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Here we talk about all things gambling. From poker to craps. From blackjack to sports wagering. From Las Vegas to Atlantic City.

You Can Bet on That


    • May 27, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 53m AVG DURATION
    • 337 EPISODES

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    The Gambling Podcast: You Can Bet on That is an absolute gem in the world of gambling podcasts. With their witty banter and humorous anecdotes, hosts Mark and Dr. Mike never fail to bring laughter to every episode. I eagerly anticipate hearing about the YCBOT reunion in late September, and I sincerely hope that if they ever decide to stop doing this podcast, they will pass the baton to their children. In the meantime, Ember and I plan on going to listen once a month, and we'll be sure to keep them in the loop. Cheers!

    One of the best aspects of this podcast is undoubtedly the comedic chemistry between Mark and Dr. Mike. Their corny yet charming humor keeps me entertained throughout each episode. Additionally, their stories are light-hearted and relatable, making me feel like I'm listening to lifelong friends sharing their experiences.

    Another commendable aspect of The Gambling Podcast: You Can Bet on That is its consistency in delivering enjoyable and timely gambling conversation. Whether it's discussing casino games, sports betting, racing, or trip reports, Mark and Dr. Mike cover a wide range of topics within the gambling realm. As a former dealer and recreational gambler myself, I can't recommend this podcast enough for its valuable insights.

    However, no podcast is without its flaws. One minor downside of this show is that occasionally it can be a bit corny for some listeners who prefer a more serious approach to gambling discussions. While Mark and Dr. Mike's humor adds charm to the podcast, it may not resonate with everyone.

    In conclusion, The Gambling Podcast: You Can Bet on That is an excellent podcast for anyone interested in gambling or Vegas culture. With its humorous yet informative content delivered by two charismatic hosts, Mark and Dr. Mike, it has become my go-to podcast during my mundane 9-5 job as a retired person living out my Walter Mitty fantasies. And with over 175 more episodes to catch up on, I can't wait to continue enjoying their stories. Thank you, Mark and Dr. Mike, for providing me with entertainment and a much-needed dose of joy.



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    #336: The State of Craps

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2025 50:15


    Voicemail: 951-292-4377;  Is the appeal of craps changing?  Tell us about Main Street Station;  Getting paid with a lammer instead of a coin;  A budget approach to Vegas;  Scratch-off lottery tickets;  Preakness superfecta winner

    #335: Booking Multiple Rooms

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 62:34


    Voicemail: 951-292-4377;  ZorkFest 2025;  There IS a Harrah's at Caesars New Orleans;  Grand Canyon helicopter tour;  Can you (should you) book multiple rooms?  All/Small/Tall: Real table vs. bubble craps;  Poker collusion;  Are free-play chips non-transferable?  Trip reports: Harrah's Cherokee;  Taiwan;  El Cortez

    #334: Ship, Captain, and Crew

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 52:59


    Voicemail: 951-292-4377;  Venetian customer service issue;  Spades vs. Hearts;  Ship, Captain, and Crew;  History of Minnesota casino gambling;  The Cosmopolitan March Madness party ain't what it used to be;  Baccarat Blitz;  Trip reports:  Harrah's Cherokee;  Caesars New Orleans;  Firekeepers Casino Hotel

    #333: Two-Up on Anzac Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 52:24


    Voicemail: 951-292-4377;  Lucky 9;  Two-Up;  Trip reports:  Virgin Cruise Lines casino;  Las Vegas;  Shreveport

    #332: Confusion Is Your Ally

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 61:43


    Voicemail: 951-292-4377;  YCBOT Tournament results;  Spike and T-Bag are now at Fontainebleau;  Craps dreams;  Dealer mistakes;  Trip reports:  Macau;  Caesars Virginia;  Harrah's Southern California;  Sycuan Casino Resort;  Jamul Casino Resort

    #331: Penn & Teller Casino Monte

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 61:20


    Voicemail: 951-292-4377;  Penn & Teller Casino Monte;  Free buy bets at Plaza;  "Best" San Diego-area casinos;  Trip reports:  Mystic Lake Casino Hotel;  Caesars New Orleans Hotel & Casino;  Hardrock Casino Rockford;  Live! Casino & Hotel Louisiana;  Palms Casino Resort

    #330: Spite Bets

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2025 46:43


    Project Muckleshoot: Helping Dr. Mike's community;  Voicemail: 951-292-4377;  Spite bets;  All blackjack is now 3:2 at The Palms;  Carnival Firenze cruise ship

    #329: Betting Another Player's Side Bet

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 59:25


    Project Muckleshoot: Helping Dr. Mike's community;  Voicemail: 951-292-4377;  Betting another player's side bet;  Earning credits at video poker vs. slots;  More on fouled Face Up Pai Gow hands;  Shut the box

    #328: Overnight Keno

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2025 56:21


    Project Muckleshoot: Helping Dr. Mike's community;  Voicemail: 951-292-4377;  Parlay mystery...solved!  Overnight keno;  Listener questions;  Trip reports:  MSC Seashore;  Ocean Casino Resort;  Caesars Virginia;  Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Bristol

    #327: Parlay Mystery

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2025 60:06


    Project Muckleshoot: Helping Dr. Mike's community;  Voicemail: 951-292-4377;  Isle Casino, Waterloo IA;  Conflicting parlay payouts;  Monty Python and the Holy Grail slots;  Gold Ball Roulette

    #326: Caesars Virginia Opens

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2025 49:22


    Voicemail: 951-292-4377;  Caesars Virginia opens;  Advice for new casino poker players;  More stories from Golden Nugget Las Vegas;  Strip walk results

    #325: Home Game Vegas Trip II

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2024 45:39


    Voicemail: 951-292-4377;  Hell drive to Las Vegas;  Face Up Pai Gow Poker fouls;  8 East;  TORSE tournament;  Unfortunate scene at Golden Nugget Las Vegas;  More on bookies and law enforcement

    #324: Split Hand Poker

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 41:04


    Voicemail: 951-292-4377;  Split Hand Poker;  Class II gaming;  Lower payouts on craps prop bets;  Low-roller advice for a high-limit craps table

    #323: Bookies and Law Enforcement

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 45:45


    Voicemail: 951-292-4377;  Bookies and law enforcement;  Sacramento-area casinos;  Tub electronic craps;  Hard 8 parlay;  Loaded Wilds;  "Dice influencers"

    #322: ZorkFest 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024 73:27


    Voicemail: 951-292-4377;  ZorkFest 2024;  Tracking gambling for taxes;  Quadruple-zero roulette?  More on triggering a casino trip;  More on sports wager early cash outs;  Casino chips are the property of the casino

    #321: Voicemail Extravaganza

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2024 59:09


    Voicemail: 951-292-4377;  French Bank (Banca Francesa);  Early cash outs on sports wagers;  Why does the floor care about black chips?  Live dealer "video" poker;  Average Daily Theoretical (ADT);  Lucky Ladies blackjack side bet

    #320: Sweepstakes Sports Betting

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2024 57:57


    Voicemail: 951-292-4377;  RIP Pete Rose and Archie Karas;  Football in-person vs. on TV;  Match'em Hi Lo;  Lay bets on a Crapless Craps tables;  Off-Strip casinos;  Double check your video poker pay table;  Sweepstakes sports betting

    #319: Colors on the Craps Table

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 59:46


    Voicemail: 951-292-4377;  Colors on the craps table;  Surly gamblers;  Fontainebleau blackjack: Dealer stands on soft 17;  Actual odds of hitting All/Small/Tall;  Pontoon;  Waterfront Cebu City Hotel Casino, Philippines

    #318: Tier Levels Without the Benefits

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2024 41:05


    Voicemail: 951-292-4377;  Football pools;  The different personal bubble craps machines;  Hoover Dam;  Rio;  When you're granted a players club tier level, but you don't get all the benefits of that level

    #317: Bubble Craps Still a Good Bet

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2024 42:37


    Voicemail: 951-292-4377;  Las Vegas Paris balcony rooms;  Miami Slice at Fontainebleau;  Dealer mistake on side bet;  Sexism in gambling;  Black Hawk timeline;  Bubble craps

    #316: Dr. Mike's Not-Quite-Cross-Country Trip

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2024 61:12


    Voicemail: 951-292-4377;  Dr. Mike's trip from Minnesota to California and back;  "Best" way to double your money at a casino;  Still no craps at Yaamava';  Miserable blackjack players;  "No head!"  Listener Kevin's recommendations for a better casino

    #315: Double Down Madness

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2024 45:18


    Voicemail: 951-292-4377;  Double Down Madness;  Will MGM properties now buy the 5 & 9 for you automatically?  Rio Las Vegas

    #314: The Hedgehog System

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2024 46:23


    The Hedgehog Craps System;  John Patrick;  Buying-in etiquette;  Playing poker for the first time in a casino

    #313: 360 Vegas Vacation 14

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2024 49:07


    360 Vegas Vacation 14;  Can free play affect your Average Daily Theoretical?  Tipping at roulette

    #312: Casino Employees and Patrons

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024 50:06


    What makes a good casino employee?  What makes a good casino patron?  Casino chips as golf ball markers;  Do Crapless Craps tables help reduce the minimums on all craps tables?

    #311: Black Hawk, Colorado

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2024 43:54


    "Real" craps disappears from California;  Our trip to Black Hawk, Colorado;  Tucupita Marcano banned from MLB for life;  Keep track of your casino chips!

    #310: Will the W-2G Threshold Finally Increase?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2024 41:59


    W-2G minimum might be changing from $1,200 to $5,800;  Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore;  Casinos not cashing obsolete chips;  Caesars Virginia

    #309: No Call Bets

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2024 66:34


    ZorkFest 2024;  Jamul Casino;  Poolside blackjack and craps;  What would the name of our casino be?  What does "No Call Bets" mean?  Trip reports:  Caesars Virginia, Danville;  Biloxi;  Caliente Casino, Tijuana, Mexico;  Shreveport

    #308: 1-3-2-5 (or 6) Betting System

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2024 53:38


    What would it take to concentrate your time on an advantage play?  Two-way bet assumptions;  Craps table height;  1-2-3-5 (or 6) betting system;  Bending cards in a squeeze baccarat game;  Trip reports:  MSC Meraviglia;  Marina Bay Sands Singapore;  Silver Legacy Resort Casino

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    #307: Annoying Players

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2024 50:44


    On the Wrong Lead;  Money talks at California casinos (and at all the other casinos too);  Annoying people;  Are there casinos that don't offer free play?  When you want to play at a table game, but someone is playing two spots;  Trip reports: Bally's Quad Cities Casino & Hotel;  Biloxi;  River Spirit Casino;  Rivers Casino;  Hollywood Casino at The Meadows;  Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack

    #306: Multiplier Blackjack

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2024 49:42


    "Paper Rain" by Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness;  Losing streaks;  Multiplier Blackjack;  Story from Binion's Horseshoe

    #305: "Real" Craps in California

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2024 53:35


    The closest thing to real craps in California;  Fast game or slow?  When is it time to jump to higher minimums?  Some gambling in Japan

    #304: 3 Shot Poker

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2024 37:42


    Dr. Mike's trip to Diamond Jo Dubuque;  3 Shot Poker;  Super Bowl in Vegas;  Park MGM power outage;  Harrah's Cherokee

    #303: Pool and Tournament Results

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2024 42:17


    Super Bowl results;  Poker tournament results;  Correction on Double Double Bonus payouts;  Should game runners know the table maximums?  Trip reports:  Carnival Mardi Gras;  Black Hawk, Colorado

    #302: Thunder Valley Craps

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2024 53:56


    Only craps, or anything but craps?  What if you tip more than you intended?  What's the best minimums to play?  Don't forget to check for those video poker kickers!  Trip reports:  Seminole Hard Rock Casino Tampa;  Fallsview Casino Niagara Falls;   Silver Legacy Casino Reno;  Thunder Valley Casino Lincoln

    #301: Are Casino Comps Going Down?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2024 64:55


    Diceball odds;  Are casino comps going down?  Tips on playing poker in a casino;  Big side-bet wins;  Ratings while playing craps;  PokerGO

    #300: Episode #1 with Sherry and Dr. Lynn

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2024 23:41


    Introductions Home game jackpot win Record for largest blackjack table set Cheating Vegas on Destination America Vegas on CBS An introduction to craps Survivor football pools Playing soft 18 in blackjack

    #299: Dr. Mike's Pep Talk

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2024 46:06


    Dr. Mike needs a helmet;  Dr. Mike's pep talk for Vegas trips;  Dr. Mike and the Pig Wheel;  More on Florida gambling;  Super Bowl viewing parties;  The craps table at The Croups;  Celebrity Ascent cruise ship

    #298: Pass vs. Place

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2023 34:42


    Pass Line with single odds versus placing the point;  Reports from:  Las Vegas;  Hard Rock Tampa;  Biloxi

    #297: Oh, Uh, Yeah, Vegas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2023 51:11


    Mark's "unexpected" Las Vegas trip;  The Orleans;  Sphere;  Craps side bet: Replay;  Super Bowl in Vegas suggestions;  How we met

    #296: Revisiting the Martingale System

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2023 45:09


    Las Vegas Grand Prix musings;  The Martingale System;  Super Bowl in Las Vegas;  European blackjack;  Tipping on huge wins

    #295: Card Games for Gambling Novices

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2023 50:15


    Sports betting, et al., coming back to Florida;  No comps because you won too much?  More on UK gambling;  Interblock craps with three dice;  When a win makes you angry;  The Sphere;  Card games for gambling novices

    #294: ZorkFest 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2023 48:26


    ZorkFest 2023;  The Vegas Vice Podcast;  Pullman Reef Hotel Casino;  Where to place odds on electronic craps;  Downtown Grand;  Touching 3 Card Poker cards with just one hand;  Golden Nugget, Las Vegas

    #293: Supreme Pai Gow Poker

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2023 48:13


    ZorkFest 2023;  Harrah's Southern California trip report;  Supreme Pai Gow Poker;  Still no craps in the UK;  Diceball;  More on playing behind in blackjack;  Scene from The Big Short;  The Star Sydney

    #292: Sticking Up for Your Wager

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2023 38:26


    ZorkFest 2023;  Betting behind in blackjack;  Sticking up for your wager;  More on phone calls from the cage;  London casinos trip report;  MGM cyber attack

    #291: Hard Ways on the Come Out Roll

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2023 42:30


    YCBOT Tournament results;  Caesars Celebration Dinners;  How casinos handle hard ways on the come out roll;  Wizard of Odds Pai Gow Poker page;  Dealer behavior

    #290: Mark Plays Poker

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2023 58:19


    Mark plays in a limit Omaha 8 tournament;  Gambling angry;  Buffalo!  When does a royal flush "count"?  Stadium craps;  Cashing chips at the casino cage;  California tribes poised to sue card rooms

    #289: Casino Chip Denominations

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2023 57:34


    ZorkFest 2023;  Casino chips denominations, colors, and nicknames;  Clarification on Washington State casino gambling;  No-commission baccarat;  Trip reports:  Isle of Capri;  Legends Bay;  J Resort;  Casinò Bled, Slovenia;  Bally's Black Hawk;  Coeur d'Alene Casino;  Northern Quest

    #288: Stow Yer Valuables

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2023 67:51


    Rash of hotel break-ins;  No video poker in Washington State;  $10 Face Up Pai Gow Poker on The Strip;  Sportsbook drink tickets;  When the casino asks you to clear a slot jackpot;  Las Vegas 1973;  Speakeasy Barbershop at El Cortez;  High casino minimums on cruises;  Buying in in the middle of a roll

    #287: Back on the Horse

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2023 59:31


    We return the the casino;  Craps bets that pay better than others on the same dice roll;  Hustling for tips;  Annoying blackjack "expert";  100x odds for Seven Stars?  Walk-off clothes

    #286: Fortune X Video Poker

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2023 54:53


    Fortune X video poker;  Pot odds in poker;  No official final-table chops at WSOP;  Three-split maximum at Free Bet Blackjack;  The state of free drinks in Las Vegas

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