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John Robison Gaming Guru - Page 9  Ask the Slot Expert: Pulling your card won't keep that jackpot off your permanent record19 February 2025
Last week I asked when pulling your players card does not end your session on a slot machine and send your data for the session to the slot club database.
The only time -- at least the only time I know of -- that pulling your card does not immediately end your session on a machine is when you're in the ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: What happens if you pull your players card before cashing out?12 February 2025
Question: You recently wrote, "When you cash out while your players card is still in the reader, the ticket system will store your players card number along with the other ticket data. Casino personnel can then query the ticket database to find out who owns a ticket."
What if you pulled your players card for no particular reason and then cashed out. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Why did slot attendant want to see my players card?5 February 2025
Previously on Ask the Slot Expert:
I had a perfectly good-looking ticket that none of the video poker machines I wanted to play could read. I tried a Buffalo machine, but it couldn't read the ticket either. When this machine rejected the ticket, it didn't come out of the ticket slot. Instead half of the ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Gaslight-ed by casino?29 January 2025
Point multiplier day at my main casino. I went to Auntie Anne's to use a 15% off coupon Anne emailed me. I ordered an original with salt from my favorite employee (she always calls me by name). She asked if I could come back in about five minutes. If so, she'd give me a pretzel right out of the oven.
I ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Video poker machine that paid all winning hands22 January 2025
Question: Your article on "Only highest winner paid" reminded me of a game that once existed many years ago called Multi-Pay video poker that did pay on all winning combinations. I forget who made it but I'm pretty sure that it wasn't IGT.
Answer: Ah, yes. I remember playing that machine.
The ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Only highest winner paid15 January 2025
Have you seen the notice on a slot or video poker machine saying something like "Only highest winner paid?"
Even though I've seen this notice on many (all?) slot machines, I can't think of an instance in which it is relevant.
Well, let me take that back. I sat here for about five minutes trying to think ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: New Year's Eve on the Las Vegas Strip8 January 2025
All the years I lived in New Jersey, I never went to Times Square to watch the ball drop. It wasn't easy to get into the city from where I lived. Despite having a large number of people commuting into New York, my line did not have direct service into the city. It was not electrified, so we had to switch ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Revisiting my NSU EV tables1 January 2025
This week I want to republish two EV charts with additional columns. I added two additional columns for each hold option. The extra columns make it easier to see how the different ending hands add up to the EV for the hold option. The two extra columns are the probability of hitting the ending hand and how ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: A hand I used to misplay in NSU25 December 2024
As I wrote in my column two weeks ago, I don't like giving up a paying hand to take a chance on a better-paying hand. That column was about giving up three-of-a-kind to go for a straight flush when playing NSU.
There's another situation in which I don't really care for the proper play. In this case, ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Why does an outside straight flush beat a pair in NSU?18 December 2024
When playing NSU, I always have to be careful when deciding whether to hold a pair or a 3-card straight flush. The pair usually beats the partial straight flush, but not always. If the straight flush is inside or double inside, I hold the pair. But if the straight flush is outside, it beats the pair. ... (read more)
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