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• Ask the Slot Expert: Giving up a sure thing playing NSU (11 December 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Project Moon. Project Meh? (4 December 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: 86ed at movie theater? (27 November 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Big disappointment on the Big 6 Wheel (20 November 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: 86ed at supermarket? (13 November 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: There is no magic in a slot machine (6 November 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Ranking video poker gimmicks (30 October 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: More reasons slot players may play rapidly (23 October 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Which video poker machine should I play to earn a free cruise? (16 October 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Monty Hall on Survivor? (9 October 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Distracted slot playing (2 October 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Sometimes experience is a good teacher at video poker (25 September 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Grandson of slot jackpot denied playing with another's card (18 September 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Son of slot jackpot denied playing with another's card (11 September 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Slot jackpot denied playing with another's card (4 September 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: How big a bankroll do I need to play slots? (28 August 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: How big a bankroll do I need for Triple Double Bonus video poker? (21 August 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Gold medal error in bronze medal match (14 August 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Is the progress meter on Buffalo Ultimate Stampede "broken"? (6 August 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: More on Good Times Pay video poker (31 July 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Multi-hand NSU Deuces Wild video poker (24 July 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: More likely to get dealt Royal on throwaway hand? (17 July 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Split Card calculations: Light at the end of the tunnel (10 July 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Split Card calculations: Straight Flush - Part 2 (3 July 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Split Card calculations: Straight Flush - Part 1 (26 June 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Split Card calculations: 5 of a Kind (19 June 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Son of still stumbling over Split Card calculations (12 June 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Still stumbling over Split Card calculations (5 June 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Figuring out Split Card video poker hand more difficult than I thought (29 May 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Video poker gimmicks - Part 3 (22 May 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Video poker gimmicks - Part 2 (15 May 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Video poker gimmicks - Part 1 (8 May 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Finding video poker strategies (1 May 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Broken bet buttons: maintenance issue or meant to be (24 April 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Slot machines with disabled bet buttons (17 April 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Facial recognition at slot machines (10 April 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: A tale of two bankrolls (3 April 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Thoughts on Video Poker Analyzer (27 March 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: A video poker product whose time has passed (20 March 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Unbelievable slot drama (13 March 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Some YouTube slot channels are as real as the WWE (6 March 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Glitch or gaff (28 February 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Always win at slots (21 February 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Super Draw 6 Poker (14 February 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: I have to watch what I write - Part 4 (7 February 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: I have to watch what I write - Part 3 (31 January 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: I have to watch what I write - Part 2 (24 January 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: I have to watch what I write (17 January 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Casinos don't want truly random results? (10 January 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Does each denomination on a slot machine have its own RNG? (3 January 2024)
• Ask the Slot Expert: The Shape of Las Vegas Casinos to Come? (27 December 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: More bad luck at a Town Pump casino (20 December 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: A YouTube slot video recommendation (13 December 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Flipper is a dolphin, not a slot-cheating device (6 December 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Understanding why some video poker players don't follow the strategy (29 November 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: A slot machine design puzzle (22 November 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Statistical Decision Making at video poker and game shows (15 November 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Peeking at my video poker neighbor's hand (8 November 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Choosing same item each time in a pick'em bonus (1 November 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Lucky and unlucky on Friday the 13th (25 October 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Still banned for complaining (18 October 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Why did I win $10,000 on this slot machine? (11 October 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Questioning Wheel of Fortune Pink Diamonds payout (4 October 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Good (slot, video poker, ticket redemption) machine news at a casino (27 September 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Sample size works both ways (20 September 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Banned for complaining? (13 September 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: How do you track the number of hands you play in a session? (6 September 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: My casino "good luck" charms (30 August 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Ruin, variance, and video poker (23 August 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Another look at video poker volatility (16 August 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Is it my fault I leave the casino with an empty wallet? (9 August 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Can video poker auto-hold be trusted? (2 August 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: My bad luck at video poker can't last forever (26 July 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do slot clubs count your entire bet on Double Down Stud? (19 July 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Calculating your payback on a slot or video poker machine (12 July 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Different slot machines, same math (5 July 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: "I truly believe slot machines are manipulated" (28 June 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Jackpots, Social Security cards and tribal casinos (21 June 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Is playing free play gambling? (14 June 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Suspicious activity at the slots (7 June 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: A gaffed Big 6 Wheel? (31 May 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Slot handpays starting at $300? (24 May 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: A video poker bug. In the machine or in the player? (17 May 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: An unexpected benefit of Cashless Gaming (10 May 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Still more adventures in Cashless Gaming (3 May 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Two ways that handpays for slot jackpots may be endangered (26 April 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: How much should I tip for a slot jackpot? (19 April 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Why do you play Deuces Wild? (12 April 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: More non-smoking areas on Las Vegas casino floors (5 April 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Rebutting an article about why slots are not random - Part 5 (29 March 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: What influences how frequently a bonus round can hit? (22 March 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Rebutting an article about why slots are not random - Part 4 (15 March 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Should I double this hand in Double Down Stud Video Poker? (8 March 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Rebutting an article about why slots are not random - Part 3 (1 March 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Rebutting an article about why slots are not random - Part 2 (22 February 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Rebutting an article about why slots are not random - Part 1 (15 February 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Limits on machines in Montana (8 February 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Can casinos lower the payback on video poker? (1 February 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Slot payouts in dollars or credits (25 January 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Cashless gaming workarounds (18 January 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Marker Trax and STN cash (11 January 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Cashless but not crashless (4 January 2023)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Bao Zhu Zhao Fu firecrackers -- the follow-up (28 December 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Bao Zhu Zhao Fu firecrackers -- real or window dressing (21 December 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Automating W-2Gs and raising the W-2G threshold (14 December 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Dusting off some lost slot-playing skills (7 December 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Marketing to locals versus non-locals (30 November 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Rip Van Slot Player? (23 November 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Did I get a bonus free-play offer because the casino missed me? (16 November 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Will cash disappear from the slot floor too? (9 November 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Dissed by Blitz, rewarded by Reel Boost (2 November 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Dissed by my favorite Quick Hit Blitz machine (26 October 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: When do casinos send taxes withheld to the IRS? (19 October 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: The more hands in the slot pie, the smaller your slice (12 October 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Sky-high minimums at table games (5 October 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Casinos cash in on couch cushion change (28 September 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Playing slots for fun (21 September 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Starbucks takes page from casino marketing (14 September 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: That can't be random (7 September 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Las Vegas locals casinos vary more in promotions (31 August 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: When good magic tricks go bad (24 August 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Casinos banish birthday promotions (17 August 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Video poker deja vu all over again (10 August 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: A quick take on a new Quick Hit machine (3 August 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Casino Gift Promotions: A different coax for different folks (27 July 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Too much consolidation in Las Vegas casinos? (20 July 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Another good casino change due to Covid (13 July 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Cashless gaming - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly (6 July 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Switching speed, games and machines (29 June 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Multi-hand video poker thoughts (22 June 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Mad dash to requalify for slot club elite (15 June 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: I don't win on the slots anymore (8 June 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Cascading reels slot math (1 June 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Son of Monty Hall plays Survivor (25 May 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Monty Hall plays Survivor (18 May 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: My take on Three Card Poker (11 May 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Best way to play Lock It Link (4 May 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: More Advantage Play outside the casino (27 April 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Advantage Play outside the casino (20 April 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Gamblers say (and do) the darnedest things (13 April 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Boyd beancounters say "no backsies" on benefits (6 April 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Why would a casino remove a popular machine after only three months? (30 March 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Manipulated machines in Montana? (23 March 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Six royals in a cycle (16 March 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: 86'd from a casino (9 March 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Bounceback cash or point multiplier? (2 March 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: What's the payback on this video poker progressive? (23 February 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: My Theory of Relativity for playing the slots (16 February 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: When good slot machines go bad (9 February 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Anticipation and suspense in slot machine design (2 February 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: How often do bonus rounds hit? (26 January 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do you win more when you don't use a players card? (19 January 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Slot machine dilemma: bet max at min or min at max (12 January 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Tip for a comped limo from airport to strip hotel (5 January 2022)
• Ask the Slot Expert: My casino Christmas wish list (29 December 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do the machines in New York's racinos really pay back 90%? (22 December 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Pressing someone's buttons can win you a jackpot (15 December 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: A ticket too large (8 December 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Those elusive deuces (1 December 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Where have all the deuces gone? (24 November 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: More adventures in cashless gaming at the slots (17 November 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Bonus Roundus Interruptus (10 November 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Why I sometimes don't report a problem with a slot machine (3 November 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Cashless Gaming at Slot Machines, Part Deux (27 October 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: My first cashless gaming experience at the slots (20 October 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Triple Double Bonus video poker and volatility (13 October 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: A casino at Belmont Park? (6 October 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: An unusual video poker experience? (29 September 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Where were you when the lights went out in the casino? (22 September 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Buffets? Just say no (15 September 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Four ways to determine the result of a spin on a slot machine (8 September 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Determining results on a slot machine: RNG. Bingo drawing. Horse race? (1 September 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Buffets, slot tickets and the Olympics (25 August 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do casinos need to identify advantage video poker players? (18 August 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Knowing the rules at the Olympics and in the casino (11 August 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Unclear and Loathing in Las Vegas (4 August 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Covid restrictions coming back to Las Vegas? Part 2: The Virus Strikes Back (28 July 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Covid restrictions coming back to Las Vegas? (21 July 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Predetermination and slot machines (14 July 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Accounting for bonus rounds in long-term payback (7 July 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Another helping of Vegas buffets (30 June 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Lamentation(?) for Las Vegas Buffets (23 June 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: The Return of Las Vegas Buffets (16 June 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: The gongs of Fu Dao Le (9 June 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Is the RNG dead? (2 June 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Online sites recommendations (26 May 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Changing payback on a slot machine (19 May 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Does a slot machine automatically raise the payout amounts when one bets more? (12 May 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Does the RNG keep spinning while a machine is not being played? (5 May 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Risk analysis and video poker, Part 3 (28 April 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Risk analysis and video poker, Part 2 (21 April 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Risk analysis and video poker, Part 1 (14 April 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Readers' advice to hold on to slot winnings (7 April 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: How do you hold on to your slot winnings? (31 March 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do you stop playing before you run out of money? (24 March 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: My slot club account has been suppressed (17 March 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do you switch video poker machines when your machine goes cold? (10 March 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do casinos determine who will win a slot tournament? (3 March 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: New screen almost makes me lose out on free play (24 February 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: New slot club software on video poker machines (17 February 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: When do you redeem your slot club points? (10 February 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Tripped up by "up to" (3 February 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Making up with my favorite video poker machine (27 January 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Breaking up (with a video poker machine) is hard to do (20 January 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Las Vegas casinos are not giving anything away anymore (13 January 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Breaking up with my favorite video poker machine (6 January 2021)
• Ask the Slot Expert: The Cash Out-Fake-Out (30 December 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: More on casino procedures and cash sanitization (23 December 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Are casinos sanitizing cash? (16 December 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Three royals in 18 hours (9 December 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Why do you play Deuces Wild? (2 December 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Was that really a missed royal? (25 November 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: A reader's recent trip to Las Vegas (18 November 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: The last word on the bonus round on 88 Fortunes (11 November 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: How Covid precautions affected a casino promotion (4 November 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: To figure out how magic tricks work, take a lesson from casino security (28 October 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Magic tricks and slots -- the truth about how they work is dull (21 October 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: In video poker, sometimes the first play you see isn't the best play (14 October 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do you always have a chance at the biggest prize in a picking bonus? (6 October 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: When your slot machine reboots (30 September 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: What can I do to not lose at the slots? (23 September 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Tracking my video poker results (16 September 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Are real slot machines gone forever and only video game machines are the future? (9 September 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Free play or point multiplier? (2 September 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Majority of respondents in Las Vegas Advisor poll back restricting smoking in casinos (26 August 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: My account was suspended for sharing free play (19 August 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Fear of getting sick in Las Vegas (11 August 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Should I come to Las Vegas in late August? (5 August 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do casinos ever bring back slot machines? (29 July 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Help analyzing a video poker situation (22 July 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Royals and high volatility video poker games (15 July 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: What will Vegas's casinos be like in August? (8 July 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Why do some ticket redemption machines always give me twenties? (1 July 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Fishing for cash on fish table machines (24 June 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Week 2 of Phase 2 in Las Vegas (17 June 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Did the Mississippi Gaming Commission allow returns on slots to be changed after Katrina? (10 June 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Casinos and COVID-19 (3 June 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Readers' comments about reopening casinos (27 May 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Some Las Vegas casinos announce reopening plans (20 May 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: What do you think will be different when casinos reopen? (13 May 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Is there a strategy to win more than you lose in a casino? (6 May 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do I have better odds on a Reel Power slot? (29 April 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Does shutting down a machine affect its royal cycle? (22 April 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Finding a casino's payback percentage (15 April 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Covid-19 and players clubs (8 April 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Closed casino redeems reader's slot tickets (1 April 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Comments about server-based video poker (25 March 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Is what you win on the free games in China Street pre-determined? (18 March 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Are video poker machines programmed to deal partial royals instead of some other losing hand? (11 March 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Back on the slot malfunction/denied jackpot merry-go-round (4 March 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Does my payback percentage go up when I bet more on today's penny machines? (26 February 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Determining the outcome of a play on a machine with cascading reels (19 February 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: How do you calculate win on slot machines and table games? (12 February 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: What happened to Red Rock's big electronic craps game? (5 February 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Bingo, blackjack and video poker - Part 2 (29 January 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Bingo, blackjack and video poker - Part 1 (22 January 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: I never win playing slots today (15 January 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Relativity and the perception of time in the casino (8 January 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: A royal on Pick-a-Pair (1 January 2020)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Buying a used slot machine (25 December 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Are Class II slot machines random? (18 December 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Reconfiguring slot machines (11 December 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Losing at server-based video poker machines (4 December 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Problems with a casino drawing and a casino (27 November 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Is free play taxable? (20 November 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: What does "free play" mean? (13 November 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Turning free play into real cash (6 November 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: The person who pushes the Spin button doesn't always get paid a slot jackpot (30 October 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Would I be denied a jackpot if I played using a friend's players card? (16 October 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Check rules for casino promotions before you play (9 October 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Using the help screens on a slot machine (2 October 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Accounting for free play (25 September 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: A warning about Dream Card (18 September 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: The squeaky slot player (11 September 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Slot machine pay table quiz - answers (4 September 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Slot machine paytable quiz (28 August 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: PAR sheets for today's slots (21 August 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: A warning about the Bet One button on a video poker machine (14 August 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do you get more favorable results when you bet more on a slot machine? (7 August 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: More on Washington's Tribal Lottery System (31 July 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: The Tribal Lottery System in Washington State (24 July 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Buffalo Diamond machine atones for low-paying bonus round (17 July 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Experiences playing 88 Fortunes (10 July 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Advantage play on VLTs in Washington (3 July 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Jackpot and coin values on Lightning Link (26 June 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Multipliers and dealt royals on Double Super Times Pay (19 June 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Westgate does right for canceled slot tournament (12 June 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: One progressive for multiple video poker machines (5 June 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: What is pay-to-meter for slot jackpots? (29 May 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Slot machine prints ticket worth more than $10,000 (22 May 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do casinos on cruise ships cheat? (15 May 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Dealing with slot machine button bangers (8 May 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Borgata reunites player with money left on a machine (1 May 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Pulling your slot club card during a bonus round (24 April 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Someone cashed out money I left on a slot machine (17 April 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do machines that share progressives also share RNGs? (10 April 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Can casinos change slot machines in real time? (3 April 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Convincing a player that stopping a spin has no effect on a slot machine's spin (27 March 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: What information is on a slot ticket? (20 March 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Hard Rock Atlantic City stunning improvement over Taj Mahal (13 March 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: How many hands between royals on a machine? (6 March 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: More frustrating video poker situations (27 February 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: A casino promotion with diminishing returns (20 February 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Am I under casino surveillance? (13 February 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Are barred players entitled to their cash back outside Nevada? (6 February 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: A casino changes a promotion — and makes it better! (30 January 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Dine-in only dining credits (23 January 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: When casinos miss opportunities to encourage players to play (16 January 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: When casinos discourage players from playing (9 January 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Betting advice for Dragon Link games (2 January 2019)
• Ask the Slot Expert: There must be something wrong with this video poker machine (26 December 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Is the bonus amount predetermined when you have a choice of bonus games? (19 December 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Dragon Link denominations and bonus rounds (12 December 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Are bubble craps machines fair? (5 December 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Losing playing video poker (28 November 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Are coin-pusher machines a good bet? (21 November 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Why do casinos replace popular slot machines? (14 November 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Triple Double Bonus strategy is not impossible to learn (7 November 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: More on Florida's amendment about gambling expansion (31 October 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Raising the W-2G limit (24 October 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Betting more and winning less (17 October 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Cruising to video poker profits (10 October 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Lack of replacement parts another reason old slots disappear (3 October 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do I win less when I use a player's card? (26 September 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Should I play multi-hand video poker? (19 September 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Does getting comps from a host at a casino affect the offers you get in the mail? (12 September 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: A video poker machine with a 100-coin max bet (5 September 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: The curious case of the complicated comp (29 August 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: A slot machine bets more than the player selected (22 August 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: I'm a picky video poker player (15 August 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Be careful with touch-sensitive displays in button decks on a slot machine (8 August 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: About those "guaranteed to hit by" progressives (1 August 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Getting gonged on Fu Dao Le (25 July 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Four-card royals happen frequently on video poker (18 July 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: W-2G jackpots and Social Security cards (11 July 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Does raising the denomination on a multi-denomination slot machine raise the long-term payback? (4 July 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Reprogramming slot machines for a tournament (27 June 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Another way to check free play left on a slot machine (20 June 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Old slot machines never die, they just . . . (13 June 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Why are my slot club offers different from my friends' offers? (6 June 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: 88 Fortunes and resetting progressives (30 May 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: You can hit the big progressive on 88 Fortunes with a minimum bet (23 May 2018)
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• Ask the Slot Expert: How bet size can legally affect chances for a bonus on a slot machine (11 April 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: More reader comments about whether edge sorting is cheating (4 April 2018)
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• Ask the Slot Expert: Why do some casinos have both Class II and Class III slot machines? (21 March 2018)
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• Ask the Slot Expert: Does speed in hitting the bills matter in the Money Catch bonus on Crazy Money? (7 March 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Is the deal of cards on a video poker machine as random and unbiased as someone dealing a real deck of cards? (28 February 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Should I play a video poker machine after it hit a big jackpot? (21 February 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Can you win the grand prize each time you get to the bonus round on Fortune 88? (14 February 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Paybacks on penny slot machines (7 February 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do keno machines use RNGs? (31 January 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: How can slot machines be random if I can't win five spins in a row? (24 January 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: American slots and English fruit machines: Divided by more than a common language (17 January 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: The house edge on very high denomination slot machines (10 January 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Are Vegas casinos more flexible with found money? (3 January 2018)
• Ask the Slot Expert: How does the amount of money played on a machine affect the RNG? (27 December 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Converting free slot play to real dollars (20 December 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Slot machines removed because they paid out too much (13 December 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Are slot machines tighter around the holidays? (6 December 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: The truth about loose slot machines (29 November 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do the amounts on the Wheel of Fortune affect how often you spin it? (22 November 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Bonus rounds that end just as they start (15 November 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do casinos remove slot machines when they pay too much? (8 November 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Are extra bets on slots worth making? (1 November 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Long-term payback, hit frequency and near misses on slot machines (25 October 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Why does this losing combination appear so frequently? (18 October 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Are there rules for minimum paybacks for the slots in Indian casinos? (11 October 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Why some slot machines were out of service (4 October 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do all 3-card royals have the same chances of completing the royal? (27 September 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Using earplugs while playing video poker (20 September 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Birthday luck on a video poker machine (13 September 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do multiple denomination machines have different RNGs for each denomination? (6 September 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: How many RNGs are there in a multi-hand video poker machine? (30 August 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Drawing a royal flush (23 August 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Are slot machines that pause illegal? (16 August 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: What determines the payback percentage on a slot machine? (9 August 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: How do video poker machines deal cards? (2 August 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Converting slot dollars to cash (26 July 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Holding two pair when it pays the same as a high pair (19 July 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Tax form after winning $2,000 on Double Up (12 July 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Slot and video poker tournament advice (5 July 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Double Your Royal promotion (28 June 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: How much do casinos win each day? (21 June 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Hot tips for a Vegas visitor (14 June 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: These are a few of my favorite slots (7 June 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Are slot tournaments and casino drawings worth it? (31 May 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Another strange experience with found tickets (24 May 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Where I hit my royals (17 May 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: How many cards I held when I hit my royals (10 May 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Betting more and winning less (3 May 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Can you handicap slots? (26 April 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Slot jackpot dispute in Florida (19 April 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Why are penny slots so popular? (12 April 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Calculating a slot machine's volatility (5 April 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: When to play video poker aggressively (29 March 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Royal flush probabilities (22 March 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Hold pat straight flush, or go for the royal? (15 March 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Adding symbols in a bonus round (8 March 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: How much to tip for a slot machine jackpot? (1 March 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: What are the odds of being dealt a royal flush? (22 February 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: When does progressive 8/5 Jacks go positive? (16 February 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Russians cheat a slot machine's RNG (8 February 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Wheel of Fortune max bets (1 February 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Prosecuting a slot player who cashed out credits he didn't notice were on the machine (25 January 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Why Nevada allows the wheel on Wheel of Fortune (18 January 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: When does a Class II slot machine stop the bingo drawing? (11 January 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Which video poker paytable is best (4 January 2017)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do low top jackpots on slots hit more frequently? (28 December 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Any big wins on video keno? (21 December 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Another misleading pick-em bonus (14 December 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Changing the minimum bet on a slot machine (7 December 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Intro to the random number generator (30 November 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Casino loosens slots for certain players? (23 November 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do royal flushes really happen every 40,000 hands? (16 November 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Are casinos afraid of players winning on slots? (9 November 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Dealing with sticky buttons on video poker machines (2 November 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Finding a Benjamin in a bill acceptor (26 October 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Resources for new video poker players (19 October 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: The difference between house hold and house edge (12 October 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: A Spin Poker machine spun a card already dealt (4 October 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Where have all the slot floorpeople gone? (28 September 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Completing flushes on multi-hand video poker (21 September 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: The worst video poker instruction tape (14 September 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Are slot paybacks higher in Las Vegas' locals casinos? (7 September 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: The video poker payback inversion (31 August 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: A missed big payday on Triple Play Super Pay? (24 August 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Fault tolerance in slot clubs and slot machines (17 August 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Using casino credit (10 August 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Does Pennsylvania have VLTs? (3 August 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Earning slot club points (27 July 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Frank Scoblete, charlatan? (20 July 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Don't casino regulations give all players an equal chance to win? (13 July 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: If only I had bet two coins (6 July 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Casinos can't make slot machines pay (29 June 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Am I wasting money betting the max on a slot machine? (22 June 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: You will never convince me about RNGs in slot machines (15 June 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Is 88 Fortunes deceptive? (8 June 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Outcome of 88 Fortunes bonus predetermined? (1 June 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Making bonuses more frequent on a slot machine (25 May 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do casinos cheat on video poker? (18 May 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Why do my friends get better offers for the same slot points? (11 May 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Did Tunica's casinos tighten their slots after the 2011 flood? (4 May 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Turn in money you find in a casino (27 April 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Slot machines with bet buttons labeled good, better and best (20 April 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do slot machines hit more frequently when I bet more? (13 April 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Report video poker machine malfunctions (6 April 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Does payback increase when I increase my bet or the denomination? (30 March 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Video poker volatility (23 March 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: I've never had a hand pay on a slot machine (16 March 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Can the RNG be programmed to pay out frequently or infrequently? (9 March 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Today's slots are too complicated (2 March 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do casinos tighten machines when they're no longer new? (24 February 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Is slot cash back gambling income? (17 February 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: A different RNG for bonus rounds on a slot machine? (10 February 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do slot machine bonus rounds have to pay something? (3 February 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Stopping a slot machine's spin (27 January 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: How many spins to get near a slot machine's expected return? (20 January 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Are slot machine results really random? (13 January 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: How are slot machines like a pie chart? (6 January 2016)
• Ask the Slot Expert: When does a slot machine determine the result of a spin? (30 December 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Predicting a slot machine's performance (23 December 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: The best way to play free slot play (16 December 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Changing denomination on a video poker machine (9 December 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Playing the high-limit slots (2 December 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Where can I find slot payback info? (25 November 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Picking your way to a fortune on 88 Fortunes (18 November 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: How Class II slots work (11 November 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Was I cheated by this slot machine? (21 October 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Did a Class II slot cheat me? (7 October 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: I'm a lucky charm for other slot players (30 September 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Caught using someone else's free slot play (23 September 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Misaligned W-2Gs (16 September 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Changing the hit frequency on a mechanical slot machine (9 September 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do MyVegas rewards decrease Mlife comps? (2 September 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: There is no proof that slot machines are not rigged (26 August 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Is there proof that slot machines are not rigged? (19 August 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: How many RNGs in a multi-game machine? (12 August 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Can casinos change slot paybacks electronically? (5 August 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Can a casino collect a marker from a gambler's estate? (29 July 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Taxes on slot winnings for Brits (22 July 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Are electronic craps games fair? (8 July 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Rigged slot machines at Town Pump in Montana? (1 July 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Does betting more on a slot machine increase hit frequency? (24 June 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Types of slot progressives (17 June 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Lowering the W-2G threshold (10 June 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: IRS proposal to lower W-2G threshold (3 June 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: The kiosk ate my slot ticket (27 May 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Call to action against IRS W-2G proposal (20 May 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: When should I give up on a slot machine? (13 May 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Are new slot machines limited in how much they can pay? (6 May 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Slots and taxes (29 April 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Including gambling winnings in AGI is unfair (22 April 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: A strange total for W-2G (15 April 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Lower slot threshold makes tax situation more unfair (8 April 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Lowering the W-2G threshold on slot wins (1 April 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: IRS proposes changing slot jackpot threshold for W-2G (25 March 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Can a cell phone affect a slot machine? (18 March 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: A slot ticket scam? (11 March 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Should I avoid slot machines with stacked symbols? (4 March 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Can I redeem a slot ticket at another casino? (25 February 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Where are 95 percent payback slot machines? (18 February 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: How do video lottery terminals work? (11 February 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Calculating the odds of hitting a major slot win (4 February 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Playing a found 50-cent slot ticket (28 January 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Cashing out money left on a slot machine (21 January 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do I have to play off a slot jackpot? (14 January 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Reseeding the RNG in a slot machine (7 January 2015)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Should I always play full coin on a slot machine? (31 December 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Game over for 'game logics' (24 December 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: More on 'game logics' (17 December 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: No one can steal your slot jackpot (10 December 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: What happens to the slot machines when a casino closes? (3 December 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Reaction to 'You cannot call yourself a slot expert' (26 November 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: You cannot call yourself a slot expert (19 November 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Playing max coin on a slot machine (12 November 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Can casinos cap progressives? (5 November 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Paybacks at Indian casinos (29 October 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Why can't I win on the slots today? (22 October 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Common-sense advice for slot players (15 October 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Changing slot paybacks (8 October 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: What can casinos change on a slot machine? (1 October 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: I lose more, but my wife gets better rewards (24 September 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: More on video poker dealing (17 September 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Two people, one slot club account (10 September 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: How video poker machines deal (3 September 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Sequential royal video poker (27 August 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Did my video poker machine malfunction? (20 August 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Are players' clubs useful for quarter slot players? (13 August 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Can you beat video poker? (6 August 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Why do I lose on slots one day and win the next? (30 July 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Slot machines always hit on the last spin? (23 July 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Slot machines hit on the last spin (16 July 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do slot machines try to win back money? (9 July 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Multi-hand video poker and comps (2 July 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Video poker paytables go down for many reasons (25 June 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Cold winter means bad video poker in Wisconsin? (18 June 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Telling which slot machines are going to hit (4 June 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do casinos change slot machine paybacks when revenue is down? (28 May 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: How often do casinos move slot machines? (21 May 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: 100% hit frequency does not mean 100% payback (14 May 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Changing bingo cards on Class II slot machines (7 May 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Why are slot payoffs expressed for-1 and not to-1? (30 April 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: I win more on slots when I don't use my players card (23 April 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Can casinos manipulate your slot play via your players card? (16 April 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Are high-denomination slots programmed differently? (9 April 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do slot machines compensate for big payouts? (2 April 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Does 4-coin slot machine hit jackpot more frequently than 3-coin machine? (26 March 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Does the IRS accept win/loss statements? (19 March 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Posting slot machine paybacks (12 March 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Does how much I bet affect my chances of winning? (5 March 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Are slot machine results affected by time of day? (26 February 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Identifying high-volatility slot machines (19 February 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Slot machine hit frequency triple play (12 February 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Comps for slot play (5 February 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Should I play from a ticket or cash? (29 January 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Balancing long-term payback and slot club rewards in NJ (22 January 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Video poker with and without slot club rewards (15 January 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: A bizarre video poker experience (8 January 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Slot machine volatility (1 January 2014)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Stopping the spin on a slot machine (25 December 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Slot machine hit frequency (18 December 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Slot machines tease when you're almost out of credits (11 December 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: How much should I bet on a penny slot? (4 December 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Slot player's rituals (27 November 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Slot machine hit frequency, payback and volatility (20 November 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: A video poker triple play (13 November 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Shutting down a slot machine (30 October 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Skill in a slot tournament (23 October 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Parallel versus serial deal in video poker (16 October 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Computing a slot machine's long-term payback (9 October 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Why was I asked to play off a slot jackpot? (2 October 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Should I use a different strategy in a video poker tournament? (25 September 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Are fewer slot players hitting jackpots today? (18 September 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Why do slot machines hit jackpots less frequently today? (11 September 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Are slot machines 'controlled'? (4 September 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Advice for playing Class II slot machines (28 August 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Why do I win fewer jackpots today? (21 August 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Are slot results affected by time of day? (14 August 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do your choices in bonus rounds matter? (7 August 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Betting more coins increases chance of hitting progressive (31 July 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Changing RNGs in a slot machine (24 July 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do slot machines hit more frequently when I play more than one coin? (17 July 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: When a slot machine differentiates between coupons and currency (10 July 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Is inserting currency luckier than inserting tickets in a slot machine? (3 July 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Misperceptions about the RNG (26 June 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Are today's slots tighter? (19 June 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Withholding at New York's racinos (12 June 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Wrapping up tipping at slot machines (5 June 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Tipping for hand pays on slot machines (29 May 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: How much should I tip for a slot jackpot? (22 May 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Can one slot machine affect another? (15 May 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Calculating the long-term payback of an online slot (8 May 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Should I stay at a hot machine? (1 May 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: More on Megabucks odds (24 April 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Changing the odds of hitting the Megabucks jackpot (17 April 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Does stopping when you're ahead work on slots? (10 April 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: How do video poker machines deal cards? (3 April 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Slot players should learn to play table games (27 March 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: 'Proof' that player's cards affect results on slot machines (20 March 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: May I claim my wife's free slot play? (13 March 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do racino slots pay less than casino slots? (6 March 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Can the casino control who hits jackpots? (27 February 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Will all slot machines be video in the future? (20 February 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do casinos mark money with a pen? (13 February 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do casinos mark their money with a scent? (6 February 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Should I play Class II video poker with a strategy? (30 January 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Would I have won more at a higher denomination? (23 January 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Stopping the spin does affect future results (16 January 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Stopping the spin gives me better results (9 January 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Deducting losses from slot winnings (2 January 2013)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Can I have taxes withheld from my slot jackpot? (26 December 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Are jackpots more likely on a 3-reel slot than on a 5-reel? (19 December 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Does a slot machine know how many coins I've played? (12 December 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Does the machine I'm playing affect my chances for hitting a progressive jackpot? (5 December 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: How do slots in New York's racinos work? (28 November 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Can you tell a machine's hit frequency? (22 November 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Are casinos and slots tighter today? (14 November 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: How do new slot machines figure out how much to pay? (7 November 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Why was money withheld from my jackpot? (24 October 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Where can I find Silver Strike slots? (17 October 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: How does number of coins played affect long-term payback? (11 October 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Can casinos change the way slot games play? (3 October 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Which machines pay better? (26 September 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Stopping the reels on a slot machine (19 September 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Should I play more lines on a slot machine or more coins per line? (12 September 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do casinos remove machines if they pay too much? (5 September 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Does buy-in affect results on a slot machine? (8 August 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: More found ticket woes (18 July 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: A mathematician explains the RNG (11 July 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Concerns about pseudo-random number generators (4 July 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Are slot machines random? (30 June 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: How do slot machines detect a new player? (27 June 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do VLTs have RNGs? (20 June 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Slow machines in a slot tournament (13 June 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do casinos replace machines to change paybacks? (6 June 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Treat tickets like cash (30 May 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do video poker pay tables matter to casual players? (27 May 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Can slot machines only be changed at the factory? (23 May 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: More wild symbols means more excitement (16 May 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Can identical slots have different bonus probabilities? (9 May 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: VLT video poker tips (2 May 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: How do casinos figure slot comps? (29 April 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Where can I find a PAR sheet for a slot machine? (25 April 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do video poker machines still deal from a fair deck? (18 April 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Slot trouble down under (4 April 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do slot manufactures update software regularly? (28 March 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Who counts the hands played on a video poker machine? (28 March 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: How does the casino pay for prizes? (21 March 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Is the RNG affected by the amount I bet? (14 March 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: The effect of playing with a player's card (7 March 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Is it illegal to use someone else's player's card? (29 February 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Making sense of a slot play win/loss statement (22 February 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Number of coins played can affect long-term payback (15 February 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: More on gambling and taxes (8 February 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Dealing with slot players who smoke in the non-smoking section (1 February 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Is it rude to stare at a slot player? (29 January 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: More on gambling losses, taxes, and keeping a record (25 January 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: A tax preparer comments on taxes on gambling winnings (22 January 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Comparing slot comps (18 January 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Does my computer have an RNG? (15 January 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Are RNGs truly random? (11 January 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Why do RNGs generate such large numbers? (4 January 2012)
• Ask the Slot Expert: To deduct slot losses, don't rely on a win/loss statement (31 December 2011)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Changing a machine's payback (28 December 2011)
• Ask the Slot Expert: The way we claim gambling losses is not fair (23 December 2011)
• Ask the Slot Expert: What do casinos do with old slot machines? (21 December 2011)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Claiming gambling losses (14 December 2011)
• Ask the Slot Expert: How do "guaranteed to hit" jackpots work? (7 December 2011)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Are player's cards worth it? (30 November 2011)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Just one RNG? (23 November 2011)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Has the programming changed on video poker machines? (16 November 2011)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Who is protecting the slot player? (9 November 2011)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Does time of day affect slot machines? (30 October 2011)
• Ask the Slot Expert: If results are random, how can a slot machine be hot? (26 October 2011)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Does the amount I bet affect the outcomes on a slot machine? (23 October 2011)
• Ask the Slot Expert: Do the RNGs in online slots run constantly? (19 October 2011)
• How long should I stay on a machine? (12 October 2011)
• Is the machine that hits a progressive jackpot pre-determined? (5 October 2011)
• Wide-area progressives (28 September 2011)
• Video poker money management (21 September 2011)
• Do VLTs emulate playing with real decks of cards? (14 September 2011)
• Is one variety of video poker better than another? (7 September 2011)
• Why do slots let you win at first? (31 August 2011)
• When did computers take over the slot floor? (24 August 2011)
• Are Las Vegas's video poker machines random? (17 August 2011)
• Getting another kicker pure chance? (10 August 2011)
• A strange video poker machine (3 August 2011)
• What are the odds of being dealt a four-card royal? (31 July 2011)
• Odds versus probability (27 July 2011)
• Odds in picking bonus rounds (20 July 2011)
• John Robison Presents: Play advantage slot machines in Las Vegas on October 21st by Melissa A. Kaplan (20 July 2011)
• Should I play dollars or pennies? (13 July 2011)
• How does the RNG in a keno machine work? (6 July 2011)
• Long-term payback on Megabucks (29 June 2011)
• Scoblete's new blog recounts true adventures by Melissa A. Kaplan (27 June 2011)
• Is playing a found ticket a crime? (22 June 2011)
• Golden Touch dice control class in Vegas in June by Melissa A. Kaplan (19 June 2011)
• W-2G for a $1,000 jackpot (15 June 2011)
• Playing a found ticket (8 June 2011)
• Do paybacks change when you change denomination? (1 June 2011)
• What's better: 10 or 20 lines? (29 May 2011)
• More on why slots pay back less (25 May 2011)
• Do slots pay back less today? (18 May 2011)
• Hitting the jackpot on a progressive bank (11 May 2011)
• U.S. tax on jackpots won by foreign nationals (4 May 2011)
• Leaving free play on a machine (29 April 2011)
• New Jersey casino rule changes favor casinos (27 April 2011)
• Should casinos be responsible for tracking lost tickets? (20 April 2011)
• Increasing the $1,200 W-2G threshold (13 April 2011)
• RNGs and bingo cards on Class II slots (6 April 2011)
• Pulling a players' club card (30 March 2011)
• How long does it take for a slot machine to hit its long-term payback? (14 March 2011)
• Take slot credits or cash (7 March 2011)
• Golden Touch announces dice control classes for the spring and early summer by Melissa A. Kaplan (2 March 2011)
• Glitch cancels jackpot? (28 February 2011)
• Following up on player card reader problems and disappearing comps at the slots (21 February 2011)
• Why won't my slot club cards register? (14 February 2011)
• Reactions to banned for taking money left on machines (7 February 2011)
• Removing your slot club card (31 January 2011)
• Banned for taking money left on machines (24 January 2011)
• Amounts won on bonus spins (17 January 2011)
• Star Trek mission over at LVH? (10 January 2011)
• Did this slot machine malfunction? (3 January 2011)
• More on found money on slot machines (27 December 2010)
• Ask the slot expert (20 December 2010)
• More on slot machine malfunctions (12 December 2010)
• Slot machine malfunctions (6 December 2010)
• Who sets the slots: The casino or the manufacturer? (29 November 2010)
• Tightening (and loosening) machines (22 November 2010)
• Why has double-up been disabled on video poker machines? (15 November 2010)
• Scoblete's "Slots Conquest" reveals machines that give players the edge! by Melissa A. Kaplan (14 November 2010)
• Does this casino promotion give me the edge? (8 November 2010)
• Slot player's bankroll (1 November 2010)
• Advice for a trip to Las Vegas (30 October 2010)
• How can slot players change the virtual reel layout? (25 October 2010)
• No free drinks at Wynn video poker? (18 October 2010)
• Do slot machines wear out? (11 October 2010)
• An incident with money left on a slot machine at a California casino (4 October 2010)
• Do machines in the high-limit room pay back more? (27 September 2010)
• Press Release: Radical new craps book from Frank Scoblete, gambling's No. 1 author (25 September 2010)
• Which slot manufacturer is best? (20 September 2010)
• Long-term paybacks on three-coin machines (18 September 2010)
• What happened to the good times show? (13 September 2010)
• Will a pacemaker affect slot machines? (11 September 2010)
• When are progressive video poker machines due? (6 September 2010)
• A weird question about the slot machine's RNG (30 August 2010)
• Did I switch machines one spin too soon? (23 August 2010)
• More on soliciting tips (16 August 2010)
• Is there a way to tell when a slot will hit? (9 August 2010)
• Long-term paybacks on multi-game machines (2 August 2010)
• Soliciting a tip from a slot player in New York (26 July 2010)
• Another found money story (19 July 2010)
• Did I miss out on a jackpot? (12 July 2010)
• Does it matter when I start a bonus spin on Wheel of Fortune? (5 July 2010)
• How is the bonus spin on a Class II slot triggered? (28 June 2010)
• More on estimating a machine's long-term payback (19 June 2010)
• When did the $1,200 W-2G requirement start? (14 June 2010)
• A plan for playing free play (7 June 2010)
• Can you tell the long-term payback of a slot machine? (31 May 2010)
• Does long-term payback on a slot machine include casino expenses? (24 May 2010)
• A reader's slot strategy (17 May 2010)
• Estimating a machine's long-term payback (10 May 2010)
• Most comprehensive craps book available now! (7 May 2010)
• What should be in my win/loss diary? (3 May 2010)
• Changing the long-term payback on a video poker machine (26 April 2010)
• Should I play the $5 slots? (19 April 2010)
• Follow-up on PAR sheet questions (12 April 2010)
• Why do I do better playing slots in the evening? (5 April 2010)
• Decoding a slot machine's PAR sheet (29 March 2010)
• Requesting win/loss statements online (22 March 2010)
• More on win/loss statements (15 March 2010)
• High-denomination slot machines (8 March 2010)
• Where can I find paybacks for slots in Arizona? (1 March 2010)
• How do I get a win/loss statement? (24 February 2010)
• Should I change my pace when a slot is cold? (22 February 2010)
• Are the results of bonus rounds predetermined? (20 February 2010)
• Does the payback change when I change denomination on a multi-denomination machine? (15 February 2010)
• How do I calculate the long-term payback of a video poker pay table? (8 February 2010)
• Do all casinos provide win/loss statements? (6 February 2010)
• When did computer-based slots hit the slot floor? (1 February 2010)
• The RNG and free spins (30 January 2010)
• More on the RNG (25 January 2010)
• Should I play quarter or dollar slots? (23 January 2010)
• An in-depth look at the RNG (18 January 2010)
• What do you think of my slot strategy? (16 January 2010)
• Is there a way to determine a machine's long-term payback? (11 January 2010)
• Are casinos responsible for lost tickets? (4 January 2010)
• More on finding slot tickets (28 December 2009)
• Does the RNG have the outcome decided before I place my bet? (21 December 2009)
• Does stopping a spin improve my chances of hitting a big win? (14 December 2009)
• What not to do with a found slot ticket (7 December 2009)
• How do I tip my slot host? (30 November 2009)
• How do you calculate slot club cash back percentage? (23 November 2009)
• How can slots be random and pay back a set percentage? (21 November 2009)
• Does a slot machine's pause affect the RNG? (16 November 2009)
• What are the odds of being dealt a sequential royal? (9 November 2009)
• Can slot players alter results? (7 November 2009)
• Another lost money story (2 November 2009)
• Help for a denied jackpot (26 October 2009)
• Can one really win at the slots? (18 October 2009)
• Frank Scoblete signs four-book deal with Triumph Books, a division of Random House (12 October 2009)
• What do slots do during their pauses? (5 October 2009)
• How do they set the long-term payback on video keno? (28 September 2009)
• Comments about found money and lost slot tickets (26 September 2009)
• How could tickets be matched with their owners? (21 September 2009)
• A found ticket story (14 September 2009)
• Where can I buy a used keno machine? (7 September 2009)
• Can I alter the results from the RNG? (31 August 2009)
• Why is only 10% withheld when I hit a jackpot in the U.S. Virgin Islands? (29 August 2009)
• Are bonus amounts predetermined? (24 August 2009)
• How is video poker dealt? (17 August 2009)
• The zig-zag system zigs back (16 August 2009)
• How can this jackpot be random? (15 August 2009)
• Are the balls chosen on a Slotto machine random? (10 August 2009)
• The odds of winning Megabucks (8 August 2009)
• Which game should I play? (3 August 2009)
• What determines which slot machine will hit a progressive? (27 July 2009)
• Is it possible for a slot machine to never pay? (25 July 2009)
• Why is $1,200 the threshold for a W-2G? (20 July 2009)
• Comparing lotteries and slot machines (18 July 2009)
• Can a penny machine pay off better than a quarter machine? (13 July 2009)
• World Casino Championships adds a 10th tournament! (8 July 2009)
• Thoughts on minimum-bet machines (6 July 2009)
• Declare your independence from the slots (4 July 2009)
• Is this a penny machine or a quarter machine? (29 June 2009)
• What is keno tracking? (27 June 2009)
• Are the amounts I win in bonus rounds predetermined? (22 June 2009)
• Does your knowledge of slot operations give you an advantage? (15 June 2009)
• Are VLTs Class II slot machines? (13 June 2009)
• Why did the casino check my machine after I hit a jackpot on it? (8 June 2009)
• World record craps champion, Patricia DeMauro, at World Casino Championships on August 14, 15 and 16 in Las Vegas (6 June 2009)
• More on the different classes of gaming (1 June 2009)
• More on the new world craps record from Time Magazine, Wall Street Journal and Newark Star-Ledger (31 May 2009)
• Meet new world craps champ and the Dominator on CNN (27 May 2009)
• Slot tournament advice (25 May 2009)
• What are the classes of slot machines? (23 May 2009)
• How easy is it for a casino to tighten slots? (18 May 2009)
• Where can I learn slot math? (11 May 2009)
• Do slot machines remove outcomes after they're chosen? (9 May 2009)
• Can counterfeiters use bill changers to pass their counterfeit bills? (4 May 2009)
• About minumum slot paybacks (27 April 2009)
• The Dice Dominator: How Frank Scoblete and the Dominator triumphed! (25 April 2009)
• Why I always have a good answer (25 April 2009)
• Why do casinos move machines? (20 April 2009)
• Should I play at the higher denomination on a multi-denomination machine? (13 April 2009)
• Hitting a royal on Let It Ride (11 April 2009)
• 9/6 Jacks or Better machines that pay only 2,500 for a royal (6 April 2009)
• Thoughts on two lucky slot players (4 April 2009)
• Have casinos tightened their machines? (30 March 2009)
• Is it legal to copy slot machine EPROMs? (28 March 2009)
• Will casinos loosen machines to entice people to play? (23 March 2009)
• Does using a players' club card make me less likely to win on a slot machine? (21 March 2009)
• Was this hand-pay procedure correct? (16 March 2009)
• Is gambling on the Internet still illegal in the US? (14 March 2009)
• Is the outcome of a spin determined before the player starts the spin? (9 March 2009)
• What is the relationship between hit frequency and the RNG? (7 March 2009)
• Is this progressive slot cheating players? (2 March 2009)
• Are progressives tighter than other machines? (28 February 2009)
• Can casinos avoid paying large progressive jackpots? (23 February 2009)
• My free play decreased too (21 February 2009)
• Did my good luck decrease my free play? (16 February 2009)
• More on slot machine progressives (9 February 2009)
• Do slot machines hit less frequently on free play? (2 February 2009)
• Can jackpots be forced to hit before a certain amount? (31 January 2009)
• Are larger progressives more likely to hit? (30 January 2009)
• Don't spoil the fun of playing slots (26 January 2009)
• Have casinos cut their slot paybacks? (24 January 2009)
• Is it illegal to program near misses? (19 January 2009)
• Do near misses occur more frequently when you're low on credits? (12 January 2009)
• On slot volatility and hit frequency (5 January 2009)
• Dealing with rude players (29 December 2008)
• Did I really tamper with a slot machine? (22 December 2008)
• Best bets for $1,000 bankroll (20 December 2008)
• Paybacks changing based on coins played on a slot machine (15 December 2008)
• Follow-up to the four-card flush flaw (13 December 2008)
• Frank Scoblete on Playboy Channel on Sirius/XM 99 (10 December 2008)
• Is there a flaw in video poker machines? (8 December 2008)
• A choice that does matter in video keno (1 December 2008)
• Do all denominations on a multi-denominational machine have the same payback? (24 November 2008)
• Do my choices matter in video keno? (22 November 2008)
• Frank Scoblete, Dominator and Golden Touch dice control in December issue of Harper's Magazine (22 November 2008)
• Follow-up to when do slot machines select the outcome of a spin? (17 November 2008)
• Can casinos set slot machines to pay only small amounts? (15 November 2008)
• When do slot machines select the outcome of a spin? (10 November 2008)
• Player's, players' or players card (3 November 2008)
• Does using a player's card affect outcomes on a machine? (27 October 2008)
• Comparing hit frequencies on single-line and multi-line machines (25 October 2008)
• Video poker VLTs in New York (20 October 2008)
• Do casinos pay out more (or less) when they're busy (or slow)? (18 October 2008)
• Does short-circuiting the awarding of credits affect the RNG? (13 October 2008)
• Do winning combinations on unplayed lines affect payback? (6 October 2008)
• Is the respin on a double spin machine random? (4 October 2008)
• How to press the bet max button (29 September 2008)
• RNG, coins played and long-term paybacks (27 September 2008)
• Why aren't slots with virtual reels considered fraudulent? (22 September 2008)
• How do casinos set machines for slot tournaments? (20 September 2008)
• Are RNGs really random? (15 September 2008)
• Shoot-out in Vegas (13 September 2008)
• High payback does not mean you will win (13 September 2008)
• Questions about video poker paybacks (8 September 2008)
• Vile evil tool of the oppressor class (1 September 2008)
• How do the number of coins played affect payback percentages? (30 August 2008)
• People are addicted to casino gambling (25 August 2008)
• What are the odds of being dealt a royal flush? (23 August 2008)
• Have the paybacks on full-pay video poker machines gone down? (18 August 2008)
• How does a slot machine use the numbers from the RNG? (11 August 2008)
• Still more "truth" about slots (4 August 2008)
• Will participation slots ever disappear from the slot floor? (28 July 2008)
• Should I play in a bankrupt casino? (27 July 2008)
• More "truth" about slots (21 July 2008)
• Reaction to the "truth" about slot machines (19 July 2008)
• The "truth" about slot machines (14 July 2008)
• Which video poker machines are the best? (7 July 2008)
• Advice for achieving a higher players' club level (30 June 2008)
• Machine advice: Pennies or nickels? (23 June 2008)
• Help figuring a slot payout (21 June 2008)
• Connie's video poker marathon (16 June 2008)
• Can horoscopes help me win at the slots? (14 June 2008)
• Will a good night's sleep help me win on a slot machine? (9 June 2008)
• Frank Scoblete and Dominator on E-Hollywood Stories! (9 June 2008)
• Wasted royals? (2 June 2008)
• The night of 4-card royals (26 May 2008)
• Hacking into slot machines (19 May 2008)
• Are there magazines for slots and other casino games? (12 May 2008)
• How do they get machines to hit jackpots on commercials? (5 May 2008)
• Why do machines get cold? (28 April 2008)
• Nickel 9/6 JoB found in Tunica (21 April 2008)
• Are winning combinations on lines not played counted in statistics? (14 April 2008)
• Are there any drawbacks for 9/6 nickel video poker machines? (7 April 2008)
• How can you tell a 9/6 Jacks or Better machine? (31 March 2008)
• Should I stay at a slot machine? (24 March 2008)
• Press Release: The Virgin Kiss and Other Adventures by Frank Scoblete (22 March 2008)
• Programmed jackpots (22 March 2008)
• Are jackpots set to hit at certain times? (17 March 2008)
• Low-paying VP machines get play, high-paying VP machines sit idle (10 March 2008)
• Are the video poker machines I play fair? (3 March 2008)
• Are all Wheel of Fortune machines the same? (25 February 2008)
• What does coins-in mean? (18 February 2008)
• It doesn't usually happen this way (16 February 2008)
• Are two-coin machines tighter than three-coin machines? (11 February 2008)
• Do Class II machines compete against each other? (4 February 2008)
• Why don't non-tribal casinos have Class II slot machines? (28 January 2008)
• When should Mom leave a cold slot machine? (26 January 2008)
• Will jackpots ever repeat pay on a haywire machine? (21 January 2008)
• What's the truth about loose machine placement? (14 January 2008)
• Slot jackpot payout procedures (7 January 2008)
• Keno questions (31 December 2007)
• When should I leave a slot machine? (29 December 2007)
• Can a casino play off a jackpot? (24 December 2007)
• Are all Indian casinos Class II? (17 December 2007)
• Where can I find the payback programs available for a slot? (10 December 2007)
• Dad's 22 royals: Luck or what? (3 December 2007)
• More on counting spins (26 November 2007)
• Progressive video poker changes (24 November 2007)
• When is a penny machine not a penny machine? (19 November 2007)
• Are the paybacks the same on progressives? (17 November 2007)
• More on checking a slot machine's performance (14 November 2007)
• Checking slot machine performance: Confidence intervals (5 November 2007)
• How much bankroll is enough? (29 October 2007)
• Determining cycles on a machine (27 October 2007)
• Do casinos shut down machines when players win too much? (22 October 2007)
• When does the RNG lock in the result? (15 October 2007)
• Where should I play slots in Las Vegas? (8 October 2007)
• An overlooked W-2G (1 October 2007)
• Are the results of bonus spins pre-determined? (24 September 2007)
• Should I play the slot machines at the end of the row? (17 September 2007)
• Do regulators audit the return percentages on slots? (15 September 2007)
• Does the number of coins I play affect the outcome? (10 September 2007)
• A denomination dilemma (3 September 2007)
• More on slot machines that pay both ways (27 August 2007)
• Do higher-denomination machines hit more often? (25 August 2007)
• Did a machine short-pay a player? (20 August 2007)
• Is 6/5 Jacks better to play than slots? (17 August 2007)
• Beating the RNG by counting spins (13 August 2007)
• Can we split reportable slot machine winnings? (6 August 2007)
• Video poker software recommendation (30 July 2007)
• Is video poker worth playing? (23 July 2007)
• Are video poker machines getting tighter? (21 July 2007)
• Are casinos getting tighter? (16 July 2007)
• An unexpected ticket (14 July 2007)
• Las Vegas free room promotion (9 July 2007)
• Will radio waves affect a video poker machine? (7 July 2007)
• Looking for machines that pay both ways (2 July 2007)
• Am I due to hit a royal? (30 June 2007)
• Will winning affect my comps? (25 June 2007)
• Responses to paybacks at Indian casinos (23 June 2007)
• "Dice Dominator" on Biography Channel, June 26 and June 27 (20 June 2007)
• Do Native American casinos have lower paybacks? (18 June 2007)
• Desperately seeking Yukon Gold (16 June 2007)
• Can the slot-playing public get par sheets? (11 June 2007)
• Can you find a winning machine by looking at it? (9 June 2007)
• Do machines pay out better at different times of day? (4 June 2007)
• Learn how to get the edge in blackjack in one weekend (3 June 2007)
• Am I wrong about how slot machines work? (28 May 2007)
• What is RFB? (26 May 2007)
• What happened to my freebies? (21 May 2007)
• How can a progressive be guaranteed to hit by a certain amount? (14 May 2007)
• Frank Scoblete gives it away! (3 May 2007)
• Playing off a jackpot (30 April 2007)
• Raising the W-2G threshold (28 April 2007)
• Losing RFB (23 April 2007)
• Dealing video poker (21 April 2007)
• Should I play a machine that has just hit? (9 April 2007)
• How many stops on a slot reel? (2 April 2007)
• Manipulating slot machines on a cruise ship (31 March 2007)
• Does the value of the jackpot affect hit frequency? (26 March 2007)
• Does the amount bet on a slot machine affect the results? (24 March 2007)
• Are slot jackpots apportioned per coin played? (19 March 2007)
• When does Wheel of Fortune choose the outcome of a wheel spin? (16 March 2007)
• Are machines in a progressive bank independent? (12 March 2007)
• Responses to the tickling slots letter (5 March 2007)
• Are video poker machines rigged? (26 February 2007)
• Are simultaneous jackpot hits on a progressive link possible? (24 February 2007)
• The RNG in a video poker machine (19 February 2007)
• Comments about slots on cruise ships (16 February 2007)
• Have slot paybacks gone down? (12 February 2007)
• Should I play the machines on a cruise ship? (5 February 2007)
• A slot manager writes (29 January 2007)
• Comparing casinos (27 January 2007)
• Charting the RNG (22 January 2007)
• Frank Scoblete's Casino Killer Advantage Weekend in Tunica (20 January 2007)
• Slots in Washington State (15 January 2007)
• Charting slot machines (8 January 2007)
• Do the numbers I pick in keno matter? (1 January 2007)
• Is how slots are programmed a well-kept secret? (29 December 2006)
• Can virtual reels on a slot be manipulated? (25 December 2006)
• Patterns on slots (18 December 2006)
• Downloadable games are not the reason your machine turned cold (11 December 2006)
• Is the Telnaes patent still active? (4 December 2006)
• Questioning randomness (27 November 2006)
• Forget about the RNG. It's all about programming (20 November 2006)
• When should I quit a machine? (17 November 2006)
• Nixxxie on random. It don't exist. (13 November 2006)
• Is consolidation in the gaming industry good for players? (6 November 2006)
• Have the machines in Vegas gotten tighter? (30 October 2006)
• Are retirees the source of casino profits? (28 October 2006)
• Why is a slot like tossing a coin? (23 October 2006)
• More on the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (20 October 2006)
• Will all online casinos close my accounts? (16 October 2006)
• Coincidence or rigged? (9 October 2006)
• More on slot cycles and randomness (2 October 2006)
• Varying a machine's hit frequency (25 September 2006)
• How can video poker be random and machines have fixed paybacks? (18 September 2006)
• The RNG is crap! (11 September 2006)
• Was I ripped off on a progressive? (4 September 2006)
• Does the programmed payout percentage override the RNG? (28 August 2006)
• Quitting while you're ahead (21 August 2006)
• Decoding reel strips (14 August 2006)
• Am I due to win? (7 August 2006)
• Does the RNG control free spins too? (24 July 2006)
• More on slot cycles and randomness (17 July 2006)
• Frank Scoblete's WCC to crown World Champion (13 July 2006)
• Who is the mystery guest at the WCC? (11 July 2006)
• Randomness in electro-mechanical slot machines (10 July 2006)
• Reading a slot's meters (3 July 2006)
• Common experiences with random events (26 June 2006)
• New discovery gives average blackjack players the edge over the casino! (21 June 2006)
• Downloadable slot systems (19 June 2006)
• Are there multiple RNGs in a multi-denomination machine? (12 June 2006)
• Machine cycles (9 June 2006)
• A warning about slot tickets with cents (29 May 2006)
• Changing bingo cards on Class II slots (22 May 2006)
• Manipulating slot machines (15 May 2006)
• More about tipping (8 May 2006)
• What does payback really mean to players? (1 May 2006)
• Steve still has not hit a jackpot (29 April 2006)
• More on lost slot tickets (26 April 2006)
• Lost tickets (24 April 2006)
• Another opinion on tipping (17 April 2006)
• Tipping for a jackpot (10 April 2006)
• No room at the inn? (3 April 2006)
• Last column on Harrah's (27 March 2006)
• Defending Harrah's (20 March 2006)
• More on Harrah's customer service (13 March 2006)
• More on tournament slot machines (6 March 2006)
• Still more about the RNG (27 February 2006)
• A recommendation for VPInsider.com (20 February 2006)
• How many casinos are too many? (13 February 2006)
• The cheapest way to bring money to a casino (6 February 2006)
• When does the RNG start? (30 January 2006)
• Short-coin, full-coin and profit (22 January 2006)
• The best time to play slots (2 January 2006)
• Are RNGs truly random? (26 December 2005)
• What's a slot machine earn? (19 December 2005)
• Contradictory information about slots (12 December 2005)
• What does payout really mean on a slot machine? (5 December 2005)
• Do video poker machines pay better when you play faster? (28 November 2005)
• Do casinos manipulate slot machines? (21 November 2005)
• Can you beat the slots? (14 November 2005)
• Video poker paybacks (7 November 2005)
• Should I play the $25 machines? (31 October 2005)
• The 20-year royal virgin (28 October 2005)
• Thoughts on getting enough play from a buy-in (24 October 2005)
• Do machines on the end pay better? (21 October 2005)
• Do ticket-based slots pay less than coin-based slots? (17 October 2005)
• Randomness in Keno (10 October 2005)
• Comp Help (3 October 2005)
• Tribal Gaming Regulations (30 September 2005)
• Wheel of Fortune Paybacks (26 September 2005)
• Winner at Slots Gets Heat (19 September 2005)
• More on Randomness and the RNG (12 September 2005)
• Why Do People Rub Machines? (5 September 2005)
• How Does the Payback Percentage Algorithm Affect the RNG? (2 September 2005)
• Got Keno? (27 August 2005)
• Shocking RNG Answer (22 August 2005)
• Changing the Telnaes Map on a Machine (15 August 2005)
• More on IDs and Taxes (8 August 2005)
• How Much Does It Take to Win on a Dollar Machine? (5 August 2005)
• Should I Play Video Poker Progressives? (1 August 2005)
• When Does the RNG Stop? (29 July 2005)
• How Long Should I Stay at a Non-Paying Machine? (25 July 2005)
• Are There Any Tricks for Winning at Slots (18 July 2005)
• More on Two Pair in Deuces Wild (11 July 2005)
• Timers on Slots (4 July 2005)
• Downloading Online Slots (27 June 2005)
• Selling Slot Machines (25 June 2005)
• How Do You Beat the Slot Machines? (13 June 2005)
• Does the Number of Coins I Play Affect Where the Reels Stop? (6 June 2005)
• What Do Players Clubs Know about You? (29 May 2005)
• Denomination and Video Poker Paybacks (23 May 2005)
• Going With Your Gut Instincts at the Slots (16 May 2005)
• Slot Machine Math: A Myth? (6 May 2005)
• The Inside Scope on the New Slot Floor at Wynn Las Vegas (29 April 2005)
• What's Up with All These Penny Machines? (25 April 2005)
• An Online Casino Scam? (23 April 2005)
• Pitching Your Own Slot Machine (28 March 2005)
• Playing the Penny Slots (26 March 2005)
• When Wheel of Fortune Machines Hit at the Same Time (21 March 2005)
• Do Girl Games Pay Less Than Guy Games? (14 March 2005)
• Strategic Slot Play (7 March 2005)
• More on Slot Cycles (28 February 2005)
• Programmed Near Misses and Randomness (21 February 2005)
• The Inside Scoop on Insider Slot Secrets (14 February 2005)
• More on Randomness (7 February 2005)
• No W-2Gs for Table Players! Is That Fair? (31 January 2005)
• Do Patterns on Slots Disprove Randomness? (27 January 2005)
• Was I Just Lucky or Did the Casino Loosen Its Machines? (22 January 2005)
• Burning Your Own Slot EEPROMs (17 January 2005)
• Profiling the Profile Wizard - Part 2 (9 January 2005)
• Profiling the Profile Wizard - Part 1 (31 December 2004)
• When Not Every Coin Counts (26 December 2004)
• Changing Paybacks on Machines (12 December 2004)
• Where Have Those Payback Signs Gone? (6 December 2004)
• Double Down Stud (29 November 2004)
• Steve Still Hasn't Hit a Jackpot (22 November 2004)
• Do Loose Slots Exist? (15 November 2004)
• Losing Power at Bellagio (7 November 2004)
• Slots and Pacemakers (31 October 2004)
• Help with College Projects (24 October 2004)
• Do New Casinos Have Loose Slots? (18 October 2004)
• Slot Machine Short-Pays Player (10 October 2004)
• Blank Ticket Cashout (30 September 2004)
• Where Is the Price Right for Buying My Own Price Is Right Slot Machine? (23 September 2004)
• Pressing the Button to Loosen the Slots (16 September 2004)
• Megabucks Odds (9 September 2004)
• Getting Your Comps (30 August 2004)
• A Quirk about Wild Symbols (26 August 2004)
• Always Play Max Coin? (21 August 2004)
• Buying Your Own Slot (19 August 2004)
• Play on the Main Floor or in the High Limit Room (15 August 2004)
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• Can a Machine Be Set to Pay at Only a Certain Number of Coins Played? (29 July 2004)
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