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John Robison Gaming Guru - Page 37  Ask the Slot Expert: Using the help screens on a slot machine2 October 2019
Today I had to go to a follow-up appointment after having a sleep study done. I was not looking forward to the appointment. Not because of anything that would happen during it, but because of the building where the office is. The building is modeled after the Hotel California. There are plenty of signs ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Accounting for free play25 September 2019
This past Monday I had to go play some free play before it expired. I had two sets of free play to play. First, my weekly free play, which is $15, and second, $50 in free play I won in a tournament. The weekly offer was going to expire in a couple of days and I had until the end of September to play my tournament winnings. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: A warning about Dream Card18 September 2019
Two weeks ago I left you with a bonus question in my What Does This Combination Pay on Everi's Fascination Slot Machine? quiz. Here is the paytable from the machine:
ComboPays
W W W500
7 7 750
7B 7B 7B20
any 3 mixed 7, 7B 15
B B B10
any 3 mixed B, 7B5
C C C5
any 2 C2
any 1 C1
The ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: The squeaky slot player11 September 2019
Have you heard the old proverb that the squeaky wheel gets the grease? If you Google the phrase, you'll find that there are two meanings for the phrase. The first meaning is that the person who complains the most gets the most attention.
I prefer the second meaning, which is more benign. This meaning is simply that if you have a problem, you have to let someone know. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Slot machine pay table quiz - answers4 September 2019
Sometimes it's difficult to figure out why a machine has paid you what it paid you when the game has multiplying wild symbols. A few days ago I was playing a three-reel, single-line video slot from Everi called Fascination. I had a few combinations land on the payline that took me a while to figure out why they paid what they did. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Slot machine paytable quiz28 August 2019
Sometimes it's difficult to figure out why a machine has paid you what it paid you when the game has multiplying wild symbols. A few days ago I was playing a three-reel, single-line video slot from Everi called Fascination. I had a few combinations land on the payline that took me a while to figure out why they paid what they did. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: PAR sheets for today's slots21 August 2019
Question: I’ve seen PAR sheets for older machines, but do PAR sheets exist for the latest generation of slots – for instance, Dragon Link, Lightning Link or Mighty Cash machines?
These latest generation machines seem at least an order of magnitude more complex than earlier machines, and I am wondering if the Volatility Index is still published. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: A warning about the Bet One button on a video poker machine14 August 2019
In past columns we've talked about hitting the Deal button versus hitting the Bet Max button while playing video poker. We've rarely mentioned the Bet One button, though. Players have to ensure that they know how much will be bet when they hit the Bet Max button, but surely nothing can go wrong using the ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Do you get more favorable results when you bet more on a slot machine?7 August 2019
Question: I would like to know if the reels spin any differently if you play minimum or maximum coin in? Seems to me that more favorable reel results happen when you play higher amounts.
Answer: Slot regulations specify that the result dictated by the RNG must be displayed and that the RNG must be free of any outside influences, like the number of coins played. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: More on Washington's Tribal Lottery System31 July 2019
Question: I had asked about Washington's VLTs and the betting system, and have found an answer to the question I asked you. [See last week's column.]
I searched all the machines at my local casino and discovered that only some of the progressives have a bet modifier. The other games give you the choice of fewer reels/lines with no modifiers, or max reels/max lines with "modifiers". ... (read more)
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