SDB had been my personal favorite game on the bank. There is no version of SDB in the return range that was required to make the bank viable for the casino. I'm really sorry to see it go.
I'm going to be very busy the next few days, so let me just toss this out there and everyone can discuss it over the weekend.
Even though some pros were playing a lot when the Jackpots got very high, according to what I've been told, the larger factor to the banks return having to be downgraded was that EVERYONE that was playing it, even the non-pros, were simply playing too accurately.
There was a day when pros played very well and "citizens" played dreadfully. That day has apparently passed along with parachute pants and bell-bottom jeans.
Because of the overall improvement in VP strategy amongst the general population, high return VP may well and truly be a thing of the past.
This progressive design that required switching between eight different games had the best chance of being profitable for the casino as anything I've seen come out in the last 10 years.
The big teams might be dead, but there are now a plethora of intelligent VP playing individuals, at least capable of playing well enough that a 101% return progressive was break-even for the casino.
~FK
P.S. I'm not complaining in any way. I'm pleased that other people are playing better these days, even if it costs me money. I do not require that others must fail for me to succeed. It is an unfortunate dynamic of the industry that as more people play better the games will get worse. Kind of reminds me of natural selection.
Good luck all! Hay, I tried...sorry it didn't turn out better.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "rob.singer1111" <rob.singer1111@...> wrote:
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> I'm not sure what makes people think like that. Out of the many CM's I've talked to and got to know over the years, the majority of them are absolutely aware of everything that's going on or affecting their casinos.
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> Frank: What's the rationale behind removing SDB in favor of TDB? The strategy for SDB is a bit more difficult than TDB. If it's because of the number of special quads in SDB, that could easily be offset by the giant jackpots in TDB.
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> --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "what7do7you7want" <what7do7you7want@> wrote:
> > You sir, forget one very important thing. Casino managers
> > are not intelligent enough to figure this out. In fact, I suspect
> > most of them would not understand why this is correct. On the whole, that is a good thing for us.
>
