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John Robison Gaming Guru - Page 32  Ask the Slot Expert: What can I do to not lose at the slots?23 September 2020
Question: I have been playing for a while. The machine steals my money.
What can I do to not lose at the slots?
Answer: There's only one system that is guaranteed -- that works 100% of the time -- to keep you from losing at the slots: Don't play them.
All slot machines (as opposed to video poker machines) are negative expectation. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Tracking my video poker results16 September 2020
I had my first social distancing incident at a video poker machine this weekend. I was playing in the first position in a bank of four machines. The rest of the machines were empty.
At one point a lady sat down to play at position three. I didn't really like that because she could have played at position four. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Are real slot machines gone forever and only video game machines are the future?9 September 2020
Question: Are real slot machines gone forever and only video game machines are the future?
Answer: When you enter any casino today, you see a sea of video slot machines as far as the eye can see. It may seem like real reel slot machines are gone, but many (most) casinos still have some on their slot floors. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Free play or point multiplier?2 September 2020
Question: I'm not going to the casino as often as I used to. Should I go when I have free play or when there's a point multiplier?
Answer: How about going when you have free play AND a point multiplier?
Last week I wrote that casino marketing at the two casinos I've been playing at since reopening seemed to be internally coordinating their promotions more than before. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Majority of respondents in Las Vegas Advisor poll back restricting smoking in casinos26 August 2020
Question: First, thank you for all of the great columns you've written over the years. I'm an avid video poker player and have learned a lot about strategy from you.
I live near Chicago and my wife and I visit Las Vegas twice each year and since I retired I add a couple of more solo trips, too. We also visit casinos in Indiana and Michigan on a regular basis for mid-week getaways. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: My account was suspended for sharing free play19 August 2020
Question: I hope you can help me out. I won $100 slot play at a locals casino in Las Vegas, NV. I used some at the time of winning it. Later that night, I returned with my roommate, and I downloaded some of my slot play to him. Then I took my players card out and he was able to play on what I had given him. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Fear of getting sick in Las Vegas11 August 2020
Question: My biggest fear is I go to Las Vegas and then, when I try to fly home, I have a fever and the virus.
We need an insurance policy that will cover a forced stay in a city.
Until then, I will drive to a city like Biloxi for fun.
Answer: I was stuck in Las Vegas many years ago. There was a ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Should I come to Las Vegas in late August?5 August 2020
Question: I had to cancel my March LV vacation, casinos closed. I want to plan for a late August trip, but from all your observations, the increasing Covid numbers daily, I worry that LV will AGAIN get shut down, or at least be restricted some more.
The bar shutdown thing is a sign that the Governor ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Do casinos ever bring back slot machines?29 July 2020
Question: Is it possible for a casino to obtain a slot machine that was taken off the casino floor due to leasing reasons?
Venetian recently took out Michael Jackson's Wanna Be Starting Something and I'm a big MJ Fan lol. Every time I try to play the new slot machines I just get sad because all the other slots are really boring. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Help analyzing a video poker situation22 July 2020
I'm not sure how to analyze this video poker situation. I don't think we ever considered an analogous situation in any of the Probability and Statistics courses I took (and have mostly forgotten). And even though analyzing gambling games led to the creation and development of Probability Theory a few centuries ago, video poker wasn't one of the games the mathematicians considered. ... (read more)
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