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Joker Jackpot

#1

Hi Gang:
A interesting thing happened to me this past weekend at Harrah's AC and it
brought up a couple of questions that I hope the folks on these boards can
clear up.
I was playing 9/6 DDB at our usual bank of machines near the Total Rewards
Center when I looked over and saw that the nearby quarter joker poker
triple-line progressive jackpot had gotten close to $7,400. Since I wasn't
making much headway playing DDB, I figured I'd throw a benji into the joker
poker bank to see if I could get lucky.
I sat down at the end machine on the far right and began to play. I hit a
straight flush early on to keep me going, then I was dealt four natural
sixes but the joker was nowhere to be found on the draw.
I continued playing for another 15 minutes or so when I was again dealt
four of a kind, this time three fives and the joker. I needed the five of
hearts to complete the 5K. Hedy had come over to sit next to me by this time,
so we held hands, I held the four fives and hit the draw button. Eureka! I
saw the five of hearts hit the bottom line so I threw my hands up in the
air! A nice $1,000-plus jackpot! But, wait. I looked again and saw that I had
gotten the same five on the top line as well! My machine locked up and the
box on the screen said I had hit a jackpot for $2,049.75! Wow! The five of
hearts on two lines!
Which brought up the first question. What are the odds of getting the one
card you need on all three lines?
And the second question: If I had gotten the five of hearts on all three
lines -- as unlikely as that seems -- would that have won me the big
progressive jackpot?
The sign above says that the jackpot is paid for "five of a kind on all
three lines." The implication is that it has to be DEALT, but if it is drawn
on all three lines that seems to fill the qualification as well.
Anyway, I thought the members of these boards would probably know the
answers to both these questions. Hedy and I very rarely play joker poker so
we're not familiar with the rules.
Thanks in advance for any help on this.
Regards,
CoachVee & Hedy

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#2

Single-joker games have 53 cards. You've seen five on the deal, so
there are 48 left. There is only one way to hold four and get the
single card you need on all three lines, so the probability is
1/(48*48*48), or one in 110,592. The jackpot is paid on the final
result, whether it is dealt or drawn.

Which brought up the first question. What are the odds of getting the

one

card you need on all three lines?
And the second question: If I had gotten the five of hearts on all

three

lines -- as unlikely as that seems -- would that have won me the big
progressive jackpot?
The sign above says that the jackpot is paid for "five of a kind on

all

three lines." The implication is that it has to be DEALT, but if it is

drawn

on all three lines that seems to fill the qualification as well.
Anyway, I thought the members of these boards would probably know the
answers to both these questions. Hedy and I very rarely play joker

poker so

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we're not familiar with the rules.
Thanks in advance for any help on this.
Regards,
CoachVee & Hedy

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#3

How did you get a handpay of $2049.75 when you got two 5 of a kinds for a $1000 and a 4 of a kind? What was the 4 of a kind at?

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, coachvee@... wrote:

Hi Gang:
A interesting thing happened to me this past weekend at Harrah's AC and it
brought up a couple of questions that I hope the folks on these boards can
clear up.
I was playing 9/6 DDB at our usual bank of machines near the Total Rewards
Center when I looked over and saw that the nearby quarter joker poker
triple-line progressive jackpot had gotten close to $7,400. Since I wasn't
making much headway playing DDB, I figured I'd throw a benji into the joker
poker bank to see if I could get lucky.
I sat down at the end machine on the far right and began to play. I hit a
straight flush early on to keep me going, then I was dealt four natural
sixes but the joker was nowhere to be found on the draw.
I continued playing for another 15 minutes or so when I was again dealt
four of a kind, this time three fives and the joker. I needed the five of
hearts to complete the 5K. Hedy had come over to sit next to me by this time,
so we held hands, I held the four fives and hit the draw button. Eureka! I
saw the five of hearts hit the bottom line so I threw my hands up in the
air! A nice $1,000-plus jackpot! But, wait. I looked again and saw that I had
gotten the same five on the top line as well! My machine locked up and the
box on the screen said I had hit a jackpot for $2,049.75! Wow! The five of
hearts on two lines!
Which brought up the first question. What are the odds of getting the one
card you need on all three lines?
And the second question: If I had gotten the five of hearts on all three
lines -- as unlikely as that seems -- would that have won me the big
progressive jackpot?
The sign above says that the jackpot is paid for "five of a kind on all
three lines." The implication is that it has to be DEALT, but if it is drawn
on all three lines that seems to fill the qualification as well.
Anyway, I thought the members of these boards would probably know the
answers to both these questions. Hedy and I very rarely play joker poker so
we're not familiar with the rules.
Thanks in advance for any help on this.
Regards,
CoachVee & Hedy

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#4

These machines have indiv. progressives for each line.

I believe the 4oak pays 80 coins here.

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "gimmeaquad" <gimmeaquad@...> wrote:

How did you get a handpay of $2049.75 when you got two 5 of a kinds for a $1000 and a 4 of a kind? What was the 4 of a kind at?

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, coachvee@ wrote:
>
> Hi Gang:
> A interesting thing happened to me this past weekend at Harrah's AC and it
> brought up a couple of questions that I hope the folks on these boards can
> clear up.
> I was playing 9/6 DDB at our usual bank of machines near the Total Rewards
> Center when I looked over and saw that the nearby quarter joker poker
> triple-line progressive jackpot had gotten close to $7,400. Since I wasn't
> making much headway playing DDB, I figured I'd throw a benji into the joker
> poker bank to see if I could get lucky.
> I sat down at the end machine on the far right and began to play. I hit a
> straight flush early on to keep me going, then I was dealt four natural
> sixes but the joker was nowhere to be found on the draw.
> I continued playing for another 15 minutes or so when I was again dealt
> four of a kind, this time three fives and the joker. I needed the five of
> hearts to complete the 5K. Hedy had come over to sit next to me by this time,
> so we held hands, I held the four fives and hit the draw button. Eureka! I
> saw the five of hearts hit the bottom line so I threw my hands up in the
> air! A nice $1,000-plus jackpot! But, wait. I looked again and saw that I had
> gotten the same five on the top line as well! My machine locked up and the
> box on the screen said I had hit a jackpot for $2,049.75! Wow! The five of
> hearts on two lines!
> Which brought up the first question. What are the odds of getting the one
> card you need on all three lines?
> And the second question: If I had gotten the five of hearts on all three
> lines -- as unlikely as that seems -- would that have won me the big
> progressive jackpot?
> The sign above says that the jackpot is paid for "five of a kind on all
> three lines." The implication is that it has to be DEALT, but if it is drawn
> on all three lines that seems to fill the qualification as well.
> Anyway, I thought the members of these boards would probably know the
> answers to both these questions. Hedy and I very rarely play joker poker so
> we're not familiar with the rules.
> Thanks in advance for any help on this.
> Regards,
> CoachVee & Hedy
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

#5

Similar occurence happened at Fiesta Henderson, many years ago.
The player was dealt four to a Royal and hit that Royal on ALL lines.
The machine locked up and the casino employees were tyring to decide IF they were going to pay her the DEALT ROYAL or not. Since the placard said, ALL,(not dealt) same as yours did, they DID end up giving her the dealt Royal rather than the sum of the 3 individual progressive jackpots.
1/47*1/47*1/47= 1/103,823 should be the chances of getting that Royal on all three lines.
You have a 1/47 chance of getting that card each time.

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "maclarenv12" <ahduff@...> wrote:

These machines have indiv. progressives for each line.

I believe the 4oak pays 80 coins here.

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "gimmeaquad" <gimmeaquad@> wrote:
>
> How did you get a handpay of $2049.75 when you got two 5 of a kinds for a $1000 and a 4 of a kind? What was the 4 of a kind at?
>
> --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, coachvee@ wrote:
> >
> > Hi Gang:
> > A interesting thing happened to me this past weekend at Harrah's AC and it
> > brought up a couple of questions that I hope the folks on these boards can
> > clear up.
> > I was playing 9/6 DDB at our usual bank of machines near the Total Rewards
> > Center when I looked over and saw that the nearby quarter joker poker
> > triple-line progressive jackpot had gotten close to $7,400. Since I wasn't
> > making much headway playing DDB, I figured I'd throw a benji into the joker
> > poker bank to see if I could get lucky.
> > I sat down at the end machine on the far right and began to play. I hit a
> > straight flush early on to keep me going, then I was dealt four natural
> > sixes but the joker was nowhere to be found on the draw.
> > I continued playing for another 15 minutes or so when I was again dealt
> > four of a kind, this time three fives and the joker. I needed the five of
> > hearts to complete the 5K. Hedy had come over to sit next to me by this time,
> > so we held hands, I held the four fives and hit the draw button. Eureka! I
> > saw the five of hearts hit the bottom line so I threw my hands up in the
> > air! A nice $1,000-plus jackpot! But, wait. I looked again and saw that I had
> > gotten the same five on the top line as well! My machine locked up and the
> > box on the screen said I had hit a jackpot for $2,049.75! Wow! The five of
> > hearts on two lines!
> > Which brought up the first question. What are the odds of getting the one
> > card you need on all three lines?
> > And the second question: If I had gotten the five of hearts on all three
> > lines -- as unlikely as that seems -- would that have won me the big
> > progressive jackpot?
> > The sign above says that the jackpot is paid for "five of a kind on all
> > three lines." The implication is that it has to be DEALT, but if it is drawn
> > on all three lines that seems to fill the qualification as well.
> > Anyway, I thought the members of these boards would probably know the
> > answers to both these questions. Hedy and I very rarely play joker poker so
> > we're not familiar with the rules.
> > Thanks in advance for any help on this.
> > Regards,
> > CoachVee & Hedy
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>

#6

the7thwarrior wrote:

Similar occurence happened at Fiesta Henderson, many years ago.
The player was dealt four to a Royal and hit that Royal on ALL lines.
The machine locked up and the casino employees were tyring to decide IF they were going to pay her the DEALT ROYAL or not. Since the placard said, ALL,(not dealt) same as yours did, they DID end up giving her the dealt Royal rather than the sum of the 3 individual progressive jackpots.
1/47*1/47*1/47= 1/103,823 should be the chances of getting that Royal on all three lines.
You have a 1/47 chance of getting that card each time.

I've always been curious about what would happen in such a case,
particularly when the "all" is particularly high, such as when the one
at the South Point went over $100,000 a few years ago. I assume the
casino would start out trying to pay the sum of the 3 meters and then,
depending on how hard the player argued, probably eventually be
ordered to pay the "all," even if their intent was for it to be only
paid on a dealt. Assuming the player stands pat on a king high
straight flush, the "all" including being drawn to reduces the cycle
from 649,740 to 648,279 and out of 445 such jackpots, 1 will be drawn
to.