the main complaint from the players was the inconvenience when switching machines. If they wanted to switch machines they had to take their voucher over to the cashier and convert it back to money to put into the next machine. Fortunately, this issue was quickly addressed and in many of the newer coinless machines you are able to place a voucher from one machine directly into another. If you are in hurry when you cash out you can even just put the voucher in your wallet or purse and use it when you play later.

This however can cause a problem if you forget to cash it in before you head for home especially if you are visiting a casino in another State. A few weeks ago I received an email from a person who had forgotten to redeem a slot voucher while on vacation in Las Vegas. He told me it expired in 60 days and wanted to know how to cash it in since he would not be going back to Las Vegas within that time.

I had never forgotten to cash in a coupon and I just assumed that you could mail it into the casino and they would send you the money. I learned that this was not the case at every casino. In fact while doing some research I found that the policies for dealing with forgotten slot vouchers varies not only from casino to casino but State to State even among casinos owned by the same gaming companies.

I called several casinos around the country and asked to be connected to the main casino cage. In each instance I asked for their policy for redeeming a voucher that a player forgot to cash in. Here is a sample of my findings.

Casino Policies
At Foxwoods in Connecticut the ticket/vouchers from the slot machines are good for 240 days. If you forget to cash one in you can mail it in to collect your money.

Harrah’s is one of the biggest national gaming companies and I called several of their casinos to check their polices. When I called the casino in Atlantic City I was told that the EZ Pay vouchers did not expire but if I wanted to redeem one after 90 days I would have to go to the main cage to cash it. At Harrah’s in Las Vegas the vouchers are good for 90 days and they even have an address printed on the back with instructions for mailing in the voucher.

Boyd Gaming is another national company and their policies differ at casinos around the country. At Sam’s Town in Tunica, MS the slot vouchers are good for 60 days and if you forget to redeem one, you can mail it in to collect your money. This is not the case at the Fremont, another Boyd property in downtown Las Vegas. I was told that the slot vouchers at the Fremont expire in 30 days and there is no way to mail them in or redeem them other than in person.

When I called the Mirage in Las Vegas I was told that their vouchers were good for 90 days but there was no way to mail them in. A player must cash it or lose it.

Subject to Change
Because the policy for redeeming slot vouchers varies so much you should call the casino if you find yourself with a ticket you forgot to cash. The casinos may change their policies at times so even the information I mentioned here could change at a moments notice.

What You Can Do
If you should find yourself with a voucher from a casino with a “no-mail policy” all may not be lost. If you are a regular player at the casino my advice would be to call and ask for a casino host if you don’t already have one. Explain the problem with the host. The casino host wants to do everything possible to retain their good players and they may be able to work out a solution for you.

To avoid forgetting the vouchers you should redeem them when you get done playing. I like to do this because I can enter the information in my log book after I cash my voucher. If you want to save them to play later, then make it a habit to redeem your vouchers at the end of the day before heading to your room. When you get ready to check out of your hotel make sure take a look in your wallet for any vouchers you may have forgotten.

Consistent Policies
If the casinos wanted to make the TITO system more player friendly they could make the vouchers interchangeable among the properties they own. I realize however that this may not be possible for accounting purposes. They could however initiate a policy that would be consistent among all of their casinos.

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Casino Gambling: What's Hot Now: Basic Strategy for Blackjack

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Basic Strategy for Blackjack
Nov 15th 2012, 11:08

Increase your wins at blackjack by learning the mathematically proven rules called basic strategy. By following these rules you can reduce the house edge to as low as half-of a percent, making blackjack one of the five best casino bets!

Each casino has their own set of rules, and basic strategy varies slightly by how many decks are in use. If you have a choice and all the tables have the same rules, choose a single deck, which has slightly better odds for the player. Multiple deck (shoe) games and continuous shufflers would be chosen next. If the six deck shoes offer better rules such as re-splitting aces and double down on any two cards, that would be a good choice. Don't expect to win very often if the casino pays 6 to 5 on a blackjack instead of the standard 7.5 to 5. That's a deal breaker as far as I am concerned.

Basic Strategy

You can play basic strategy by using the formula shown below. It is simplified for all blackjack game styles except European no-peak and games that offer surrender. You can still use it for those games, but learning surrender rules will improve your wins. To follow the rules, simply look at your first two cards and then look at the dealers upcard and follow the rules.

Regardless of what the dealer has up, you will always split, double down, or hit until you get at least a hard 12. If you are new at the game, you should learn how to play blackjack first. Start with your first two cards and check the list:

Hard Hand
  • 12 - Stand against a dealer upcard of 4, 5 or 6, otherwise hit
  • 13 - Stand against a dealer upcard of 2 through 6, otherwise hit
  • 14 - Stand against a dealer upcard of 2 through 6, otherwise hit
  • 15 - Stand against a dealer upcard of 2 through 6, otherwise hit
  • 16 - Stand against a dealer upcard of 2 through 6, otherwise hit
  • 17 - Stand on 17 or higher unless you have a split or soft hand
Hard Doubles
  • 9 - double against a dealer upcard of 3 through 6, otherwise hit
  • 10 - double against a dealer upcard of 2 through 9, otherwise hit
  • 11 - double against a dealer upcard of 2 through 10, otherwise hit
Pair Splits
  • 2/2 - Split against a dealer upcard of 2 through 7, otherwise hit
  • 3/3 - Split against a dealer upcard of 2 through 7, otherwise hit
  • 4/4 - Hit
  • 5/5 - Use doubling rules as a ten
  • 6/6 - Split against a dealer upcard of 2 through 6, otherwise hit
  • 7/7 - Split against a dealer upcard of 2 through 7, otherwise hit
  • 8/8 - Always split
  • 9/9 - Always split except against a dealer upcard of 7, 10 or ace
  • 10/10 - Never split
  • A/A - Always split
Soft Hands
  • A2/A3 - Double down against a dealer upcard of 5 or 6, otherwise hit
  • A4/A5 - Double down against a dealer upcard of 4, 5, or 6, otherwise hit
  • A6 - Double against a dealer upcard of 3, 4, 5 or 6, otherwise hit
  • A7 - Double against a dealer upcard of 3, 4, 5 or 6. Stand against 2, 7 or 8. Hit against a 9, ten or ace.

If you can learn these rules and resist the urge to vary from them because you have a "hunch" (casinos love hunch betters!), you will do very well. The first book to offer the rules of basic strategy was Beat the Dealer by David O. Thorp.

His book, with the addition of a card-counting system that he included, changed blackjack's popularity immensely. In fact, prior to the release of the book in the early 1960's, blackjack wasn't the casino industry's most popular game, craps was.

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