Gambling Guides

The Las Vegas buffet began in the early 1940s at the original El Rancho Vegas. Owner Beldon Katleman decided to keep his hungry patrons in-house with his "Midnight Chuck Wagon Buffet - All you can eat for a Dollar". Others quickly copied his...

There are as many strategies for winning at gambling as there are losing gamblers in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, and Mississippi combined. Everyone has a system, a book, or a "winning" strategy, and most are more than willing to share hints with you -...

People often have a notion that some machines are actually loose while others are made tight. Nothing can be farther form truth. All machines are designed and made to the same mechanical/electrical/electronic precision and random logic and it is...

Over the last century, card gambling hasn't changed a whole lot. Oh sure, new games have appeared and the skills required to beat them have become more and more fine-tuned, but the great players of yesteryear share something fundamental with the...

A lot of people are intimidated by the game of Baccarat. First, there are the tuxedoed dealers in a separate room of the casino or an area roped-off from the rest of the tables. Then, there is the common misconception about the players; smartly...

ou're a relatively smart person, right? In the first few years of your life you managed to learn an entire language, how to walk, and how to manipulate your folks into giving you what you want. And you've been learning ever since. So why all the...

For centuries the Chinese people played a game with dominoes called Pai Gow: Make Nine. Within the past few years Pai Gow, the precursor to Baccarat and Chemin de Fer, has begun to make a presence in American casinos. While still difficult to find...

Sin City is better known for quickie elopements than formal family weddings. Though still the home of drive-thru chapels, Las Vegas is fast building niches for families seeking a different but exciting experience. Weddings complete with singing...

The game of roulette, invented by mathematician Blaise Pascal in the 17th century, was the first form of gambling instituted by the church in order to raise money. The original roulette layout, invented by brothers Francois and Louis Blanc in 1842,...

Every form of public entertainment has its own set of unspoken guidelines: at the movies, it's considered very rude to speak loudly or kick people; it's seen as bad form to "butt in" an amusement park queue, and when visiting the local shopping...