Are the games marked "VLT" to distinguish them fron
RNG/simulated deck machines?
Mark
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--- wishiwuzinvegas <pelotari1672@yahoo.com> wrote:
My son and I took a ride up to "Mighty M Gaming" at
Monticello
Raceway last weekend, just to check out the racino
there. As some of
you must already know, they have class II video
lottery terminals, in
video slot and video poker formats.Now, I'm a traditional video poker buff. (No, that
doesn't mean that
I play VP in the buff!) I enjoy the mental aspect
of the game, and
the fact that what I do has an effect on the outcome
of the hand. I
knew going in that at Monticello, my decisions would
be meaningless,
since on a VLT the outcome of the hand is determined
by the central
computer as soon as the hand is initiated.
Nevertheless, I wanted to
experience what it was like to play VP on a VLT, so
I threw a twenty
into an IGT quarter DB machine, and played (GASP)
one coin at a time.I knew that if I were to be dealt a winning hand, I
could discard it,
and I would get, at a minimum, the same type of
winning hand on the
draw. But I wanted to experience that for myself,
so the first time
I was dealt a pair of jacks, I threw them away.
Sure enough, I got
another paying pair on the draw. Shortly
thereafter, I was dealt
trips. Ditched 'em, got trips back. Same thing
happened when I was
dealt straights, flushes, and full houses. It
wasn't a surprise, but
there was something curiously humorous about it.I had heard about the "match card" feature on VP
VLTs, which allows
the machine to pay you what you're supposed to win
even if your
discard decision makes it impossible for the machine
to give you the
final hand that you were supposed to get. I don't
know if anyone has
posted this before, but IGT has come up with an
interesting variation
on that feature. A couple of times, I was dealt an
open straight
draw, along with a low pair. Being the trained DB
player, I kept the
straight draw. Apparently, I was supposed to get
trips, but that
wasn't possible holding four cards to a straight.
The one card draw
paired me up, and then a magic lamp appeared at the
bottom of the
screen, a genie came out, walked across the cards,
and changed one of
them to give me my trips. To the uneducated, this
looks like a great
thing....sometimes a losing hand is turned into a
winner!A couple of machines to my left, a couple were
playing a deuces wild
machine. On every hand, they were discussing what
the best play
would be. For a while, I was just laughing to
myself, because I knew
it didn't matter. Then, I had the urge to tell
them....but I fought
it off. I didn't want to ruin their fun. However,
when someone came
by and commented that the 9/7 DB pay table was
better than what they
offer at Mohegan Sun or Foxwoods, I had to explain
that the pay table
on these machines is absolutely meaningless when it
comes to
determining the machine's payback percentage. It
took about ten
minutes of explanation, along with discarding five
winning hands and
getting the same winners back on the draw, to
convince the guy.I had fully expected that I would not enjoy playing
the VLTs, since
my affinity for VP is based upon the mental aspect
of the game. I
was right. Playing the VLTs is just putting in
money and pushing
buttons. Not mentally stimulating at all. Not fun,
except for
listening to neighbors who don't understand how the
games work.On the whole, Mighty M Gaming is an attractive
place. It's a non-
smoking facility, very attractive and very clean,
with comfortable
seating at the machines. The buffet isn't what
Vegas players are
used to. The selections are very limited. I can't
figure the logic
behind some of the prices at the food court. Plain
bagel, $1. Bagel
with butter, $2. (How much butter do they put
on???) Bagel with
cream cheese, $3. It ain't VP heaven. For slot
players, though,
it's a nice place.
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