Any casino mechanic can change the odds level just by pushing a single button when they open the door, but this only controls the frequency of the payouts it does not increase chance of hitting the jackpot payout amount. So for those of you that say the machines are completely random you're only partially right, and the same to those of you that say the games can be changed to a looser payout. We have talked to technicians that service our collection and they have told us they can reprogram the odds button to higher or lower payout amounts on a win (ex 5 credits instead of 1 for a cherry on a win line) but they can not change the algorithm for the frequency of payout.

This does not mean that a third to most of the time you will win back your bet it just means that you will win at least one credit back for 2/3 to 97/100 'pulls' on the machine. On our machines when set at level one minimum bet is set to a pay something 66.3% of the time and if changed to level 6 maximun bet is set to pay something 97.6% of the time. Each level has a 'random number' algorithm assign to it that set the possiblility of wins on a sliding scale base on the total bet. I can tell you that there is an odds button in each video slot machine. This II believe is better than a traditional slot machine.Īs an owner of several fully functioning 'retired' slot machine (it's legal in NJ to own used professional casino equipment). Learn which are the winning hands and which ones you could get to from the hand you were dealt.

You choose the cards to keep and/or to draw. The payback depends on your skill as a card player. If you like to play slots though, learn to play video poker. An added bonus is you would meet some more of your fellow cruisers. It will stretch your money to last longer, and you may enjoy the game. If you would like some unsolicited advice from a person that likes to play in casinos, learn to play a couple of table games.

You should be lucky and be sitting in front of a slot machine when the R.N.G. HHHHHEEEEELLLLLLLLLLOOOOO CRUISE4JANE: There is no correlation as to the first day, the middle, or the end of a cruise that a slot machine will hit. I heard that they let you win a little the 1st day so that you will continue to play during the cruise. What day is better for the slots to pay off.1st day, middle of cruise or last day? Seems to me if I ever hit anything it was on the 1st day which by the way wasn't much :mad.

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