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The Times Of Northwest Indiana

Don't forget Uncle Sam knows you won that jackpot

If you're a recreational casino gambler, it can mean some unusual record keeping, especially if luck is on your side and you win a jackpot playing the slot machines. In the event you didn't maintain the appropriate records for your 2022 return, don't drop too far behind when it comes to keeping track of your casino outings this year. Collect a slot…

Winnings ・ 24 March 2023

The Times Of Northwest Indiana

Video slot bonus rounds keep players coming back for more

It's very easy to fall into the trap of playing a slot machine longer than you had intended. It's happened to all of us. In all likelihood, it occurred because you were waiting for "just one more bonus round" on that video game that kept teasing you with two of the three screen icons required to trigger the illusive second screen bonus. Interactive…

Winnings ・ 02 February 2023

The Times Of Northwest Indiana

Some tips and advice to get the most from your casino outings

There are many reasons for slot players to learn how to play video poker, but one of the very best is the transparency of video poker games. Whereas the individual payback percentages of traditional spinning reel and video slots are proprietary information, video poker is an open book. The payback percentages of video poker games are based on a…

Strategy Guide ・ 12 January 2023

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Odds can be in favor of craps players who bet the 'Don't'

The vast majority of gamblers who play craps bet that the dice will pass. In other words, they hope that the shooter will make the point before rolling a seven. There is another dimension to the game known as betting the "Don't," sometimes referred to as the "dark side" of this fascinating table game. When you wager on the Don't, you're betting…

Craps ・ 07 January 2023

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The Times Of Northwest Indiana

Aristocrat's Buffalo stampedes into the Region with new game

The Buffalo slot games from Aristocrat Technologies is one of the most successful franchises in the history of electronic gaming. With at least a dozen iterations of this iconic format, Buffalo in some game variation is a staple on every casino floor because it is the game that casino goers just love to play. A new format, Buffalo Ascension, is the…

Land-based ・ 25 November 2022

The Times Of Northwest Indiana

The ’10-Count’ can move your blackjack game up a notch

It's time to revisit an easy-to-learn card counting technique at blackjack that will take your game above and beyond the skill level of a vast majority of players. It is nowhere near as accurate as a running count, but any means by which you take basic strategy to the next level is better than none. Here's how it works, remembering to keep in mind…

Blackjack ・ 18 November 2022

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Everi seeks to claim a greater share of the slot market

Gaming industry movers and shakers who were in attendance for last week's Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas saw the new product lines and technological developments that the world's leading gaming developers, researchers, and manufacturers put on display. Among the companies showing off their wares was Everi Holdings Inc, a company of long-standing…

Land-based ・ 21 October 2022

The Times Of Northwest Indiana

Entertainment and dining key factors in Hard Rock's rise to the top

Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana celebrates its first anniversary on Saturday ranked as the state's leader in slot machine, table games and baccarat play. Achieving such a high degree of success in an established and highly competitive market tells you that they must be doing something right. If anybody should know it's the property's president,…

Baccarat ・ 12 May 2022

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Player clubs a must for getting a return on gambling dollars

Just how much do the casinos know about you? If you're a slot player and you use a player's club card, it's a cinch they know quite a bit. Player's clubs are great. If you attend the casinos with any degree of regularity it is essential to become a member and use your card if you want to derive as many perks and as much value as you possibly can in…

Travel ・ 07 April 2022

The Times Of Northwest Indiana

Slot machine bonus rounds sometimes aren't a bonus

The primary appeal of today's video and multi-line reel slots is the anticipation of getting into a bonus round. For a slot player, what can be better? You can sit back without wagering a thing and watch the reels spin in the hope your credits will pile up. Make it a touch screen interactive bonus round and things get even more exciting. All you…

Christmas ・ 31 March 2022

The Times Of Northwest Indiana

Blackjack can be as complex or as simple as you make it

What really separates the informed casual players from the scientific students of the game of blackjack? Answer: Keeping mental track of the cards that have been played in order to make more informed playing decisions. Anyone can play blackjack according to the rules of basic strategy. Casinos will even allow you to refer to a basic strategy chart…

Blackjack ・ 17 February 2022

The Times Of Northwest Indiana

Hard Rock responds to player's wishes with dynamic slot product

A great deal of thought and marketing strategy is devoted to the slot machine floor plan of any casino, but Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana is taking it to the next level. The casino is making its vast inventory of slots a form of "shopping" experience for gamblers by utilizing marketing strategy to differentiate among the newest games, the most…

Sports ・ 03 February 2022

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'Bad Beat' gives poker players a chance to win big

Hey there blackjack players. How would you like to be sitting at a table with a three-card 21, watch the dealer flip over a blackjack, and then get paid a bonus for a tough loss? Or how about playing a slot machine and watching the grand jackpot symbols appear on the first two reels, only to get shut out on the rest of the screen but still cashing…

Poker ・ 06 January 2022

The Times Of Northwest Indiana

Start the new year off right with sound gambling tips

For those of you old enough to remember David Letterman's popular Top Ten lists, here are good gambling tips that hopefully will prove helpful to you on your casino gambling adventures as we start with a fresh slate and a new year: 10. Learn to play the game of casino craps. You'll have the advantage of making wagers known as "free odds" which…

New Year ・ 30 December 2021

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Spin Poker, the game that plays like a video slot, has staying power

Unlike slot players who more readily embrace new generations of games, video poker players have displayed an unwillingness to accept any of the "bells and whistles" which manufacturers have attempted to create. Video poker devotees just want the good old-fashioned draw poker machines available in a variety of game families (Deuces Wild, Bonus…

Poker ・ 23 November 2021

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Hard Rock edges Horseshoe for top earning casino in Northwest Indiana

Casino patrons in Northwest Indiana are singing a new song when it comes to the Region's most popular gaming destination. Data released Friday by the Indiana Gaming Commission (IGC) show the Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana in October attracted more play and earned more "win," or revenue after paying successful bettors, than the Horseshoe Casino…

Gaming Authorities ・ 15 November 2021

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Hard Rock leads state in October casino revenue with $32.3M; Horseshoe Hammond next with $31.5M

Northwest Indiana's four casinos racked up an almost 47% increase in year-over-year revenues in October, with three of the casinos leading the state in different categories. Ameristar in East Chicago, Blue Chip in Michigan City, Hard Rock Northern Indiana in Gary and Horseshoe Hammond together raked in a total of $97.27 million in revenues last…

Finance ・ 12 November 2021

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NFL inks deal with Aristocrat to develop team-themed slots

The once impenetrable wall that stood between professional sports and gambling vanished in the wake of the landmark May 2018 U.S. Supreme Court decision to strike down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, a federal statute that prohibited gambling on sports. In just a little over three years, a new culture has been created which…

NFL ・ 11 November 2021

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Converting credits into cash is sound math when playing slots

Sound money management is an ongoing issue for recreational gaming enthusiasts. It revolves not only around the amount of money people gamble and the loss limits which individual gamblers establish for themselves, also the amount of money you win and what you decide to keep. Building up playing credits on slot and video poker machines carries seeds…

Craps ・ 21 October 2021

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IGT celebrates global gaming 'It's Game Time' theme

The Global Gaming Expo (G2E) was held in Las Vegas last week, marking a return of the world's biggest convention of gaming research, development and manufacturing companies to a live environment after the COVID-19 pandemic canceled the 2020 edition. The latest and greatest in technological developments were on display for the world's casino…

Covid ・ 14 October 2021

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Fans of Mr. Cashman will love new Cashman Bingo

Bingo is one of the first games people learn how to play, and its popularity among people of all ages has never seemed to wane through the ages. The suspense of building a vertical, horizontal or diagonal "bingo" line that warrants the player to call a "BINGO" out loud is one of the simpler pleasures of the games we play. Aristocrat Gaming is…

Bingo ・ 19 August 2021