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Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 154
Ask the Slot Expert: Can casinos change slot machines in real time?3 April 2019
Question: I just read the report on stopping the spin, rubbing and pounding on a slot machine. This is irritating and I move away.
My question... The casino in Yonkers N.Y. Empire was recently bought by MGM. Does the RNG apply only to tribal casinos?
I may have misunderstood what was written but I was under the impression that all slot machines at all casinos were random...read moreBig craps questions2 April 2019 FROM VIC: At a craps table in Biloxi, Mississippi, on a $10 minimum table, I saw a player put down a $25 chip for a place bet on the number 6. When I said you will get $1 change ($12 minimum x 2), the dealer said he is not due $1 change.The dealer continued with: $25 on the 6 is OK, clearly spoken and pays $29.00 or something unclearly spoken to me...read moreBest-laid plans31 March 2019 Sometimes the best-laid plans of gamblers run afoul of odds and game conditions. The same goes for plans created on the spur of the moment.Brianne, an East Coast reader who loves to play roulette when she’s not on the slots, e-mailed recently to tell of a system she’d tried.“I was looking at the board where they posted the recent numbers, and the 18 had hit three times in a row...read morePlayable video poker30 March 2019 Hi Jerry,In reading your article about 8/5 Jacks or Better compared to 9/6, the problem is it is almost impossible to find 9/6 anymore. The real question is how low do we go in payback percentage before it is not reasonable to play at all?I guess it's similar to the blackjack question...read moreMore on three-zero roulette28 March 2019 QUESTION: I was interested in the triple-zero roulette games you mentioned a few weeks ago, and how each zero increases the house edge.Would there be a way to design a roulette game with no zeroes at all? What if a bet on black lost only to the red numbers, with no need for a 0 or 00? I assume the game would have to be tweaked...read moreAsk the Slot Expert: Convincing a player that stopping a spin has no effect on a slot machine's spin27 March 2019
Question: Hmm, why not start here? http://media.igt.com/support/IGTStandardVoucherLayout_v2-2.pdf
Much of what you wrote about [slot tickets] is, well, not really right at all.
Except for the basic idea that you can't cheat by altering the ticket (creating a fake ticket)...read moreSecond-best bets at craps26 March 2019 So you don’t want to use pass line or come bets with full odds; or don’t pass or don’t come bets with full odds, but you still want to keep the house edge lower than 2% (the highest house edge you should ever allow yourself to buck). Then placing the 6 and 8 at that 1.52% house edge is a good place bet; as are buying the 4 and 10 at $25 for a $1 vig on wins only and buying the 5 or 9 at $30 or $38 on games with a $1 vig that also only take the commissions on wins only (follow the fig-vig charts to handle the buying of the 4 or 10 and 5 or 9).If you play in pig-vig casinos where you can’t buy numbers on wins only, then place the 6 and 8 – period...read moreThose three-card royals24 March 2019 A Three Card Poker player named Jill e-mailed in late February to say she’d just played at a table that included mini-royals in its Pair Plus payoffs.“It paid 50-1, so just a little more than the 40-1 on other straight flushes,” she wrote. “Someone even got one while I was playing...read more![]() The cost of playing23 March 2019 Modern gambling facilities earn their profits by charging the customer a fee or commission for the privilege of playing in their casino. This fee is known as the edge or house advantage, which is built into each and every game.One way of understanding of this edge is by tossing a coin...read morePlayer-selected wild card video poker21 March 2019 QUESTION: In the deep, dark recesses of my mind, I think I recall a video poker game where you could choose your own wild card.It had a pay table like Deuces Wild, with wild royals, five of a kind and so forth, but if you wanted to make a 4 or a 9 or whatever your wild card, you could choose it.Do you remember the game? Is there a best card to choose to be wild, or does it not make any difference?ANSWER: I do recall the game from the early 1990s, though it’s been many years since I’ve seen it on casino floors...read more |
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