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Extrasensory behavior on a dice game doesn't work1 January 1999
Dear Mark,
With all due respect, Doug, your
false-premise gambling beliefs are based on an illogical point of view.
All too many players use the dial-a-psychic approach on the next toss of
the dice when something whimsical happens on the game. I believe the
true answer lies in the definition of the word superstition.
Dear Mark, No such animal exists in the green felt jungle. Because every hand is dealt randomly, tightness and looseness of a video poker machine are strictly based on the machine's paytable. A 6/5 paytable (6 coins returned for a full house, 5 for a flush with one coin inserted) would be considered tight, no, very tight; whereas a 9/6 machine (9 for a full house, 6 for a flush) would be loose.
Dear Mark, Facetiously, working in one for 18 years. I burned out so many times they started calling me "Refried Pilarski." More seriously, my early dabblings in gambling where those of your typical player- playing all the wrong games, the wrong wagers on those games, the wrong way. Ten spot Keno, 15 team sports parlay cards, field bets on a crap game, the Big 6; that was me, making grade school wagers on a limited pay grade (my salary).
Dear Mark, On a double-zero game, once every 2,085,136 spins. As a matter of fact, Anita, I saw it happen once, not with one croupier, but with three separate dealers. I was a pit boss at Bill's Lake Tahoe Casino when dealer A spun the number 25. After making his payoffs he went on his break and dealer B stepped in to spin 25 twice consecutively. She was relieved to go home for the evening, then dealer C immediately twirled 25 again. A sleuth roulette player would have immediately jumped on this game, figuring it was a biased wheel in need of repair. In this instance it was hardly worth mortgaging the house. Single-zero never appeared again over the next seven hours of my shift, nor were any of the numbers in its wheel section coming up with abnormal frequency.
Dear Mark,
No need to worry, Timothy. A slot machine
is usually opened to fill the hopper with more coins or to check for an
internal malfunction. The random number generator continues to work even
when the slot attendant opens the door. This should not affect the
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