The original announcement said that classes would start this
week on August 15. They have been postponed for three weeks until
September 5. This note is for anyone who didn't get the notice of the
change.
Bob Dancer
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or call 1-800-244-2224 M-F 9-5 Pacific Time.
I'm assuming the inventory hasn't been upgraded yet, hence the delay?
On 8/13/06, Bob Dancer <bob.dancer@compdance.com> wrote:
The original announcement said that classes would start this
week on August 15. They have been postponed for three weeks until
September 5. This note is for anyone who didn't get the notice of the
change.Bob Dancer
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Jay remarked: I'm assuming the inventory hasn't been upgraded yet, hence
the delay?
That's probably true about the machines, but I haven't been
there in the last week to check. There are numerous reasons for the
delay. Once they get everybody on the same page, it's relatively quick
to make any machine changes. But every casino is a political organism
--- with the marketing department and the slot department not always on
the same page. They'll get it fixed, but the situation is a bit fluid
right now.
Bob Dancer
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or call 1-800-244-2224 M-F 9-5 Pacific Time.
Bob, You mentioned the slot dept and the marketing dept need to be
involved in the change. Doesn't the Gaming Commission need to be
involved as well? or is it just when they get new Vp machines, etc?
Jay remarked: I'm assuming the inventory hasn't been upgraded yet,
hence
the delay?
That's probably true about the machines, but I haven't been
there in the last week to check. There are numerous reasons for the
delay. Once they get everybody on the same page, it's relatively
quick
to make any machine changes. But every casino is a political
organism
--- with the marketing department and the slot department not
always on
the same page. They'll get it fixed, but the situation is a bit
fluid
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Dancer" <bob.dancer@...> wrote:
right now.
Bob Dancer
For the best in video poker information, visit www.bobdancer.com
or call 1-800-244-2224 M-F 9-5 Pacific Time.
Miss Deuces queried: Bob, You mentioned the slot dept and the marketing
dept need to be
involved in the change. Doesn't the Gaming Commission need to be
involved as well? or is it just when they get new Vp machines, etc?
In most circumstances (i.e. after the first 30 days a casino is open),
the Gaming Commission doesn't get involved in pay schedule changes in
Nevada. Other states (New Jersey comes to mind) have different rules.
Bob Dancer
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That begs a question.
What aspects of a casino operation does the Gaming Commission get
involved in? Say as far as Nevada is concerned.
I am surprised to hear that after 30 days, they don't get involved in
pay schedule changes. Aren't the casinos required to maintain a certain
threshold (albeit very low) for the overall payback?
Do they consider that the comptetion in LV sees to it t hat better pay
schedules will be in place?
Another question. Recently there was some reference to the RNG, and the
superiority of the Mersenne Twister RNG. Does the Commission go into
the esoteric aspects of seeing to it that the RNG truly produces a
Uniform Distribution? Do they check it every once in a while? Or leave
it to the trusty casino execs?
It should be a simple (is it?) matter to hook up a diagnostic tool to
the innards of a machine, and let it spew forth a million numbers in
rapid succession into a thumb drive, and perform all kinds of
statistics on that set to verify that the RNG is within statistical
limits. Right?
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Dancer" <bob.dancer@...> wrote:
In most circumstances (i.e. after the first 30 days a casino is
open), the Gaming Commission doesn't get involved in pay schedule
changes in Nevada. Other states (New Jersey comes to mind) have
different rules.