Questions. We get lots and lots of questions.

Is it true that casinos seldom change the payout percentage of individual slot machines on the casino floor? If that percentage is changed, does it require lots of paperwork, including reporting to the regulators?

We get this question all the time. And there's some controversy around the answer. We say it's easy enough to change payout schedules on slot machines. Most of the new ones come with various return percentages that casinos can select and change without submitting paperwork to regulators. Others disagree. You can see our most recent response to this question and some disagreement among the commenters here, then decide what you want to believe.

Please tell us the QoD on April 1 that reported toll booths being constructed at various key locations along/around Las Vegas Boulevard was an April Fools joke.

AND April Fool? Or is Gambling with an Edge really coming to an end?

Yes and yes. You can take for granted that whatever nonsensical, farcical, and gelastic "information" we're posting in the April 1 QoD is a prank. And as announced in the April issue of LVA, after 12 years and hundreds of episodes, Bob Dancer and Richard Munchkin are ending their weekly “Gambling With an Edge” podcasts, but the date for a final show has yet to be determined. The archives will remain on LasVegasAdvisor.com.

I've noticed that the spam that used to infect many of the LVA forums every day, until LVA got around to deleting them, only to have them reappear the next day, seems to be a thing of the past. Assuming they have really stopped and it hasn't just been my good luck to have missed seeing them, what happened to them? Did the spammers quit, or did LVA figure out a way to stop them? If LVA figured out a way to stop them, why did it take so long?

No, it's not your good luck to miss the spam. And no, the spammers didn't quit; spam, like rust, never sleeps. Therefore, yes, we put a stop to them once and for all. The reason it took so long is that our IT department had to spend a lot of time figuring out how to change the system, so that all spammers and no forum members were locked out. It was a major project that involved a lot of highly technical coding and our IT guys kept getting interrupted with higher priorities to attend to until they could finish it.

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Kevin Lewis Apr-18-2023

Insta-change

At least a dozen times, I've been sitting next to a machine that a tech was working on, and although they're probably not supposed to let you see it, a press of the right button brings up a menu that lists various percentages: 90.7, 91.5, 92.3, etc. Then that particular configuration is selected, the tech writes the date and his initials on that white card that remains in the machine, he locks it up, and-done! It takes about a minute. And it doesn't look like the change info is being collated for any kind of reporting or whatever.
I thought that as many times as I've seen this by accident, it must be pretty frequent and common. I hasten to add that I've seen those percentages made higher as often as lower. If it's as easy as it appears, I'm not surprised that they tweak it so often.

Lotel Apr-18-2023

Don't end it

 ending their weekly “Gambling With an Edge” podcasts,  How about they do once a month 30 min -an hour podcast ,  Or Can LVA recommend or  anyone  know another good podcast that tells whats going on in Las Vegas .

rokgpsman Apr-18-2023

Keepin' up with LV info

I keep an eye daily on the "Vegas News" announcements, it's on the LVA website main menu bar near top of screen under the tab called "Top Features". Announcements can be added at any time during the day, so check back in the afternoon or at night. And I watch each week's Las Vegas Advisor video that Anthony & Andrew does on youtube, usually on Thurs or Friday depending on how busy the LVA office is. Both of these are a good way to keep up on current happenings in LV. For a different take on news in the city read the VitalVegas postings, may not be for everyone but it often posts delicious rumors as well as actual changes. And lastly I read the Las Vegas section at casino.org/news.

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