[vpFREE] Re: From the wizardofodds.com

I agree with the Wiz. Good article and good website. If you are a slotplayer, keep in mind his survey is from about seven years ago.
I thought it was interesting that he said Casino Player and Nevada Gaming lump all machines- slots, BJ,VP, etc.- together in their surveys of % returns.

Bottom line is VP gives a paytable, slots don't. We cannot be certain about slot paybacks unless we have the info that Shackleford had to enable his research, and the time to take on this huge task.

Places where good VP paytables exist tend to cater to locals, whom they want to bleed slowly, so in marketing slots, I would think those joints keep the slots a bit looser, so players won't lose it all at once and will keep coming back.
But that is just my theory. The Wizard has facts.

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "nickdanger77" <darrellg@...> wrote:
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> If you actually read the survey report at http://wizardofodds.com/slots/slotapx3.html, you see that he bases his opinion on testing and evidence, not just his feeling. So yes, I completely agree with him.
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> --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "vppappy" <tismurph@> wrote:
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> > (Q:) I've been told that if a casino's selection of video poker can be a good indication of their slot looseness..... > >
> > (A:) I think that theory holds water. When I did my Las Vegas slot machine survey, I found the looseness of a casinos slots and video poker was highly correlated.
> >
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> > I'm not sure I agree with this myself, but Michael Shackleford is the expert. What do you guys think?
>

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