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John Robison Gaming Guru - Page 36  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)
Ask the Slot Expert: Are Class II slot machines random?18 December 2019
Question: My husband and I were on a road trip and decided to visit Wind Creek Casino in Atmore, Alabama to stretch our legs. We were there about 20 minutes. I played a 25-cent Wheel of Fortune.
A few spins
in I got some message on a small side screen that I had blacked out a bingo card. I didn't
know what to do, so I just closed that screen. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Reconfiguring slot machines11 December 2019
Question: I recently spoke to a fella who used to work both at Vegas casinos and slot machine companies. This person told me that currently casinos can change the payback percentages and/or other parameters of their slot machines from the "back room" without having to manually change any components in the machine (i.e., change the chip) or contact the local gaming commission. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Losing at server-based video poker machines4 December 2019
Question: My family and I play Double Double Bonus and Triple Double video poker. It used to be sometimes we won, sometimes we lost. The game seemed fair.
About two years ago the casino we go to took out the old machines and went to a server-based format. It is not just us. All the people we talk to there say the same thing. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Problems with a casino drawing and a casino27 November 2019
Question: I am a top-level VIP and was scheduled to receive 8x entries in a $50,000 total drawing over several hours. I was playing 9/6 Jacks or Better averaging $10 a bet. Furthermore, I was earning at $2 per point. And about 98 percent of all remaining video poker machines were at $5 per point. Additionally, business was extremely slow through about 3 pm. ... (read more)
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