February, 2012

Updates

Here are some questions asked of me recently, either in the “Comments” or in private e-mails. By the way my e-mail address is queenofcomps@ cox.net. I do try to answer all e-mails as soon as I can. However, please don’t ask me broad questions

Time Marches On

Yes, it is true Brad entered a new decade of his life.  He turned 80 on January 18 while we were at the Horseshoe in Hammond, Indiana.  It was a great time to use up a Harrah’s Seven Star Celebration Dinner at their fine steakhouse.

When to Change Machines

Awhile back there was a very long – and sometimes heated – discussion on the vpFREE forum about losing streaks and when to move from one machine or game to another.  Some of the “math people” chimed in with numbers, and formulas, and percentages – all good information to prove their points.  However, I finally came into the discussion to help out those who just wanted some general guidelines without doing any complex calculations.

Here were my non-math comments:

If you are doing a negative play, move around and change machines and games as much as you want, for any old reason, logical or not. 

Spinning a Yarn

I want to recommend a new book by my friend, Barney Vinson.  The Big Spin is fiction but I have often heard Barney talk about his experiences working in casinos down through the years, so I know that this a true-to-life story.  It is a tale of the old Vegas, showing the glitz and glamor side at the top but with a dark underbelly of mob influence, crime, and a mortal struggle for those at the bottom.

If you like to read about how Vegas life used to be