vpFREE2 Forums

LVA Question of the Day - 11 NOV 2008

#1

Q: I appreciate the sage advice from professional video poker
players, such as Bob Dancer and Jean Scott. Yet aren't the
professionals the primary (but not only) reason that casino
managers have to restrict full-pay video poker machines and
reduce the players' reward points for video poker players? Do you
agree that professional video poker players actually result in
having average video poker players have fewer generous payouts
machines and player point awards? I dare you to answer this one.
:slight_smile:

Read the answer here:

http://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/qod.cfm

<a href="http://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/qod.cfm">
http://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/qod.cfm</a>

NOTE: vpFREE access to the Question of the Day link has been
approved by LVA and expires after the current day for non-LVA
members.

ยทยทยท

************************************************

This link is posted for informational purposes and doesn't
constitute an endorsement or approval of the linked article's
content by vpFREE. Any discussion of the article must be done
in accordance with vpFREE's rules and policies.

************************************************

#2

vpFae" <vpFae@...> wrote:

Q: I appreciate the sage advice from professional video poker
players, such as Bob Dancer and Jean Scott. Yet aren't the
professionals the primary (but not only) reason that casino
managers have to restrict full-pay video poker machines and
reduce the players' reward points for video poker players? Do you
agree that professional video poker players actually result in
having average video poker players have fewer generous payouts
machines and player point awards? I dare you to answer this one.
:slight_smile:

Read the answer here:

http://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/qod.cfm

Bob answers admirably. But were I him, I might have saved room for
one additional point.

The question betrays an impression that the presence on the scene of
players such as Bob and Jean diminishes the opportunities for the
average player. The reality is at the opposite end of the spectrum.

A casino only has incentive to offer machines with strong payouts when
there's a meaningful body of players who seek them out and will play
elsewhere if another casino inventories them but this casino doesn't.
If players are indifferent, all paytables will be mediocre.

The ideal is, of course, if these players don't play with perfect
skill (and few do). They give the casino a machine hold that may be
thinner than offered by players on other machines, but can be
compensated with greater play volume.

Give a consumer/player a better deal and, where there's an appetite
for it, they'll "consume" more ... getting greater satisfaction out of
the ride. Usually/hopefully it turns out to not be a case of, "We
lose a little on every sale, but we make up for it on volume!" :wink:

The point is that were it not for the educational efforts of Bob and
Jean (make no mistake, we're not talking a "charitable" gesture in
either case), there'd be insufficient players demanding strong
paytables to induce a casino to install them.

The paytables may carry reduced player benefits, but more often than
not they're present only because of the word having been spread.

- H.