I hate blackjack. First, because I lack the patience to count cards to get a real edge and if I did they’d try to ban me anyway. Second, because there are so many superstitious players who get all worked up if you do anything non-standard, it’s just not a relaxing game unless you play exactly […]

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This article Vegas oddsmakers do their tournament homework should be required reading for all March Madness bettors. The linesmakers are smarter than you think. Great article.
The previous article talks a lot about the value of power ratings. My favorite power ratings are Sagarin’s and Pomeroy’s.
USAToday has a decent blog with […]

CORRECTION: USC did not cover the spread in their last 3 games. They got routed in their conference championship against Oregon…..which may actually bode well for them from a contrarian standpoint. So, DO NOT TAKE Arkansas as a contrarian. Fortunately that’s a Friday late game and so I had not locked it in yet.
UPDATE: I […]

I’m headed to Las Vegas Thursday for the first round of the tournament and am giddy as a school kid. I’ve talked about the thrill of March Madness in Vegas and past betting success in a previous post.
Now that the JackandJacks.com blog is active, I thought I’d do an experiment and post our betting strategy […]

I only play craps on rare occasion and then it is only for the crowd excitement and fun. Craps is not a +EV game (read that, craps is a losing game). At times when I’ve played, a colleague will say, if you’re playing the pass line, “you have to place an “odds bet” behind the […]

Neteller.com has been the primary conduit for Americans transferring funds from their banks to foreign online poker sites ever since credit card companies and PayPal stopped allowing such transfers. That will no longer be the case.

Neteller’s Announcement
Due to recent US legislative changes and events, effective immediately, US members are no longer able to transfer funds […]

It started a number of years ago. A few buddies and I would go to Vegas on the cheap and enjoy the first weekend of college basketball’s glorious tournament. We’d set up shop at the Stardust sportsbook with a wall of TVs showing the first 48 games over the course of 4 days. It was […]

Poker is not really gambling. How can that be? you might be thinking. Some players win, some players lose, the game is played in casinos, life savings have been lost playing poker. That is all true, but in the sense that many of my buddies wives think of poker, it is not gambling. My friend […]