On the videopoker.com forum, a player recently wrote about coming across a quarter Five Play Super Times Play machine that consistently had a 5x multiplier. Every hand. He milked it for 45 minutes or so for almost $4,000 and left — happy to get away undetected. Let’s say, however, that you want to milk the […]
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Cruising on a “Contaminated” Ship
This past December 1-8, Sunday to Sunday, Bonnie and I cruised the Mexican Riviera aboard the Norwegian Joy. We have taken this same cruise at the end of the year several times because: 1. Our main purposes in cruising are relaxing and dancing, so the ports aren’t particularly important. 2. The cruise originates from Los […]
Checking the Meter
I’ve found a bank of four machines where sometimes the progressives are playable. I’m intentionally changing the details a bit because I wish to instruct players but not give away the exact location of the play. As is my wont, every time I think the progressive is high enough and I’m the only player (which […]
You Want Me to Play to Lose $100?
I was playing 25¢ Five Play 9/6 Jacks or Better Multi Strike at the South Point during their “Half Price Amazon Gift Cards” promotion in November. A friend, “George”, sat down next to me. And later still his wife joined us. I didn’t notice how much George put in to start. Early on he hit […]
Multiple Drawing Entries
There are many casinos with promotions where the player can earn extra drawing tickets during certain periods, such as 5x tickets during 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Fridays, or perhaps 10x tickets all day Tuesday. To the player, whether 5x drawing tickets is worth more or less than 2x points depends on the value […]
Dealing with Money
I recently received an email from a slot director with whom I’m friendly. It read: I’ve had a number of customers ask me what banks in Las Vegas are gambler friendly, meaning they understand how “professional gambler” is an actual profession and as such, banks would be used to multiple deposits, withdrawals etc. in varying […]
An Exception to the Rule
If someone were attempting to describe my “system” of winning at video poker, a reasonable 20-second summary would be: Only play when you have the advantage. Play within your bankroll. If you do the above, over time your bankroll will increase. Yes, there are some nuances, but basically, that’s it. It’s not that complicated. It’s […]
Winning a Drawing
I get inspiration for columns from all sorts of places. This was a question sent in to [email protected] for Richard and me to answer on the podcast. I will answer it there the next time we have a “Bob and Richard answer their mail” show (which is usually when we haven’t been able to schedule […]
Things are Always Changing
Most of the specific video poker games I played two years ago are gone. The reason for this is that either casinos have downgraded the machines (e.g. changed the full house from paying 45 to paying 40) or downgraded my welcome in playing that game. In one casino, the downgrade in welcome was a formal […]
What I Saw at G2E
Every year, the gaming industry holds its biggest show-and-tell convention of the year in Las Vegas, called the Global Gaming Expo or G2E. And every year, I go and look at what’s coming up in the near future. This year there were two new games I found worth mentioning, both by Action Gaming (aka videopoker.com) […]
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