Legalities And Illegalities (Part 4)

Here’s another: Picture this. You’re cruising just outside of Lovelock, Nevada, in your red T-bird convertible. Being a healthy quaffer of the world’s finest lager, you find your-self in need of a personal pit stop. So you pull into a full-service Exxon for gas. After you TCB, you go into the garage and there, oily […]

Legalities And Illegalities (Part 3)

For those of you who don’t know your Macbeths from your McMuffins, this means you should play slot machines only where the slots themselves are the primary activity. If it’s a matter of, “Hey, they have a slot machine, too,” don’t play. The people on either side of spin the reels you when you’re drop-ping […]

Legalities And Illegalities (Part 2)

“That would be very bad,” he said gravely. So I’m sworn to secrecy. We don’t want Mr. X to receive any cosmetic surgery via blowtorch, do we? No, we do not.
So Mr. X gave me the skinny. Here it is: Don’t play illegal machines. It’s a total rip-off.
“First of all, there aren’t any machines to […]

Legalities And Illegalities (Part 1)

Here’s something that might have happened to you. If not, come along. It’ll be an adventure.
You’re in a state in which gambling is illegal—a state in which there are no Indian reservations and no loopholes. Let’s say you’re walking through an urban area slots strategy one evening. You pass an amiable tavern with dim light, […]

KENO MACHINES

Keno machines feature the numbers 1 through 80. On each play, 10 of these numbers are chosen by the machine. You must guess ahead of time which of the numbers will be chosen. You can guess anywhere from 2 to 10 numbers. If you guess two numbers, both of them must come up for, typically, […]