Vegas Inc: Nev. casinos find ways to add skill-based games
http://vegasinc.com/business/gaming/2015/oct/13/casinos-skill-based-games-customers-las-vegas/
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Interesting. But I will bet it doesn't catch on. Unless a way to handicap good players. Not possible I believe otherwise. If anyone can play a primarily game of skill, good players will dominate. Same as in pool or darts. Only way to make those skill games fun for large group is handicap system.
In addition, if truly a skill game, winning cash is not covered by Federal gambling laws. There is no Federal
laws against awarding cash in skill tournaments. You might think live Poker games are games of skill,
but i believe law considers poker more gambling than skill. Of course, this is a complicated idea.
I be looking to find some of these, just to check em out.
Cheers.......Jeep
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The problem is casino marketing is exactly backwards. Right now they punish winners and reward losers, like when Brodie hit that FPDW royal at Caesars and they tried to ban him from the WSOP for life. It would be like if they held the WSOP but awarded the prizes to the losers and banned the winners from playing next year. Losers only marketing strategy is a loser, eventually you run out of people who want to be recognized as losers.
The solution is to run casinos like the WSOP. Winners get rewarded, losers get punished, and the casino gets its vig for running the operation and keeping it honest.
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Incidentally, if you ever find yourself in a situation like this where a royal flush will bring a lot of heat, the correct gto strategy is easily max_non_royal strategy where you maximize the return of the non-royal hands:
4RF>FLorbetter>4SF>3RFnoA>Pair>3RFA>4FL>4STo>3SFnoA>4STinoA345>JTs
It doesn't matter if you have competition and they are royal maniacs, it's still optimal for you not to add to the heat. That's the definition of a gto strategy, your competition's strategy doesn't affect yours.
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Interesting.. Once I watched person hold one high non suited card instead of two because he was going for Royals. I've seen "royal maniacs".
I think lots of casino management are college bean counters. Few run by gamblers anymore. They reward losers. Problem, as I see it, big losers eventually give up and quit. Ya CAN"T kill the geese laying the golden eggs. Loosening up allows some players to take advantage a little, but you keep the fish coming . That"s the cost of doing business, in gambling. Bean counters, like bankers, must profit everywhere. Geez, having house win of 1-2 % on 500 machines is not as good as 3% win with 1/10 the play , in their scheme of things.
However, gaming is now only 25% of profit, I've heard. Maybe bean counters are right.
Cheers....Jeep
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I don't understand the big fuss over skilled based games. These are not new, back a number of years ago there was a trivial pursuit slot machine where if you got the answers right to the trivial pursuit questions you earned more credits. It was one of the few machines I ever played, and that was because I was good at trivial pursuit. So I call that a skill based game.
Regards
A.P.
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From: "whitejeeps@yahoo.com [vpFREE]" <vpFREE@yahoogroups.com>
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 6:27 PM
Subject: [vpFREE] Re: Vegas Inc: Nev. casinos find ways to add skill-based games
Interesting. But I will bet it doesn't catch on. Unless a way to handicap good players. Not possible I believe otherwise. If anyone can play a primarily game of skill, good players will dominate. Same as in pool or darts. Only way to make those skill games fun for large group is handicap system.
In addition, if truly a skill game, winning cash is not covered by Federal gambling laws. There is no Federal
laws against awarding cash in skill tournaments. You might think live Poker games are games of skill,
but i believe law considers poker more gambling than skill. Of course, this is a complicated idea.
I be looking to find some of these, just to check em out.
Cheers.......Jeep
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Al
Did you make any $$?
Jeep?
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Put it this way I lost less. Whenever I hit a bonus round when I had to answer trivia questions I got the biggest prize for that question by getting the answer right on the first try. I was a lot of fun, and I felt that I got the best deal that I could get, by playing well. Another game with a skill component that is still around in small quantities is cash king checkers, where making the best moves rewards you earns more credits.
Regards
A.P.
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Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: [vpFREE] Re: Vegas Inc: Nev. casinos find ways to add skill-based games
Al
Did you make any $$?
Jeep?
Zuma has been around for years and includes skill based bonus rounds. There are others, but part of the skill is finding them.
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