At first, the news seemed great. At a time when many casinos are reducing their full-pay video-poker inventory, the Taj Mahal put in a bank of multi-denomination machines with 9/6 Jacks or Better and 8/5 Bonus Poker. A friend and I went to check them out, looked at the paytables, and there they were. [...]
If you’re a video-poker player or looking to learn the game, here’s an opportunity you don’t want to miss. Gambling writer Bob Dancer is having a meet-and-greet Saturday, July 11 in the Ego Lounge at the Trump Taj Mahal. It will take place from 2 to 4 p.m., and admission is free. As a bonus, [...]
The New Jersey Lottery’s Pick-6 jackpot is up to $20 million. So I decided to take part of my lunch hour to walk a half-mile or so to the store, get some exercise on a nice spring day and buy a ticket. OK, I know the lottery isn’t the best bet. But with the jackpot [...]
One thing I did New Year’s Day was to close out my 2008 gambling spreadsheet. I didn’t like what I saw. I won’t go into the nitty-gritty details, but I had an unlucky year, playing mostly full-pay video poker in Atlantic City. But what hurt more was that my cashback and bounce-back cash went WAY [...]
I was playing a 9/6 Jacks or Better slant top at the Borgata one night last week. The casino was rather empty, as is typical of December in Atlantic City. Two women, apparently mother and daughter, took a machine near me, checked that it was indeed 9/6 Jacks, and started to play. They didn’t notice that [...]
