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Ask the Slot Expert: Do casinos mark their money with a scent?6 February 2013
I believe I have a big, serious question that maybe you can help me figure out....
My question about the casino is when you win and you cash out your ticket and change it for cash, does the casino money have a certain mark or scent that when you use it again to play their machine it stays at the casino? What I am trying to say is, is it different from the money you bring from home to play?
Ladies and gentlemen, we he have our first entry for strangest question of the year.
The casinos do not mark the money in any way...read moreThe RNG and your ratings for wins and losses5 February 2013 Dear Frank:I enjoy reading Casino City Times and use your advice often. I have some questions on the technical side of slots and video poker. I understand how the RNG works and usually play Deuces Wild Video Poker.When you draw cards are they always placed left to right or random? I use this to determine what could have been and if I made the better play.The casino keeps track of my wins/losses correct?Now, if I remove my player’s card before cashing out will this effect the total or is the win/loss calculated when the spin stops? If I get a large win and remove the card before cashing out will it be recorded to my account?Yours truly,ArthurDear Arthur:Great question and the answer in video poker is probably both; sometimes the cards are dealt out exactly the way they would be in a real game -- from left to right -- and sometimes the remaining cards are “shuffled” and then one is put up, shuffled, then another is put up and so on.Companies can decide how they want to do this...read moreSolitaire and four to a royal flush3 February 2013 QUESTION: I’m not sure if this is a casinos question or not, but here goes. In the solitaire game that comes as part of the basic software package on most computers, there’s an option for Vegas scoring. Do you know of anyone who offers solitaire as a gambling game? How does it work?ANSWER: I’ve been going to casinos since the 1980s, and I’ve never seen solitaire offered as a casino game...read moreCompetition, Competition, Competition Will Be The Key Words for Casinos in 20132 February 2013 Intense competition will define the casino industry in 2013 and there are five reasons for why this will happen.If casino managers thought gaming was a brutal market in years past, they haven’t seen anything yet. Competition will ramp up for a number of reasons...read moreDeal Me In: A slippery slope for the weary wallet1 February 2013 Dear Mark: Where I play blackjack, there are only six-deck shoes. They just removed the last single-deck 3-2 games and replaced them with 6-5 games. Do you get more blackjacks on a single-deck game to make up for the reduced blackjack payoff? John P.You're on to something, John, in that blackjacks do occur more frequently on a single-deck than on multi-deck games.On a single-deck game, if your first card is an ace, 16 of the remaining 51 cards, or 31.37 percent, are a face or 10-value card that would complete your blackjack.On a six-deck game, 96 of the remaining 311 cards, or 30.87 percent, would give you your snapper...read moreContinuous shuffle machines and Wheel of Fortune31 January 2013 The effect of the continuous shuffler on the house edge is tiny. On his website, www.wizardofodds.com, Michael Shackleford calculates that in a six-deck game, it decreases the house edge by two one-hundredths of a percent. However, because there is never a stop to shuffle the cards or even to cut the cards, you play many more hands per hour with a continuous shuffler.That gives the house edge more chances to work against you, so your average losses per hour increase despite the very slight reduction in the house edge.You play the fewest hands per hour on a hand-shuffled game, more with an automatic but not continuous shuffler where there is a stop to change decks and cut the cards, and the most with a continuous shuffler...read moreAsk the Slot Expert: Should I play Class II video poker with a strategy?30 January 2013
John,
I realize that the VLT video poker machines are not really video poker machines as we know them, but even though we don’t have any control over the decision, why wouldn’t we want to play them as though they were Class III just so we keep up on the proper strategy when we DO play the real thing...read moreThe strange brew of ploppy philosophers29 January 2013 Where there are people there are ideas. Where there are ideas there are often wrong ideas. Where there are wrong ideas there are often superstitions that grow in, under, around and through these wrong ideas. These superstitions are then supported by a makeshift rationale, a flimsy logic that solidifies them in the minds of their adherents...read more"Show and tell" at Caribbean Poker and "put" bets in craps27 January 2013 QUESTION: I was playing Caribbean Stud, and people were looking at each other’s hands. The dealer warned everyone to stop. Then the pit boss came over and said that wasn’t allowed, and if he saw it again, he’d void the hand and maybe even ask players to leave the table.Can you tell me why? It’s not like this is draw poker...read more![]() Casinos around the world26 January 2013 Casinos are everywhere. In fact, today there are a total of 193 countries that belong to the United Nations, and in 2012 there were 164 countries that offer some type of gambling; casinos, horse racing or lotteries.Currently, there are also about 170 cruise ships sailing around the world that have gambling on board...read more |
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