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Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 458
How do they set the long-term payback on video keno?28 September 2009
Hi,
I have been struggling with this question for a number of years and nobody seems to be able to answer it.
My question is on video keno, and the supposed random number generator they claim to have in there. If it was truly random how can the machine be set for different odds, IE: 86%-92%...read more![]() Beware of Table Game Traps27 September 2009 It's been a dark and stormy session at the 21 table. OK, maybe it's
only been dim with occasional showers, but whatever the metaphorical
weather has been the fact is you're pushing the last of your chips into
the betting circle, downing the last of your beverage, and preparing to
quit the field for a while...read moreComments about found money and lost slot tickets26 September 2009 The recent questions about found money and lost tickets generated many responses. Here are some of them.
I was just reading your article about found money in a casino. That has happened to me three times. The first time was in a casino in Rhode Island...read more![]() Lucky Rituals25 September 2009 Performing rituals to ensure a favorable outcome dates back to early man. Human sacrifices, tribal dancing, and other assorted ceremonies were performed to attract the favor of the Gods. Somewhere along the way individuals started to carry or wear a talisman, lucky charm, or amulet to attract good luck fortune or to keep safe...read moreCrazy gambling letters from nutty people #224 September 2009
Dear Fnark:
I been reading your artiocles in Casino players and Strictly Sluts and I have enjoyed mots of them but some of them are too far over my head that I needed to wtrite to you to tell you to make your ideas more simply instead of trying to be so over my head head...read moreHarrah's Joliet Stays Course During Down Year23 September 2009 It has been a tough year for Illinois casinos, but that hasn't stopped Harrah's Joliet from doing everything it can to weather the economic storm.
The property's efforts to remain on the cutting edge are very much in evidence with a five-month remodeling project which was completed earlier this summer and continual upgrades to the slot machine product.
According to Philippe Khouri, vice president of operations at Harrah's Joliet, an extensive restructuring of the layout of the casino floor was necessary to improve the sight lines and eliminate the overhead clutter created by signage on slot machine denomination "toppers".
"We wanted people to have easy access to our Smoker's Club, Ace's Diner, the high limit room, and the main cashier," he said...read moreWhen casino customer service goes wrong22 September 2009 Players go to casinos to gamble, to eat, to watch shows — for any number of reasons.
What keeps them coming back? The easy answer is winning money, but nearly all players lose more often than they win.
What really keeps them coming back is customer service...read moreHow could tickets be matched with their owners?21 September 2009
In your September 14 column you discuss "finders keepers" in regard to finding money or TITO slips in casinos. You made this statement: "Unlike coins, today's tickets could conceivably be matched with their true owners."
Could you expound on this? Is there information on that slip (hidden in the bar code) that indicates who it belongs to, or would it just be a situation where the person who left it behind could identify the amount, the machine, the time of day, etc...read more![]() Jest for Fun20 September 2009 You don't have to go to a casino to see people making a bundle. Just watch a
farmer with a hay-bailing machine.
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A slot host is someone who is passionate for the cash in it.
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If you really want to be healthy, wealthy, and wise, never ask a heavy loser
how he's doing.
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The push button on the slot is easy on the brain but hell on the wallet.
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I finished a meal in one of those swanky European-themed casino restaurants
on the Las Vegas
Strip...read moreHow much should a straight number bet pay on a roulette slot?19 September 2009
Hi Frank,
The racinos which are racetracks with slots machines but most people refer to them as a casino. Many racetracks throughout Pa., NY, Del. have slots which I am familiar with. We patronize the local racinos especially Pocono Downs Mohegan Sun...read more |
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