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John Robison Gaming Guru - Page 18  Ask the Slot Expert: A gaffed Big 6 Wheel?31 May 2023
Question: The Horseshoe casino in central Indiana has a big 6 wheel. It Will consistently land on in bed or low pay numbers. After over 2oo landing on multiplier, it always resulted in the lowest 20 x. Always.
The craps bonus of 6numbers will roll 40 or more and never hits.
Answer: "Landing in ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Slot handpays starting at $300?24 May 2023
Question: Here at the the tribal casino in Prescott, AZ, they require a handpay for hits of $300 and up. In addition, anyone within hearing distance of the machine involved knows about it due to the loud tune played until the attendant turns it off. Don’t think that will go away very soon, if at all. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: A video poker bug. In the machine or in the player?17 May 2023
Emerson, Lake and Palmer had an instrumental song called Changing States on their 1992 comeback album Black Moon. I thought of that song when a problem I had with Cashless Gaming on a machine might not have been due to a bug in the software like I thought at first, but due to my missing what state my video poker machine was in.
... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: An unexpected benefit of Cashless Gaming10 May 2023
I worked for a market research firm in the last half of the 1990s. One of the products the company produced was radio ratings. Listenership was calculated using diaries kept by the participants. Participants made errors in their diaries. The company had a team that tried to make sense of the diaries.
How ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Still more adventures in Cashless Gaming3 May 2023
The movie Bridge of Spies seems to be playing on one of the channels I subscribe to every time I scroll through the TV listings. The first scene with Tom Hanks, the star, is an informal discussion between two attorneys about an accident in which an automobile driver lost control of his car and hit five motorcyclists. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Two ways that handpays for slot jackpots may be endangered26 April 2023
Question: As expressed before, your posts are very high on my list of 'must reads' when I receive them in my emails. I like to comment whenever I feel that I may offer some additional perspective to your commentary, so here goes:
I AM a Tipper. I am puzzled when I notice some people don't tip or leave inadequate gratuities. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: How much should I tip for a slot jackpot?19 April 2023
Question: So, I'm sitting there at a slot (Crazy Rich Asians) in an off-strip casino. It didn't take long to be awarded the grand ($12,000!).
An attendant comes up to congratulate me, gets my information and leaves. As I'm waiting, another lady (no uniform, nicely dressed...maybe a host?) comes up to me and takes me to a more private area to wait for my money. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Why do you play Deuces Wild?12 April 2023
Question: What is the reason you prefer to play Deuces Wild over other video poker games such as higher volatile ones?
Answer: You gave one reason in your question: volatility.
I had a bit of a problem at the end of last year. I wasn't keeping on pace to re-qualify for upper-tier status in the two chains I play at now. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: More non-smoking areas on Las Vegas casino floors5 April 2023
Current estimates of the percentage of U.S. adults that smoke range from 12.5% to 16%. Despite the widespread belief that gambling and smoking go hand in hand, estimates of the percentage of gamblers that smoke range from the same as the population as a whole to a few percentage points higher, about 22%. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Rebutting an article about why slots are not random - Part 529 March 2023
Over the past few weeks I've been rebutting statements in an article I found online about why the writer believes slot machines are not random. The article contains a disclaimer similar to the one you may see before a program about a controversial topic: "The opinions expressed in this program do not ... (read more)
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