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John Robison Gaming Guru - Page 34  Ask the Slot Expert: Is there a strategy to win more than you lose in a casino?6 May 2020
Question: Hola.. quisiera saber si existe alguna estrategia funcional para ganar mas de lo que se pierde en un casino ... desde ya muchas gracias.
Answer: Hola. Forgive me. I don't speak Spanish. I'll have to rely on Google Translate and hope that the translation is close.
Hello.. I would like to know if there is any functional strategy to win more than what is lost in a casino ... ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Do I have better odds on a Reel Power slot?29 April 2020
Question: Do I have better odds on a Reel Power slot?
Answer: I really like Reel Power, Reel Ways, and whatever trademarked moniker a manufacturer uses to name this concept. Instead of having a limited number of paylines, each symbol on a reel participates in a payline with every other symbol on every other reel. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Does shutting down a machine affect its royal cycle?22 April 2020
A member of a video poker message board recently asked if shutting down video poker machines would affect their royal flush cycles. Is a fresh cycle started when a machine is turned back on or will the machine pick up where it left off?
Many people responded by saying that there aren't really cycles in a video poker machine. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Finding a casino's payback percentage15 April 2020
Question: How can I find out what a particular casino's payout percentage is? I won't mention its name, but it is on the Idaho-Nevada border, and they have taken a lot of my money, and others that I am aware of. I would recommend avoiding them like the plague.
Answer: As the realtors say, it's all about location, location, location. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Covid-19 and players clubs8 April 2020
Question: My husband and I are both "Diamond" status players at Harrah's (we go to Atlantic City, Las Vegas, Biloxi and N.O.). Because we are not able to gamble because of the virus and are losing time to play to get the numbers required to maintain our status, is Harrah's/Caesars going to give us anything to help us in this regard?
Answer: Absolutely. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Closed casino redeems reader's slot tickets1 April 2020
Question: My wife and I were camping at the casino in Anacortes, Washington.
On Wednesday we checked with the casino customer service desk about the possibility of their closing the casino. They didn’t know.
Well, at 2 am on Thursday they shut down the hotel and casino. That left my wife with a $300 slot ticket and me with a $50 slot ticket. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Comments about server-based video poker25 March 2020
Question: I tend to agree with the person that questioned the fairness of server-based video poker. My experience mirrors what he complained about.
My theory of what has happened to video poker players losing has to do with smart phones. The novice vp player can use their app to play perfectly. So the ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Is what you win on the free games in China Street pre-determined?18 March 2020
Question: When playing Ultimate Fire Link, especially the China Street version, does it matter what you choose when given the option of how many free games to accept and what multiplier, or is that bonus predetermined before you even make the choice?
Answer: I've never played this version of a Fire Link game. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Are video poker machines programmed to deal partial royals instead of some other losing hand?11 March 2020
Question: How do you explain drawing three or four cards to a Royal Flush seven to ten times in a few hour visit, sometimes three times on one machine, and not hit that Royal? Is the machine programmed to show you those cards instead of some other losing hand just to entice the player to continue the ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Back on the slot malfunction/denied jackpot merry-go-round4 March 2020
Here we go again.
A casino refuses to pay a player a jackpot because of a slot machine malfunction and every story about the incident says you never know if a casino will really pay you when you win.
The current incident occurred at the Newcastle Casino in Oklahoma. The casino is owned and operated by the ... (read more)
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