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The Inside Scope on the New Slot Floor at Wynn Las Vegas29 April 2005
Dear Joe, I have to admit that I've never heard of the "finite number of outcomes" selection process before. I did a quick search on the Internet and I couldn't find any pages that used that phrase in conjunction with choosing results on a slot machine. Perhaps you could tell me which jurisdictions have this requirement. In any case, it's just sampling without replacement until you reach the reset point. Knowledgeable people could use past results to know when to play and when not to play. It would be just like counting cards in blackjack. The problems would be in knowing when the population was reset and in observing results on hundreds, if not thousands, of machines. I just can't believe that any jurisdiction would require this method. The math of Vegas-style (Class III) gaming is elegant in its simplicity and the casino does not need to resort to any tricks on machines to get very close to the long-term hold percentage of those machines. This "finite number" method, on the other hand, seems to me to have some problems. When the jackpot doesn't hit and the population gets reset, it's the same as a casino shuffling up when the remaining cards at a blackjack table favor the players. In addition, I'm not sure if the winning combinations will hit with the same probabilities as in the full population over the long run. I suppose the deeper the "penetration" and the more cycles are played, the closer the empirical probabilities will be to the theoretical probabilities, but I'll have to defer to a statistician to get the real answer to that. As I said before, if you or anyone know of a jurisdiction with this requirement, I might be able to get some concrete details about how it works. Best of luck in and out of the casinos,
Dear Ken, I suggest you contact the store you bought the machines from. They should be able to answer all of your questions. Aristocrat acquired CDS. You might also be able to get answers from them and perhaps get a manual. If anyone knows the answers to Ken's questions, please send them to me and I'll publish them in a future column. Best of luck in and out of the casinos,
Dear Joy, Steve has sworn me to secrecy until the opening. Actually, I don't have any inside information. Wynn has been very secretive about his new place and, from what I understand, there won't even be press photos of it until a week or so after opening. You can read a little about the slot floor in the "Wynn boasts high-tech slot floor" article in the February 6, 2005 Las Vegas Sun. The article doesn't offer many details (IGT will dominate slot floor, big surprise there!), but it does say that there will be a bonusing system like the one at the Station properties. Also, Wynn's vice chairman is a big slot manufacturer in Japan and they said that they are developing a radical new slot machine that will be interactive than anything on the floor today. It won't be ready for the opening, the "Wynn Machine" will make its debut at Wynn Las Vegas perhaps next year. You can read more about it in John Brokopp's August 31, 2004 article on this site. 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 several 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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