Swain Scheps - Casino Gambling For Dummies

9 Part 5: The Part of Tens Chapter 19: Ten Cool Places to Gamble Living Large in Las Vegas Landing on Boardwalk: Atlantic City Touring Tahoe and Reno Cruising the High Seas Exploring Native American Casinos Collecting Chips in Connecticut Striking Gold in California Finding Hidden Treasures in the Caribbean Joining the Jet Set Rolling on the River (or Lake) Chapter 20: Ten Ways to Score Comps Ask and Ye Shall Receive Learning Comp Math Using a Players’ Card Learning to Love Video Poker and Blackjack Bet Low in Secret Making the Bathroom Your Second Home Looking Like You’re Losing Greasing the Wheels Never Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth Behaving with Courtesy and Respect

10 Appendix A: Important Resources Books, eBooks, and Magazines Podcasts Web Sites Gamblers Anonymous

11 Index

12 About the Authors

13 Connect with Dummies

14 End User License Agreement

1 Chapter 3 TABLE 3-1 The Minimum House Edge for Popular Casino Games

2 Chapter 5TABLE 5-1 Tips for Proper Tipping

3 Chapter 7TABLE 7-1 Strategies for Hard HandsTABLE 7-2 Strategies for Pair SplitsTABLE 7-3 Strategies for Soft HandsTABLE 7-4 Common Blackjack Mistakes — and How to Avoid ’Em

4 Chapter 10TABLE 10-1 Player’s RulesTABLE 10-2 Banker’s Rules (When the Player’s Hand Has Three Cards)TABLE 10-3 When the Banker Can Draws a Third Card

5 Chapter 11TABLE 11-1 A Typical Pay Table for Let It RideTABLE 11-2 Let It Ride Pay Table for $1 Side Bet

6 Chapter 13TABLE 13-1 Returns on Video Poker GamesTABLE 13-2 Payout for 9/6 Jacks or BetterTABLE 13-3 Payout for Full-Pay Deuces Wild

7 Chapter 14TABLE 14-1 A Typical $1 Keno Payout Chart

8 Chapter 15TABLE 15-1 Parlays Payouts (based on -110 bets)TABLE 15-2 Point-Spread Listing for FootballTABLE 15-3 Money-Line Bets for BaseballTABLE 15-4 Prop Bet Over/UnderTABLE 15-5 Futures Bet

9 Chapter 16TABLE 16-1 A Sample Tote Board DisplayTABLE 16-2 A Sample Race Payoff

1 Chapter 6FIGURE 6-1: Poker hands in descending value, with a royal flush being the best ...FIGURE 6-2: A Texas Hold’em hand.

2 Chapter 7FIGURE 7-1: A blackjack table.FIGURE 7-2: The dealer’s hand is revealed.

3 Chapter 8FIGURE 8-1: The possible dice combinations.FIGURE 8-2: The craps layout. FIGURE 8-3: The Pass-Line bet with odds placed behind it.FIGURE 8-4: The Don’t-Pass bet with an odds bet.FIGURE 8-5: The center bets.

4 Chapter 9FIGURE 9-1: The European wheel with a single zero (left) and the American wheel...FIGURE 9-2: American roulette wheel and betting layouts.FIGURE 9-3: Zooming in on the table.

5 Chapter 10FIGURE 10-1: The mini-baccarat table for seven players.FIGURE 10-2 Baccarat combined hand evaluation flowchart.FIGURE 10-3: The formal baccarat table for 14 players.

6 Chapter 11FIGURE 11-1: A pai gow table.FIGURE 11-2: The three-card poker table for six players.FIGURE 11-3: The Let It Ride table for six players.

7 Chapter 12FIGURE 12-1: Clusters of slot games are found in a casino.FIGURE 12-2: A typical payout ticket is a bar-coded voucher.FIGURE 12-3: The multiline, multibet video slot game.FIGURE 12-4: The glass panel gives the payout information.

8 Chapter 13FIGURE 13-1: The Wizard of Odds simplified strategy for video poker.FIGURE 13-2: A sample hand in Jacks or Better.FIGURE 13-3: A sample hand in Jacks or Better.

9 Chapter 14FIGURE 14-1: Marking a straight ticket.FIGURE 14-2: Marking a split ticket.FIGURE 14-3: Marking a way ticket.FIGURE 14-4: A standard bingo card.

1 Cover

2 Title Page

3 Copyright

4 Table of Contents

5 Begin Reading

6 Appendix A: Important Resources

7 Index

8 About the Author

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