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John Robison Gaming Guru - Page 61  Ask the Slot Expert: Can a cell phone affect a slot machine?18 March 2015
Your answer to the slot ticket scam letter was not good.
I had this exact problem with a $10 bill in a casino in Colorado. The slot attendant checked the machine and it said the last bill was a $20 bill. I insisted that I put in a $10 bill. He then got someone else to watch and they opened the cash box and found my crumpled bill in the cash box on top. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: A slot ticket scam?11 March 2015
I put a slot voucher for $12.40 into a slot last night and the slot sucked it in but did not acknowledge it in the credits. I had a slot attendant open the slot and my ticket was not there, so she brought up some kind of message on the screen that said the last ticket that went in was only 10 cents. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Should I avoid slot machines with stacked symbols?4 March 2015
Last October I had back-to-back royal flushes at the Pala Casino in California, but no big jackpot.
I played craps for 12 hours until 3:15 a.m. and then sat down at a nickel video poker machine to play for a few minutes and sip a soda before I went back to my room.
I put $20 in the machine. It was a "hot" machine and I started winning small amounts immediately. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Can I redeem a slot ticket at another casino?25 February 2015
We were in Vegas in October and forgot to cash in two slot tickets at the Palms before we left. Can they be cashed in at another casino in Nevada?
It might be possible to redeem a slot ticket issued at one casino at another casino that is owned by the same company because they might share the same ticket system and database. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Where are 95 percent payback slot machines?18 February 2015
Love reading your column. Don’t always agree with you but, hey, that’s life.
In your most recent column about casinos and racinos you talk about
a 95 percent payout is a 95 percent payout. I’m hung up on the 95 percent, not what you explained in the column. If you know of any casinos in the state of ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: How do video lottery terminals work?11 February 2015
A friend of mine and I were debating the differences between a slot machine and a VLT machine. We live in Cleveland, Ohio and we recently got both casinos and racinos. The racinos are controlled by the Lottery Commission. I'm not sure I totally understand how a VLT works, but here is a situation we were ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Calculating the odds of hitting a major slot win4 February 2015
If it's possible to calculate the odds of winning the lottery, I guess the same can be done for winning a major jackpot at a slot. In other words, if we can gather data on the number of slot players in a given year in a city or casino and determine the number of major winners, then we can correlate that to ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Playing a found 50-cent slot ticket28 January 2015
I saw a slot machine ticket on a blackjack table, picked it up and saw it was for 50 cents. I went right away to a slot machine and played it. I didn't win anything, so I walked around and waited for my buddy to finish gambling so we could leave.
I was approached by security. They asked me what I did with the ticket because they saw me take it. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Cashing out money left on a slot machine21 January 2015
A couple of months ago I was at a casino playing a slot machine in a row with five other players. The people on my left came and went and I was not really paying that much attention. Both machines were vacant for over five minutes.
As I was leaving I saw that one of the machines had money that had been abandoned on the machine. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Do I have to play off a slot jackpot?14 January 2015
I am retired and play slot machines frequently. On a number of occasions, I'll have a few credits on the machine and I'll hit something large enough for it to lock up. After being paid, the attendant will say to make another bet to clear the machine.
If I want to withdraw all my credits, why should I ... (read more)
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