Bill Zender, Author at GGB News

Author: Bill Zender

As former Nevada Gaming Control Agent, casino operator, professional card counter and casino consultant, Bill Zender has been involved in various areas of gaming and hospitality since 1976. In the past, Zender has instructed courses on game protection, card counting, advantage play and gaming operations at various colleges and institutions throughout the country. As a member of JMJ, Inc., Zender was an owner and operator of the Aladdin Hotel and Casino and has additional operational experience in card room casinos in California and is considered an expert in Asian gaming. Besides his practical gaming experience, Zender holds a bachelors in hotel administration and a masters in business. As a gaming author Zender has penned seven non-fiction books on gaming including Card Counting for the Casino Executive, and the Casino-ology series. Owner/consultant of Bill Zender and Associates, Zender spent was general manager at a major California cardroom casino from 2018-2019. For more information, visit billzender.com.

CASINO-OLOGY: Protect Your Alternative Card Games—Know the Strategies

In order to adequately protect your games, you must know their strategies, which can be tricky for some of the lesser-known alternatives. In this edition of Casino-Ology, game protection...

Published June 17, 2024

CASINO-OLOGY: Don’t Let Your Guard Down — Protect Your Gaming Equipment

In this edition of Casino-Ology, game protection expert Bill Zender (l.) uses an example of a roulette scam to illustrate the point that game equipment must be diligently monitored...

Published May 13, 2024

CASINO-OLOGY: Blackjack Single-Deck Games of the 70s Had a Built-in Advantage

This edition of Casino-Ology from expert Bill Zender (l.) is a fascinating historical breakdown of how pre-1980s single-deck blackjack games had quantifiable advantages because of dealers’ practice of physically...

Published April 15, 2024

CASINO-OLOGY: The Myth of Offsetting Betting

The message of this month’s behind-the-scenes breakdown of casino play from game extraordinaire Bill Zender (l.) is cut and dry: offsetting betting is a myth, and actually falls in...

Published July 3, 2023

CASINO-OLOGY: Cutting Off Too Many Cards in Blackjack is Costing you Revenue

Those looking to optimize Blackjack revenues may consider experimenting with deeper deck penetration—in this month’s edition of Casino-Ology, table game expert Bill Zender (l.) breaks down the potential pitfalls...

Published June 5, 2023

Card Counting Threats In Baccarat: What’s to Detect?

While traditional card counting measures won’t work on regular baccarat games, table game expert Bill Zender there are still methods that may be effective. Here’s how to combat them....

Published April 3, 2023

Protecting the Alternative Games: DJ Wild Poker

In the next in his series on alternative games, table-game expert Bill Zender tackles DJ Wild Poker. One bet with a huge house edge is making the difference.

Published January 30, 2023

Protecting the Alternative Games: High Card Flush

Another in his series on protecting alternative gaming, table game expert Bill Zender talks about how High Card Flush offers several opportunities for casino scammers to strike and how...

Published December 26, 2022

Protecting the Alternative Games: Mississippi Stud Poker

Blackjack, craps and roulette are not the only vulnerable games to cheating on the casino floor. In a second installment on what to watch for in the alternate games,...

Published December 5, 2022

A Quick Look at Protecting the Alternative Games: Three Card Poker

Alternative games are usually lucrative for the casino operator and are hard to beat, especially when the player is cheating. There are exceptions to the rule, however, and table-game...

Published November 7, 2022

Protect your Alternative Card Games: Know the Strategies

Blackjack isn’t the only card game in town that can threaten a casino’s profitability. How much does your supervisory team know about the strategy of card games more related...

Published October 3, 2022

Don’t Let Down Your Guard: Protect Your Gaming Equipment

Table-game scams can be expensive but are entirely preventable if an operator is diligent. A recent European roulette could have easily been prevented.

Published July 4, 2022

CASINO-OLOGY: Risk Assessment for Card Counting

Card counters often send chills up the spines of casino executives but what if you could develop a “risk assessment” for blackjack so you’d have a good idea exactly...

Published June 6, 2022

Silly Shuffles

Why are casinos still using the ribbon spread in baccarat? It’s part of the history of the game but procedure is time-consuming and leaves baccarat vulnerable and open to...

Published May 9, 2022

Counting the Cost

Card counting costs the casino industry millions of dollars each year. But it’s not the person sitting at the table that’s doing it. Casino expert Bill Zender points the...

Published April 4, 2022

Busted: Analyzing and Maintaining Table Game Evidence from a Law Enforcement Point of View

Cheaters come in all shapes and sizes, using various and sundry methods, so how should investigators handle it? Table-game expert Bill Zender explains the proper procedures to employ when...

Published February 7, 2022

Critical Factors of the Game of Blackjack

Game pace, shuffle time and side bet utilization are huge influencing factors about how profitable your blackjack tables can be. Here’s how to manage them efficiently.

Published January 3, 2022

Investigating Winning Players: Drilling Down through Charting

Table game expert Bill Zender gives a sneak peak of what he’ll be covering during his intensive seminar offered at the World Game Protection Conference, February 15-17 at the...

Published December 6, 2021

CASINO-OLOGY: Table Games of the Future

What will happen when the cards, chips and dice disappear from table games? Will players continue to enjoy the games or will they just become another slot machine. Table...

Published November 1, 2021

Hourly Hand Decisions in Baccarat: Is There Room to Improve?

Baccarat is becoming an increasingly more popular game on the casino floors of casinos worldwide. Players seem to understand they have a better chance at winning, and it’s a...

Published October 4, 2021