I say serious because I may take serious step depending on results.
Question 1. What kind of results have you been getting lately playing QQ?
2. Have you been getting dealt four-of- a- kinds Lately?
Background - I could fill 10 pages with this, but I'll try to keep it short. I play 10 - 15 hours/week on full pay, 10 hand 25c DDB QQ in the Midwest. Been doing it for 5 years plus with decent results. Since about July 2013...Not-so-much. I've gone about 2 months plus w/o a dealt 4OAK, altho I've had a few dealt QQ. Of course that means no four 2,3,4, or Aces. My W'2's are non existent, very different results than previous years. Most other serious players I've talked to...same results.
Now I understand volatility and the implications if the casinos get caught gaffing machines. The way I understand it, machines are checked randomly. I believe gaming can check machines in 2 ways. One being they can check the "seal" on the chip...This would be pretty obvious. Two, they can supposedly also check the "thumbprint" of the chip software, that this is as it should be. I obviously don't know much about this. My thoughts are it's probably a number sequence or something that has to match another number sequence. My thinking is: If they are sophisticated enough to produce a "gaffed" chip, they would also have the "test" look pretty close to correct.
There have to be other serious QQ players out there. I'd be particularly interested in those that play 10 hand DDB. I'm about ready to ask to talk to gaming at my local casino. I don't know what the results of that would be, but I'm pretty sure if I do, I'm going "all-in" . I will probably have to quit playing at that casino.
While I know this "random" check is supposedly done, but what is "random", once a day, week month, year?
What is the chance if they only gaffed certain games, that that game would be the one checked. Not very hi, I would expect. Unfortunately, I don't have hard and fast numbers or records, and what good would that do anyway. I'm pretty sure gaming is going to assume I'm just another befuddled, losing gambler. If you had asked me a year ago, "what do you believe the chances of gaffing are?, I would have answered..."near zero" Ask me that question today, the answer might be considerably higher.
BTW, I was in Vegas recently & played at Ellis Island and a little at South Point, with same results as locally, but certainly not enough play to determine anything.
I hope to get some answers here that may determine my future plans, but I don't intend to keep up with what's been going on lately. Thanks in advance for anything you "experts" can do to fill me in on anything you know about results and anything you can tell me about this "testing' process.
Posted by: dje59@mchsi.com
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