Somewhere, I’ve seen a copy of the UK slot regulations, which, when you include the historical/grandfathered stuff, are a lot more complex than that.
Specifically, I do think that there was something about recorded averages/deadlines.
Last weekend was crazy. I broke even, and then I had two accidents…and made $300.
I hopped on a machine and bet 320 credits. I thought I was on the 1 cent denomination and betting $3.20. And then I noticed I was down $500! I was actually on the 10 cent denomination, and was betting $32! Doh!
Later on, I was playing video poker. I started off playing five hand and five cent video poker, and then switched to ten hand five cent video poker, so I thought. That would’ve been $5 per spin. But that machine had a fucking glitch. Whenever you change hand size, the screen switches over to another denomination! I wasn’t paying any attention. So I was playing ten hand 25 cent poker. $25 a spin! Thank goodness I won $800, if it had been a cold streak I probably would’ve been down a few hundred dollars before I realized.
For a regular gambler, you sure do miss a lot of gambling details. How many drinks deep were you?
He was too focused on the secret minute details and tells that guarantee a machine is about to pay out big, he didn’t have time to worry about silly crap like how much he was betting with each pull.
My thought exactly. Folks that win (or at least lose less) with some statistically valid strategy don’t drink. Drunks fund the casinos’ existence.
Have you factored in the time you spend gambling as a cost?
Could you simply earn moey instead?!
I was not drunk at all. When did I say I get drunk during my gambling sessions?
The casino is an odd environment. So many flashing lights, buzzing sounds, people talking, the smells. Hard not to get distracted. Other times the casino is super boring, and I have a zillion thoughts going on through my head to entertain myself. What am I going to eat for dinner? What will I watch on Netflix? Why hasn’t the woman I met at the bar last night texted me yet? Where is my birth certificate?
I know you’re being sarcastic, but there is a nugget of truth to your post. If I have been waiting for hours to find a machine left in +EV state and finally find one; I get excited, hop on the machine, and just start speed betting. I get tunnel vision and everything around me fades.
If you’re an advantage player, you’ll relate.
Right!
That’s why I love the weekends. The weekend warriors get drunk and leave behind the best bonuses.
Maybe you really are incredibly good at spotting subtle tells!
Do earn money. I am a semi-professional gambler. If I didn’t have a day job, I would be full time professional one.
Here’s my introduction post…
I play poker too…
Yall,
I’m walking around with $4K in my fanny pack. For a REASON. Let’s see how tonight will end. I guess I can report back later.
Go big or go home.
And that SOB game is called //Ascending Fortunes//. The one handed my ass to me last month.
Midwest Degenerate Gambler
-FUCK THAT GAME!
Will you report every Friday?
Sure, Suntan!
I lost an unnecessary $88.80 over the weekend!
I wanted to bet $8.80 on the 10 cent denomination. When I switched from the one cent to 10 cent denomination, the bet size was fixed to the max fucking bet. So, when I hit the “spin” button I bet $88.80 instead. With the older games, whenever you change denominations the “spin” button is fixed to the minimum bet. But with some of these newer games it is fixed to the max bet! I forgot last weekend. These casinos be doing this shit on purpose. That is predatory as fuck!
Midwest Degenerate Gambler
-Bastids!
Its like they want you to lose!
What were your net profits last year?
Why on earth would I share that info?