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#331: Penn & Teller Casino Monte
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1:01:20Voicemail: 951-292-4377; Penn & Teller Casino Monte; Free buy bets at Plaza; "Best" San Diego-area casinos; Trip reports: Mystic Lake Casino Hotel; Caesars New Orleans Hotel & Casino; Hardrock Casino Rockford; Live! Casino & Hotel Louisiana; Palms Casino Resort
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Voicemail: 951-292-4377; Spite bets; All blackjack is now 3:2 at The Palms; Carnival Firenze cruise ship
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#329: Betting Another Player's Side Bet
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59:25Voicemail: 951-292-4377; Betting another player's side bet; Earning credits at video poker vs. slots; More on fouled Face Up Pai Gow hands; Shut the box
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Voicemail: 951-292-4377; Parlay mystery...solved! Overnight keno; Listener questions; Trip reports: MSC Seashore; Ocean Casino Resort; Caesars Virginia; Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Bristol
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#327: Parlay Mystery
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1:00:06Voicemail: 951-292-4377; Isle Casino, Waterloo IA; Conflicting parlay payouts; Monty Python and the Holy Grail slots; Gold Ball Roulette
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#326: Caesars Virginia Opens
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49:22Voicemail: 951-292-4377; Caesars Virginia opens; Advice for new casino poker players; More stories from Golden Nugget Las Vegas; Strip walk results
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#325: Home Game Vegas Trip II
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45:39Voicemail: 951-292-4377; Hell drive to Las Vegas; Face Up Pai Gow Poker fouls; 8 East; TORSE tournament; Unfortunate scene at Golden Nugget Las Vegas; More on bookies and law enforcement
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Voicemail: 951-292-4377; Split Hand Poker; Class II gaming; Lower payouts on craps prop bets; Low-roller advice for a high-limit craps table
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#323: Bookies and Law Enforcement
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45:45Voicemail: 951-292-4377; Bookies and law enforcement; Sacramento-area casinos; Tub electronic craps; Hard 8 parlay; Loaded Wilds; "Dice influencers"
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#322: ZorkFest 2024
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1:13:27Voicemail: 951-292-4377; ZorkFest 2024; Tracking gambling for taxes; Quadruple-zero roulette? More on triggering a casino trip; More on sports wager early cash outs; Casino chips are the property of the casino
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#321: Voicemail Extravaganza
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59:09Voicemail: 951-292-4377; French Bank (Banca Francesa); Early cash outs on sports wagers; Why does the floor care about black chips? Live dealer "video" poker; Average Daily Theoretical (ADT); Lucky Ladies blackjack side bet
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#320: Sweepstakes Sports Betting
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57:57Voicemail: 951-292-4377; RIP Pete Rose and Archie Karas; Football in-person vs. on TV; Match'em Hi Lo; Lay bets on a Crapless Craps tables; Off-Strip casinos; Double check your video poker pay table; Sweepstakes sports betting
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#319: Colors on the Craps Table
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59:46Voicemail: 951-292-4377; Colors on the craps table; Surly gamblers; Fontainebleau blackjack: Dealer stands on soft 17; Actual odds of hitting All/Small/Tall; Pontoon; Waterfront Cebu City Hotel Casino, Philippines
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#318: Tier Levels Without the Benefits
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41:05Voicemail: 951-292-4377; Football pools; The different personal bubble craps machines; Hoover Dam; Rio; When you're granted a players club tier level, but you don't get all the benefits of that level
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#317: Bubble Craps Still a Good Bet
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42:37Voicemail: 951-292-4377; Las Vegas Paris balcony rooms; Miami Slice at Fontainebleau; Dealer mistake on side bet; Sexism in gambling; Black Hawk timeline; Bubble craps
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#316: Dr. Mike's Not-Quite-Cross-Country Trip
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1:01:12Voicemail: 951-292-4377; Dr. Mike's trip from Minnesota to California and back; "Best" way to double your money at a casino; Still no craps at Yaamava'; Miserable blackjack players; "No head!" Listener Kevin's recommendations for a better casino
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#315: Double Down Madness
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45:18Voicemail: 951-292-4377; Double Down Madness; Will MGM properties now buy the 5 & 9 for you automatically? Rio Las Vegas
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#314: The Hedgehog System
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46:23The Hedgehog Craps System; John Patrick; Buying-in etiquette; Playing poker for the first time in a casino
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#313: 360 Vegas Vacation 14
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49:07360 Vegas Vacation 14; Can free play affect your Average Daily Theoretical? Tipping at roulette
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#312: Casino Employees and Patrons
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50:06What makes a good casino employee? What makes a good casino patron? Casino chips as golf ball markers; Do Crapless Craps tables help reduce the minimums on all craps tables?
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#311: Black Hawk, Colorado
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43:54"Real" craps disappears from California; Our trip to Black Hawk, Colorado; Tucupita Marcano banned from MLB for life; Keep track of your casino chips!
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#310: Will the W-2G Threshold Finally Increase?
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41:59W-2G minimum might be changing from $1,200 to $5,800; Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore; Casinos not cashing obsolete chips; Caesars Virginia
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#309: No Call Bets
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1:06:34ZorkFest 2024; Jamul Casino; Poolside blackjack and craps; What would the name of our casino be? What does "No Call Bets" mean? Trip reports: Caesars Virginia, Danville; Biloxi; Caliente Casino, Tijuana, Mexico; Shreveport
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#308: 1-3-2-5 (or 6) Betting System
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53:38What would it take to concentrate your time on an advantage play? Two-way bet assumptions; Craps table height; 1-2-3-5 (or 6) betting system; Bending cards in a squeeze baccarat game; Trip reports: MSC Meraviglia; Marina Bay Sands Singapore; Silver Legacy Resort Casino
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On the Wrong Lead; Money talks at California casinos (and at all the other casinos too); Annoying players; Are there casinos that don't offer free play? When you want to play at a table game, but someone is playing two spots; Favorite gambling movies; Trip reports: Bally's Quad Cities Casino & Hotel; Biloxi; River Spirit Casino; Rivers Casino; Holl…
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#306: Multiplier Blackjack
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49:42"Paper Rain" by Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness; Losing streaks; Multiplier Blackjack; Story from Binion's Horseshoe
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#305: "Real" Craps in California
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53:35The closest thing to real craps in California; Fast game or slow? When is it time to jump to higher minimums? Some gambling in Japan
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Dr. Mike's trip to Diamond Jo Dubuque; 3 Shot Poker; Super Bowl in Vegas; Park MGM power outage; Harrah's Cherokee
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#303: Pool and Tournament Results
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42:17Super Bowl results; Poker tournament results; Correction on Double Double Bonus payouts; Should game runners know the table maximums? Trip reports: Carnival Mardi Gras; Black Hawk, Colorado
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#302: Thunder Valley Craps
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53:56Only craps, or anything but craps? What if you tip more than you intended? What's the best minimums to play? Don't forget to check for those video poker kickers! Trip reports: Seminole Hard Rock Casino Tampa; Fallsview Casino Niagara Falls; Silver Legacy Casino Reno; Thunder Valley Casino Lincoln
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#301: Are Casino Comps Going Down?
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1:04:55Diceball odds; Are casino comps going down? Tips on playing poker in a casino; Big side-bet wins; Ratings while playing craps; PokerGO
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#300: Episode #1 with Sherry and Dr. Lynn
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23:41Introductions Home game jackpot win Record for largest blackjack table set Cheating Vegas on Destination America Vegas on CBS An introduction to craps Survivor football pools Playing soft 18 in blackjack
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#299: Dr. Mike's Pep Talk
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46:06Dr. Mike needs a helmet; Dr. Mike's pep talk for Vegas trips; Dr. Mike and the Pig Wheel; More on Florida gambling; Super Bowl viewing parties; The craps table at The Croups; Celebrity Ascent cruise ship
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Pass Line with single odds versus placing the point; Reports from: Las Vegas; Hard Rock Tampa; Biloxi
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#297: Oh, Uh, Yeah, Vegas
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51:11Mark's "unexpected" Las Vegas trip; The Orleans; Sphere; Craps side bet: Replay; Super Bowl in Vegas suggestions; How we met
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#296: Revisiting the Martingale System
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45:09Las Vegas Grand Prix musings; The Martingale System; Super Bowl in Las Vegas; European blackjack; Tipping on huge wins
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#295: Card Games for Gambling Novices
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50:15Sports betting, et al., coming back to Florida; No comps because you won too much? More on UK gambling; Interblock craps with three dice; When a win makes you angry; The Sphere; Card games for gambling novices
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ZorkFest 2023; The Vegas Vice Podcast; Pullman Reef Hotel Casino; Where to place odds on electronic craps; Downtown Grand; Touching 3 Card Poker cards with just one hand; Golden Nugget, Las Vegas
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#293: Supreme Pai Gow Poker
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48:13Harrah's Southern California trip report; Supreme Pai Gow Poker; Still no craps in the UK; Diceball; More on playing behind in blackjack; Scene from The Big Short; The Star Sydney
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#292: Sticking Up for Your Wager
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38:26Betting behind in blackjack; Sticking up for your wager; More on phone calls from the cage; London casinos trip report; MGM cyber attack
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#291: Hard Ways on the Come Out Roll
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42:30YCBOT Tournament results; Caesars Celebration Dinners; How casinos handle hard ways on the come out roll; Wizard of Odds Pai Gow Poker page; Dealer behavior
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Mark plays in a limit Omaha 8 tournament; Gambling angry; Buffalo! When does a royal flush "count"? Stadium craps; Cashing chips at the casino cage; California tribes poised to sue card rooms
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#289: Casino Chip Denominations
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57:34Casino chips denominations, colors, and nicknames; Clarification on Washington State casino gambling; No-commission baccarat; Trip reports: Isle of Capri; Legends Bay; J Resort; Casinò Bled, Slovenia; Bally's Black Hawk; Coeur d'Alene Casino; Northern Quest
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#288: Stow Yer Valuables
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1:07:51Rash of hotel break-ins; No video poker in Washington State; $10 Face Up Pai Gow Poker on The Strip; Sportsbook drink tickets; When the casino asks you to clear a slot jackpot; Las Vegas 1973; Speakeasy Barbershop at El Cortez; High casino minimums on cruises; Buying in in the middle of a roll
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#287: Back on the Horse
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59:31We return the the casino; Craps bets that pay better than others on the same dice roll; Hustling for tips; Annoying blackjack "expert"; 100x odds for Seven Stars? Walk-off clothes
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#286: Fortune X Video Poker
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54:53Fortune X video poker; Pot odds in poker; No official final-table chops at WSOP; Three-split maximum at Free Bet Blackjack; The state of free drinks in Las Vegas
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#285: It's Voicemails, Adam!
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53:29Bachelor party trip report; Five questions from listener Kevin; Double Up Blackjack; Final-table deals; Dice-sliding scandal; Hitting the back wall
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#284: Biloxi 2023 Trip Report
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55:01Biloxi trip report; More on double-deck blackjack shoes and cut cards; Vig on combined craps buy bets; Hitting the back wall
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#283: How "Smart" Is Taking Free Odds in Craps?
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1:21:23University of Alabama baseball scandal; Craps: Some bets working, some bets off; Is only taking single odds not a smart bet? Pre-gamble pee feeling; How do you play at a casino party? Do some casinos not have enough money to pay big wins? Kentucky Derby;
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#282: "Always" Use Your Players Card
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55:06Craps place-bet etiquette; "Always" use your players card; Manually dealing Pai Gow Poker; URComped; Free Bet Blackjack; Trip reports: Four Winds Casino; Norwegian Pearl; Harrah's Cherokee; Grand Casino Shawnee; Parx Casino
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