Joe Krisberg

How to tell family about gambling harm: preparing the conversation

Joe Krisberg April 5, 2024

Helpful Guides

Prepare to talk about gambling harm: choose someone you trust, explain the impact, ask for specific help and find independent UK support before or after the conversation.

DIY sports gifts: six ideas and the work to leave to experts

Joe Krisberg December 19, 2023

Sports

Personalise retired sports equipment with six gift ideas, simpler decorative alternatives and clear limits around cutting, wall loads and electrical work.

Antique casino gifts: provenance, buying checks and care FAQs

Joe Krisberg December 5, 2023

Casino

Assess casino memorabilia before buying: photographs, provenance, condition, paper care and the separate permissions questions raised by old gaming machines.

Poker GTO explained: equilibrium, solver assumptions and study limits

Joe Krisberg November 15, 2023

Poker

Separate GTO theory from profit promises, check the assumptions behind solver output and work through a fictional mixed-frequency calculation away from live play.

RNG in slots: random outcomes, testing and RTP explained

Joe Krisberg June 16, 2023

Casino

Understand how random inputs map to slot outcomes, what Great Britain’s testing standards require and why RTP is not a personal refund or proof that a win is due.

Video poker explained: rules, paytables and RTP

Joe Krisberg May 29, 2023

Casino

How video poker’s hold-and-draw round works, why Jacks or Better and wild-card games need different paytables, and why RTP does not predict a session’s result.

Bet365 progressive knockout poker: bounties and tournament rules

Joe Krisberg May 8, 2023

Poker

How progressive knockout poker divides a bounty between cash and your own bounty, with a worked example and the tournament rules to check before entering.

8 Reasons You Absolutely Should Give Age Of The Gods Twister A Go

Joe Krisberg April 25, 2023

Have you played Age of the Gods Twister yet? If not, we're giving you all the ammunition you need to start playing.

2026 World Cup format changes: the March 2023 decision explained

Joe Krisberg March 23, 2023

Sports

Why FIFA replaced three-team groups with twelve groups of four for the 2026 World Cup, how the 104-match format works and how the 48 places were allocated.

Sic Bo for beginners: bets, triple exclusions and payouts

Joe Krisberg January 25, 2023

Casino

How Sic Bo wagers work, why matching triples can defeat Small or Big, and how to check paytables, multipliers and the total cost before betting.

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