- John Grochowski
John Grochowski (born c. 1952) is a
gambling columnist and author. His weekly newspaper column began at the "Chicago Sun-Times " and is now syndicated nationally. He published his first gambling book in 1996 entitled "Gaming: Cruising theCasino with a Syndicated Gambling Columnist". He then began a series of books all aimed at answering questions about a specific topic or game. The 1998 book "The Casino Answer Book" explained the basics of casino gambling for beginners. His other books include "The Video Poker Answer Book" 2000, "The Craps Answer Book" 2001 and "The Slot Machine Answer Book" 2005.The author also contributes articles to magazines and internet publications. His articles can be found online at the Casino City Times website and in a number of magazines including "Southern Gaming and Entertainment" and "Midwest Gaming & Travel" magazines for players. He also writes for a number of industry publications, including "International Gaming and Wagering Business", "Slot Manager" and "Indian Gaming Business" magazines.
In recent years, the author also has gone into broadcasting, with one-minute "Beat the Odds tips" on all-news WBBM-AM (780) and a one-hour "Casino Answer Man" talk show on WCKG-FM (105.9), both in
Chicago . The WBBM spots first aired in May 2005, and continued to be a regular feature as of September 2008. The WCKG-FM talk show made its debut in February of 2006, and last aired Oct. 28, 2007. It was canceled when the station changed formats.Grochowski has been featured on three
Travel Channel specials, "Las Vegas: What Would You Do If ...", "Vegas: What's New 2005" and "Vegas: What's New 2006". He also had a moment in the limelight as a game show contestant, winning $125,000 in July 2000 on ABC's "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire " withRegis Philbin .Grochowski was born in 1952 in Aurora, Illinois, and grew up in the western Chicago suburb of Lisle. The eldest of five children, he graduated from
Lisle High School in 1970, then attended theUniversity of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. While at the University of Illinois, Grochowski joined the staff of the student newspaper, the "Daily Illini", and served one year as its sports editor.He then pursued a newspaper career, first working as a sportswriter for the "Suburban Trib" in Hinsdale, Illinois. From there, he moved to the "Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph" in Colorado Springs, Colorado, before returning to Illinois as a sports copy editor for the "News-Sun" in Waukegan, Illinois. In 1982, he was hired as a copy editor by the "Chicago Sun-Times", and it was there he started writing about casinos and casino games with a weekly column starting in 1994.
External links
* [http://www.casinoanswerman.com/ Official site]
* [http://grochowski.casinocitytimes.com/ Casino City Times articles]
* [http://www.videopoker365.com/video-poker/john-grochowski/ Video Poker 365 profile]
* [http://luckynumbers.kansascity.com/ Kansas City Star articles]
* [http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=OPINION0348/ Detroit News articles]
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