Tips for Gambling? 10 Luck.

[Evarrice]

So throughout all my time playing this game, I never tried the gambling mini games properly.

I never really understood the mechanics behind Caravan and Blackjack so I didn't bothered with any of them.

But now I'm trying to go for the "The Courier Who Broke the Bank" achievement and despite having 10 luck and always doubling down, I feel like my earnings are not increasing and I'm getting nowhere!

Am I doing something wrong? Is my game broken or something?

This is my first time doing any of this so I'm really confused!

[Shoko Asahara.]

Learn card counting or cheat, gambling isnt worth doing for its own merit and card counting is a useful skill.

[Evarrice]

Originally posted by lord zhing Ming:

Learn card counting or cheat, gambling isnt worth doing for its own merit and card counting is a useful skill.

I just solved my own problem by saving after every win via Double Down in Blackjack and just waiting for a minute to try again after loading a save in the event of a loss.

edot: I am now banned at gambling in the Sierra Madre!

[Kojiズズー]

Its really easy to win with high luck id be amazed if you didn't win from just spamming but black jack don't go over 21 just get as high a count without going over so if you have 19 don't get another card if you are at 14 could risk it, it all depends on his recent cards and if you think your number is higher then the dealer use this to make your choices, with 10 luck tho u should be able to just use the slot machines max bet spam 10-20 times and get multiple jackpots getting banned extremely fast high luck is free money in New Vegas

[Evarrice]

Originally posted by Kojiズズー:

with 10 luck tho u should be able to just use the slot machines max bet spam 10-20 times and get multiple jackpots getting banned extremely fast high luck is free money in New Vegas

Yeah...

That's not my experience with slot machines even with 10 luck.

[psychotron666]

Originally posted by Evarrice:

Originally posted by lord zhing Ming:

Learn card counting or cheat, gambling isnt worth doing for its own merit and card counting is a useful skill.

I just solved my own problem by saving after every win via Double Down in Blackjack and just waiting for a minute to try again after loading a save in the event of a loss.

edot: I am now banned at gambling in the Sierra Madre!

If you're gonna save scum like this you're better off just betting on one number on roulette and reloading after you spend 1k.

[Kojiズズー]

Thats strange, I cant remember if there a gambling implant or if its just a luck implant but you could look into that, good luck in the future tho

[Evarrice]

Originally posted by psychotron666:

If you're gonna save scum like this you're better off just betting on one number on roulette and reloading after you spend 1k.

I mean. it was the only method I found that worked for me!

Dunno why my experience was different.

[MartyrSaint]

Blackjack and Slots are incredibly simple.

Honestly, I'd recommend just doing Blackjack as it's easier to game.

You want to get as close to or exactly 21 without going over. The dealer is also aiming to do the same thing, the winner is whoever gets 21 or closest to it before the game end.

My advice? Just hit until you get 17 and hold. 7/10 you'll get a blackjack anyway.

[2pmNoseBleed]

just learn the card games. like duh lol just read the damn rules. Caravan is super easy if you just stack your deck with nothing but 6 through 10's face cards and the rest being jacks and kings.

[TimTheEvoker]

Yeah, once you learn Caravan and build a deck of rape (there are plenty of guides online) you start to break the economy... more than it already is (Jury Rigging anyone?).

I'm pretty sure on my current playthrough I will wind up buying the Medicine Stick and a good chunk of the implants before ever setting foot on the Strip.

[JediKnightSky]

Try not to just expect obvious auto winning even from Luck. Try to start with like 3 k on the slots with max luck and law of odds should see you pull ahead over a couple in game hours. Once you start getting drinks and stuff comped to you, you know your on a streak of luck.

[Dosbilliam, Boring but Practical]

Since no one really explained all of the rules of Blackjack...

The goal is to get as close to 21 without going over: you get dealt two cards, one face-up, the other face-down; 2-9 counts as the relevant number; 10/Jack/Queen/King are all worth 10; Aces are either 1 or 11 depending on your other cards, so if you have 15 and hit (take another card) and it's an Ace, you go to 16 instead of 26, since 26 busts (you lose since you went over 21) and 16 doesn't.

Stuff like doubling down or splitting is something you can learn after getting the basics, so don't worry about that too much.

Each table explains where the dealer has to hit/stand, meaning either they HAVE to take another card or they HAVE to stop where they are, with at least one of them mentioning hard/soft 17s, meaning if they've got a 17 made up of a 6 and an Ace, they still hit while if it's two 5s and a 7 they stand.

In my experience, with a 10 Luck you'll be getting dealt 21 immediately quite often by getting an Ace and either a 10 or a face card (Jack/Queen/King), which is (logically) called a Blackjack and rewards more than getting 21 normally.

Slots can be faster if you hit one of the big multipliers, but Blackjack is the most reliable since it doesn't have the wide spread of possibilities as Roulette does.

[Bob of Mage]

High luck does nothing in blackjack if you do something foolish like hit while you have 20, or double down on 5.

[JediKnightSky]

Honestly just did a new game, started with 8 luck and the Early Riser trait, and did the stealth run to vegas at lvl 1. Went to Gammorahs with a few k from selling a few globes to Jane and had a 4k big spin win on my 3rd pull stayed till I was up to 9k. Left there and did the same at tops though it took a bit longer. Already got 2 stat implants and the regen implant.

[Kojiズズー]

Originally posted by JediKnightSky:

Honestly just did a new game, started with 8 luck and the Early Riser trait, and did the stealth run to vegas at lvl 1. Went to Gammorahs with a few k from selling a few globes to Jane and had a 4k big spin win on my 3rd pull stayed till I was up to 9k. Left there and did the same at tops though it took a bit longer. Already got 2 stat implants and the regen implant.

Yeah I had very High Luck last time i played started at the free side casino with only the legion denarie i had collected as money for chips got banned from there then worked my way up through the other casinos until I had more caps then i knew what to do with it was really easy, even with just slots, although I had known how to play black jack for a long time so with high luck it was very easy