I wanted to address the misconception that you posted about end machines paying more. It can be seen in two ways, we see it as not correct because we know the math behind VP machines, but the average person just sees the hits they witness when they are walking down the isles of machines. The average joe sees more hits on these machines because they are played more often and the amount of hands played on these machines allows for these hits. No one can deny end machines are not played more frequently. You dont see hits on a machine that is not played, thus, the idea of the end machines are luckier comes into play. Slot directors use this thought in the placement in their reel slots at many casinos. Slots such as Double Diamond and Red, White and Blue 7s are placed at the ends of isles because they are a high frequency hit machine. The hits are small but this allows people walking by to see "more" hits, which entices them to play. As multipliers go up the frequency goes down such as the 10X or 12X machines, but the jackpots are big. When I walk into a casino and walk to the other side to sit at my machine I definitely notice people hitting quads or slot jackpots on the end because its right in front of me.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Frank" <frank@...> wrote:
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> Here's what I was hoping to see in this thread. Above is a really good real world example of where real people, in this case flight instructors, came to exactly the wrong conclusions even though they're observations were correct.
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> Since this is vpFREE I thought people might want to chime in with VP related cognitive errors like thinking that end machines are luckier, because they hit more.
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> State a casino misconception and then talk about what causes it. You're on your own for a few days, but I'll check in on Saturday.
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