I am the moderator on vpfree2 for many of the deadwood casinos. not that one is needed much because of the poor payoff. The meter resets at $500. which is not too bad. Yes I am sure of the 1% increase. All machines qualify but this is the off season so when winter hits and the weather is bad, I will still want to go there as there will be a better than normal chance. $750 an hour in hots seats, and there may only be 50 people or less in the casino. I won one last winter, with only 10 people in the casino. All slot and vp machines are eligible. Coin has to be in the machine. they draw on the fifteen and 30 minute mark exactly so you only have to have money in a few minutes before each drawing if you wish. $75 on weekdays and $250 on weekends. Money gets put automatically on the players card. the person doesn't even have to hear his name called. As far as the nickel bet, the house doesn't care at all. It is a good idea and I may try it tonight. There are well over 100 slot machines in the house, but I am going to count them tonight.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Mickey" <mickeycrimm@...> wrote:
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> It's actually a pretty good low roller play with the royal at $580 jand the cashback and hot seat drawing thrown in. But the problem is future plays. If the royal resets at $200 and it's just a 1% meter you're probably gonna have to wait a pretty good while to get another decent play on the bank. Assuming every hand gets bet 25 cents the royal has to miss about 150,000 games to put it on $580.
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> Re: the hot seat drawing. I know the casinos are small in Deadwood. It used to be like 30 machines per license, is that still how it is? Do all the machines in the casino qualify for the hot seat drawing or just the bank you play on. Is it a progressive type drawing; if no one is in a seat that gets called does the amount of money go up for the next drawing? What determines whether you get $75 or $250.
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> In short, from the limited amount of information I have from here it might be that the drawing is lucrative. On days where the progressive is low what is to keep someone from just betting a nickel a hand (you might not want the house to catch on to this) and trying to snap off the drawing? I'm sorry. It's the hustler in me. But it might be the way to go.
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> --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "neo c" <neocacher@> wrote:
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> > I am wondering if this is a good deal...... I live near Deadwood, SD where the video poker basically stinks average payouts are near 96%. There is one opportunity and I want to see if it is worth doing. Basically, 6/5 Jacks better 5 cent Progressive. Jackpot is $580.00 and slot club pays .5%, triple that to 1.5% on Mondays. Game is 99.5% + .5%=100% on single point days, 101% on triple point days. Variance is around 180. If i don't hit the royal or a straight flush I will be down in the 89-92% area on simulations. They also have hot seat drawings on single point days every 15 minutes or so from $75 -$250 every 15-30 minutes depending on the day. I played 3 hours yesterday, and won a $75 hot seat. Had to play off the $75 one time through and collected $65 of it. I average 550 hands per hour, but the slot club points didn't accumulate when I was playing off my $75 bonus. I played around 1200 hands (not counting the free play) and lost $27.00. So $300 through machine and lost $27, puts me at 91% return, no SF's, RF's , and 3-4k, which is just a bit above average for 1200 hands. Net gain with hotseat was $38.00, Should I stay with it or should I go?
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