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John Robison Gaming Guru - Page 34  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)
Ask the Slot Expert: Royals and high volatility video poker games15 July 2020
Question: Is the potential for a royal flush worse than normal when playing high volatility games such as Triple Double Bonus that I like to usually play?
Answer: What's normal?
This question gives me the opportunity to be a stickler for details. The strategy you play determines how frequently you get a royal flush. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: What will Vegas's casinos be like in August?8 July 2020
Question: Hi, John, from casino-free New York. None are open and I feel the pain. Budget going farther though. Hopefully I will have my day of fun again soon.
Answer: My non-advantage player friends agree with you -- their budgets are going farther. They miss going to the casino, but the extra cash is coming in handy. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Why do some ticket redemption machines always give me twenties?1 July 2020
Question: Why do the ticket redemption machines in some casinos always give you five $20 bills when it could have given you one $100 bill?
Answer: That's one of my pet peeves about redeeming tickets at a machine. If I want $20 bills, I can break a $100 bill. I was very happy when I found one ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Fishing for cash on fish table machines24 June 2020
Question: I am in Texas. Are there any apps to help my chances of winning on keno, or 7s, or even the fish tables? We have Pot of Gold and Life of Luxury tables, and all types of fish tables.
Answer: I'm always amazed at the unusual machines that are in some states. I've never seen these games in New ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Week 2 of Phase 2 in Las Vegas17 June 2020
We're nearing the end of the second week of limited casino reopenings in Las Vegas. There is no date yet to further ease restrictions. As expected, the number of positive cases has increased since reopening and Nevada reported the largest single-day increase in cases on 6/15. "We had the expectation that ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Did the Mississippi Gaming Commission allow returns on slots to be changed after Katrina?10 June 2020
Question: We gamble in the Mississippi/Louisiana area, mainly the Beau Rivage and Golden Nugget Lake Charles. Have comped rooms at both places till the end of June, that's great but.....
Wondering if the odds of return will change on High Limit machines, or any machines, because of such a long shut down. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Casinos and COVID-193 June 2020
Red Rock has reopened some of its restaurants for takeout and limited dine-in, so I went there on Sunday to get takeout from Lucille's BBQ. I was surprised at how crowded the parking lot was. Then I saw that 90% of the parking lot was still blocked off and we had only a couple of aisles in which to park. ... (read more)
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