Visiting Las Vegas On A Budget: Using the American Casino Guide

Las Vegas conjures up visions of high rollers, gourmet food and restaurants and fabulous shows featuring big-name stars. People visit Vegas over and over. Some people can't wait until their next trip. There are Internet forums devoted to the glamour and excitement that Las Vegas offers. If you're going to Las Vegas, be sure to pick up an American Casino Guide before you leave.

The American Casino Guide offers discount coupons. There are over $1000 worth of coupons good for gambling destinations all over the United States. This booklet offers tips on gambling games also. There are discounts for food like two-for-one buffets for example. There are also discounts for Las Vegas shows. The American Casino Guide can be bought from Amazon for a little less than $12 plus shipping. Just using a couple of coupons will basically pay for the book. For the budget conscious gambler it is a great deal.

Let's focus on the match play coupons used for gambling in Las Vegas. A match play coupon can be used just like cash. For example a five dollar coupon is played along with your five dollar bet on an even money table game like blackjack or craps. If you win, you not only win your five dollars, but you also have doubled your money with the match play coupon. It is a one-time use coupon which gives the astute gambler a 49% advantage. Casinos want you to gamble at their tables and offer these match play coupons as an incentive. We are going to focus on making a coupon run using these match plays.

Think of using the match play coupons as a way to make a little bit of money and have some fun. We are going to go on a sort of scavenger hunt from casino to casino using the match play coupons from the American Casino Guide. Using this strategy involves renting an automobile for a day or two. You're going to have to travel to each individual casino and you won't be able to walk.

You are also going to need a street map of Las Vegas that shows you how to get around from casino to casino. It's not too hard to find your way around Las Vegas streets. You are also going to plan your casino run by dividing the areas into sectors. The idea is to hit the casinos all in one sector to save driving time and distance.

Using this strategy you're only going to make one bet per casino. You will take the match play coupon and place it along side your bet. The strategy is to make one bet. Whether you win or lose you are still only going to make the one bet per coupon in each casino. The idea is to use your advantage that you have over the house with the match play coupon. Please don't stay and throw away any more money in that particular casino. If you win, pick up your money and leave. Then it is on to the next casino on your planned route to play the next match play coupon from the American Casino Guide.

Most of the match play coupons in the American Casino Guide are for table games like craps and blackjack. Let's use craps as the basis of our match play coupon scavenger hunt. You're only going to make a bet on the pass line or on the don't pass line. It's not a very hard game to learn. You can find out how to play craps on the Internet. We arrive at the craps table and place our bet. We wait for the decision which will only take a few minutes. Then hopefully we pick up our winnings and move on to the next casino on our list.

If you want to increase your chances of winning you might try this method. Wait for the shooter to make a pass and win his bet. Mathematically, the odds for the shooter to make two passes in a row aren't good. So we wait for him to make one pass, and then we bet our money on the don't pass. This isn't a complicated strategy. Read up a little on craps. A good site to use is called the Wizard of Odds. Just Google the Wizard's site. There is all kinds of useful gambling information there.

Next time you are going to Las Vegas for a vacation pick up an American Casino Guide. It is a great value for anyone interested in saving money on hotel rooms, food and shows. You can also have some fun playing the table games using the match play coupons. A coupon scavenger hunt could be a lot of fun.