TOP 10 CASINO TIPS – May 2008

1. Subscribe to the Las Vegas Advisor newsletter. Even if you visit Vegas once during 2008, the information in the newsletter will help you save money and have a better time. Plus, when you subscribe you’ll get their valuable Pocketful of Values (POV) book of coupons. The new 2008 POV contains 23 2 for 1 buffet coupons; 21 2 for 1 show coupons; 23 matchplay coupons worth $101.97 in expected return; plus a lot more. Check it out at www.lasvegasadvisor.com.

2. If you want to check out who has the better paying video poker machines in Las Vegas, check out the Best Video Poker page on www.lasvegasadvisor.com.

3. Hooter's casino in Vegas has a nice perk for new members to their Player’s Club. You get back the first $100 in losses. See their Player’s Club for details.

4. If you want to play blackjack on the Strip for low stakes ($5/$10) with good rules, head over to either MGM Grand or Monte Carlo. Both offer 6-deck shoe games where the dealer stands on soft 17, you can double after pair splitting and you can surrender lousy hands. You are more apt to find $5-$10 minimum games at Monte Carlo.

5. If you are dealt a pair of eights in blackjack and the dealer shows a ten or Ace, your best play is to split regardless of what you may think, or what the dealer or fellow players might say.

6. If you like to play Three Card Poker, the optimum strategy is to raise is when you hold a Queen-6-4 or higher hand.

7. Who has the loosest slots in Vegas? Based on past history, the Palms casino on Flamingo just west of the strip has some of the loosest slots in town (also some high paying video poker machines).

8. Insiders View of Las Vegas is loaded with stuff about Las Vegas. Check it out at www.www.InsiderVLV.com.com.

9. There are only three casinos in Las Vegas that still offer a good old fashion single deck pitch game of blackjack where a blackjack pays 3-2: the El Cortez, Four Queens, and Western casinos, all located downtown.

10. Are you wondering what the house edge is on that new game you saw in the casino? There is a good chance the math of the game has been analyzed and posted on this site: www.wizardofodds.com.