What should you use freeplay on?

Originally posted by: Boris Radtke

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Last time I played it, that was at Sam's Town. Regular points, but insane volatility. I loved that double-deuces game on the first floor but it also is non-existent any longer. I tried triple deuces in hope to catch the deuces but it went down the drain too fast because wild royals and 5 of a kinds just don't pay enough and this is killingyou in triple deuces. 

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Originally posted by: AKQJ10

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They probably conviently round up the EV's of the machines, and so would contend that a 99.8% machine is effectively 100%.

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Originally posted by: Kevin Lewis

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Yeah, in other versions of DW, the wild royals and 5K keep you alive until you hit the Deuces (which keep you alive until you hit the royal). 

 

I somewhat facetiously constructed a hypothetical game where nothing pays except a royal. I calculated what the total royal payout would have to be and the volatility index thereof. I realized that the strategy would have to be drastically changed (dealt AAAA5, keep one of the Aces that isn't suited with the 5 and draw four), and my VP software choked on it.

 

I wondered: would anybody play it? Would APs play it if the return with the proper strategy turned out to be 102%? (That's a microcosm of the manufacturers miscalculating the return on 10/7 DB when it first came out.)

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Originally posted by: LiveFreeNW

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I guess that's the question, is it still positive EV if one is statistically expected to die before getting the payout? Haha. 

 

I would probably play a hand or two just for kicks. I know I won't win but it's fun to think of what to do with the payout. Similar to how a few times a year I pick up a couple Powerball tickets.

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Originally posted by: Kevin Lewis

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Having casually researched the subject and even read a couple of books about it, I strongly suspect that winning the lottery would be the ultimate horror. You'd be besieged day and night and would suddenly have thousands of new "friends."

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Originally posted by: LiveFreeNW

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It certainly could be.

 

But there are protective measures to take. I would claim anonymously and wouldn't tell anyone. I would hire the nation's top lottery attorney. Yes there is such a thing. 

 

Then I would probably put the money in savings accounts and low risk investments. Live off the interest and never touch the principal. 

 

Obviously people in my life would know that I suddenly have more money but they would have no idea how much or how I got it. 

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