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John Robison Gaming Guru - Page 20  Ask the Slot Expert: Marker Trax and STN cash11 January 2023
More adventures in cashless gaming.
Just to be clear, the "adventure" flag is triggered only when something unusual and unexpected happens. Last week my adventure was at Suncoast. This week we return to the first location in which I started using cashless gaming, Red Rock.
A few weeks ago, Stations had a survey about patrons' experiences with STN Cash, Stations' cashless gaming system. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Cashless but not crashless4 January 2023
I was at Suncoast the Tuesday after Christmas to earn the points I needed to requalify for Emerald status on a point multiplier day. Santa left a number of prezzies for me on the machines I played on Christmas Day. I was hoping for a repeat performance on Tuesday.
I started out with a very nice ($273) bonus round on Magic of the Nile. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Bao Zhu Zhao Fu firecrackers -- the follow-up28 December 2022
Last week I wrote about Bao Zhu Zhao Fu (BZZF) and whether its strings of firecrackers really indicate how close you are to triggering a features. I said that based on the one time that I had played the game, I concluded that the firecracker indicator was real.
I wasn't right. But I'm not wrong.
Let me ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Bao Zhu Zhao Fu firecrackers -- real or window dressing21 December 2022
Question: I have read some of your articles on slots and they are quite informative. You definitely are worthy of the guru title.
I have a couple of questions regarding the Bao Zhu Zhao Fu slot machine. Is the status of the firecrackers real? In other words, if there are more lit, are your chances of ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Automating W-2Gs and raising the W-2G threshold14 December 2022
On October 3, 2020, Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist Richard Velotta wrote a column (Treasury, IRS silent on raising the threshold for jackpot paperwork) calling for raising the threshold on issuing a W-2G for slot jackpots. The current threshold of $1200 was set in 1977. Unlike other tax-related thresholds, this one has never been adjusted for inflation. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Dusting off some lost slot-playing skills7 December 2022
I was playing a 25-cent Silver Strike machine at Red Rock trying to complete my collection of Red Rock Silver Strike tokens. This machine is an old reel-spinning machine that doesn't maintain a cash credit meter. It can only handle multiples of 25 cents. When you insert a ticket into its bill acceptor, the ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Marketing to locals versus non-locals30 November 2022
Question: Thanks for answering my question about the lack of Red Rock promotions.
Just to clarify, we were all there with comped rooms (three) and some free play, but my comment was aimed at the lack of any promotions (double points, etc.) while we were in residence. Prior to the pandemic, there were offers every day of our visits. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Rip Van Slot Player?23 November 2022
Question: After 10 years of visits to Red Rock, we may be just staying in Palm Springs-area casinos. On our last three visits to Red Rock, there were ZERO offers or promotions for non-local gamblers.
Answer: It's a shame you won't be coming back to Red Rock. Since Station Casinos dumped Palms, the company has renewed its attention on Red Rock. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Did I get a bonus free-play offer because the casino missed me?16 November 2022
I thought I was special.
It had been a few weeks since I had visited Red Rock--
Well, that's not true. It's been a while since I've played there, but I was there a week and a half ago for breakfast. A college friend was visiting from Australia, where he moved decades ago so his Australian wife could be ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Will cash disappear from the slot floor too?9 November 2022
No one would have believed in the last years of the twentieth century that the days of coins and tokens being the literal and figurative coin of the realm on the slot floor were numbered. Penny slots and machines with minimum bets that don't correspond to a minted coin required that machines break free from coin denominations. ... (read more)
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