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John Robison Gaming Guru - Page 35  Ask the Slot Expert: Does my payback percentage go up when I bet more on today's penny machines?26 February 2020
Question: I am aware that the expected return on a slot machine is directly related to the denomination played, i.e., a penny machine will have a much lower expected overall return than a $1 or $5 machine. However, today's penny machines can handle bets of $5 or even $10 or more per spin.
If I play a ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Determining the outcome of a play on a machine with cascading reels19 February 2020
Question:
I changed my name legally. I do not want any association with my previous name. Does not seem too difficult except maybe the Social Security number.
If I win a jackpot at a casino I had previously won at with my previous name, will they question the two different names and same Social ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: How do you calculate win on slot machines and table games?12 February 2020
Question: I am wondering if you can clarify the IRS rules on gaming deductions. I have been audited for 2016, in which I claimed to be a professional gambler on my taxes. I have an EIN number.
My IRS auditor says I can't claim mileage from my home to the casino because casino gaming is considered a form ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: What happened to Red Rock's big electronic craps game?5 February 2020
Question: When I left Red Rock a couple weeks ago, they were removing the big craps machine, which had been getting a lot of action during our three-day visit (even though they had made changes to the programming so that you could only bet $1 on the pass line).
Do you know if they were just moving it to ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Bingo, blackjack and video poker - Part 229 January 2020
Last week I told you about the first part of my bingo, blackjack and video poker weekend last Labor Day. It started Saturday afternoon with registration for the blackjack and video poker tournament at Red Rock, continued with a session of bingo at Palms, and ended with a rush back to Red Rock for a cash drawing for those who had registered earlier in the day. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Bingo, blackjack and video poker - Part 122 January 2020
I had a busy weekend this past Labor Day. I had an invitation to play bingo at the Palms on Saturday and I was participating in a tournament that consisted of one session of blackjack and one of video poker at Red Rock on Sunday.
The weekend started with registration for the tournament at Red Rock. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: I never win playing slots today15 January 2020
Question: I wrote one time a while back regarding hardly ever winning.
The answer is the RNG works.
I must say I have lost all faith in going to play slots.
My wife and I have been playing the same machines for more than 20 years and budgeting the same amount during this period.
Over the years, we always had many wins. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Relativity and the perception of time in the casino8 January 2020
A century ago a solar eclipse proved one of the predictions of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity: the gravity of massive objects can bend light. Astronomers compared the positions of distant stars in the night sky with their positions during the eclipse, when the sun was between the Earth and the ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: A royal on Pick-a-Pair1 January 2020
Question: I was lucky enough to hit a Royal Flush on a 25-cent Pick-a-Pair machine. WOW!!
I was wondering if you could tell me what the odds were.
Answer: Wow, indeed.
For those not familiar with the game, here's a description. You are dealt two cards on the left side of the screen. Those two ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Buying a used slot machine25 December 2019
Question: I’ve been following a game on Youtube called Winning Tunnel video poker made by SIGMA. I’m trying to find it in a casino in south Florida, if it’s still there. It looks like a very exciting video poker game. If the machine is not in the casinos any longer, do you know how I can purchase it, if ... (read more)
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