Gambling Podcast: You Can Bet on That

Our return to Harrah's Southern California; Derek Stevens gives away 2,000 free flights to Las Vegas; Hell or High Water; Playing just one credit on 9/6 Jacks or Better; Trip reports: Viejas Casino; Soaring Eagle Casino; Tunica

Casinos start to reopen: some firsthand accounts; More online poker; Gamblers win lawsuit against casino...but should they have? Sports wagers on canceled/postponed events; Slot machine calibrations; Our friend Paul's big win; Structuring

Hosting a poker home game online; More info on players clubs during the shutdown; $75 Don't Come strategy; Listener questions: Why do people play 3 Card Poker "blind"? Why do people play 6:5 blackjack? Why do some casinos only pay 2:1 for 12 in the field? Are casino win/loss statements accurate? Have we ever had a winning year? Does Dr. Mike always replace his losing hard way bets? Have we ever shot dice with our non-dominant hand? Do hosts use Reward Credits for comped rooms? Can you pick the color of your chips at the roulette table?

More info on players clubs during the shutdown; Dr. Mike wins a poker tournament; The future of casino gambling; Check out our new Gambling-Related Movies page; Timing the cocktail server; Cheating on the Big 6 Wheel? Gambling Scene: The House

More on the Deuces Wild table game; Back-to-back monster rolls; Gambling movies; Listeners running into each other; Taking a break so you don't go on tilt

Biloxi trip is postponed; Information about Caesars Rewards during shutdown; Uncut Gems review; Deuces Wild table game; The Bitter Life; Scanning "losing" tickets; The "messiness" of craps; Mandatory switching of dice after 20 rolls

James Bond plays craps on Saturday Night Live; Horse-racing doping scandal; Vinny Chenz talks betting pools for March Madness; Facebook posts are back; Leaving the table at the "wrong" time; Iced beer; Shooting from the Don't; Trip Reports: Manchester235; Mountaineer Casino

Our trip to Viejas Casino; 122-roll hand as Harrah's Philadelphia; Houston Astros cheating scandal; Using your card on machines that don't earn points; Westgate "Big Game" party; Wheel of Madness blackjack side bet; What would we do with $250,000 in free play? Snake Eyes table game; Trip reports: Fallsview Casino; Casino Niagara; Rampart Casino; Joker's Wild Casino; Mohegan Sun Pocono

Super Bowl musings; Travel Fanboy's Craps and Laughs; Mike's new T-shirt; How to physically make bets at the craps table; W-2Gs and dealers; Group high-limit table-game bet; Throwing the dice too high; Gambling budgets

Prop bets Mark's way; More info on the 2500-coin Royal Flush video poker payout; Fire Bet returns to Harrah's Las Vegas; Taxes on bets for dealers; Annoying players; Harrah's Reno closing; New Seven Stars benefit; MGM Springfield's woes = improved conditions for players; Possible Eldorado changes at Caesars Palace; Roll to Win table comes to WinStar

Follow-up on Caesars sports app; Dealers aren't necessarily good teachers; Pioneer Saloon; Grandfathering lower limits; Comps based on winning or losing; Wizard of Odds Pai Gow Poker; Macau trip report; Phil Ivey sighting

Mark's family's casino crawl; Our trip to San Manuel Casino; Caesars sports app screws up your ADT; Shooting from the Don't; South Point initially refuses to pay winning futures bet

Proposed rules could hurt California card rooms; Dr. Mike's trip to the Great Gift Wrap Up 2019; Stadium gaming comes to Harrah's Southern California; Money left on slot machines; Pai Gow (Pai Kow) in Macau; The Maven of Macau; Side bet regret; Strip crawl follow-up

Josh Shaw suspended for gambling on the NFL; Roulette strategy; Strip crawl; Eating vs. gambling; Casino asking for money back on a mistake; Combining player club benefits; Gambling scene: Entourage - "Vegas Baby, Vegas!"; Trip reports: Sycuan; Macau; Reno; Harrah's Cherokee

Real craps and roulette coming to California? "Fun" ways to play roulette; Buying in with cash or chips; Tipping; Doubling down only on 9, 10, and 11; Being rated on slot play; Wedding gift; Trip reports: Pala; Laughlin; Wendover; Rivers Casino Des Plaines; Las Vegas; Harrah's Valley River

London Chargers; Clarification on Mark's "academic exercise"; Vegas Podtoons; Washington Nationals win World Series; What if we caught someone cheating? Breeders' Cup follow-up; W-2G vs. 1099-MISC; Gamblepalooza suggestion; Coloring up; Running an app while playing video poker; Hedging the All/Small/Tall; Trip reports: Caesars Windsor; Peppermill, Wendover; Ameristar, Black Hawk; Atlantic City

Roll to Win problem; Caesars Rewards Tier Credits translated to theoretical losses; The Summit; Dr. Mike's struggle with the crews; Two Morons Talking About Casinos and Stuff; Playing free play on roulette to guarantee a payout; The Craps God; Where to stay on the West Coast; Circus Circus sale; Tipping small amounts on craps prop bets; Trip Reports: Valley Forge Casino; Pala Casino; Excalibur

The final word on video poker royal flush odds; Mike Postle poker cheating scandal; Winning sports bets necessary to make up for losing bets; More on blackjack insurance / even money. Super Three Card; Are California slot machines different? Derek Stevens; Good and bad dealers; Are slots rigged to let new players win? Roll to Win Craps debuts at Harrah's Cherokee

Video poker royal flush "odds"; The New Adventures of Old Christine; Dice sliding; Dice control; Insurance and "even money"; Donations from your slot change; Free drinks at Bally's Las Vegas for Diamond members and above; Roll To Win Craps; Trip reports: MGM Grand Detroit; Caesars Windsor; New Orleans / Biloxi; Las Vegas; Casino Monte-Carlo; Hollywood Baltimore; Rocky Gap Casino; Harrah's Cherokee; Paiute Palace Casino

We meet "Adolf"! A slot machine scam; Mark cashes in a poker tournament; Clarification on Harrah's New Orleans' "required" side bets; Bets made on spouse's suggestion? Having a relative who's a casino host; Tara gets her first royal; Eating at the tables; Skill-based Pac-Man; Earning credits through sports betting; Trip reports: Harrah's Southern California; Atlantic City; Casino de Montréal; Twin Lions Casino; FireKeepers; Gun Lake Casino; Wendover; Horseshoe Southern Indiana; Harrah's Cherokee; Hollywood Casino Toledo

Apologies to "Adolf"; Mark's secret Vegas trip; Mandatory side bet; Craps evolution since the 1990s; Office Football Pool.com; Come bets vs. place bets; The decline of boxpersons; Ace sequencing; Accidentally hitting "Max Bet"; Hitting three royals in twelve minutes; Determining free play based on slot play; Dice being removed from play; Trip Reports: Puerto Rico; San Manuel Casino; Makasa Sun Casino, Zimbabwe; Ilani Casino

Match'em HI LO; Inn of the Mountain Gods; Thunder Valley craps procedure; Unexpected rule changes; Craps tubs; Trip reports: Harrah's Southern California; Pechanga; Pala; Las Vegas; Trinidad and Tobago

Encore Boston Harbor lawsuit; Stumptown; Does Dr. Mike ever get tipped? David; Maximum in-machine balances; Resort fees; Lucky Shooter craps side bet; Trip reports: Blackhawk and Central City; Biloxi; Rivers Casino & Resort Schenectady; FireKeepers Casino Hotel; Mount Airy Casino; Carson City

Face Up Pai Gow advantage play; Tipping other casino employees; Throwing the dice on long vs. short tables; Turnaround on mailing in a winning sports bet ticket; Jack-[fill in the blank]; Bubble craps: machine or table game? Poker tournament guarantees; Match play; Trip reports: Tunica; Harrah's New Orleans; Aviator Casino; Lola's Underground at the Hippodrome; Harrah's North Kansas City; Atlantic City; Reno

Upstate New York casinos; Dealer flips Mark off; Zombie Blackjack; Eldorado's acquisition of Caesars; Bubble craps; Asking for comped airfare; Tipping on a game you're not playing; Chip in the lammer hole; "Wrong shooter!" March Madness survivor pool; Trip reports: Las Vegas; World Series of Poker; Barceló Bávaro Beach, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic; Majestic Casino, Lima, Peru

Craps bet pressing strategies; Giving an obnoxious player a taste of their own medicine; Strange comps; Casinos for Upstate New York residents? March Madness survivor pool? Trip reports: Oklahoma casinos; Saratoga Casino Black Hawk; Akwesasne Mohawk Casino; Christchurch Casino; Monte Carlo; Harrah's Cherokee; Biloxi casinos

360 Vegas Vacation 8: Classic movies on casino TVs; Vegas Bun Boy gets another Dr. Mike statue; Dr. Mike takes over a big roll at The Cal; Mark butts into an Ultimate Texas Hold 'em game; Ellis Island; Scary elevator; Craps side bets; Learning to play poker; Canadian casino money exchange; Greyhound races; Trip reports: Ameristar; Oxford; Q

Dr. Mike gets impatient waiting in line at the cage; Gambler forges a free bet voucher; Will betting on a sports app affect your ADT? Two "simultaneous" Fire Bet winners; Alfred Hitchcock Presents: "Crack of Doom"; Harrah's Northern California; Where those Oklahoma antes go; World Series of Poker

Dealer mistakes that benefit other players; More from Gamblepalooza 2019; Angry poker players; Kentucky Derby; Dice Club at the Fremont; Oklahoma antes; Atlantis Bahamas; Binion's Las Vegas; Bubble craps; MGM Springfield; Golden Nugget Las Vegas; Seeing the first card in Mississippi Stud; Caesars tier matching? Craps prop bets

Good use for Caesars Rewards Visa Card; Why don't casinos open more low-limit tables? Reports: Singapore; Las Vegas; Reno; MGM Springfield; Rivers Casino; Wendover; More sports wagering = more craps? The Las Vegas Aviators; Surrendering in Spanish 21; Hitting the back wall; Casino rating for sports bets; Players playing more than one hand; Buy in as you go or all at once?

Gamblepalooza trip report; Craps system evaluations; Applied economics thesis? Betting the "place side"; Touch screen solution; Trip reports: Harrah's Southern California; Excalibur; South Point

Fading Mark's sports picks; Two full-blown casinos open in Arkansas; Throwing cash down on the table; Are free odds rated in craps? Setting the dice to a 7; Caesars Rewards Visa card; Tournament Challenge results; Maybe don't leave while you're ahead?

Hot Hand craps side bet; More on MGM Springfield; "New dice!" Rémy Martin; Craps system

Louisiana casino recommendations; MGM Springfield; Remembering Don't Pass odds amounts; Atlantis Reno trip report; Spanish 21; Horn High Ace-Deuce vs. C&E; Buying in with small bills; Organizing chips at the table; March Madness brackets: Men's; Women's

Service from hosts; Dr. Mike's Las Vegas trip report; Blind shooter; Asia Poker; Craps prop bets for tipping; "Make it wet!" Getting Diamond in a Day through Caesars Rewards; Manny Machado; March Madness in Las Vegas; The "real" blackjack basic strategy

Super Bowl: Vegas wins, New Jersey loses; The stigma of gambling; 2018 Nevada gaming revenue; "Player control" of bets for the dealers; Clarification on DraftKings contest;

A true craps advantage play; Sports betting tournaments; Dealer sues Hollywood Casino Joliet; Taking a break; Bad beat jackpots; Champagne's in Las Vegas; American Casino Guide / Las Vegas Advisor; W-2Gs versus CTRs

The hot streak continues; Social Security number mistake; Circa Las Vegas; Story from the poker home game; The Greatest Craps Guru in the World; Oklahoma antes; Casino Gran Via, Madrid; What constitutes a hot roll? Gambling Scene: The Lucy Show - "Lucy Goes to Vegas"

The sky is falling; Our planned gambling trips for 2019; Dr. Mike wins a college football pool; $1,000,000 Super Royal Flush winner; Beginning video poker; An unlucky video poker draw; The Flamingo; 6:5 blackjack comes to Connecticut; Who's the most educated group of casino-game players? Don't lose your ID at Rivers Casino Pittsburgh

Face Up Pai Gow Poker; Premium Hold 'em; Wizard of Odds videos from Cutting Edge Table Games Conference; Casino Blitz: 52 casinos in 33 hours; More on Tunica; Beware of scams; Blackjack tournament

Our third six-point Fire Bet; Dr. Mike's Las Vegas trip report; Tunica Roadhouse to close; Ever made a pit boss nervous? Place bets vs. come bets; The Iron Cross craps system; Off-Strip casino crawl; Casino employee personalities; Overhand dice throws

Power outage at Harrah's Southern California; Podcast Source; The Match: Tiger vs Phil; Side bets; Taylor steals another royal from Tara; Craps and the Pig Wheel at the same time? Florida bans greyhound racing; Asking for comps at the table; Keeping yourself busy between casino visits; Gambling Scene: Black Panther

We say goodbye to Al from San Diego; Possible MGM/Caesars merger? Viejas car scandal follow-up; Paying taxes on cruise ship winnings; Saying "seven" in everyday situations; $30 minimum tables; Face Up Pai Gow Poker side bet; MGM Springfield trip report

Gambling in Monte Carlo; Karma at the craps table; Tracking play; Jai alai; Commission-free pai gow poker at Ocean's Eleven; Wendover trip report; Soaring Eagle trip report; Tuna for tips; Sports-betting "statistics"

Dr. Mike's biggest night at Harrah's Southern California; Place kickers in the NFL; Lucky Pairs; More on free odds at craps; Roulette anomalies; Pai Gow Poker questions

Playing two table games simultaneously; FanDuel pays out on their mistake; The Pig Wheel; More on laying odds on the Don't; Celebrating if you're shooting from the Don't? Hard way place bets; SLS; Casino Bournemouth; Vegas activities for octogenarians; Gambling Scene: Lost in America (clip #2)

Dr. Mike "past posts"; The uncomped limo ride; Boyd Gaming "revamps" B Connected; Wynn goes back to 3x-4x-5x odds; Taylor/Tara's royal flush; Poker room closes at TI; 7 Cedars Casino; Live-dealer online game issue; Banking at Pai Gow Poker; Three Card Poker vs. Pai Gow Poker; Gambling Scene: Lost in America (clip #1)

How modern video poker machines determine the draw cards; Dropping the money before the player receives chips; Making bets during a hot roll; The Supercontest at Westgate; Come bets vs. place bets; Bad luck spouse; Northern Nevada trip report; Quick Quads; The Foxwoods Wonder card name explained; "Safest" craps strategy for a new player; "Real" craps comes to Oklahoma

Charles Oakley gets away with a $1,000 fine; Buffalo Wild Wings eyes sports wagering; Six listener questions; Queen Mary 2 trip report; Ellis Island; Mean dealers at Aria; Big tip for video poker observer