Rare horseymike Posted December 30, 2012 #1 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Does anyone know which cruiseline has the best paying slots ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare horseymike Posted January 2, 2013 Author #2 Share Posted January 2, 2013 92 views and no responses not very encouraging for slot players.:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaja Posted January 2, 2013 #3 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Probably because NONE of the SLOTS on NONE of the ships on ANY cruiseline...pays well :rolleyes::D (sorry...just could not resist...;)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner22aa Posted January 3, 2013 #4 Share Posted January 3, 2013 At least here in Canada the government sets the payout percentage that the machines must produce. Where I live it is 92% therefore you will technically get back 92 cents for every dollar spent. That is an average measured over thousands of plays so you could lose it all and I could win a jackpot on my first spin. Assuming you got your 92 cents back from your dollar and play the 92 cents again. This time you could expect to get back 84.5 cents and so on till its all gone given the same payout odds of 92%. Casinos at sea are not regulated by any government and they are free to set the percentages at what ever they want. You will notice that they are only open in international waters. NCL's PofA might be as it only sails in US waters but I can't testify to that. There have been countless posts on here about how loose the slots were at the beginning of the cruise and how tight they got over time. Get them through the door, pay a little, then dial down the payouts as the cruise progresses. Thats what is called a loss leader. It's all done electronically and a machine can be set in less than a minute. My next door neighbour works for our Liquor and Gaming Commission as a casino inspector to ensure that the machines are not locally tampered with. So to answer your question, no one is better than the rest and none of the ship board casinos are run by the cruise line. They are all run by a third party that pays a percentage to the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geogran Posted January 6, 2013 #5 Share Posted January 6, 2013 My slot experience on NCL Jade was good - I won $1400 on a nickle quick hit slot the last night of our cruise....my friend played most every night and came out about $400 ahead at the end of the cruise - we played for fun and it payed off....I'm sure that's not always the case. NCL's website casino section shows some pretty big winners - one as big as 160k - just don't know how frequent or which ships. Hope you find those lucky slots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VKSidekick Posted January 10, 2013 #6 Share Posted January 10, 2013 At least here in Canada the government sets the payout percentage that the machines must produce. Where I live it is 92% therefore you will technically get back 92 cents for every dollar spent. That is an average measured over thousands of plays so you could lose it all and I could win a jackpot on my first spin. Assuming you got your 92 cents back from your dollar and play the 92 cents again. This time you could expect to get back 84.5 cents and so on till its all gone given the same payout odds of 92%. Casinos at sea are not regulated by any government and they are free to set the percentages at what ever they want. You will notice that they are only open in international waters. NCL's PofA might be as it only sails in US waters but I can't testify to that. There have been countless posts on here about how loose the slots were at the beginning of the cruise and how tight they got over time. Get them through the door, pay a little, then dial down the payouts as the cruise progresses. Thats what is called a loss leader. It's all done electronically and a machine can be set in less than a minute. My next door neighbour works for our Liquor and Gaming Commission as a casino inspector to ensure that the machines are not locally tampered with. So to answer your question, no one is better than the rest and none of the ship board casinos are run by the cruise line. They are all run by a third party that pays a percentage to the line. good to know, thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazee4cruzin Posted January 10, 2013 #7 Share Posted January 10, 2013 We have been on Princess. We play slots for fun but lose. My husband likes video poker and he seems do OK. We like to play roulette. It is fun and we usually walk away on the plus side. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waseatravel Posted January 17, 2013 #8 Share Posted January 17, 2013 I know on NCL I won close to $700 last year. Going on RCCL next month and hoping to win again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salboz Posted April 21, 2013 #9 Share Posted April 21, 2013 There was 1 machine on RCL EXplorer that paid $1000.00 at least 3 times a night and usually every day. It was a quarter machine. Got my share:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fla gang Posted May 1, 2013 #10 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Won $1800 on Carnival Freedom playing dollar Stars and Stripes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eltotaupin64 Posted May 8, 2013 #11 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Won close to 2000 on Carnival Pride in February of a Neptunes Kingdom II. You dont wanna know what i did with that money:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannabeavip Posted May 13, 2013 #12 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Won $1800 on Carnival Freedom playing dollar Stars and Stripes. Congratulations. I played that machine but was not lucky. Glad SOMEbody won on the Freedom! Slots were very tight - a lot of complaints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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