By Travel Tunica on Tuesday September 29, 2015

A while back, I was collecting stories from readers on what games they like to play when they’re taking time off from their main games. What do blackjack players do when the dealer’s hot and their bankrolls are disappearing? What do craps players do when too many point-7 sequences eat into their stack of chips? One regular reader, Clara, often answers my call for such stories. She’s primarily a blackjack player, and a A couple of years ago, she told of a nice run with a betting progression in which her $100 buy-in became $1,800.  “I probably spend 75 percent…

A while back, I was collecting stories from readers on what games they like to play when they’re taking time off from their main games. What do blackjack players do when the dealer’s hot and their bankrolls are disappearing? What do craps players do when too many point-7 sequences eat…

By Travel Tunica on Thursday September 17, 2015

Roulette is one of the oldest games still played in modern casinos. Recognizably modern roulette wheels, with red and black numbers 1 through 36 along with zero and double zero, were in play in Paris in the late 1700s. The game itself has hardly changed at all, but some of the trappings have. For one thing, most roulettes tables in American casinos have a tote board showing recent numbers. When the boards were introduced, most showed the last 12 numbers, but now 18 is common, and sometimes there are more. A reader wrote recently to ask why this has become…

Roulette is one of the oldest games still played in modern casinos. Recognizably modern roulette wheels, with red and black numbers 1 through 36 along with zero and double zero, were in play in Paris in the late 1700s. The game itself has hardly changed at all, but some of…

By Travel Tunica on Thursday September 10, 2015

Some of the most frustrating hands at blackjack come when the dealer starts stringing out low cards. You see the dealer with a 14, and think there’s a good chance he’ll bust. Then comes a 2, and with 16, he just HAS to bust, right? Then, boom! Here’s comes a 5, the dealer has 21 and the whole table loses. After getting burned on one of those hands, a reader emailed me to ask just how many cards the dealer could string out and wind up with a standing hand. The total depends on whether the dealer hits or stands…

Some of the most frustrating hands at blackjack come when the dealer starts stringing out low cards. You see the dealer with a 14, and think there’s a good chance he’ll bust. Then comes a 2, and with 16, he just HAS to bust, right? Then, boom! Here’s comes a…

By Travel Tunica on Friday September 4, 2015

Sam’s Town Tunica has partnered with Pinot’s Palettes in Memphis to bring you a fun alternative to Thursday nights. Pinot’s Palettes brings a local artist to Sam’s TownTunica who will guide you step-by-step through a featured painting. At the end of the night you leave with your own masterpiece. I am no Picasso, I can’t even draw a stick figure. So when I heard about it I was kind of nervous but decided to give it a whirl. You literally start out with a blank canvas. This is no paint by numbers kind of thing.  Our instructor walked us through…

Sam’s Town Tunica has partnered with Pinot’s Palettes in Memphis to bring you a fun alternative to Thursday nights. Pinot’s Palettes brings a local artist to Sam’s TownTunica who will guide you step-by-step through a featured painting. At the end of the night you leave with your own masterpiece. I…

By Travel Tunica on Thursday September 3, 2015

Sometimes, you just can’t keep a good idea down. And blending slot machine excitement with tests of knowledge plays right to my taste. For those of us who like to mix our reel spins with the occasional trivia round, American Gaming Systems has three slots in its “It Pays to Know lineup”. Games in the series are Ripley’s Believe It or Not, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader, and Family Feud, and they started to hit casino floors last year. The ideas came to AGS from Olaf Vancura, who served as vice president of game development from 2010-2014. Blends…

Sometimes, you just can’t keep a good idea down. And blending slot machine excitement with tests of knowledge plays right to my taste. For those of us who like to mix our reel spins with the occasional trivia round, American Gaming Systems has three slots in its “It Pays to…