This game returns a robust 99.80% with perfect play, is found in a number of Las Vegas casinos, and for some reason I have neither taught nor written much about the game. That is about to change. Today I’ll discuss the basics of the game. Next week I’ll talk about some Intermediate-Level peculiarities to the […]
Podcast – guest Houston Curtis part 2
This is part 2 of our discussion with Houston Curtis. We talk more about Molly’s Game, and discuss the Ultimate Blackjack Tour, and the Ultimate Bet scandal. His new book is Billion dollar Hollywood Heist. We welcome your questions – send them to us at [email protected], or you can find me at @RWM21 on Twitter or https://www.facebook.com/GamblingWithAnEdge. […]
Coronavirus II: The Congressman, the Scorer, an...
At 6:30 a.m. on September 11, 2001 (“9/11”), I was just walking into my room at the Main Street Inn (now the Bridger Inn) in downtown Las Vegas after an all-nighter playing and scouting. I turned on the TV and saw the fire at the World Trade Center, which had been hit by a small […]
Something Good from Backgammon
As many of you have noticed, I’ve been reading some backgammon books recently to interview Gambling with an Edge guests. This is not going to become a backgammon blog. My main gig remains video poker. Also, to prepare for the interviews, I watched some YouTube videos of international championship tournaments to see what had changed […]
Podcast – guest Houston Curtis
Our guest this week is Houston Curtis on to talk abut what really happened in Molly’s Game. His new book is Billion Dollar Hollywood Heist. We welcome your questions – send them to us at [email protected], or you can find me at @RWM21 on Twitter or https://www.facebook.com/GamblingWithAnEdge. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download Show […]
Another Lesson from Square Dancing
I’ve been writing these articles for more than 20 years and sometimes need to draw inspiration from all sorts of different places. Today’s inspiration comes from square dancing — but the subject matter will soon shift to gambling successfully. The square dance callers (the people who stand up in front of the dancers and tell […]
NFL Draft Betting in Nevada
Times are tough if you’re a Nevada sports bettor. There’s not much to bet on and not many places to bet. It’s not completely dead, though. Sports books are one casino component that could have remained open in April. With the apps now available, no direct customer contact is needed so it’s up to the […]
Podcast – Michael Dalton
Our guest this week is Michael Dalton. Michael is a gambling author, publisher, and founder of the “Blackjack Review Network.” You can find his site at blackjackreview.com. We welcome your questions – send them to us at [email protected], or you can find me at @RWM21 on Twitter or https://www.facebook.com/GamblingWithAnEdge. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to […]
A Look at Bill Robertie’s New Series on Backgam...
It was not my intention to spend a lot of time on backgammon, as backgammon is not my game of choice — nor is it really much of a gambling game anymore. But just as we were preparing to air two GWAE shows with Bob Wachtel on his Backgammon Chronicles, Richard and I received a […]
Coronavirus I: Lockdown
RIP, Futurist Twenty years ago, I spent Easter locked down in a concrete holding cell at CCDC—Clark County Detention Center—after being jailed on trumped-up charges by Caesars Palace, who couldn’t handle that my teammate and I had won a few thousand bucks playing Three Card Poker. From the jailhouse phone, I called Arnold Snyder, my […]