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Single-player skill-based games just began hitting casino floors a couple of years ago. They’re basically a cash-prize adaptation of Dave and Busters-style games. One of the most common in the early going is the Gamblit Tri-Station, which has all sorts of games that resemble stuff you would play on a mobile device. So … given…

Who knew Chuck E. Cheese would raise a generation of hustlers? Most of this scene centers around “adult Chuck E. Cheese” chain Dave and Busters. I assume advantage play has been going on since these stores started opening, but broad public awareness and an online community developed around 2012 or so. You can’t win cash,…

Originating in Japan in the 1930s, pachinko is that country’s most popular form of gambling. Though Japanese pachinko parlors collectively pull more gambling revenue than major casino destinations like Las Vegas and Macau, the game has struggled to find a footing outside of its home country. As to why that is, I can’t really come…

Poker is a huge world to dive into, and we can’t do it justice on just a segment of a page like this. I’m going to try to just give you a broad introduction to the ways in which you can make your living at it, and point you in the right directions for further…

This is a genre of games that has been big in certain Asian countries since the mid-2000s but hasn’t been seen on any Western casino floors as of yet … however they apparently are available at either “grey market” or outright illegal underground arcades in the United States. Hawaii, California and Denver seem to be…

Developer: Gamblit Not to be confused with Pac-Man Cash Chase, also from Gamblit but a single-player gambling game. It’s competitive Pac-Man for money, using the Pac-Man Battle Royale arcade game as its base. You score points like traditional Pac-Man, eat up pellets and fruit and scared ghosts. When you get a power pellet you grow,…

Developer: Gamblit This is also by Gamblit, and is similar to Gamblit Poker (in spite of the nautical theme). It switches that core formula up by adding elements that are similar to a dice game. Each hand starts with a “point” being established by adding up the values of three cards off the top of…

Developer: Gamblit At least two players (max four) are required. Each player gets one card to start the game. New cards come out of the deck one at a time, and the first player to pound their red button (hehe) gets that card. As soon as any player has three cards in their hand, only…

These games employ the fundamental casino model of making money from intra-player competition that the house stays out of – taking a rake (small percentage) from the winner. Each has their own style, but the general pattern so far has been to require at least 2-4 players to participate and to generate a random pot…

Developer: Nanotech Gaming Labs I’m not sure if this game ever made it to casino floors; it was being shown at gaming expos in 2014-2015 but I think this Nanotech company may have gone out of business (their news page hasn’t been updated since 2015). It’s worth noting here because it’s a very neat idea,…