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John Grochowski Gaming Guru - Page 45  Pass line wins and soft 18 at blackjack26 July 2018
QUESTION: How often do you actually win on the pass line? You're the underdog no matter what the point is, and when it's 4 or 10, you're a heavy underdog, right? Why does everyone insist it's such a good bet? ANSWER: The house edge on pass is 1.41%. Payoffs are even money, so that tells us the house wins 1.41% more often than players. ... (read more)
Building a better slot machine22 July 2018
Building a successful slot machine involves multiple elements. There needs to be an eye-catching theme and graphics to attract players, intriguing elements such as bonus events and jackpots, and the right math to yield a mix of payout frequency and shot at a big payoff. That all needs a strong platform to ... (read more)
One-roll bets at craps19 July 2018
QUESTION: I know the one-roll bets in craps are supposed to be bad news, but what about the field? Both casinos near me pay 3-1 on 12 in the field, and the charts say the house edge is 2.78%. That beats the 4% if you place 5 or 9 or the 6.67% on 4 or 10, so why wouldn't I bet the field instead of those bets? ANSWER: You don't have to make any of those bets. ... (read more)
Back-to-back jackpots15 July 2018
When I've relayed readers' stories of back-to-back jackpots, they've generally focused on big wins. A thousand dollars for a video poker royal flush qualifies; $2.50 for three bars on a three-reel slot or $1.25 that just covers your bet for a pair of jacks, not so much. Nikki, an East Coast reader, e-mailed to ask if small progressives would do. ... (read more)
F5 baseball and penny slots12 July 2018
QUESTION: What does "F5" stand for on a betting line for baseball? I'm new to baseball betting and I see this on some lines and not others. ANSWER: F5 signifies a line on the first five innings of a game. Some bettors like the five-inning bet because the pitching is less predictable over a full game in this age, when starters pitch fewer innings than they once did. ... (read more)
Royal flush percentages8 July 2018
Video poker players have long been told their chances of drawing a royal flush on any given hand are about 1 in 40,000. The precise odds depend on game and playing strategy. In 9/6 Jacks or Better, your royal chances are about 1 in 40,391, while in 9/6 Double Double Bonus Poker they're 1 in 40,799 and in 9/7/5 Double Bonus Poker they're 1 in 48,035. ... (read more)
Really Wheel Poker5 July 2018
QUESTION: I was interested in your post about Wheel Poker, and how the extra bet on the Wheel Bonus actually reduces the overall house edge. Is that true on Ultimate X, too? My wife and I both love to play Triple Play with Ultimate X. ANSWER: The extra bet to activate the Ultimate X feature does raise the ... (read more)
The Three Card Poker edge1 July 2018
In discussing Three Card Poker, I've often mentioned that the house edge on the most common Pair Plus pay table is 7.28%, while the original version had a 2.14% edge. The difference is the payoff on flushes. When Derek Webb invented the game, it paid 4-1 on flushes. Today's most common version drops that by a unit to 3-1. ... (read more)
Beating the RNG28 June 2018
QUESTION: I heard a story about a player in Canada who figure out that the random number generator would start at the same point every day and that patterns would recur. He won a lot of money betting when the winners would come up. If I went to the casino the first thing every morning, would the slots just repeat the previous day's patterns? ANSWER: No. ... (read more)
Those darn aces!24 June 2018
A while back, I wrote about playing blackjack at a table that included a man who stood on all 16s, including soft hands. That drew reactions from readers such as, "That hurts just to read," and "How could you stand staying at that table?" Answer: I long ago learned not to let the bad plays of others bother me. ... (read more)
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