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Nevada Palace, $1 game There is a consistent $1 game in town. It is at the Nevada Palace on Boulder Highway. It is not the classiest joint, and you may have to adjust to breathing pure smoke when you walk in there. Also, there is a place called the Longhorn across the street that...

There are plenty of beatable games in Las Vegas. Just look around and you will find them. If you don't like one game, you can always just get up and walk to the next one. As for Atlantic City, it is much closer. I've never been there, but I hear the rules are crap. You might want to get an...

Thunder Valley Casino I really dislike continuous auto shufflers. What a lot of non-counters fail to realize is that these machines cost them a lot more money too. Since the dealer never has to stop to shuffle, the house gets in many many more hands per hour. So though these machines do hurt...

Boomtown Siena is the one casino in Reno that I haven't been to. Based on what you said, it might be worth a look. Most of the casinos in town have single deck games, but with "Reno rules," which mean doubling only on 10 and 11, no doubling after splitting, and the dealer hits a soft 17...

I get my money's worth from the book, but that is only because I spend a great deal of time in Las Vegas. The match-play coupon at Fiesta (worth up to $25) is sure nice, and the $50 in chips for $40 at the Sahara is another little bonus. There are a few other $5 and $10 match-plays, which are...

California's indian casinos have a restriction against anyone under 21 entering if alcohol is served, even though the law does not permit free alcohol. At Cache Creek, you must be 21, even though alcohol is only served in the bars, and not on the casino floor. There are a few casinos without...