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Landing the Legendary Fish in Reel 'Em In24 June 2004
Dear Lisa, I've never gotten a legendary fish, but I haven't played Reel 'Em In that much. If the rules say you can get a legendary fish in the fishing contest, then I'm sure that you can. If anyone who has gotten a legendary fish in the fishing contest would like to share his or her victory, I'll print the replies in a future column. Best of luck in and out of the casinos,
Dear Maureen, It's not true. Any machine that doesn't choose results randomly without regard for what has happened in the past would be illegal in all jurisdictions in the U.S. What you have witnessed is just normal randomness. Sometimes machines are hot, sometimes they're cold. The cause is randomness, not an effort to control payouts. Best of luck in and out of the casinos,
The card doesn't tell the machine anything, really. The players club subsystem only asks the machine for information. When you insert your card, the subsystem asks the machine for the current values of various meters (coin in, for one) and sends those values along with your card number in a "Card In" message to the main slot club computer. At various times while you're playing, the subsystem will ask the machine for the current values of the meters and send them in a "Logical Card Out" message to the main computer. This way, if the machine blows up or gets fried, all of your play to this point would be tracked. When you pull out your card, the subsystem asks the machine for the meter values and sends them in a "Physical Card Out" message to the main computer. The conversation between the machine and the players club subsystem is pretty limited in scope. The language has been expanded recently though to allow the subsystem to tell the machine to add credits to the machine's credit meter. The bonusing systems used by some casinos use these additional commands. It's hard not to see a connection between your wife's results and the card she used, but your sample is far, far, FAR too small to prove a connection. You really need hundreds of thousands of spins, if not even a million or more. Best of luck in and out of the casinos,
Dear Al, I would appreciate any info you could provide about what exactly you want. The subject of your message is "Keno/Super Bingo", so I assume you're asking about how often the numbers appear. Each number appears about 10% of the time. Best of luck in and out of the casinos,
Dear Stu, The paybacks on the games in a multi-denominational machine can be and frequently are different. You can see that by looking at the video poker paytables. The hit frequencies may or may not be different. There's no relationship between hit frequency and payback or between hit frequency and denomination. If it's any consolation for your tax situation, I own stock in a Canadian company and it withholds Canadian tax on the dividend payments and I don't get any of that back. And I too hope you do get make many more interest-free loans to the U.S. government in the future. 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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