A recognized authority on casino gambling, Mark Pilarski survived 18 years in the casino trenches, working for seven different casinos. Mark now writes a nationally syndicated gambling column, is a university lecturer, reviewer and contributing editor for numerous gaming periodicals, and is the creator of the best-selling, award-winning audio book series on casino gambling, Hooked on Winning.
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- Pilarski Has Left the Building (October 2016)
- Betting Patterns Won’t Change Casino Advantage (June 2016)
- Prune the Hedges from Your Crap Game (April 2016)
- Rule #1: Please Check Your Firearms at the Door (March 2016)
- Kinship Doesn’t Count for Comps (February 2016)
- On the Road Again (January 2016)
- Doubling as James Bond for $5 a Pop (December 2015)
- Video Blackjack Paybacks Are Based on Skill and Rules (October 2015)
- Is Free Slot Play Rigged? (September 2015)
- Change Only Happens When Customers Demand It (August 2015)
- Think of Keno as a Spectator Sport (June 2015)
- ‘I’ll Be Back’ (May 2015)
- Does the Golden Arm Exist? (April 2015)
- Murky Waters When Gambling at Sea (March 2015)
- If it Weren’t for ‘Suckers,’ There Wouldn’t Be Any Good Bets (February 2015)
- Husband Penalized for Canny Play (January 2015)
- Plan on a Long Dry Spell Between Top-line Jackpots (December 2014)
- These Machines Are Designed to Be a Billfold Buster (November 2014)
- Luck or Skill? (October 2014)
- Blackjack: Never Busting Never Works (September 2014)
- Where'd Da Go? Slot Machines Then and Now (August 2014)
- Prosperous Gaffes Do Happen (June 2014)
- How’d He Do Dat? (May 2014)
- I’m Talkin’ Quick Draw Mcgraw Fast! (April 2014)
- Talk about a Snowball’s Chance in Hell (March 2014)
- Can a $50 Bill Ruin Your Day? (February 2014)
- Win/loss Statement Documents Your Play (January 2014)
- A No Brainer (December 2013)
- Contrary to Popular Belief… (November 2013)
- This Virtual Table Game Has One Big Drawback (October 2013)
- Chips Ahoy! (September 2013)
- A Push Is a Push, Except For… (July 2013)
- Mega This and Mega That (June 2013)
- Three Reasons Why the Offer to Color Up (May 2013)
- Making Money Music (April 2013)
- A Slippery Slope for the Weary Wallet (March 2013)
- A Truly Timely, Taxing Question (March 2013)
- Just Another Truth-is-better-than-fiction Call (February 2013)
- Dealer Goofs – The Road to Riches (January 2013)
- Stretch Your Strategy until It Whimpers (December 2012)
- The Rigged Slot (November 2012)
- Our Old Pal Hobson (October 2012)
- The Fun Way to Pitch Good Money after Bad (September 2012)
- Blackjack's Most Revered Fallacy: Collateral Damage (August 2012)
- The Three Payout Terraces of Roulette (August 2012)
- Early Worm in Robin-swallowing Spring Training (June 2012)
- Brightening the Cloudy Slots Scene (June 2012)
- Ah, Those Cash-Comp-Currency Calculations (April 2012)
- A Truly Thoughtless Object - The Roulette Ball (April 2012)
- Bad Beat for the Book (April 2012)
- Courtesy Hold While the Lady Powders Her Nose (April 2012)
- Gone - the Buggy Whip, the Kerosene Lamp, and Now Live Keno (April 2012)
- Keepers and Weeper Partial-pay Machines (April 2012)
- Number of Decks Versus Number of Players, But Skill Is Still the Undisputed Champ (April 2012)
- Pirates of the Caribbean (April 2012)
- Shopping List for the Right Blackjack Setup (April 2012)
- Where Speed Can Sometimes Outrank Craft (April 2012)