Thanks to all our readers for your wonderful reaction to our bumper ‘Galaxy Macau’ issue in May/June featuring our in depth interview with Galaxy Vice-Chairman Mr Francis Lui. If you haven’t yet read it, all the articles are on our website...
Author - Andrew W Scott
Fate in the cards: understanding baccarat trends
Baccarat is a serious passion for many millions of people in Asia and around the globe. Last year 23 million people visited Macau, creating a gross gaming revenue of HK$184 billion (US$24 billion). Around 90 percent of this was on the game of...
How to win a baccarat tournament part D: the progression
This article first appeared in the Jul/Aug 2011 issue of World Gaming magazine. Andrew Scott continues our series on the little-known secrets of the professional tournament baccarat player. In part A of this series, I introduced you to the general...
Unveiling blackjack
This article first appeared in the Jul/Aug 2011 issue of World Gaming magazine. Blackjack is a very popular casino game. We often see different facial expressions at blackjack tables: intense concentration, depression, excitement and happiness. We...
From the CEO (#10)
It’s here! To characterise the opening of the shiny new Galaxy Macau mega resort at Cotai as merely ‘highly anticipated’ is totally inadequate. Like a small child counting the days until he receives his present of a lifetime, Macau has been...
It’s here!
This article first appeared in the May/Jun 2011 issue of World Gaming Magazine Galaxy Macau is a HK$14.9 billion, 6 million square foot integrated mega-resort at Cotai directly opposite the Grand Waldo, with a staff of approximately 7,600 employees...
Master of the Galaxy
This article first appeared in the May/Jun 2011 issue of World Gaming magazine Mr Francis Lui Vice Chairman and driving force of Galaxy Entertainment Group, kindly granted World Gaming an extended one on – one interview on the eve of the...
From the CEO (#9)
We all like a bet, and we all like to win and have fun while we’re winning. That’s what World Gaming is all about: helping you win more while enjoying yourself in the process. Becoming a better gambler takes time. It’s a process of soaking...
How to win a baccarat tournament part C: the early going
This article first appeared in the Mar/Apr 2011 issue of World Gaming magazine. Baccarat tournaments are big business, with millions of dollars in prize money at stake. Winning one can be a life-changing event. We continue our series on the...
Beware the pair
This article first appeared in the Mar/Apr 2011 issue of World Gaming magazine. Blackjack is not a simple game. The game’s complexity means the skill of those that play it ranges from absolute zero to genius savant. But there is one aspect of...
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From the CEO (#8)
It was a sad day in 1991 when the world’s last remaining Playboy Club, in the Silahis International Hotel in Manila, closed its doors after a 31 year history of Playboy clubs around the globe. But 19 years later, the Bunnies are back! Playboy is...
How to win a baccarat tournament part B: don’t be a clown, count them down
This article first appeared in the Jan/Feb 2011 issue of World Gaming magazine. In part A of this series, our tournament guru Andrew W Scott introduced you to general concepts of how to win a baccarat tournament. In part B, Andrew discusses how to...
How to win a baccarat tournament part B: don't be a clown, count them down
This article first appeared in the Jan/Feb 2011 issue of World Gaming magazine. In part A of this series, our tournament guru Andrew W Scott introduced you to general concepts of how to win a baccarat tournament. In part B, Andrew discusses how to...
From the CEO (#7)
Can you believe it’s that time already? It only feels like a month or two since we were putting out our Chinese New Year special, but Macau is already hotting up for the November Grand Prix. Amazingly this will be the 57th year in a row Macau has...
How to win a baccarat tournament part A: general concepts
This article first appeared in the Nov/Dec 2010 issue of World Gaming magazine. Baccarat is the king of casino games in Macau and across Asia, but the ultimate in big scores and bragging rights comes from winning a major baccarat tournament. It can...
Blackjack: the concept of expected value
This article first appeared in the Nov/Dec 2010 issue of World Gaming magazine. Our resident blackjack gurus explain EV, a fundamental gaming concept understood by all expert players. In several of our prior articles we’ve mentioned the...
From the CEO (#6)
We like to party, we like, we like to party (apologies to the Vengaboys). Yes, The Stallion’s been yelling at us to let him loose on you, our dear WGM readers, with his very own regular column each issue bringing you all the goss on the party...
Blackjack: the grandma, the hothead and the iceman
This article first appeared in the Sep/Oct 2010 issue of World Gaming magazine. I’ve been playing blackjack 24 years, and in that time I’ve seen just about everything mathematically possible to see on a blackjack table, played by every...
Asia: the next Europe?
This article first appeared in the Sep/Oct 2010 issue of World Gaming magazine. Poker tournaments are big business, and the big names on the world circuit are the rock stars of the gaming world. Back when I started playing cards being a successful...
From the CEO (#5)
Our Editor-in-Chief James Potter has done it again! Backing up from our huge World Cup special issue which hit the streets just under a month ago, James has put together what surely has to be our best magazine yet! This issue surely does live up to...
BJ: when to cry uncle
This article first appeared in the Jul/Aug 2010 issue of World Gaming magazine. One of the more obscure rules of blackjack is that of surrender. Many players don’t even know that it exists, and most of those that do know it exists don’t...
From the CEO (#4)
It’s here! That exciting time that rolls around every four years. The countries of the world put aside petty squabbles about nuclear arms, terrorism and global financial doom and the real battle begins! It’s the stuff little (and not-so-little)...
APPT season 4 gives even more
This article first appeared in the May/Jun 2010 issue of World Gaming magazine. The world poker explosion has now well and truly hit Asia. Pokerstars, the world’s largest online poker room, is also the sponsor of a veritable alphabet soup of...
From the CEO and Editor (#3)
Welcome to the third issue of World Gaming, and thank you for all the wonderful feedback we received from our Chinese New Year special issue. World Gaming has quickly cemented itself as the magazine of record for the gaming industry in Macau. We are...
Blackjack: the anchorman
This article first appeared in the Mar/Apr 2010 issue of World Gaming magazine. A question a blackjack player often faces is: does the decision of the player who plays the last box on the table affect the result? The correct answer is: no. But it...
Bobo: China’s home grown hero
This article first appeared in the Nov 2009 (pre-launch) and Mar/Apr 2010 issues of World Gaming magazine. Poker has only been in Macau a few years, with the top players so far being expatriates or fly-ins from Australia, Europe or the US. But as...
Bobo: China's home grown hero
This article first appeared in the Nov 2009 (pre-launch) and Mar/Apr 2010 issues of World Gaming magazine. Poker has only been in Macau a few years, with the top players so far being expatriates or fly-ins from Australia, Europe or the US. But as...
From the CEO and Editor (#2)
Welcome to the second issue of World Gaming, our Chinese New Year special for 2010. The response to our launch has been fantastic – I want to give a very big thank you to all our readers, magazine subscribers and website members. Our launch...