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FRIDAY, JULY 5, 2013

For a review of “The Lone Ranger,� see Page 3

We saw you at...

Port Clinton townwide yard sale

A star-spangled concert See Page 2

From left, Mary Bachert, Hamburg; Grace Breon and Helen Swoyer, both of Port Clinton.

From left, Jes Miller, Dauberville; Barbara Leidhecker and Helena Leidhecker, both of Laureldale For more photos from the sale, see Page 4

L i b e Anthracite Philharmonic set for concert r t y 2

Under the direction of Mark P. Thomas, members of the Anthracite Philharmonic rehearse at the United Presbyterian Church, Pottsville.

The orchestra will perform in patriotic concert at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Yuengling Mansion Gardens.

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BY ERIC PEDDIGREE COPY EDITOR

epeddigree@ republicanherald.com

As Fourth of July celebrations continue into the weekend, a special musical tribute will be paid to the armed forces on Sunday in Pottsville.

The Anthracite Philharmonic will present a Star-Spangled Banner Patriotic Concert at 6 p.m. at the Yuengling Mansion Gardens, 1440 Mahantongo St. The gates will open at 5 p.m. and the event will be held rain or shine. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for students and seniors. Children 12 and younger will be permitted for free.

Linda Kriner, a member of the philharmonic’s board of directors, said while this will be the group’s third summer concert, this year’s theme gives the event a special feel.

“I’m really thrilled with this,” Kriner said. “It’s hard to plan but it is worth it.”

Under the direction of Mark P. Thomas, the concert will feature patriotic music including the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” and selections from the HBO miniseries “Band of Brothers.”

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” will give concert-goers a grand sendoff.

Kriner said the group will also perform a salute

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“People just love to sit on the lawn and listen to music.”

Linda Kriner Member of Anthracite Philharmonic Board of Directors

to the armed forces, a selection featuring the marches from all the U.S. military branches. With emotion filling her voice, Kriner said the piece is a favorite of the philharmonic and audience.

“That is really neat. Everybody loves that,” she said.

The previous summer concert themes involved pop and jazz. Kriner said Thomas thinks of the themes and possibly got inspiration this year from his father, who was a World War II veteran.

While the event is open to the public, Kriner stressed that the philharmonic would love veterans to come out and enjoy the music. It is a request that she is positive will be met.

“There are always veterans in the audience,” she said.

The public is encouraged to pack a picnic and relax on the lawn at the mansion. Kriner said the

outdoor setting was a popular draw during the event’s first two years.

“People just love to sit on the lawn and listen to music,” Kriner said.

Weather always plays a role when hosting an event outside. Kriner said the philharmonic has dealt with rain in the past but would like to avoid the situation again.

“Hopefully, we won’t have to deal with that,” she said.

The Anthracite Philharmonic was formed in 2011 and features musicians from Schuylkill County and the surrounding areas. Kriner said the group offers a different type of entertainment not available to most places outside big cities like New York.

“We give this community something every small community can’t get,” she said.

Kriner said the community has supported its summer effort with a few hundred attending in previous years. She hopes for a bigger turnout this year.

“We really deliver a nice presentation for a reasonable price,” she said.

For more information about the patriotic concert and the Anthracite Philharmonic, visit antphil.org.

Who is that masked man?

This is not ‘The Lone Ranger’ you remember There are two important things you should keep in mind when seeing “The Lone Ranger”: 1. It’s a comical look at the Western hero.

2. The film’s so weighted toward The Masked Man’s sidekick, it should have been called “Tonto.”

Unlike the dramatic approach used in past bigscreen and TV versions of the Lone Ranger, director Gore Verbinski takes a comedic approach similar to that used in his “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies.

Even more important, this new “Lone Ranger” has Johnny Depp playing Tonto.

No one is going to cast Depp in a film and reduce his presence to a supporting role.

Neither of these points creates any major problem, unless you want the Lone Ranger to be the classic hero.

This version — played by Armie Hammer — is a bit of a dolt who prefers to battle bad guys with the letter of the law. From the decision to wear a mask to hide his identity to his horse, Silver, every aspect of the character is the punch line for a joke.

The story is a standard Western tale, with the Lone Ranger and Tonto trying to catch the evil Butch Cavendish (William Fichtner), who is in cahoots with some dastardly businessmen. Their battles play out against the backdrop of the completion of the first transcontinental railway.

Hammer’s likable enough, both as attorney John Reid and as the Masked Man. But he’s closer to the homespun nature of Sheriff Andy Taylor in “The Andy Griffith

MOVIE REVIEWS Show” than the heroic character played by Clayton Moore in the 1950s TV series or written by Fran Striker in the original radio plays and books.

Past Tontos have been stoic characters, but that was before Depp came along. The most obvious sign Depp’s Tonto is a few buffalo short of a herd is his constant feeding of the dead bird that rest upon his head. Instead of Tonto, the character should be called Capt. Jack Crow.

If you can accept this film is not your father’s — or even grandfather’s — “Lone Ranger,” then this latest adventure has a few fun moments. If not, you and your “kemosabe” should ride off into the sunset of other summer movies.

“The Lone Ranger,” a Walt Disney Pictures release, is rated PG-13 for action scenes.

Running time: 189 minutes. ★★★

“The Way, Way Back” The title of “The Way, Way Back” refers to the third line of seating in the 1960s/’70s era land-yacht station wagons. It was the row that faced the rear window, a catbird seat that seemed miles from the disapproving glare of the driver.

But the title could also be applied to the infectious, retro spirit of the movie itself, a throwback to a sunnier, more innocent cinematic time — even though the story is set in present day. The directorial debut of both Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, the writing team that struck pay dirt with “The Descendants,”

“The Way, Way Back” is a wonderfully written and solidly acted ensemble piece that deserves to find an audience amid all this summer’s men of steel.

Liam James (“Psych”) is Duncan, the kid who sits in the way, way back of a beautifully restored 1970 Buick Estate wagon so he doesn’t have to interact with its owner, Trent (Steve Carell), the guy who’s dating his divorced mom (Toni Collette). Duncan and potential new dad don’t get along, so the idea of spending a summer with Trent and the rest of the family (including a self-absorbed sister) at Trent’s beach house doesn’t exactly make Duncan a happy camper.

Things get better and worse after arriving at Trent’s place. Nosey, talkative next-door neighbor Betty (a terrific Allison Janney) is going to take some getting used to, but her daughter, Susanna (AnnaSophia Robb), might make things more interesting. But some of these new adults — like Trent’s friends Kip (Rob Corddry) and wife Joan (Amanda Peet) — are just as annoying as Trent himself.

It all makes for an engaging and warm coming-of-age story in a season in which we’ve already had two very good ones, “Mud” and “The Kings of Summer.” Carrell proves as adept at playing obnoxious as playing likable, while Collette projects the defeated desperation of a woman who thinks that, as bad as Trent might be, this could be her last chance to have someone in her life.

“The Way, Way Back,” a Fox Searchlight Pictures

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Liam James and Nat Faxon star in “The Way Way Back.” release, is rated PG-13 for thematic elements, strong language, some sexual content and brief drug material. Running time: 103 minutes. ★★★★

“Despicable Me 2” There’s a fizzy silliness to “Despicable Me 2” that will make it a huge word-ofmouth hit among key demographics. That would be 2- to 6-year-olds, and parents who enjoy seeing their kids curled into balls of uncontrollable laughter.

You need to have seen the original 2010 comedy to get the most out of this sequel.

Luckily, a lot of people have.

“Despicable Me,” Universal Studios’ first venture into computer animated cartooning, was a smash. It offered a nifty novelty, with a would-be supervillain as the central character. Gru (Steve Carell with a larynx-twisting Hungarian accent) was a perversely winning mash-up of Dr. Seuss’ Grinch and Charles

Addams’ Uncle Fester.

The film had a dark and whimsical sense of humor that was occasionally downright grisly. Gru adopted three sugar-sweet orphan girls who could help him infiltrate his archenemy’s compound. He put the girls to sleep in hollowed-out bombs.

When one appeared to be skewered inside an iron maiden he kept in the kitchen, he shrugged, “Plan can work with two.”

Margo, Enid and Agnes are back and more prominent in this tale. No longer a misanthrope, Gru dotes on his daughters and spends much of his time fending off inappropriate dates foisted on him by his busybody neighbors. An odd-couple potential romance appears

when he teams up with an agent of the Anti-Villain League (Kristin Wiig, returning from the original, but in a new role) to discover which shop owner at the local mall is a baddie in disguise. Is the new fiend on the block the oddly coiffed owner of the wig shop (Ken Jeong)? The proprietor of the Mexican restaurant (Benjamin Bratt), who serves his customers life-sized taco sombreros filled with guacamole?

For an adult, the predictability could turn you blase.

For kids, revisiting these jokes is a howl. Pinkie promise.

“Despicable Me 2,” a Universal Pictures release, is rated PG for rude humor and mild action. Running time: 98 minutes. ★★★ Reading Movies 11 & IMAX FRI-WED 7/5-10 DON’T JUST SEE A MOVIE, EXPERIENCE IT AT Reading Movies 11 & IMAX 30 N. 2nd Street 610-374-2828 • www.rctheatres.com FREE GARAGE PARKING Digital Projection & Sound Stadium Seating

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CHILDREN UNDER 3 NOT ADMITTED TO PG13 or R RATED MOVIES AFTER 6PM SHOWTIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE

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We saw you at ... Port Clinton yard sale Dawn Levan, left, and Mike Carver, both of Port Clinton

John Santmyre, Shoemakersville, left, and Luke McLaughlin, Port Clinton

Brianna Sattizahn, left, holding Olivia Kolbe; Kaitlynn Kolbe and Ed Brennan, all of Schuylkill Haven.

Tammy DeLorenzo, Barto

Harold Hafer, Hamburg, left, and John Hardinger, Adamsdale

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County holds picnics, outdoor fun in July July heralds the birth of our nation and there will be plenty of picnics, fireworks and fun in the sun all month long!

Even though this column runs just after the popular holiday, Schuylkill County is bursting with things to do this month. In all four corners of our county and everywhere in between, the variety of things to enjoy in July is astounding! I’m hard pressed to try and get it all in but you know I’m sure going to try!

Fireworks are the traditional way we celebrate in July, and we still have a few coming up that we can anticipate enjoying. Be sure to mark July 13 on your calendar as Family Night & Fireworks at the Island in Schuylkill Haven. This popular event will feature food, entertainment, children’s games and a bounce house, horse-drawn wagon rides, bingo for adults and much more.

Saint Clair will have a fantastic fireworks display on the 13th as well after its annu-

al car cruise. Eagerly anticipated, the cruise features a variety of classic cars, hot rods, trucks, music, great food and tons of merchant specials throughout the day!

St. Nick’s annual parish picnic begins today and runs through the weekend. This Schuylkill County event has it all — plenty of good food, good entertainment and good people.

Check out the Tamaqua Area Chamber of Commerce Free Summer Concert Series on the 18th on the platform of the Tamaqua Train Station.

Heisler’s Dairy Bar continues to please with its Night in the Country Summer Concert Series, on July 7 and 13. Take a pleasant ride through the Lewistown Valley and enjoy cool summery treats while you take in the concert.

Perhaps dinner theater is m o re yo u r s t y l e ? T h e Schuylkill County Council for the Arts will put on its John O’Hara dinner theater at the Schuylkill Country Club, Orwigsburg, on July 11

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through 13 with “Pal Joey.”

Compiled from a series of short stories O’Hara wrote for The New Yorker, this 1940 Broadway production ran for 10 months and is the third longest-running of any Rogers & Hart musicale. Don’t miss this opportunity to support local art and enjoy one of our county’s literary giants.

Did I mention enjoying the outdoors yet? No? Please, allow me.

Our state park partners are doing a great job this month (as they do every month, really). We have the Silver Creek Fire Tower Hike on Saturday and an educa-

tional program, “Bats: Fact & Fiction,” that day as well.

Both of these events are at Locust Lake.

Tuscarora is offering its Roaring Creek Trail Hike on Saturday, the Spirit of Tuscarora Trail Dog Hike on Sunday and Beginners Kayaking courses on July 13. The kayaking course continues with other dates throughout the summer. Call 570-467-2506 for registration and information.

The Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Drehersville, is having a Kids’ Bird Walk on July 19 and a Mountain Moonwalk on July 22.

Looking for a little more variety? We’ve got it covered!

Our neighbors in Lansford at the No. 9 Coal Mine & Museum are hosting a Coal Miner’s Heritage Festival on July 14. The five wineries throughout Schuylkill County are up to nothing but good this month, too! Galen Glen, Andreas, will have walking tours of the vineyard on Sunday and July 20 and 21. Benig-

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na’s Creek is having a succulent pig roast and wine fest July 20. Long Trout in Auburn stands ever at the ready with unique wines and a challenging disk-golf course. And Red Shale Ridge, Hegins and Stone Mountain Wine Cellars, Pine Grove, will be in Orwigsburg on July 18 for Wine and Dine with the Arts Night.

Mud and Maker, Pottsville, will host a Sunset Wheel and Wine Date night at Potter’s Farm, Pine Grove, on July 20 that I must say looks to be a truly special evening.

Our own Schuylkill County Fair runs July 29 through Aug. 3. Celebrating 30 years this year, “Harvest Your Dreams!” is the theme, and appropriately so.

The Schuylkill County Fair Association has proved that if you dream it and you build it, they will come.

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Schuylkill County and Pennsylvania industry — agriculture. Talk about an important tradition!

Make time to visit our fair on its 30th anniversary to connect with the best that our local agriculture has to offer. Speaking of local agriculture, the Schuylkill County Wine Festival is Sept. 1, and tickets are on sale now at the Schuylkill County Visitors Bureau. Stop in soon for yours for this popular agricultural event!

For more information on any of the great July events in Schuylkill County, visit www.schuylkill.org. As always, keep an eye out for visitors as you enjoy summer in our backyard. Offer them a warm welcome as they explore the events, activities, attractions and outdoor recreation we are privileged to enjoy every day.

(Gargano is executive director of the Schuylkill County Visitors Bureau)

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THIS WEEKEND’S EVENTS TODAY

BLOCK PARTY AND POKER RUN — Today and Saturday, Middleport Fire Company. Truck parade 7 p.m., entertainment by Chase, today; Poker run, registration noon, starts 2 p.m., entertainment by Still Rockin, 7 p.m. Saturday.

FARMERS MARKET — 8 a.m. to noon, east side of unit block of South Main Street, Shenandoah. Sponsored by Greater Shenandoah Area Chamber of Commerce. Call Mark Bernardyn at M&T Bank, 570-4622734.

SATURDAY

ANNUAL PARISH PICNIC — 4 to 10 p.m., St. Nicholas picnic grove, Route 901, Primrose. Entertainment by

Sapphire. Rain or shine.

KARAOKE WITH DAVE — 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Rainbow Hose Company No. 1, Dock Street, Schuylkill Haven.

0PEN HOUSE — Cool off with the Arts, 1 to 6 p.m., Walk In Art Center, 220 Parkway, Schuylkill Haven.

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Donations accepted. Call 570-874-2500.

VENDOR FAIR, CHINESE AUCTION AND BAKE SALE — 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Williamstown United Methodist Church basement, Spruce and East streets, Williamstown. Vendors include Jamberry Nails, Moochie Poochie, Avon, Scentsy and more.

YARD SALE — 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friedens Lutheran

Church, 525 Church St., and Main streets, ShenandoNew Ringgold. Space rental, ah. Food and refreshments $10. Rain or shine. available. Call 570-6172000 or 570-590-1188.

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Adults, $6, children 8 and ROAST BEEF DINNER under, $3. Takeouts avail- — 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., St. able. Call 570-429-0302. Nicholas Hall, Route 901, Proceeds benefit St. Clare of Primrose. Cost $8.50. Eat Assisi Roman Catholic Par- in or take out. ish.

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ST. NICHOLAS

Dinner Theatre

Presented at the Schuylkill (Lantenengo) Country Club

78th Annual Parish Picnic

Join us for dinner and a show as we step back in time to a 40’s era South Chicago Nightclub

Picnic Grove, Route 901, Primrose

“Chez Joey”

Saturday, July 6th (4:00 PM to 11:00 PM) 7:00 PM “Sapphire” Sunday, July 7th (12N to 10:00 PM) 1:00 PM “The PA Villagers” 7:00 PM “MIXX” UKRAINIAN HOME COOKED FOODS REFRESHMENTS • NOVELTIES • BINGO • THEME BASKETS Rain or shine. Free Admission - Free Parking SUNDAY, July 7th “Roast Beef ll:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Dinner”

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Pal Joey is presented through special arrangement with R&H Theatricals: www.rnh.com

Music by Richard Rodgers Lyrics by Lorenz Hart Directed by Lucille Fala’-Brennan

Based on the book by Schuylkill County’s own John O’Hara

Thurs., Fri., & Sat. July 11, 12, & 13 Dinner at 6:00, Show at 7:00

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$45 per person

includes dinner & show Advance reservation required call 570-622-2788 Public Welcome

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BY CHEVEL JOHNSON ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW ORLEANS — Nearly two decades after Essence magazine launched a festival here to “party with a purpose” and celebrate black culture, music and people, the Essence Fest may be facing some new competition.

Like Essence this weekend, last weekend’s BET Experience, in Los Angeles, had Beyonce as a headliner.

It also had panels discussing topics important to the community and spanned a threeday weekend — a format Essence until recently had used for years.

But Michelle Ebanks, pres-

ident of Essence Communications Inc., said the similarities end there.

So far there’s no sign that the BET Experience — a celebrity-driven lead-in to the cable network’s BET Awards show — is taking away from the Essence experience in New Orleans.

The city’s hotels are showing healthy bookings, and music fans are ready to party.

Many are arriving early to catch the Essence Festival’s outdoor celebration on the riverfront on Thursday.

Ebanks said the 19th annual festival is “shaping up to be one of the biggest we’ve ever had.”

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Horror films equal happiness for Elijah Wood Actor plays serial killer in movie ‘Maniac,’ enjoys own production company

BY ALICIA RANCILIO ASSOCIATED PRESS

has an encyclopedic knowledge of scary movies, with a NEW YORK — To hear starring role in the new film Elijah Wood talk about the “Maniac” and his own fledg1978 slasher film “Hallow- ling horror production comeen,” he sounds, well, gidpany. dy.

Wood plays a serial killer “I’ve seen it so many in “Maniac,” a film told times,” he said in a recent entirely from his point of interview. “The feeling that I view — you see Wood only in get from the movie? It’s his reflections or in his almost like the feeling one hands as they cross in front would get from watching a of the camera.

Christmas movie. It made In a recent interview, me feel happy! Like, I don’t Wood said he found the expeknow if it’s a sense of nosrience to be extremely techtalgia I attach to the film? nical but also an exciting, Maybe I’ve seen it so many collaborative effort. times it feels like, you know, “You go into (shooting an old familiar record or from a point of view aspect) something. But I put it on thinking, ‘It’s gonna be easy. and I feel joy watching that It’s a single shot but you’re film.” under such intense parameSuch is the reaction of a ters that every scene became true lover of the horror a puzzle.” genre. The 32-year-old actor, Wood’s new production known for “The Lord of the company The Woodshed Rings” trilogy and his FX TV Horror Company has three series “Wilfred” and in the movies in the works. Its music world as a popular DJ, first film picked up for dis-

What happens to Reagan in “The Exorcist” I love and find horrifyingly scary.

Freddy Kruger is more fun.

He becomes a jokester which is fun to watch.

That’s another angle with horror. tribution, “Toad Road,” ber, was I knew that I wasn’t AP: Your TV series “Wilwas discovered at the hor- supposed to. So that of fred” is now in its third searor film festival Nightmare course as a child you do all son (airing Thursdays at 10 City (which The Woodshed the things that you know is p.m. on FX.) Do you have a helped present.) It will hit not... like it’s suddenly more theory as to why your chartheaters in October. exciting. But I love the movacter Ryan sees this dog as a AP: Where did this love ie. man in a dog suit? of the horror genre come AP: Do you have a favorite Wood: My feeling is that from? villain? he’s a manifestation of his Wood: I think I’ve always Wood: I love Mike Meyers. psyche as a result of havbeen relatively fearless, so He didn’t have a long shelfing reached an impasse they never really scared me. life because I didn’t love all mentally in his life. It’s AP: What was the first the iterations of that charac- almost like something has horror film you ever saw? ter. He’s a great rendering of snapped and it’s a part of Wood: I saw my first hor- the boogey man. his psyche that was lying ror film when I was 5. It was Jack Nicholson’s charac- dormant that is now kind a movie called “Truth or ter in “The Shining” is of pushing him to live kind Dare: A Critical Madness,” extraordinary. I tend to find of beyond the confines that and it was a VHS like direct- characters from a more he’s somehow created for to-video horror film. Part of rooted, real place to be more himself or maybe selfthe reason I was excited frightening and unsettling. imposed, maybe imposed about watching it, I remem-

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by others in his life.

AP: Ryan addresses his confusion over seeing Wilfred on the series but do you think there will ever be a big reveal about that?

Wood: I don’t think there should be, personally. I think that’s part of the magic of the show. Wilfred is Wilfred and I think people can have their own ideas as to what Wilfred is and why. But, I think if you kind of definitely answer that, even at the end. Like let’s say it ends in two or three more seasons or whatever and the end is the answer, I think that misses the point. I think the point is in the searching and it’s in the relationship and it’s in what’s gained in that relationship.

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Low house edge helps

Dear Mark: When it really comes down to it, isn’t in the end all, all about the house edge when it comes to winning and losing?

Wayne L. All casino games, Wayne, fall into one of two categories. They are either games of luck or games of skill.

In games of luck, the house edge is predetermined, so the opportunity to determine success is taken out of your hands. With games of skill, players make decisions, that will affect that so called “house edge.”

What you do not want to do, Wayne, is think the house edge is the end all. The speed of the game, or number of decisions per hour, can be just as important.

Some games are incredibly fast, such as video poker.

Some games are painstakingly slow, for instance, keno. On a fast-paced game with a low house edge, you can lose considerably more per hour than on a slow game with a much higher house edge.

Also, Wayne, the house edge on some games will be directly influenced by the playing decisions you make, while on other games it is not. The house edge on games such as blackjack and video poker is affected by your hand-to-hand decisions. By making the right choices, you can maximize your winning potential on any given hand. Play poorly, and the low house edge of

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the game can’t help you.

On games such as craps, baccarat, roulette and slots, you just have to make the correct bets that have the lowest house edge.

Essential to every player’s success is understanding two fundamentals that will increase one’s chances of winning: They are, as you state, sticking to bets that have a low house edge — like two percent or less, and, developing competence in those games.

By doing so, Wayne, you’ll stand a decent chance of turning the tables in your favor, staying in action longer, and stopping the flight of your hard-earned cash into the casino coffers.

Friday the 13th

Dear Mark: Did you ever notice when you worked in the casino that players avoided them on Friday the 13th? I figure there are many players who shun the casino because

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Jane B. Since the delusory day of Friday the 13th lands on a Friday, coinciding with it being a payday in America, I’m saying the answer is no.

Yes, Jane, certain players do confuse superstition with the mathematics of gambling. That said, you don’t lose because you saw a black cat in the casino parking lot; you lose because you are splitting 10s at blackjack. A jackpot win at slots has nothing to do with a rabbit’s foot in your pocket.

Over time, the decisions you make, combined with the odds of the games you play, automatically determine your financial bottom line.

Don’t be a gambler, Jane, who believes in luck. Think as the casino does; believe in math.

Gambling wisdom of the week The likelihood of lining up four Megabucks symbols is somewhere in the cosmos between Jupiter and Mars, and even a spokesman at IGT would not admit to the mathematical probability of hitting one of the blasted things.

— Barney Vinson (Pilarski can be reached at pilarski@markpilarski.com)

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