by Ed Jones | Feb 19, 2024 | Living on The Darkside, Mad Professor
I made an informal pact with a group of players who frequent the small tribal casinos of Northern Michigan and Wisconsin. We agreed not to openly trumpet just how incredibly good the tables are in these known-only-to-a-few gaming-houses, if everyone in the group...
by Ed Jones | Feb 19, 2024 | Living on The Darkside, Mad Professor
Guns and Knives and Uzi’s, Oh My…A Detroit Road Trip When a heated payout dispute breaks out at one of Detroit’s craps tables, I half expect it to be resolved in a gun battle. Thankfully the shootings, stabbings, muggings and beatings have so far been restricted to...
by Ed Jones | Feb 19, 2024 | Living on The Darkside, Mad Professor
As a border city from across Detroit, Michigan, you would think that the Big Three from Motown (no, not Ford, GM and Chrysler…but rather, MGM Grand, Greektown and Motor City Casino) would easily overshadow their Canadian neighbor, Casino Windsor, to the south-east;...
by Ed Jones | Feb 19, 2024 | Living on The Darkside, Mad Professor
Daddy, How Many Stars Are In The Universe? “MP, on average how many sessions per day, hands per session, and money per wager would it take to make $1000 a day shooting from the Don’ts?” In a nutshell…it doesn’t take much…but it...
by Ed Jones | Feb 19, 2024 | Living on The Darkside, Mad Professor
Influencing ONE Roll Rather Than EVERY Roll For me, one of the strongest attractions about Darkside-shooting is that you don’t need to be nearly as good of a dice-influencer in order to affect ONE roll as you do if you want to impact EVERY roll. Of course, the same...