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John Robison Gaming Guru - Page 37  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)
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)
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