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John Robison Gaming Guru - Page 7  Ask the Slot Expert: On !mpossible game show, worst equals best19 August 2025
A few months ago, a new row appeared on my Amazon Prime home page. The heading on the row is "On now." I had been watching some British game shows on Amazon, so I wasn't surprised that many of the tiles were for British programs.
Clicking on one of the tiles in this row is like going back in time, back before video on demand, DVRs, and even VCRs. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: In which category does video poker belong in a promotion?13 August 2025
Question: A while ago, I received an upcoming multiplier day offer from Caesars, 5X Slots and 10X Table Games. They haven't responded to my question but maybe you can get the answer:
Which category for this promotion is Video Poker?
Answer: Well, you didn't tell me which property or properties participate in this promotion. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Are gamblers tipping less?6 August 2025
A recent Question of the Day on the Las Vegas Advisor website was whether they thought if No Tax on Tips would cause people to tip less. After all, a tax-free $x tip is now worth as much as a taxed $x+y tip.
I never heard anyone justify why a tipped employee making $x per year in wages and tips should pay less in taxes than a salaried or hourly employee making the exact same amount without tips. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Big, beautiful bill bilks bettors30 July 2025
It was all over the news in Las Vegas a few weeks ago, but it may not have been as big a story on your local news. A provision in the big, beautiful bill (BBB) could cause gamblers to play less in casinos.
Obscurely placed in Section 70114, the new law removes the ability for gamblers to deduct 100% of their losses from their winnings from their income taxes. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Notes from my gaming legal pad23 July 2025
The headline caught my attention: "Suit: Wheel of Fortune slot bonus wheel rigged".
My first thought: Well, duh! (My first thought, actually, referenced a certain literary detective residing at 221B Baker Street.)
Read these quotes from the article in the Las Vegas Review Journal and see if you can find ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Increase line bet or denomination?16 July 2025
Question: I enjoyed your article about your Mo' Mummy experience.
On all slots, I tend to play the 2@1 option when I can...mainly because when my win shows up, I can multiply it by 2 and feel like I won a lot more.
My question is do you think my odds are better playing this way?
(I seldom play Mo' ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Mo' Mummy, No Problems9 July 2025
I'm a sucker for Egyptian-themed slot machines. A few weeks ago, I wrote about finding a new variation on a mummy-themed slot machine called Mo' Mo' Mo' Mummy. I had played Mo' Mummy in the past. I liked the cute, little mummy character who would show up every once a while. He's much friendlier than the mummy Brendan Fraser encountered or the mummy played by Boris Karloff. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Scamming a slot club1 July 2025
I finally got around to watching some of the movies I have recorded on my DVR. One of the movies was Hard Eight from 1996. In the first part of the movie, Sydney Brown, an experienced gambler, asks John Finnegan, an inexperienced gambler who has lost all of his money, if he wants to borrow $50 from Sydney and use it to get the casino to give him a room and a meal. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Slot machines are cold, I need points, and I'm broke25 June 2025
It's near the end of the first half of the year and time to ensure that I have earned enough points, tier credits -- or whatever the casino calls its metric that determines whether you qualify for an upper level in its slot club -- for those clubs that run on a six-month cycle.
Even though I live by the ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Double-entry accounting helps me find my record-keeping error18 June 2025
Einstein purportedly said that compound interest was one of man's greatest inventions. Or maybe he said that it is the most powerful force in the universe. Or maybe he called it the eighth wonder of the world. There is some controversy about what he said about compound interest -- if anything at all! -- ... (read more)
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