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Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 227
Ask the Slot Expert: Does Pennsylvania have VLTs?3 August 2016
Comment: I just read your recent column that began with this statement: "I know there is no such thing as the RNG from all my research and reviews from slot machine programmers...."
In Pennsylvania that man is 100 percent correct...read moreSome like it hot2 August 2016 It’s August. In parts of the country, temperatures are soaring. It’s hot and in New York, where I live, it can be hot and humid and, at times, just awful. You sweat just thinking of the outdoors. That is why God created air conditioning. It is as close as we will ever get to the Garden of Eden.The only people who really like the temperature to be blazing hot are casino players, but their thinking has nothing to do with the weather outside the casino as it does with the weather inside the casino, at the tables and slot machines...read moreDeal Me In: Disclosure of slot percentages not guaranteed1 August 2016 Dear Mark: Are casinos required by law to inform the customer what the slot return percentages are for their slot machines? Mary Ellen P.Because slot machines hold some of the highest percentage returns for the casino, yes, Mary Ellen, consumers should be granted those numbers so they can shop for value by comparing percentage returns...read moreBanned and mini-baccarat31 July 2016 QUESTION: I play mostly craps, maybe once a month in casinos in Ohio. I can get to both Cleveland and Columbus pretty easily. I also go to Atlantic City maybe once a year and Las Vegas a little less to indulge in some casino-hopping.A guy I work with likes to talk, and he said he was barred from playing craps by a casino in Nevada...read moreDividing match play30 July 2016 From Richard,Hi Stickman,I have two quick questions.First, I have a $100 match play from a casino. Is it better to use the match play at once for $100 or use them at $25 each? ThanksSecond, I read all of Frank's books about craps. I know he talks about landing the dice about 5 inches from the wall; would it make sense to try and land them almost touching the bottom of the wall to avoid the pyramid? You know, that couple inches space below the pyramids...read moreScouting the tables28 July 2016 When I play table games, I don’t start with any scouting mission. I don’t look for tables where players have been winning, nor do I stop to watch a few hands of card games, dice rolls at craps or spins of the roulette wheels.I just look for empty space at the game I want to play at the minimum bet that fits my budget.It’s long been ingrained that there is no tendency of a hot game to stay hot or a cold game to stay cold.There are players who include scouting missions in all their casino visits, and others who don’t...read moreAsk the Slot Expert: Earning slot club points27 July 2016
Question: I just read your article about earning points on your slot club and disagree with the way points are earned.
While it certainly is true for Caesars properties, I am not sure about all the others. The Borgota in AC is jointly owned by MGM and Boyd (soon to change because MGM is buying out Boyd in the third quarter of 2016)...read moreBonus activation24 July 2016 QUESTION: I read an article about a slot machine that said, “The manufacturer says the side bet also causes the bonus features to occur more frequently.”Now, if the RNG throws out random numbers, which I would assume correspond to the bonus symbols (or whatever type of bonus triggers there may be), how can the RNG reconfigure the numbers it’s constantly throwing out to make the game’s bonus features occur more frequently?Even if the bonus feature has nothing to do with the RNG, there has to be something in the machine that is being automatically changed to make for more often-occurring bonuses.ANSWER: It’s not a matter of something being changed in the game to increase bonus triggers...read more![]() A few things about gambling23 July 2016 Gambling is the wagering of money or something of value on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning additional money and/or material goods.Gambling thus requires three elements be present: consideration, chance and prize...read moreDeal Me In: Odd dollar jackpot avoids a W-2G22 July 2016 Dear Mark: Why do casinos have jackpots on their video poker machines that pay $1,199? That seems like an odd jackpot number. Trish H.Think, Trish, of a $1,199 jackpot as the Lords of Chance doing you a favor.A blast from the past typically on video poker machines, that $1,199 bonanza is $1 shy from you getting a mandatory tax form...read more |
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