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Is there a legal Limit to the expected hold for casino games in Nevada?

Hey everyone,

I ran across this pay schedule on penny multi-card Keno at Texas
Station:

(four spot)

Hits Pay
0 0
1 0
2 1 (push)
3 5
4 40

  Looks to me like this is close to a 45% hold for Stations. Not
very good, even on triple points.
  I also ran across some outragous vp at a few other locations (8-5
bonus poker with a tie for two pair--86.31%) Ha! not xvp!
  Is there some legal limit to the percentage a (machine) game can
theoretically hold according to Nevada Law? I once heard someone say
there was a 10% limit on v.p., since then I've found many games worse
than that.
Just curious if any of you know.
thx
-dan
p.s. (xvp) I like the tall, thin iced tea glasses at the "tea room"
at the I.P.

Nevada REGULATION 14.040:

14.040 Minimum standards for gaming devices. All gaming devices
submitted for approval:

1. Must theoretically pay out a mathematically demonstrable percentage
of all amounts wagered, which must not be less than 75 percent for each
wager available for play on the device.

(a) Gaming devices that may be affected by player skill must meet this
standard when using a method of play that will provide the greatest return
to the player over a period of continuous play.

(b) The chairman may waive the 75 percent standard if the manufacturer
can show to the chairman's satisfaction that this requirement inhibits
design of the device or is inappropriate under the circumstances, the
device theoretically pays out at least 75 percent of all wagers made
when all wagers are played equally, and the device otherwise meets the
standards of subsections 2 through 6. A waiver will be effective when
the manufacturer receives written notification from the chairman that
this standard will be waived pursuant to this paragraph. A waiver of
this standard pursuant to this paragraph is not an approval of the device.

2. Must use a random selection process to determine the game outcome of
each play of a game. The random selection process must meet 95 percent
confidence limits using a standard chi-squared test for goodness of fit.

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On 14 Dec 2003 at 11:01, Dan Houck wrote:

  Is there some legal limit to the percentage a (machine) game can
theoretically hold according to Nevada Law?