Question of the Day - 04 September 2018

Is that all???

LVA's answer is correct, as far as it goes...LOL.  

But if you must, one thing you can do for your benefit:  Cash out, but DO NOT REMOVE YOUR PLAYERS CARD before you re-feed.  Keeps your playing time and points earned intact.  If you take your card out, your time and credits go back to zero (not what you've earned, but you are starting over as far as the players club/comps are concerned). It makes a difference.  Time on one machine is a factor for comps at many if not all casinos.

Cashing out a win is a good strategy (for preserving bankroll, not for changing the machine's future).  Just leave your card in if you are going to feed the machine again.  Good luck.

The answer started my day with a good laugh. Very creative and a good sense of humor! 

What a great answer.
Keep up the good work.
For the question asker, if you are playing on a TITO machine, why not just push the "Cash Out" button and leave your players card where it is as it doesn't make any difference to your players club.  BTW, we all know you will eventually put that ticket right back into the machine.

I love the way the answer morphed from theoretical physics to the modification of Doc Brown's DeLorean and finally to the oracle of Delphi.  Sheldon Cooper would be proud!

Best QOD answer of the year!!!

I thought ya had to turn the hyperblast to kroat, let the positive ions go negative before the whole world turned to dino scat then ya could pull it!!

Go look it up on wikipedia. In that world the cat be both alive and dead depending on what universe you are in?  According to that theory there is another universe where mostly everyone wins at video poker while in our universe we mostly lose. Look it up, I could not wrap my ahead around the concept. Oh, and if everybody won, who would risk offering the games?

The answer is cute, but it misses the underlying point the questioner raises. S/he actually may not be interested in changing the future but rather in being a winner, at least for now. This is an emotional or psychological issue, which suggests that the questioner divides playing time into distinct periods, and wishes to end one period so as to declare it a winning session. Like a blackjack player who walks away after a score, comes back later and loses; the total profit/loss may be negative, but it's one winning period and one losing period, and at least there was a win. Profit and loss may be important for the questioner, but there is sufficient emotional value in cashing out the win and then playing again, even if right away, in order to have had a win, no matter what happens thereafter. I don't play that way, but I understand those who do. They gamble for fun, and having a win under your belt increases the fun.

Second, the questioner may be asking whether the machine itself recognizes distinct periods of play such that the odds of winning increase or decrease with the amount of time the same player has been at the machine. Experienced players know the answer is no, but not everybody does. It makes sense to ask whether odds the random number generator can be programmed to change its output: It can, which is why some machines are looser than others. But it probably cannot change its output depending on length of playing period.

Hands down!  I might add "ignore the lady-of-the-night tapping you on the back and congratulating you on your winnings".

Since the player is playing Video Poker, the real answer is the only thing that they change is where the random number generator stops, so it might (probably does) change the cards that will be dealt the next hand, but all future hands have nothing to do with your players card, the number of credits you have on the machine or whether or not you are ahead for that session.