As I said before, the paytables on two machines may be identical but the
RNGs have been set at different payouts percentages.
Therefore over a long period of time one machine may produce 500 four of a
kinds but the other machine only 300.
We're talking about processors that are programmed, not random coin flips.
It is totally random that you may flip a Royal flush tomorrow. It is also
pre-programmed to guarantee a profit for the casino over a long period of
time. That is not random profit.
Marc Landry - Partner
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On Behalf Of johnnyzee48127
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 9:54 PM
To: vpFREE_Canada@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [vpFREE_Canada] Re: Full Pay $1 Pick'Em @ Rideau Carlton
Marc Landry wrote ......
That means an individual casino within Ontario jurisdiction could set
their machines higher if they chose to do so. Which means if they wanted,
they could set the payback% on one Jacks or Better machine to 95% and
another Jacks or Better machine at 85%. Which machine would you prefer to
play? They have the same pay table!
AND if they follow govt minimum guidelines, they would not be "cheating".
Marc, if what you are saying above is that a 6/5 JOB can have an expected
value of 95% and another 6/5 JOB machine can have an expected payback of
85%, that would certainly be cheating.
If a video poker machine can be 'set' to pay out differently than the
paytable indicates, that is cheating. I'm not including the magic genie
machines that aren't really video poker machines.
Part of the confusion might be that a Red, White and Blue slot machine can
have the same 'pay table' as another Red, White and Blue slot machine and
have different expected values. Slot machines can be set to different
expected values. This is accomplished by a weighting factor assigned to each
symbol. On the 92% version, the 3rd blue 7 ( for example) might come up more
frequently that the on the 90% version. Slot machines and video poker
machines are fundamentally different in this regard.
Your statement about the 85% minimum refers to the worst game they can put
in the casino. For example, let's say they put in 6/5 JOB game and 2 pair
pays 1 for 1 (push) instead of 2 for 1. That game would have an expected
value of about 83% and would be cheating by the rule you quote above.
Two different 9/6 JOB machines can have different results but their expected
value has to be the same or it is cheating.
Taking a different game, if Bill will flip coins with you and pay you $0.99
on the dollar for winning wagers ( 99% EV) and Frank will only pay you $0.98
on the dollar for winning wagers ( 98% EV), you may have a better return
with Frank than Bill over a couple hundred coin flips. That doesn't mean
that Bill is cheating. If,on the other hand, both Bill and Frank pay back
$0.99 on the dollar and I do 10,000 coin flips with each one, my results are
going to be pretty close.
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