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Burning Your Own Slot EEPROMs17 January 2005
Dear Shawn, I don't know of any software that will allow you to burn your own slot EPROMs. Your best bet is to buy a new reel EPROM. One source I found is www.artgraphics.com. Best of luck in and out of the casinos,
Dear Stan, I'm not surprised that you're confused. Video poker machines only deal cards at random, with each card still in play being equally likely to be dealt. They aren't programmed to hit winning hands like a slot machine is programmed to hit winning combinations. Your chances of hitting any particular winning hand are really determined by the strategy you use. And your strategy is determined by the paytable on the machine. What is true is that the different strategies for the different paytables will hit royals with slightly different frequencies. It's changing strategies that changes your chances of hitting a royal, not that one machine is programmed to hit them more frequently than another. Best of luck in and out of the casinos,
Dear Robert, Frank is referring to the fact that casinos with high-paying video poker machines also tend to have high-paying slots. It's not a hard-and-fast rule; that's why I say that the casinos only "tend" to have high-paying slots. The key then is to learn what the high-paying video poker paytables look like. My book, The Slot Expert's Guide to Playing Slots has a section about using the video poker offerings in different casinos to make an educated guess about which casino has the best-paying slots. That section has a number of different video poker paytables and their long-term paybacks. Other good sources for video poker paytables and their paybacks are: Victory at Video Poker by Frank Scoblete and The Video Poker Answer Book by John Grochowski. Best of luck in and out of the casinos, Send your slot and video poker questions to John Robison, Slot Expert, at slotexpert@comcast.net. Because of the volume of mail I receive, I regret that I can't send a reply to every question. Also be advised that it may take two or more months for your question to appear in my column. 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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