Mark Pilarski

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.

MARK'S ARTICLES

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• 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)

 

• To Assure a Win, Hold Your Breath and Count to 13 (July 2012)

 

• Early Worm in Robin-swallowing Spring Training (June 2012)
• Brightening the Cloudy Slots Scene (June 2012)

 

• The Only Armed Queen in the Deck Often Delivered (May 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)