Deal Me In

As a recognized authority on casino gambling, Pilarski survived 18 years in the casino trenches, working for seven different casinos. Mark now writes a nationally syndicated gambling column, is a university lecturer, author, reviewer and contributing editor for numerous gaming periodicals, and is the creator of the best-selling, award-winning audiocassette series on casino gambling, Hooked on Winning. 

Managing in all departments, Pilarski has worked in the following casino areas.
Keno, Slots, Soft Count, Hard Count ,Cashiers Cage, Sports Book, Dealer of all Table Games, Boxman, Floorman, Pit Boss, Games Shift Manager, Casino Shift Manager

 Preface 1-- Extrasensory Behavior...
2-- Do Two-Year Olds Gamble? You Bet! 3-- I like buffets, but...
4-- Gambler's Ruin 5-- Good Advice Can Come ...
6-- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 7-- Bankroll Meltdown is Inevitable
8-- The Classic Roman Myth.... 9-- Pumping Oxygen into a Casino...
10-- Off to the Races 11-- Pushovers Sit Here
12-- Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers 13-- Please Be the Queen of Spades
14-- Split Decision 15-- You Lose, Just Less Often
16-- Strike When They Ask 17-- Right Place, Wrong Timing
18-- Slots at 35,000 Feet? 19-- The Odds are 3 to 1 Against
20-- The Correct Spelling is... 21-- How Gambling and Arby's...
22-- Inside a Cybernetic One-Armed Bandit 23-- Bankrupt in Three Minutes
24-- Just Say No to Keno 25-- Getting Bent Out of Shape
26-- Playing Bingo Can Be Sound Gambling 27-- The Name is Bond, James Bond
28-- Dealers Call These Players... 29-- Buffets Are A Nevada State Treasure
30-- What's the Deal with Caribbean Stud 31-- My Favorite Cee-ment Ponds
32-- Las Vegas is Cheapskate City 33-- Do Casinos Cheat?
34-- Treat Casino Chips... 35-- Dinner in a Steakhouse...
36-- Your Ticket to Three Squares a Day 37-- Is Counting Worth the Hassle?
38-- Some Do's and Don'ts... 39-- Winner's, Not Losers, Pay the Bills
40-- How Much is Enough? 41-- Sometimes Casinos Can't Figure
42-- Fiscal Ruin Possible... 43-- Player May Not Merit a Frolic Frenzy
44-- Is it Gaming or Gambling? 45-- Heed the Golden Rule of Gambling
46-- Analogies of Greed and Pomposity 47-- Guerrilla Gambling 101
48-- You No Longer Need... 49-- So What's All the Hoopla...
50-- I Play Occasionally, Twice a Week 51-- The Language of Craps
52-- The Legacy of The Gambler 53-- Bad Checks, Loaded Dice...
54-- Crap Wagers that Put You... 55-- A Nevada Perspective...
56-- Casino Loyalty... 57-- Putting Luck into Perspective
58-- Slot Machines Don't Have... 59-- Casino Management Can't Mandate...
60-- Rip-off on the Midway? 61--Compounding Money Only Works...
62-- Mission Accomplished 63-- Casinos Don't Mind Infrequent Winner
64-- Mistakes Shouldn't Cause Problems 65-- Cat and Mouse
66-- Mutual Funds Versus Blackjack 67-- Playing Nickel Machines...
68-- Always Think Two Percent or Less 69-- Plastic or Paper
70-- Play Where There is Competition 71-- A Push is NOT a Win
72-- Don't Quit Your Day Job 73-- Raising Table Limits...
74-- If the Player is Wrong... 75-- Rules That Improve BJ Conditions
76-- Paying Uncle Sam 77-- Same Price, Less Sauce
78-- You Won't Get the Shaft... 79-- Who Needs a Spleen Anyway?
80-- How the House Makes its Bread... 81-- Nothing is a Sure Bet...
82-- Tabasco Style Blackjack 83-- One Taco Short of a Combination Plate
84-- The Kid Wasn't Ready Yet 85-- Three's A Charm
86-- Consider Tipping... 87-- Substantiating Your Losses...
88-- The Secret to Video Poker 89-- Waiving the White Flag in Roulette
90-- Who's Watching Whom in the Pit 91-- Treat All You Winnings...
92-- Wall Street Rolled In 93-- The Law of 250
94-- Bring Your Kids--Sort Of 95-- Are Birthday Numbers Really Lucky?
96-- Slots Simplified 97-- Viva Las Vegas
98-- Salvo Cannonade of Craps Questions 99-- The Side of Gambling...
100-- Sometimes You Wonder... 101-- Acquire Skills at Home...
102-- That certain uncertainty... 103-- Skillful play, not timing, wins the day!...
104-- Where'd my money go?... 105-- Roulette "freebies"?...
106-- No Eggheads allowed... 107-- Bonzo goes to dealer school?...
108-- Only one dog has his day ... 109-- Dave versus HAL?...
110-- Moving up the smart way - piece of cake!... 111-- Can poker be beat?...
112-- Forty winks and free drinks for $3 an hour... 113-- You won't buck the casino with mail order tactics...
114-- My system of don'ts... 115-- Home play versus the real deal...
116-- Buying a book will not make you an instant winner... 117-- The fundamentals of sound money management...
118-- Drinking and gambling don't mix, but, since you asked... 119-- As the Wheel Turns...
120-- Figuring out how much you will lose is easy... 121-- Bookmakers always search for balanced betting...
122-- It cost plenty for a shot at slot immortality... 123-- Free Radical play has no effect on your cards...
124-- "Loose" is a relative term, not an absolute... 125-- Reader shares gambling tax horror story...
126-- Craps with confidence... 127-- A foolproof roulette system? Hardly!...
128--  Any question related to gambling is fair game