BackgammonFree.com is pleased to introduce the best articles and reviews by Frank Scoblete, the number-one best-selling gaming author in America. Scoblete has written some great books, such as Forever Craps: The Five-Step Advantage-Play Method, Guerrilla Gamlbing, and Beat the Craps Out of the Casinos: How to Play Craps and Win, among many others.
Frank writes for over 40 magazines, newspapers and websites in America, Europe, Canada, and the Islands, including Jackpot, Casino Magazine in the Memphis Commercial Appeal, Midwest Gaming and Travel, Casino Player, Gaming South. He has appeared on and been a consultant for many television networks including the Discovery Channel, CNN, TBS, The Travel Channel, ABC, Walter Cronkite, and A&E. He has also done consulting work for IGT and Silicon Gaming, among others. He is also a commentator on The Goodtimes Show on WMC, 790 AM in Memphis.
Below you will find all the most interesting gambling secrets and techniques revealed, and great advices on how to improve your playing skills and become a winner.
My worst trip to Vegas
I don’t have a therapist who gets paid to listen to my whines, moans and complaints. For that, I have you, my indulgent readers. So, please indulge me, because this column is all about me.
The encyclopedia salesman stood at the doorway.
“Don’t you want your children to have easy access to a world of knowledge?” “Yes,” said the neighbor. “Don’t you think it is important for the children to have a reference that they can look up when they need important information?” asked the salesman.
My publisher wants to do an updated, expanded edition of my first book Beat the Craps Out of the Casinos: How to Play Craps and Win! That book was researched in the late 1980s, written in 1990, and published in 1991.
Most people who are well read in casino gambling know that quite a few of the common beliefs gamblers have are mistaken. For example, slot machines do not have predetermined win and loss cycles.
I happen to be an exception to the craps-playing rule that crowded is best. I like playing at tables where there are only a few players; while most craps players hate to be alone at a table and usually seek cramped conditions in order to court Lady Luck.