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Gayle Mitchell's Casino Players Workshop & Seminars is pleased to introduce a new line of handy, pocket-size Casino Gambling Tips Booklets that you can take to any casino for a fast-track education. Five titles have been released containing 101 Tips each on casino gaming in general, slots, video poker and getting comps from casinos. Also Roulette Made Easier.

Following are 25 tips from 101 Casino Gambling Tips booklet.

CASINO GAMBLING TIPS - General.

1) Educate yourself. Be prepared for any casino visit. Become able and profit will follow! Knowledge is power in any casino.
2) Play only those games and strategies that have less than a 3% casino advantage.
3) Practice progressive betting: after every win up your bet by at least half of your previous win. After a loss, go back to minimum bet.

10 BEST BETS

4) Certain Slots and full-pay Video Poker.
5) Blackjack - locate the 'dealer must stand on all 17's' tables.
6) Craps with correct strategies.
7) Mini-Baccarat & single-zero Roulette.
8) Pai-Gow Poker & Live Poker
9) SportsBook and Bingo.

TEN WORST BETS: Casino edge 3%+

10) Keno and Big Wheel
11) Double-zero Roulette & Caribbean Poker.
12) Let It Ride and Red Dog.
13) Blackjack with no basic strategy, and any proposition, field bet, BIG 6/8, or "middle bet" on the craps table.
14) Video Poker with no strategy and no knowledge of difference between full-pay and short-pay machines. Slots that have less than a 98% payback.

TABLE GAMES TIPS

15) Blackjack: single deck tables, no double down restrictions, re-splitting, surrender; all above are player advantage rules. Use the 7-up method of play.
16) Craps: keep pass line and come bets at table minimums.
17) Make odds bets (after count established) with as much as your bankroll will allow. This is where the money is made at the craps tables.
18) Mini-baccarrat: one decision to make - bet player or banker hand. This is an easier game to learn than blackjack and has a low casino advantage.
19) Pai-Gow Poker: rank of 5-card hand must be hgiher than the two-card low hand.
20) Live Poker: Two popular card room games are: Seven-Card Stud and Texas Hold 'Em.
21) Sportsbook: analyze all stats before putting your money down; play with your head, not your heart.

VEGAS "locals" CASINOS (partial list)
22) Palace Station, Sam's Town, Showboat, Stratosphere, Boulder & Texas Stations, Santa Fe, Fiesta, Gold Coast, Sam's Town, Main St. Stn, Reserve, El Cortez.
Atlantic City top CASINOS (partial list)
23) Harrahs, Trump Taj, Tropicana, Claridges, and Sands.

24) Not only do you have good luck with education, but you are making your luck!
25) Continue your Intelligent Gambling education. See our special offer for Books 1 & 2. Casino Gambling Made Easier and More Casino Gambling Made Easier with 4-card strategy set FREE. ( a $9.95 value).

Gayle Mitchell: author/publisher.
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