In a message dated 6/2/03 4:19:45 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
mjfish@buckeye-express.com writes:
If a machine is not "hitting" do you change machines. Move to the one next
to
it, over a row, etc.?
For me the magic is in the mathematics. "The cards have no memory." I do
not change machines unless I decide to cater to my superstitious self. Last
night I played deuces for a while (using a 5x coupon at Texas) but was frustrated
by losing $250 in a big hurry. I decided to change and play double bonus.
Things went poorly on the machine I sat down at but I persisted and eventually
became a winner, getting two sets of aces along with numerous quads.
I definitely do NOT believe that machines have cycles. The notion of a cycle
is just a game with the law of averages. I've had two royals on the same
machine within a couple of hours - what cycle could that represent? Two sets of
Aces on the same machine within an hour or so? Cycle? I think not.
There IS no cycle as far as I'm concerned. You get what you get when you get
it. I had no royals between last August and this January, when I suddenly
got three (two on one machine in one session). If you're trying to change your
luck and get your royal, I offer you empathy but there is no "proven" method.
It comes when it comes.
As far as how the machines deal, my understanding is that they deal ten cards
and you use the first five along with (in dealt order) the next, as many as
you replace. And no, there is no "order," but rather the machine cycles and
when you hit "deal," then it takes the one stack of ten cards that was available
at that nanosecond. Previous play does not affect that action, just the
touch on the "deal;" button.
Allison's Law: A Royal is ALWAYS a surprise.
Karen
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