I am a conservative player and I play all the time. Many trips of mine to the glamorous casino cities and counties can last upwards of 130 days. I am very much aware that what I am doing is flirting with Lady Luck and that the casino has structured its games to beat me and every other player now, and then, and usually always.
When Blaise Pascal discovered roulette in the late 1600s, he was looking for something completely different. He wanted to discover the real Chalice of the Church – in fact, he wanted to be the scientist who created a perpetual-motion machine.
Every casino player (or just about every one) knows that the house has a mathematical edge on the games being offered. The edge works consistently. That is why the “house” over time will come out the winner in human versus house competition.
“My new article is titled ‘Slot Machines: the Power and the Glory.’ How do you like that?” I said to my wife, the Beautiful AP.
She said, “That’s kind of a religious quote. I think that might offend some people.”
QUESTION: Okay, I have been reading you for several decades but I want to know what I can do to become a better player than just the idea that I have to play the right strategies. I play blackjack, craps, and roulette in that order. They are my favorite games.
I am guessing that almost all casino players have a method of betting, even those few who just throw out their money willy-nilly wishing and hoping for some blind luck from the non-existent gods and goddesses of such luck. That’s a system, although an uninformed one.
