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A shuffle through the gaming mailbag1 April 2008
A. The answer is the same as it would be on slot machines, video poker, video blackjack or any other electronic game. If your timing was exactly the same, you would get the same results. The random number generator that determines which numbers are drawn is not "told" how many credits you are wagering. Numbers drawn on a keno machine --- or symbols on a slot reel or cards on video poker and blackjack --- do not change with the size of the wager. The random number generator runs continuously, so any change in timing will bring about a different result. Maybe it takes a fraction of a second longer for you to move your hand hit "bet max" instead of "repeat bet," or a fraction of a second less than to hit "bet one" plus "draw." That fraction of a second will change your result. That doesn't mean the result will be better, and it doesn't mean it will be worse. Just different. In the long run, the percentage of winners will be the same with minimum bets as with maximums.
A. Casinos are in business to make money, and if they allowed us to take our pass or come bets down whenever we wanted, it would severely impede that goal. They'd be giving money away. Pass and come bettors have an edge on the comeout roll. There are eight ways to win, with six ways to make 7 and two ways to make 11, and only four ways to lose with two ways to make 3, one way to make 2 and one way to make 12. The rolls after the comeout establishes a point are when the casino makes money. The player becomes a 6-5 underdog if the point is 6 or 8, 3-2 if the point is 5 or 9 and 2-1 if the point is 4 or 10. Naturally, the casino wants our money in action when we're the underdogs. There's no such conundrum on place bets, where the odds are the same on every roll, or on don't pass/don't come, where players are underdogs on the comeout but favorites after there's a point. Taking down a don't pass/don't come bet after the comeout pads the house edge. Listen to John Grochowski's "Beat the Odds" tips Saturdays at 6:20 a.m., 2:50 p.m. and 7:41 p.m. and Sundays at 8:20 a.m., 2:50 p.m. and 10:42 p.m. on WBBM-AM, News Radio 780 in Chicago, streaming online at www.wbbm780.com. This article is provided by the Frank Scoblete Network. Melissa A. Kaplan is the network's managing editor. If you would like to use this article on your website, please contact Casino City Press, the exclusive web syndication outlet for the Frank Scoblete Network. To contact Frank, please e-mail him at fscobe@optonline.net. Recent Articles
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