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John Robison Gaming Guru - Page 36  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)
Ask the Slot Expert: Is free play taxable?20 November 2019
Question: I read your story about free play. When you win Free play from a drawing or tournament, does it ever become a taxable event? For example, is winning $1000 taxable? $2000?
I understand if I win a jackpot during free play it is taxable, but is the event of winning free play a taxable ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: What does "free play" mean?13 November 2019
Question: What does the term "free play" mean?
Answer: Free play is the new name for what used to be called bounceback cash. When I first started going to the casinos in Atlantic City, they would send players coupons that could be exchanged for cold, hard cash at one of the coin redemption booths. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Turning free play into real cash6 November 2019
Question: On the rare occasion that I win a decent free play bonus, what strategy would you recommend to turn as much of it into take-home cash as possible?
Answer: A very timely question. A few months ago I earned $1,000 in free play in a promotion, and last week I won $1,000 in free play in a ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: The person who pushes the Spin button doesn't always get paid a slot jackpot30 October 2019
Question: In your reply to my question last week, you said that you had to bet the max ($8.88) on Dancing Drums to qualify for the Grand jackpot. I was betting $0.88 and was awarded the Grand jackpot.
Answer: You're right. I misspoke (mistyped?). I should have said that you have to bet the max gold symbols to qualify for the Grand jackpot. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Would I be denied a jackpot if I played using a friend's players card?16 October 2019
Question: Back in December I wrote you about a jackpot I won ($12,500) on Dancing Drums aboard a cruise ship and you published it.
Last week, I was on the same ship and when I walked into the casino, the host greeted me with
"Welcome back, Jackpot King!" After a few pleasantries, I asked if anyone had won a jackpot in the intervening nine months. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Check rules for casino promotions before you play9 October 2019
I live about a mile away from a Starbucks, close enough that I almost always walk there. Having lived most of my life in New Jersey, I'm more of a Dunkin' Donuts person, but they're few and far between in Las Vegas, so I go to Starbucks more often now.
I walked down to Starbucks for breakfast last Saturday to complete a menu challenge to earn bonus stars. ... (read more)
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