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John Robison Gaming Guru - Page 55  Ask the Slot Expert: Outcome of 88 Fortunes bonus predetermined?1 June 2016
Question: Are the Indian casinos as fair as the non-Indian casinos?
Answer: A common misconception is that you leave behind state and federal laws and are subject to tribal regulations only once you step onto the reservation.
A Native American casino executive once told me that his casino was subject to stricter regulations than the non-Native American casinos near him. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Making bonuses more frequent on a slot machine25 May 2016
Question:
Quoting from "Strictly Slots," concerning the new Gong Xi Fa Cai IGT slot game, brings up an RNG question that I’ve never seen addressed.
The quote is:
“The manufacturer says the side bet also causes the bonus features to occur more frequently.” (emphasis added.)
Now, if the RNG ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Do casinos cheat on video poker?18 May 2016
Question: In choosing a video poker machine, we are taught to choose a pay table that gives us full pay, such as 9/6 for Double Bonus.
A full house has a probability of paying 1 in every 90 hands and quads 1 in every 425 hands, according to studies I have read in magazines and on the Internet.
Who is ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Why do my friends get better offers for the same slot points?11 May 2016
Question: Does it make a difference in accumulating points or being rated in playing slot machines if one stays with one machine or flitter-flutters to various machines? I get bored easily and move from machine to machine.
My friends are usually consistent in staying with a machine and they get better ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Did Tunica's casinos tighten their slots after the 2011 flood?4 May 2016
Question: I know there is no such thing as the RNG from all my research and reviews from slot machine programmers. With that said, I also have seen a massive decline in jackpot winners since the market crashed AND major floodings. The casinos have decreased their percentages favoring the players....this is absolute. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Turn in money you find in a casino27 April 2016
Question: This year I see a big change in the Konami Lion Festival machines at the Maryland Live casino. The machines pay differently and the reels drop differently.
I believe Live has changed all the machines in the casino because MGM will open later this year near Washington, D.C.
The casino tells me it has no control over the pay out or the way the machine operates. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Slot machines with bet buttons labeled good, better and best20 April 2016
Question: I know all about the RNG and slot machines. However, I noticed some machines have good, better and best on the choices. For example, the 30-cent bet will have good on the button. The 90-cent button and above will have better or best on the button. That does not sound like the machine is random. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Do slot machines hit more frequently when I bet more?13 April 2016
Question:
Re: the question you discussed about receiving relatively small payouts for a large number of free spins on penny slots.
I just returned from a trip to A.C. two days ago and won 80 free spins while playing $1 per spin. My total for the 80 free spins? $36.40. Sadly, the machine was one of those with the option to take the money or take the free spins. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Report video poker machine malfunctions6 April 2016
Question: Do you ever play Super Aces?
I travel and can't find the game in many casinos. Pays too well?
Answer: No, I don't play Super Aces. I'm pretty sure that I've seen it on some multi-game machines, but I never played it because I didn't know its long-term payback, I didn't have a strategy card ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Does payback increase when I increase my bet or the denomination?30 March 2016
Question: In reference to my e-mail of hitting only one four-of-a-kind in 10 days, it is the honest-to-god truth. I was playing Double Double Bonus Poker most of the time. I played at the Golden Nugget downtown, where we always stay.
After gambling for 50 years I assure you I don't have to make up ... (read more)
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