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John Robison Gaming Guru - Page 13  Ask the Slot Expert: Video poker gimmicks - Part 215 May 2024
Let's continue looking at some of the gimmicks video poker designers have added to video poker to give the game some of the excitement and sizzle that slot designers have added to slot games.
There's one more gimmick that requires only two extra credits per hand that I would like to mention. It's Triple Wheel Poker. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Video poker gimmicks - Part 18 May 2024
Last week, a reader wondered where he could find the "latest" strategies for video poker. The strategies for the video poker paytables haven't changed in decades. Different authors express them in different ways, but the math is the math and doesn't change. I interpreted "latest" to mean strategies for the elements added to video poker to give it more sizzle than your father's video poker. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Finding video poker strategies1 May 2024
Question: Where can I find the best videos and books that give the latest and, I assume, the best strategy for playing video poker? Who is the best author or expert on video poker?
Answer: Thinking about your question takes me back about 30 years. (I can't believe it was that long ago!) It was an ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Broken bet buttons: maintenance issue or meant to be24 April 2024
Question: In today's article (04/17/2024) about not all betting choices being available on a slot machine, my take is that the machine needs maintenance, like maybe some connections need cleaning or something like that.
The question was pretty sketchy. It didn't say "I go to this place often and the ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Slot machines with disabled bet buttons17 April 2024
Question: We have slot machines that have 30-cent, 60-cent, 90-cent, $1.50 and $3.00 buttons but only the 60-cent and $3.00 buttons work. Is that machine legal?
Answer: This is one of those questions where I wish the writer had given more details about location. I suspect that the machines are not in ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Facial recognition at slot machines10 April 2024
Question: Are there cameras in VLT machines to identify players?
Answer: I suppose the theory is that the machine's generosity will be affected by who is playing it.
Let's say that the casino can alter a machine for whatever reason. What kinds of safeguards have to be in place to prevent ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: A tale of two bankrolls3 April 2024
Two slot players are sitting side by side at identical Double Diamond machines. They each put $100 into their machines and bet the max on each spin.
After an hour or so of play and playing the same number of spins, they get up to go get something to eat at the food court, the buffet having been closed four years ago. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Thoughts on Video Poker Analyzer27 March 2024
Question: An interesting article about the analyzer, and since it needs to be connected to the players card and the machines could only be of value to the casinos, not the players.
Obviously the only help the players can get is by using software that lets them know if they make mistakes, but it is on ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: A video poker product whose time has passed20 March 2024
You may not recognize John Acres' name, but you know some of the slot technologies he helped develop like player tracking systems and progressives. I attended a seminar he gave about his player tracking system at the World Gaming Congress around 2000. He sold that company, Acres Gaming, to IGT. His new ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Unbelievable slot drama13 March 2024
Last week I wrote about discovering that some slot channels on YouTube are not real. That is, instead of showing play with real money at risk in a casino, they show play on machines in someone's game room and no money is at risk. That high-value handpay you're envying may be as real as Harry the Lizard on ... (read more)
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