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John Robison Gaming Guru - Page 23  Ask the Slot Expert: Mad dash to requalify for slot club elite15 June 2022
I let time slip away from me and now I'm in a mad dash to requalify for the elite level in a slot club. I'm not keen on spending the hours it will take to requalify playing single-hand video poker -- and, to be honest, I'm getting a bit bored with it -- so I'm playing more multi-hand.
The problem with ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: I don't win on the slots anymore8 June 2022
Question: My wife and I have been playing slots since about 1996.
Overall, we have done reasonably well. We usually play mainly the same types of machines. We quite often win sufficient to continue to keep going back to the casinos to play.
I used to track our play simply as dollars spent and dollars won. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Cascading reels slot math1 June 2022
Question: I was doing research on par sheet related to cascading reels slots. I wonder how the cascading math is designed? Could you give me some idea?
Answer: I haven't been able to get my hands on a PAR sheet for a cascading reels slot machine, but this is my understanding of how they did the math. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Son of Monty Hall plays Survivor25 May 2022
Question: I just read your "survivor" article of today.
The odds don't work that way.
The odds ARE 50/50 once one of the losers is revealed. The odds change, just like in Blackjack once cards are revealed. Otherwise, counting cards would be meaningless, and we know that's not the case.
I ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Monty Hall plays Survivor18 May 2022
The current and prior seasons of Survivor added a twist that illustrates the Monty Hall Problem.
Survivor has two types of challenges. In an endurance or last-man-standing challenge, the last person still standing on a buoy or balancing a ball on a plank wins. In a skill or finish-first challenge, the first person to complete a task or solve a puzzle wins. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: My take on Three Card Poker11 May 2022
Question: What is your take on Three Card Poker?
It seems like a game that seems to be one a lot of people play. The tables seem to be full.
Answer: I usually stay in my lane and stick to writing about slots and video poker, but I'll give you my thoughts on Three Card Poker.
Three Card Poker was created by Derek Webb, an international poker player, in 1994. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Best way to play Lock It Link4 May 2022
Question: My wife and I love playing the Lock it Link slots on cruises.
I don’t completely understand the way to bet on the machines other than wagering 50 cents up to $5. Could you explain the best way to play this machine?
I usually have a $500 bankroll.
Answer: Here's my seven-step plan for playing Lock It Link machines:
Pick a machine. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: More Advantage Play outside the casino27 April 2022
This week let's continue looking at using Advantage Play techniques outside the casino.
Advantage Play is sometimes just knowing the rules of a promotion and using that knowledge to make informed choices in a promotion. Last week I wrote about how some people try to get the most from promotions at Starbucks. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Advantage Play outside the casino20 April 2022
Last week I wrote about a conversation I had with Jean Scott's husband, Brad. I had just played a promotion in which you got a free movie ticket if you earned a certain number of points.
Without missing a beat, Brad asked, "How much did that ticket cost you?"
"About $200," I said and we both ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Gamblers say (and do) the darnedest things13 April 2022
Jean Scott recently wrote about how well she did in her latest casino visit in her blog:
Did we win? Well, not exactly, but we left feeling like happy winners. For the first six or so hours of play, I got deeper and deeper in a depressing hole while playing through $90,000 coin-in, holding one, or two, or even three deuces and never catching the fourth. ... (read more)
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