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> Strictly Slots Triple Double Bonus Article
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> By John Grochowski
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> http://www.casinocenter.com/up-down-and-all-around/
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Every time I see or hear the name John Growchowski I get a case of sour grapes. I don't hate him but I'm not a big fan of his. He writes for novices anyway. But it was something he did in the late nineties that leaves a sour taste in my mouth.
The slot manufacturer Williams came out with a great advantage slot in 1996 called Piggy Bankin'. This game was followed by Shopping Spree, Safecracker, X-Factor, etc. Williams was also one of the first with a multi-game console, the name of which excapes me. There were two advantage games on these consoles. One was a video poker game called Flush Fever. The other was a video blackjack game that offered early surrender. Both games came in at 100.4%.
The video poker game was not the play to us. The blackjack game, with the extremely low variance, was the big play. And this was in the day when practically every casino had same day cashback. And many of these places had multiplier cashback days. So imagine playing this blackjack game with 1% cashback. We got a payday practically every day. We had torched the game out of several places so the handwriting was on the wall that the play would eventually go kaput. But much to our chagrin Growchowski vastly speeded up the process.
When he got wind of the game he contacted Williams and told them they had made a mistake. We know he did it because he wrote about it. Williams personnel didn't believe him so he proved it to them. He wisened them up. They fixed the problem. Thanks alot, John.
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