By Travel Tunica on Monday July 27, 2015

Video poker games are designed to be as random as humans can program a computer to be. The odds of drawing winning hands are the same as cards were dealt from a real deck. Still, when odd streaks happen, players can’t help but wonder if something more is going on. “Do video poker machines adjust and get tougher to beat for better players?” one player asked via email. “If the machine sees that you always hold a low pair instead of a high card, does it stop dealing cards that match your low pair and start dealing matching high cards,…

Video poker games are designed to be as random as humans can program a computer to be. The odds of drawing winning hands are the same as cards were dealt from a real deck. Still, when odd streaks happen, players can’t help but wonder if something more is going on.…

By Travel Tunica on Thursday July 23, 2015

We’re throwing and flashing back in Tunica this summer with artists like The Pointer Sisters, Gary Allen, and Scotty McCreery will keep your toes tapping. For a complete list of upcoming entertainment, click here. August 2015 28 ~ Neil Sedaka ~ Horseshoe Casino & Hotel September 2015 5 ~ Gary Allen ~ Horseshoe Casino & Hotel 26 ~ Vince Gill ~ Gold Strike Casino Resort 26 ~ The Pointer Sisters ~ Fitz Casino Tunica  October 2015 3 ~ Bluff City Blues 100 7 ~ Blues Tweetup with Kingfish 24 ~ Leann Rimes ~ Gold Strike Casino Resort November 2015 21…

We’re throwing and flashing back in Tunica this summer with artists like The Pointer Sisters, Gary Allen, and Scotty McCreery will keep your toes tapping. For a complete list of upcoming entertainment, click here. August 2015 28 ~ Neil Sedaka ~ Horseshoe Casino & Hotel September 2015 5 ~ Gary…

By Travel Tunica on Monday July 20, 2015

Thanks to everyone who entered the We Got It! Your Tunica Getaway Giveaway! Congratulations to the following winners: Grand Prize Winner Penny N. from Trumann, AR Runner Up Winners Joey D. from Dora, AL Patsy J. from Tupelo, MS Sena W. from Memphis, TN An email with instructions about receipt of winnings has been sent to each winner using the address that was submitted for entry. If you have any questions, call toll-free (888) 466-6422. For all the latest information and new Tunica giveaways, follow Tunica at TunicaTravel.com or at TunicaMS on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and YouTube.

Thanks to everyone who entered the We Got It! Your Tunica Getaway Giveaway! Congratulations to the following winners: Grand Prize Winner Penny N. from Trumann, AR Runner Up Winners Joey D. from Dora, AL Patsy J. from Tupelo, MS Sena W. from Memphis, TN An email with instructions about receipt…

By Travel Tunica on Tuesday July 14, 2015

Basic strategy for the ante-bet portion of Three Card Poker is to make the bet of equal to your ante any time you’re dealt Queen-6-4 or better, but to fold and forfeit your ante with lower-ranking hands. That strategy led a reader to email me with two questions: “Does that [strategy] mean you expect to make money with Queen-6-4?  “Also, I was playing a few weeks ago, and folded with Queen-3-2. The player on my right saw, and said, ‘Uh-oh. You should have played that. The dealer last night told me you should play Queen or better.’”  The answer to…

Basic strategy for the ante-bet portion of Three Card Poker is to make the bet of equal to your ante any time you’re dealt Queen-6-4 or better, but to fold and forfeit your ante with lower-ranking hands. That strategy led a reader to email me with two questions: “Does that…

By Travel Tunica on Thursday July 9, 2015

When you’re a smaller slot manufacturer trying to compete with the likes of IGT, Bally, WMS and Aristocrat, you need to be nimble, creative and innovative. Multimedia Games has been all of that, and expects to keep bringing the innovation now that it has been acquired by Global Cash Access. The new company is in the process of rebranding, and will reveal a new name in late August. Meanwhile, one of Multimedia’s innovations is just starting to make an impact, and opening new possibilities with Twist & Win. Twist & Win can turn losing spins into winners – even big…

When you’re a smaller slot manufacturer trying to compete with the likes of IGT, Bally, WMS and Aristocrat, you need to be nimble, creative and innovative. Multimedia Games has been all of that, and expects to keep bringing the innovation now that it has been acquired by Global Cash Access.…

By Travel Tunica on Tuesday July 7, 2015

It’s nice to escape the monotony of a typical weekend and do something different. It’s even nicer when my friends and I can take a little road trip, and maybe raise a little hell in the process. Tunica offers that escape—a nice change of pace that can recharge the battery and help me remember how to get the most out of that short, precious window of time that exists between Friday after work and Monday morning. Test Your Luck What would a trip to Tunica be without testing my luck? With eight casinos and hundreds of thousands of square feet…

It’s nice to escape the monotony of a typical weekend and do something different. It’s even nicer when my friends and I can take a little road trip, and maybe raise a little hell in the process. Tunica offers that escape—a nice change of pace that can recharge the battery…