You could follow up with the gaming commission if you feel that the games are not reading proper or could have an error in the programming. They may check it out or not. I've had long streaks without a royal and feel that my timing just sucked for not hitting the deal/draw button at the right millisecond while the cards are being shuffled during the deal and draw. Sometimes the RNG loves ya and sometimes....well you know.
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From: Kamango_ <vetsen@cox.net>
To: vpFREE <vpFREE@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thu, Sep 20, 2012 9:28 am
Subject: [vpFREE] Re: are the Santa Fe Station 100%+ slant tops on the level?
Is it possible you're not counting your hands correctly? That would explain your not-even-possible 3k hands per hour as well as your not-as-many-hands-as-you-thought royal drought.
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> "8 royals so far"...blah...blah
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> Two+ cycles on two successive vacations with other players also striking out over most of my playing time adds up to a huge number of hands. When playing casually I crank out about 3k hands per hour. When focused even more. And over most of the time in question there was at least one other player matching or exceeding my speed. I'm well acquainted with dry spells. Usually when I'm having one the players around me are not. Again, for the scenario described we're talking a huge number of hands. We're easily in the "American Coin" realm of numbers.
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> Gaffed is nonsense? Keep telling yourself that. And if you're lucky enough to confine your play to the legit machines within Nevada you might even be ok over the long run. But for anyone well versed in firmware programming alterations to the code may be challenging, but certainly well within the realm of expertise of a competent programmer. It's been done before and can be done again. My concern is not that machines are being altered out in the field, but that they are not truly random when shipped by the manufacturer and that the gaming board's testing isn't rigorous enough to detect very subtle gaffing. I still believe that the overwhelming number of machines in Nevada are legit. But situations come up that make a reasonable person take notice. Which is why it makes sense to ask the regulars.
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