June 20th, 2010 by Beat Casinos, How To Beat The Casinos, www.howtobeatthecasinos.com

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June 20th, 2010 by Beat Casinos, How To Beat The Casinos, www.howtobeatthecasinos.com

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June 20th, 2010 by Beat Casinos, How To Beat The Casinos, www.howtobeatthecasinos.com

It’s my privilege to receive very special signup offers for my readers from the various online casinos I promote, from time to time. These offers are NOT made widely available to casino websites. Often they come about because I specifically request them for my readers. Sometimes they come about due to a limited time special event – like the Fifa Soccer World Cup 2010. In any case, when you do see them, you should react QUICKLY.

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June 20th, 2010 by Beat Casinos, How To Beat The Casinos, www.howtobeatthecasinos.com

I’ve written on and off for several months now about how land-based casino operations seem to be increasingly tightening up their value to players over time. This can happen in many ways: removal of free drinks while gaming; reduction in food offered free to VIP players; installation of sucker games such as 6 to 5 payout blackjack. And now there’s another way these casinos are trying to milk us: RESORT FEES.

Resort fees are not new, and some Las Vegas casinos have charged them for many years. They seemed to start appearing quite a few years back when electricity prices skyrocketed due to low water dam levels, and some Las Vegas casino hotels felt it fair to charge $2 or $3 a day to cover those short term higher prices. At those levels a resort fee is perhaps not an issue – but the latest resort fee to be charged by Wynn Las Vegas and Encore Las Vegas as of Thursday at $20 (yes, TWENTY DOLLARS) per day is exhorbitant (to my eyes).

To be fair, this new resort fee includes use of several facilities: full usage of the fitness center, in-room Internet access, local and domestic phone calls, and guests can print their boarding passes if required. However, I think many guests would find it hard to make full value of the $20 fee unless they sit on the phone all day making long distance phone calls, or use the fitness facility morning, noon, and night.

I’m not against resort fees where warranted, but this seems to be a ridiculously high fee for the AVERAGE guest to stomach. Each to their own I guess. Be aware of this crazy $20 a night surcharge when booking at Wynn Las Vegas Casino Hotel or Encore Las Vegas Casino Hotel – via a travel agent, website, or promotion. You’ll be charged this fee nightly whether you use any of the included services or not.

June 20th, 2010 by Beat Casinos, How To Beat The Casinos, www.howtobeatthecasinos.com

I’ve played blackjack around the world for many years. About 4 or 5 years ago, Harrahs started offering 6-5 payout blackjack on the strip. I said then, and I’ll repeat now, that this game is a SUCKER BET. Blackjack with a 3-2 blackjack payout carries with it a house edge of around 0.5% depending on number of decks played. With 6-5 payout blackjack, a $10 blackjack pays only $12 instead of $15, and that greatly affects the house edge in the medium term. The house edge almost triples to about 1.5%. At that level this game becomes worse than baccarat or craps to play.

It’s fine when just one or two casinos in Vegas offer this bad payout because there is plenty of competition we gamblers can visit to get a better return… however, latest statistics suggest that now 25% of all blackjack tables in Las Vegas are paying out at 6-5, and to get a true 3-2 return now requires higher average bets. Personally, I think the proliferation of these bad odds games means only one thing: it’s time to stay away from the Strip if you’re a blackjack player. Play online – or play in other land-based areas where the payouts still provide a chance to break even or win. At 1.5% edge, your money will disappear faster than a speeding bullet on the Las Vegas Strip blackjack tables!

There’s a saying of some casino executives and consultants: ‘Sometimes it’s OK to have sucker bets if the suckers are enjoying themselves’. Make sure you are NOT one of the suckers! After all, getting better gaming value is what www.howtobeatthecasinos.com is all about!