Size counts. Bigger is better. The rich are different than you and me. Most intelligent people would scoff if they were told the above cliches were true. After all, bigger isn’t better when it comes to heart attacks. The large-size pimples on the teenager’s cheek aren’t more of a love enhancer than the small ones.
When I first started my gaming career, my mother took me aside and said: “Be careful. The casinos will win in the end.” I asked her why and she replied: “Because the casinos are the casinos.” Now, she didn’t know about odds and edges, speed and number of decisions; she knew one thing...
The best bets in the casino are usually bets with dull sounding names, the common-sounding Bank bet (1.17 percent house edge) or the drab Player bet (1.36 percent house edge) at baccarat, and the pass (1.41 percent house edge), don't pass (1.40 percent house edge), come (1.41 percent house edge), don't come...
The ancient Hindus called it “maya” and it meant illusion. To them the world, the flesh and the universe were just a figment in the mind of the Absolute and thus nothing was what it seemed to be. In fact, nothing was at all. Once you realized this you could free yourself from the cycle of birth, death and rebirth.
The most popular game in the casino, the game that gives the player the best chance to win, and the game that the majority of players actually play so poorly that the casinos win more money from it than from any game other than slots is blackjack. Blackjack is a game where your choices count...
