It my understanding that the Seminole Hard Rock Casino is in the process of converting the Class II (bingo) games to Class III (random slot machines). Based on my observations, less that half of the machines are now converted.
You can recognize the Class II machines by the bingo card present on the machine. If you watch the bingo card, you will see that only when bingo is made do you get a payback on the video poker.
Because the bingo games are not random, the pay table is meaningless. With perfect play 9/6 JOB pays back 99.54% on a Class III game. The payback on a bingo game is not determinable based on what is shown on the machine.
Hopefully, the competition in South Florida will force the Seminole Hard Rock Casino to offer playable games, but based on the poor payback of the bingo machines, I wouldn't count on it.
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From: kelso 1600 <kelso1600@hotmail.com>
To: vpfree@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 8:12:16 AM
Subject: RE: [vpFREE] South Florida Video Poker
"According to the vpFree data base, there is both 9/6 Jacks or Better and almost NSUD (15/10 instead of 16/10) available at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida in a variety of denominations at $1.00 and above. I recently visited and was unable to locate either of the above games in any of the Class III games. I did locate 9/6 Jacks or Better in some of the bingo games. Does anybody know whether or not these games were there and have been removed? Has anyone played these games? The best games that I found were 7/5 Jacks or Better in the $.25 game and 8/5 Jacks or Better in the $1.00 game."
I reported the games when I was there in early-February. This was just after the conversion from Class II to Class III. It could be that they have downgraded the machines since then. All were either in or near the High Limit area.
Your reference to "bingo" games is confusing. When I was there the entire casino appeared to be converted to Class III gaming and I saw no Class II machines. Could you elaborate a little?
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