THE ANATOMY OF VIDEO POKER AT MOTOR CITY CASINO
Old VP Pappy and I made the trip to Motor City Casino once again
to record all their video poker machines for this article. We played
a little bit, but mostly we went there just to get all their VP games
down in print for this article. On the way, we listened to an old
Dave Brubeck tape and heard, once again, the beginnings of
contemporary jazz unfold before our very ears. I've been listening to
the Dave Brubeck Quartet since the 50's when they had such works
as "Blue Rondo a la Turk" and "Take five, which introduced millions
of music listeners to jazz." Although a little dated by today's
standards, they still are very listenable.
"Don't play what's there, play what isn't there." --Miles Davis
When Motor City Casino first opened, they had some decent and fair
games. Lots of 99% ones located on every floor, but just like all of
the Detroit casinos, they succumbed to corporate greed and lowered
their pay scales and screwed the Detroit blue-collar workers once
again. It's a shame, this casino could be the video poker leader in
this town now that MGM and Greektown have sold us VP players out
also. They should put me in charge of their VP program and I would
put in some" fair" games and advertise the hell out of it. Video
poker aficionados would soon be coming to this place form all over
the Midwest as word spread. I can see it now, "VP PAPPY'S VIDEO POKER
PARLOR" with VP Pappy as the host. There's about as much chance of
that happening as there is of seeing slot machines in churches
"The sad truth is that many players view the casino as an adult
theme park, with their gambling stake being the price they pay to be
taken for a ride. --Marvin Karlins Ph.D.
FIRST FLOOR or DOWNSTAIRS
QUARTER TRIPLE PLAY MACHINES (LEFT OF ESCALATOR)
JACK'S OR BETTER 9/5 (FULL HOUSE/FLUSH- SINGLE CREDIT BET)-- 98.44%
(LONG-TERM PAYBACK PERCENTAGE)
BONUS POKER 7/5-- 98.01%
BONUS POKER DELUXE 8/5--97.40%
DOUBLE BONUS 9/6--97.80%
DOUBLE DOUBLE BONUS 9/5--97.87%
SUPER DOUBLE 9/5--97%?
ACES BONUS (SPELL ACES) 6/5--97.11%
DEUCES WILD 15/9/5/4 (5 OF KIND/STRAIGHT FLUSH/4 OF A KIND/FULL HOUSE-
SINGLE CREDIT BET)-- 98.91%
"There is no such thing as bad video poker machines, only bad pay
tables." --Mark Pilarski
QUARTER PROGRESSIVE (LEFT OF ESCALATOR)
JACKS OR BETTER 8/5--97.29%
BONUS POKER 7/5--98.01%
DEUCES WILD 16/10/4/4--99.72%
JOKER WILD 17/7/5/ (4 OF A KIND/FULL HOUSE/FLUSH/STRAIGHT)-- 98.09%
DOUBLE BONUS 9/5--96.72%
TRIPLE BONUS 8/5--98.73%
DOUBLE DOUBLE BONUS 9/5--97.87%
"Luck plays a far greater role in video poker success than any form
of winning strategy ever conceived." --Rob Singer
AT THE BAR (ALL LOSERS)
BONUS POKER 6/5--96.87%
DEUCES WILD 16/13/4/3--96.77%JOKER WILD 15/7/5/3--96.74%
DOUBLE BONUS 8/5--95.65%
TRIPLE BONUS 6/5--96.60%
QUARTER PROGRESSIVE (RIGHT OF ESCALATOR) THIS USED TO BE DOLLARS
JACKS OR BETTER 8/5--97.29%
DOUBLE BONUS 9/6/5--97.81%
DOUBLE DOUBLE BONUS 9/5--97.87%
TRIPLE BONUS 7/5--98.85%
DEUCES WILD 12/10/4/4--98.51%
"It's astounding how many people won't use mathematically proven game
strategies because "nothing works." And guess what? That's exactly
what the casinos want you to do. They want you to give up, give in,
and cheerfully lose." --Basil Nestor
TRIPLE-PLAY (LEFT BANK)
JACK'S OR BETTER 9/6--99.54%
BONUS POKER 8/5--99.16%
DOUBLE DOUBLE BONUS 9/6/5--98.98%
SUPER DOUBLE BONUS 8/5--98.68%
DEUCES WILD 15/9/4/4--98.91&
JOKER WILD 16/8/5/4--97.19%
NEW!-MULTI-LINE JACK'S OR BETTER (NON TRIPLE-PLAY) 7/5--96.14%
TRIPLE-PLAY (RIGHT BANK)
JACKS OR BETTER 9/6--99.54%
BONUS POKER 8/5--99.1%
DOUBLE BONUS 9/7/5--99.10%
DOUBLE DOUBLE BONUS 9/6/5--98.98%
BONUS DELUXE 8/6--98.49%
SUPER DOUBLE 9/5--99.69%
TRIPLE BONUS 9/7--99.30%
SUPER ACE BONUS 8/5--99.84%
JOKER WILD 16/8/5/4--97/19%
DEUCES WILD 16/10/4/4--99.72%
"Every time I lose in a casino I know I've been taught a very
valuable lesson. Now if I could only remember what the hell it was? -
-VP Pappy
SECOND FLOOR (OR MAIN FLOOR)
DOLLAR MACHINES
JACKS OR BETTER 8/5--97.29%
BONUS POKER 7/5--98.01%
DOUBLE BONUS 9/6/5--97.80%
DOUBLE DOUBLE 9/5/4--97.87%
BONUS DELUXE 8/5--97.40%
TRIPLE BONUS 7/5--98.85%
JOKER 16/8/5/4--97.74%
DEUCES WILD 12/10/4/4--98.51%
"The first time I looked at a video poker strategy chart, I thought
I'd accidentally been given the one written in Greek." --Angela
Sparks
FIVE DOLLAR ( PROGRESSIVE)
DEUCES WILD 16/10/4/4==99.72%
DOUBLE BONUS 9/7/5--99.10%
JOKER 20/8/5/4?--99.92%?
DOUBLE DOUBLE BONUS 9/6/4--98.98%
DOUBLE DEUCE DELUXE 12/15/10/10?--?
"Although it may seem to be a contradiction in terms, gambling is as
spiritual as praying. Both activities seek divine affirmation and
reversal of fortune." --Kathryn Gabriel
QUARTER MACHINES
JACKS OR BETTER 7/5--96.14%
BONUS POKER 6/5--96.87%
DOUBLE BONUS 9/6/4--97.80%
DEUCES WILD 16/13/4/3--96.76%
ACES BONUS 10/8/6--97.11%
DOUBLE DOUBLE BONUS 8/5/4-- 95.65%
TRIPLE BONUS 6/5--95%
"Slot stuffers, by the large, don't want to be flustered by anything
as philosophical as facts." --Alan Krigman
THIRD FLOOR
QUARTER TRIPLE PLAY
SAME AS TRIPLE PLAY DOWNSTAIRS (RIGHT BANK)
QUARTER MACHINES
JACKS OR BETTER 9/6?--99.54%? (I'll have to recheck my notes on this
one. Looks too good.)
BONUS POKER 8/5--99.1
DEUCES WILD 15/9/4/4--98/91%
DOUBLE DOUBLE BONUS 9/6/5--98.98%
SUPER DOUBLE 8/5--98.68%
JOKER 16/8/5/4--97.74%
FORTH FLOOR (HIGH ROLLER ROOM)
FIVE DOLLAR MACHINES AT THE BAR
DEUCES WILD 16/10/4/4--99.72%
(FORGET THE REST, AT $25 A POP. THEY ARE TOO RISKY)
I could be a slightly off on a few of the percentages because some
games are hard to run on my software programs, but I think most are
accurate.
For some of my trip reports on Motor City and other casinos, go
Canada)
Good luck, Terry Murphy & VP Pappy
"Gambling is at least as addictive as alcohol and nicotine, and at
its worst, as powerful as most party drugs."
--VP Pappy
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