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Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009 | 1 p.m.
Two Las Vegas visitors left the city a lot richer after hitting Megabucks Megajackpots at two Strip casinos this week.
A 57-year-old man, whose name was not released, hit the Megajackpot for $12.2 million at the Bellagio during the early morning hours Monday, according to International Game Technology, maker of the Megabucks game.
The winner and his wife, who was sitting next to him playing her own Megabucks slot at the time, called their daughter immediately and took the first flight to Los Angeles to celebrate with family.
“I was in a deep sleep and my father had to call three times before I finally answered the phone,” his daughter said in a statement. “I was anxious when I heard his excited voice, but once he said everything was OK and explained to me that he won this large jackpot, all I could think of was that I was dreaming.”
The winner is an investor originally from South Korea and visits Las Vegas about three times a year, IGT said.
A 63-year-old retired woman won $1.6 million playing Wheel of Fortune Saturday night at Paris Las Vegas. The woman, who also wished to remain anonymous, was with her daughters for a family holiday trip, IGT said.
“I had just started playing a machine and had played about $25 when the woman next to me got up and walked away from the machine she was playing,” the woman said. “So I just reached over and played that machine and it hit. I started screaming and jumping around.”
The woman said she and her family are building their dream home in the Philippines and the jackpot will allow them to upgrade and move in sooner than expected.
It always happens these tourists put a minimum amount of money in the slots and win big. It really is a waste of time to play.
It wasn't THEIR waste of time to play !!!
Once again, tourists when big in the casinos around this time of year (last year it was a lady from Hawaii) just to take the money away from Nevada and fuel the economy of other states and countries! The casinos have control over when a machines will hit and who is playing the machines (players card), so you'd think they would try to keep the money here. I can't begin to tell you how much money I've wasted in the casinos, well, they just proved to me, I've been taken for the last time. It appears useless for me to play here since I am a local and not from another place. They depend (and know) I am going to play, so why let me win? well not anymore. I say we (locals) should boycott the casinos until they let the locals win!
nydrifter,
You are absolutely right. I had always previously thought that everything was just random, but now the evidence is overwhelming that this is not the case. Yes, the casinos control if, when, and to whom they make a payout. Locals need to organize a boycott until these guys start coughing up some wins to locals.
One more thought,
These wins are funded by losses from previous players. I wonder how much free interest on the previous players losses was accumulated by the casino before these jackpots were payed. Seems to me, that to be totally fair, the interest should be used to accelerate jackpot hits.
NYdrifter, you're ignorant if you think that the casinos can control any of this stuff. It's all generated by a random number generator in each slot machine. The slot machines have millions of combinations depending on the number of stops on each "wheel" and the number of credits played by the player. On top of that, this is a wide area progressive, so that means that there are people playing Megabucks all over the state. IGT and the casinos don't care who wins the money, really. They are mandated by law to hold whatever progressive amount that they have aside. It's not like they lose any money in the deal since what you see on the signs is already marked as some lucky players' cash.
The only thing that a casino can do is increase or decrease the THEORETICAL HOLD percentage. A slot machine might be set to pay back 99% of the money someone puts in. If some drunk idiot happens to hit a royal flush and not hold any of his cards, then loses it, the slot machine doesn't account for that. It's all based on "theory". Again, though, progressive amounts are legally the property of the players. Casinos can't take that money and neither can IGT. If you don't believe me, do ask Randy Sayre at the Gaming Control Board...
That is such great news. The rest of you, stop hating. Not everyone uses the player cards. Stop gambling and wasting your money if someone else winning bothers you. It's going to happen... get over it.
I hope both families enjoy their new fortunes. It's too bad most of it will be gone after taxes. But... HAVE FUN WITH YOUR WINNINGS, ANONYMOUS!
Thanks acountmakr, I am a slot tech. and couldnt have said it better. People always have these ludicrous ideas about how the machines work.
"Once again, tourists when big in the casinos around this time of year (last year it was a lady from Hawaii) just to take the money away from Nevada and fuel the economy of other states and countries!"
And if IGT did fix Megabucks to pay out only locals, they'd be in front of the state gaming control board so fast it would make your head spin.
You give everyone the same chance when they put their $3 into the machine. Period.
I'm an auditor and do gaming compliance work. =)
Kesh, that is how IGT makes much of their money. They invest their take from the machines and buy annuities which are used to pay out the winnings.
That is why a megabucks offers full payment at about 50% of the total win.
Acountmakr,
It would seem that what you are saying should be true true. But don't you believe it. It is easy to see what is actually happening if you play a lot of video poker and if you pay attention to both what and when payouts occur, and to how long the machines will let you play for a specific amount of money (say $20.00) until you lose it all. It is easy to do this on video poker machines because there are only a handful of different games which can be played, as opposed to slots, where there are hundreds or thousands of different games which can can be payed.
I have monitored the action in video poker at one of my favorite casinos for about 4 years now. There was a time when they would pay out lots of jackpots, and would give you a substantial amount of playing time before you would lose your money. They would even get awards from some local organizations for being loose. Now, however, ever since they recession started, you can see that the playing time and jackpot payouts have slowly and steadily tightened up. It is now so bad that if you insert a $20 bill into a machine, you are almost guaranteed to lose it in less then 5 minutes. This will happen $20 bill after $20.00 bill.
You can say all you want about play being random, but the facts say otherwise.
@ >> nydrifter:
Are you serious?
"""The casinos have control over when a machines will hit and who is playing the machines (players card),"""
Really? And, just where/when did you garner this 'lil tidbit of information?
Of course, you are entitled to 'your opinion'.
But, much like belly buttons and azz wholes >>
opinions, sometimes, are better left unseen.
I'm sure they'll miss your coins at Slots-o-Fun.
"""I say we (locals) should boycott the casinos until they let the locals win!"""
umm ... define 'until'
/troll
//you hang in there puddin'
Yea! for the winners! I'm a bit envious of their luck. (Just a little bit).
@ >> chazbean
I'll bet you & nydrifter could pull an all night negative wah-wah session! ;D
I hope this makes national news so alot of people will want to come and play.
i would just like to add that it is "Gambling" when you gamble you have a chance, not everyone is going to win. So you should know what to expect when you start putting money in the machines. We all want to win-but its only that lucky hit that gets us rich. Happy gaming vegas peeps. :)
Thekash I will name the Casino if you are shy abut naming it . It's the Fiesta! They have tightened the Video poker machines where it is a waste of time to play. You might as well give the money to a reputable charity or don't play. Also to ACCOUNTMAKR if you think the casinos can't fix the slots you are in for a big surprise. And this Randy Sayre is as crooked as they come . If you do compliance work and work for an auditor who pays that auditor? If you don't give them the numbers they want they will hire another auditor (CPA)
Here's the best part of this story.....both winners were at nice casinos. One at the Bellagio and one at Paris. Ha! None of the "Better Odds" Downtown casinos here.....LOL
I'm sure this made all of the negative people on this site angry to hear players from nicer casinos winning. I'm happy for them!
:)
S711
Sinatra711-Obviously you don't know that those casinos where the jackpots were hit are in on the Fix.
It's common knowledge from the "informed" posters here that locals playing in dumps are banned from winning the big ones........
acountmakr/shawwjon - Glad to see other industry employees here on the boards. There is a serious lack of knowledge on these boards with people making crazy claims against the casinos that we're "fixing" games. Nobody seems to understand the statistics behind gambling.
S711
chazbean, the casinos can't fix the slots. Their EPROM chips are locked and only IGT can unlock them.
The reason why downtown casinos don't hit as often is because they only might have one or two Megabucks slots, whereas the Bellagio will have rows of them. The Golden Nugget, for instance, has 3 of them. In order to hit the jackpot, you need to play $3 a pull. How many people at the Western or the El Cortez will play $3 a pull? None...
Correction*** the Megabucks EPROMS chips are locked and only IGT can unlock them.
Video poker machines cannot be "tightened" in the cards they distribute. The theoretical win/loss percentages are controlled by the payouts on the winning hands. For instance, how much they pay for a full house, a straight, a flush, and so on. A casino "tightens" a video poker game by reducing payout amounts on one or more of the winning hands.
The cards that the machine deals are not only random, but this logic does not change over time. Slot machine results can and are changed over time, but not video poker. The Fiesta casino (or any other casino) has not and cannot change the cards that a video poker machine gives you. If your luck has gotten worse recently on video poker, then its just a run of bad luck. Remember that the house has an advantage in the first place.
One of the main ways casinos make money is by taking advantage of people that play games they don't understand. If you think the casino controls video poker cards, then you don't understand the game, probably don't understand basic strategy, and probably should be doing something else with your time and money.
No, I don't work for a casino or a game manufacturer or the gaming board. However, I have a master's degree in statistics and have thoroughly researched how these games really work, as I do enjoy them even with the expectation to lose money.
I suppose all the conspiracy theorists will just say that I am brainwashed though.
Funny how all you conspiracy bozos always talk about how great every casino used to be and how terrible they all are now. Guess what, 10 years from now you will be talking about how loose they were in 2009 and how tight they are in 2019. Guaranteed.
Exactly, nightmare... Video poker machines can be "tightened" by loading new paytables.
Anywho, it's sad that we don't see "99% payout guaranteed" signs anymore. It would be nice to lure more tourists into Vegas by persuading them that there is a chance they will get rich. Maybe articles like this will do the trick, eh?
acountmakr: Thanks for the explanations. Hopefully some of the readers will learn a little bit about how these games really work.
Remember folks, casinos don't need to cheat anyone, they already have the upper hand when you walk in the casino.
If you don't enjoy the game, don't play...
example of how slots work : http://www.lasvegassun.com/gambling-addi...
An immigrunt...investor...oh no call Glen Beck
sorry about the lack of cap letters at the beginning of my sentences, but the shift key on my computer is broken.
there seems to be a lot of argument here about whether or not slots are random. you can conduct the following experiment to prove conclusively that slots, at least in the case of video poker slots, are not random.
first, take an ordinary deck of 52 playing cards, shuffle it, and deal out 5 cards. note whether or not you got one pair on the deal. repeat this about 100 times, keeping track of the number of times that you got one pair. you will find that you will get one pair about 21 of 100 times. this is becuse the mathematical probobility of getting one pair while dealing 5 cards from a 52 card deck is 21.3 percent.
next, take a handful of twenty dollar bills down to your fvorite casino, and start playing double double bonus poker for 5 twenty five cent credits at a time. i guarantee that you will find that, out of 100 hands, you will get one pair about 70 times, or 70 percent of the time.
i don't know why double double bonus poker is set up this way, but anyone who plays this game consistanly knows that they will be dealt one pair most of the time. i suspect that they want to give the player a false sense of security by dealing him a pair most of the time. in any event, this is conclusive proof that slots are not random.
Anyone who thinks the mega-bucks is random is as dumb as a box of rocks and anyone who posts on here who claims to be a slot tech and claims that the mega-bucks isn't a controlled payout machines is as dumm as 2 boxes of rocks!
Why?
Because the mega-bucks jackpot starts out at 10 million dollars BEFORE THE 1ST DOLLAR IS INVESTED IN THE MACHINE and you would have to be pretty damn stupid to think that these folks in charge of the game are going to be paying out 10 million dollars before they have any opportunity to turn a profit on it.
Or that the odds of hitting a simple jackpot are actually longer than 10 million to one.
In the future why not use the brain that god provided for you instead of forcing others to think for you!
First of all, learn how to write. LOOOOOSERS, take your hand full of pennys and pay your rent,,,, ON TIME. The reason why the payouts are down is because the play is down. Less pulls mean less play. Ahh forget it, you guys are too stupid to insult.
I had heard a story about a cocktail waitress who hit the big one while on her break at Caesar's a few years back.. I really don't believe there's some guy that sits there and decides who's going to hit the huge jackpot. So many jealous haters..just remember it's the tourists who make or break Vegas.
Back when we were building the Stratosphere and were setting up the slot machines and poker machines, I got talking with a slot tech about if these machines could be controlled by the casino. Inside the each machine when the cover is raised there is written on a tag the percentage of wins of that machine. The higher percent win machines are placed strategically in either carousals or in rows. All of the machines are daisey chained together with control wiring so when people are playing on machines around the people who are on the higher percent payout machines, the higher percent payout machines sense this and hit, maybe not huge jackpots, but they hit to intice the players on the lower percent machine to play more and to lose more.
I believe these machines are made for percentage payouts and not exactly how much is to be payed out.
@ >> sjr8208
Never fails... When you smack at a posting for improper spelling/grammar ~ it would be wise to proofread your own post.
Pennies, Darlin'... pennies.
And what on earth does 'rent' have to do with this topic?
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Winning and/or losing at slots is the entertainment factor. If it's not your cup of tea... don't drink. That Sun article referred to ^^above^^ was quite informative. Do you think that some bored (but creative) journalist invented all those grafts/charts/interactives, and all that info..... to lie to you?????
Can we say/spell: paranoia
The wheel of fortune machines and the mega-bucks machines are owned and operated by an independent company who pays the casinos a percentage to site their machines in that location.
The company that owns these machines in located in Seattle Wa. and when anyone wins a jackpot they have to verify that win by checking the main frame in Seattle to assure that there was an actual win and not fraud.
So .. in spite of what your uncle Fred the friendly slot tech is trying to sell you these machines are controlled from Seattle ... not LV NV!
I doubt that the company puts the jackpot on one particular machine [legality issues?] but I do believe that they can put the combination in the computer that allows the winning combination to hit whenever the profit is at an acceptable level and allow the law of averages to occur.
The cocktail waitress who hit for a big one while on break was then hit by a drunk driver. Her sister was killed and she's paralyzed for life. :(
It is amazing as to the number and variety of ideas regarding why gamblers are losing more money in the last three years that ever, ever before. Casino's no longer offer gambling, they offer gaming at a FEE paid per minute of play. Winning is NOT part of gaming, playing is part of gaming and you are expected to pay to play. I agree, do not play until the casino's return to gambling and the gambler actaully has a fair chance to win. Why is the Gaming authorities so silent on this issue?
As another commentator put it, if you don't enjoy the game don't play, it's really that simple. The slots in my mind are nothing more then entertainment. I absolutely don't believe then can be 'fixed' by the casinos as I'm sure the gaming control board would be all over the establishment. I fully believe a slot machine is a game of stats, with a a fair amount of computer programming peppered into the mix. You pay to play people, it's that simple. Gaming is ENTERTAINMENT....unless you actually manage to pick the one time out of 12 million when that machine is programmed to pay out, you're paying to play and enjoy the noise and visual stimulus.
Regardless of your or my theory, can't these people just enjoy the fact that they won an awesome jackpot? Seriously? Merry Christmas to them!
Well maybe we should just keep all the foreigners out of Las Vegas. That way only the locals can win. But wait a min. These foreigners, from other states, and other countries, or as we call them "Tourists", are the very same people that made Las Vegas. It was Their money that paid for the casions. and today it is Their money that pays most of the bills in LV. So we can let them keep coming, and keep spending, as long as they promise not to win. lol I myself am from out of State. I enjoy going to LV about every other month, and have lost about $50,000 in all the years I have been going there. God forbid I ever take any money back home.lol
God bless the whiners too.
Pappy
LOL @ terjen
Do you read the revenue reports? Gamblers are losing LESS money by a factor of double-digit percentages over the past couple of years.
Yes, casinos may have tightened up the returns. And probably so when they're having trouble paying their debt. The casinos can change the payback percentage (except for the multi-site progressive jackpots games such as Megabucks or Wheel of Fortune) as outlined by acountmakr.
Casinos don't have to cheat to make money. Even the "99% GUARANTEED PAYBACK" machines make them money. So to cheat (and violate the rules established by Gaming) is foolish. There will always be winners. There will always be tourists who take the money home (and tell their friends and family how much fun they had in Vegas).
You are all like the 9-11 Truthers. Look at the facts. Casinos make money LEGALLY so there is no reason for them to break the law to STEAL money!
I hit fifty grand on a five dollar Black & White Machine (got the three quick hits on the payline) at San Manuel Bingo and Casino in Highland CA. I immediately booked a flight to Las Vegas and spent some of it at the Orleans and Rio Casinos.. So don't forget that winners from other states will bring their winnings to Vegas to take a stab at the big time...
Two people win big that are out of state and a few locals complain. Certain people find reasons to complain and then come up with excuses that have no merit. Tourist win big because they play big, most locals do not play big. If you play a penny machine thats exactly what you will win pennies. Play big and thats exactly what you will win, big. This state is almost solely supported by tourist, if it wasn't for the tourist where would this state get its revenue? We should be happy that tourist win, that is what keeps them coming back, the one man said this was his third visit. If you don't like others winning, then start playing big, but don't complain if you start losing. I like the one man's comment, don't gamble, you really don't get anything out of it.
DON'T HATE THE PLAYA', HATE THE GAME!!!
I'm happy for them!! In this economy, it's probably very, very needed. The elderly lady may not have health insurance or something in that genre. Yes, I wish it had been me but I'm working so I can't complain!!
Thank you, nightmare, for a great post.
Yep, people not understanding what type of video poker game they're playing results in huge profits for the casinos.
I'll check to see what the last cards that were held at empty video poker machines as I walk by them and I'll often see a jack held on a kings/higher or deuces wild machine. Other mistakes can be found on people using the wrong strategy on the machine they're playing.
And yep, the odds are where the house tightens up the game.
Make sure you know what game yo're playing and what odds you're playing at before sitting down at a machine.
So, if I understand some of the comments well, it's okay for us tourists (We are visiting from the Netherlands next year) to spend our money in Vegas, but not to win????
Dear Does - don't pay any attention to these idiots. Vegas locals are clearly all bitter and apparently paranoid and/or just plain ridiculous. They also like to bite the hand that feeds them. This was a happy story and all of the boneheads jumped on board to gripe about nothing. It's incredible how the wahoos come romping out to cry about another person's good fortune. The funny thing is I hardly ever see anyone at the Megabucks machines. And to some of the above not everyone uses a player's card so unless you've got a sign on your back that says "Hey I'm a local please send some secret beam to my machine so I won't win" no one would know you from Adam. The fact is big jackpots hit here all the time and tourists win them because they're in the hotels having fun and playing and not sitting at home complaining about every single thing they see in the newspaper. And to Sinatra who never fails to blurble out some kind of rubbish, have a look at the number of multi-million jackpots that have hit at places like Orleans, the Cal, Fitzgeralds, etc. You're a boob and need to get more informed before you run your mouth. Apparently Mr. Fancy Pants you think Casino Royale is "nicer" since that's where the last $12 Million jackpot hit in July. Get over it people. It's called gambling - AND WHY? Because you never know what in the hell is going to happen. I can't wait until I move back East!
OK that is getting to sound like some of you have escaped from idiot island...Lets make it simple for you!!! Its called "GAMBLING",, a game of chance,, it could be...WOW is it that you cant win if you dont play,, if you dont play you already won!!!! Most locals play at local bars or markets or 7-11 or any place that really doesnt have big time payouts,, so you really think that Stations or Sam Town or Gaughns joints really make this town roll as in gambling your money... Yea right if you think so then you should stay on the island or go play the strip casinos,, which offer any and all kinds of gimmicks to take your dollar.. By the way if you think the casinos rig the machines and the machines are rigged by say some employee,, which would more than likely be a local,, wouldnt said employee tell his local friend what he does and friend goes to play at that casino,, that you would here about a hell of a crap load of locals hitting big jackpots... So think about it,, and get off the island before they put up a fence and you cant get away........Anyways stop acting like the football team screwed you on the fifty yard line and quit your bitchin already.. Someone else won ,, you didnt,, Whoopee..Go shoot yourself...
first, take an ordinary deck of 52 playing cards, shuffle it, and deal out 5 cards. note whether or not you got one pair on the deal. repeat this about 100 times, keeping track of the number of times that you got one pair. you will find that you will get one pair about 21 of 100 times. this is becuse the mathematical probobility of getting one pair while dealing 5 cards from a 52 card deck is 21.3 percent.
OK this is what you call Gambling or the mathematical probabilty,,HMMMMMM... OK then what about the 78.7% chance or more,, that you wont get a pair every 21 out of a 100 times.. You dont know for sure unless you stack the deck or you can see what cards are dealt beforehand....Gambling at its best say the odds are against you no matter what you believe....
Dear sportyyetpractical, thank you and nicely said.
There will be winners..but there will be MORE losers...
tell me this one:
at the palace station a few years ago:
a bank of penny machines (6) had a jackpot payoff lets say 22,000 dollars (cant remember the exact amount-but u will get my jest) each machine had the same - I played it for a few minutes - each machine went up a few dollars - then I walked away and went upstairs for the super bowl party. Was up their for a few hours - came back down and walked by this bank of machines and now the jackpot was 55,000 dollars . OK - who changed it? No one was playing - so they changed the amount so people would sit down and play. Cant control machines?? Yeah right.. I dont believe it - aand what about that new place they opened - said that the computer center can control them. Tell me big brother isnt watchine!!!!!!
Good for the visitors that win. Without visitors you'd have ghost town.The visitors are 90% of your business.
Slots and video poker are controlled by chips? Really?
I thought in order to win the big one, that a rubber band had to break,
then the wheels would stop at 7777.
One time back in 1972, I put 3 quarters in a slot, pulled the arm and
got $4.24 back. Forgot that if I put 4 in, I would have hit the jackpot of
$85.00
Shoot, like you guys say, it's a consperesy.
Gomer from Alabama
FUNNNY how some of the "locals" feel entitled to win because they at some point, moved to Las Vegas from somewhere else.
You digital zombies forget - the Mega Pot was built on tourist dollars (fellow digizombs) with a 70/30 ratio to the local dollar played.
What sucks is both winners will offshore the wins to Seoul and Manila from the sound of it.
I used to have my own E-Prom Machine back in the early 80's. I shudder everytime I think about how much money I could have made with it. I could not see "The forrest for the Tree's".
I am living proof of one destiny. It just was not ment to be.
Congrat's to the lady that won. Maybe she deserved it. I do hope so.
The "Indian Tribal Casinos" are next. The Megabuck's machines are approaching (6) million. They were at (3)million back in June 2009. I have never seen it that high before. It will be good advertising for a small "Indian Casino".
Pechanga-Agua-Fantasy-Morongo-Avi are my picks to hit.
Happy - Healthy-Wealthy New Year to all.
Ace's Bet
fremmasmind - Your post below has now ranked as one of my all time TOP 10 posts on the Sun! I am laughing my a$$ off right now....:) Thanks for the morning laugh!
S711
"The higher percent win machines are placed strategically in either carousals or in rows. All of the machines are daisey chained together with control wiring so when people are playing on machines around the people who are on the higher percent payout machines, the higher percent payout machines sense this and hit, maybe not huge jackpots, but they hit to intice the players on the lower percent machine to play more and to lose more.
I believe these machines are made for percentage payouts and not exactly how much is to be payed out."
Hey S711, quit laughing
fremmasmind is a MIT double grad, he knows what he is talking about!!
I'm buying his book "lose less by playing daisey chained slots"
"lose less by playing daisey chained slots"
Amazon ranking # 1,204,000
acountmker
Nice try trying to tell some of these people about how the slot machines work. Guess they all still believe they don't win because they are locals, or because of the player's club cards, or whatever ridiculous reason they come up with...the only real reason is is that they get pissed when they DON'T win and blame it on everything else.
That's why it's called "gambling", folks!! Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose - and it's no one's fault, especially not the machines nor the casino's.
And you can camp out in a casino for the next 10 years and watch the machines - but they are ALL controlled by that RNG.
So .. in spite of what your uncle Fred the friendly slot tech is trying to sell you these machines are controlled from Seattle ... not LV NV!
That is correct. HOWEVER - the casino CANNOT alter the percentages/payouts themselves. A representative from the slot maker MUST do it. The casino CANNOT do it but can request it.
BTW - did you also know the casinos have an on-site IRS person there, too? If not on-site, just a phone call away. I don't think they advertise this too much but win a huge jackpot one day. ALong with casino employees, is a guy or two in suits.
environprotector
Good job!!
Was up their for a few hours - came back down and walked by this bank of machines and now the jackpot was 55,000 dollars . OK - who changed it? No one was playing - so they changed the amount so people would sit down and play.
On progressive machines, ALL casinos are involved, not just the one YOU were at. For a simple way to say it - the machines are "hooked up" together so even though no one was playing those machines at the casino you were at, hundreds more were playing at other casinos. And I'm not sure about this - but the "other casinos" may even include those out of Las Vegas. But not sure about that.
Two happy families. The family from South Korea should win something after being waltzed about by Gen. MacArthur and his imperalist opinions of himself as the only commander fit to command the Korean War.
Where do I apply for the job of deciding who wins on a slot machine? My family is anxiously waiting for me to get hired so we can never have to worry about money again!!
denver21
LOLOLOL Too bad there is no such job!!! I would have been in line before you!!
I go to the same casino, same day of the week, same time, same area of machines and 70% of the time hit 4 Aces or 4 Aces with the kicker. It's a goldmine, I don't know why it works, or but it's been going for about 2 months now.
I used to go to the Regency car wash on Maryland parkway on the same day of the week at the same time and hit 4 aces on 3 out of 4 visits for months. Anybody know why that might happen?
Jerrywayne maybe its in the way the earth is spinning out of control in space... Ok the last 2 months 4 of a kind with a kicker hits on some machines at some casino.. I would truly say that happens every day,, any time of day,, any casino and you dont know if it doesnt since you go to same place,, same time,, every time...Anyways what are you playing quarters,, maybe dollars,, and if thats a jackpot then im spending way to much on lunch...By the way to local wannabees,, I know alot of local people that have hit jackpots and one of them even hit for a older harley at the Hard Rock.. So just since you locals are not winning as if your the only ones that gamble here,, doesnt mean others are not hitting...I know try playing the lottery,, im sure you will have better luck....
Question for all of you spouting machine, gaming, and Gaming Control Bd knowledge:
Who can tell me for certain that the Wheel of Fortune at ParisLV is a "Megabucks" machine?
Headline says "2 tourists hit Megabucks" with no space between "Mega" and "bucks", indicating the Wheel of Fortune was a Megabucks machine.
MzGypsy - That was a typo by the LV Sun. The headline should have read:
"2 tourists hit MegaJackpots at Strip casinos"
MegaJackpots is the line of games that the slot machine manufacturer, IGT, has created. Among them is Megabucks & Wheel of Fortune. See their site for reference:
http://www.megajackpots.com
The Wheel of Fortune cannot be a Megabucks game....they are 2 different games in the MegaJackpot line. I hope that answers your question.
S711
Never me...Yes the casinos do not set anything. There are several very interesting articles on how slots are programmed. The chip is set at the factory to a certain payoff level. I think they have been set to a tighter level on the new machines. That is debatable. It is definitely chance. Tourists are willing to sit longer and throw in more money.
asleepatawheel, thanks for the smartazz comment. happy new year
Congrats to the winners - that is all. Happy New Year
I don't like to gamble, so I play poker. Yeah, a really good dealer could affect my hand, but I really don't think that will occur on a $2/$4 table.
On the other hand, I've seen some collusion from time to time.