Speed of VP Machines

Planning to play at South Point next week, and I remember from experience that some of their video poker machines remained a bit slow during my play, even after I pushed the speed button through a cycle or two.

Then I had the thought that the slow dealing speed might be operator error rather than machine error, and I figured I'd ask those more knowledgeable about these things here. Are there vp machines that just deal slower, regardless of how many times I cycle the speed arrows? Or is there some trick I'm missing, that I need to be aware of? As long as I'm asking, I've also been curious why some machines are louder than others, when I've not been able to notice any volume settings. Any thoughts here would also be of interest, though obviously not as important as the other speed question.

Thanks for any input or experience!

Yes, some machines are just slower than others. This is both from different dealing speeds and the physical layouts like sticky buttons. If you want to play as fast as possible you can measure your speed by timing your players club points, or if all machines are really slow you can try playing 2 machines at once.

I've played many video poker machines that have fake speed buttons. In other words, changing the speed button doesn't change the speed at all. Also many slot attendants aren't allowed to speed up machines even though they could do that.

Some (mainly newer) video poker machines have volume controls on the main menu. Unlike speed controls, slot attendants will USUALLY change the sound setting if you can't do it yourself.

Sometimes the full pay machines in casinos are kept slow to disuade advantage gamblers from playing...that way they can advertise the full pay without attracting the people who know best how to extract it

Most of the VP machines at South Point are moderately fast. You can always ask the slot attendant to speed up your machine, but I don't know the policy at South Point.

Some casinos will speed them up if you ask. Gold Coast comes to mind. All of the $2 NSUD machines in the high limit room are very fast, as the "pros" want to play as many hands per hour as possible.

Not all machines in a bank are set to the same speed, so you may want to observe which ones are fastest.

At most casinos the slot attendants will change the sound volume for you. You could ask them about the speed. I haven't tried asking them to change the speed. You can try different banks of machines or at least different machines to find the fastest one.

Gues I was too specific in my answer. The $2 NSUD machines in the Gold Coast high limit room are no longer blazing fast, they dropped the speed down a notch or two...still very playable.