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John Robison Gaming Guru - Page 18  Ask the Slot Expert: Calculating your payback on a slot or video poker machine12 July 2023
Have you ever had to set an alarm to ensure you got up early enough to go to the movies?
The Cinemark multiplex at the Suncoast sometimes has showings as early as 9am on weekends in the summer. I had to set my alarm just to ensure I got up early enough to get ready and have time to prepare or pick up a bagel to sneak in to the theater for breakfast. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Different slot machines, same math5 July 2023
I was working on getting the complete set of Silver Strike tokens in the machines that Red Rock brought out of moth balls at the end of last year. Playing the machines was not as convenient as playing newer machines. The Silver Strike machines did not support cashless gaming, so I had to put cash or a ticket into them. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: "I truly believe slot machines are manipulated"28 June 2023
One thing I forgot to mention in the discussion about "not gambling" when you play free play and "gambling" when you bet your winnings from the free play: Once you've won something, it's yours. You can bet it or you can take it and run. There's no such thing as "the house's money."
Question: I truly believe slot machines are manipulated. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Jackpots, Social Security cards and tribal casinos21 June 2023
Question: Your article about the guy who "quit gambling" but only plays free play was interesting in all the different scenarios that could exist.
I think the ultimate answer was your last paragraph. It is the actual determination of whether or not he gambled.
For example, if he received $50 in free ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Is playing free play gambling?14 June 2023
Question: Recently I quit gambling. Yet, I get free play every week. That is the only thing that I plan to use in the casino. I have already used it three times and walked out without spending a penny of my own money.
I do not consider myself a gambler anymore even though I use the free play. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Suspicious activity at the slots7 June 2023
Question: Have been to Everett, MA Encore Casino 5 times in last 3 weeks. There is the same group of persons, not gambling, but hovering around slot machines that are actively winning. As soon as the person leaves the machine, they go over and deposit a voucher, press a lot on the machine. The machine shows win win win and in 2 minutes they’ve won a great deal of money. ... (read more)
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)
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