How are the Slots?

[GerriJS]

We are from a Casino City and are the slots good or bad?

Gerri

[yogimax]

We are from a Casino City and are the slots good or bad?

Gerri

Brrrrrrrrrrrrr!

[Quincella]

Not good. They're not governed by a Gaming Board that makes them pay out at a certain level so.....they don't.

[derf5585]

The rumor is that the slots are "loser" the first day of the cruise to get one hooked for the rest of the cruise.

[southbayer]

those slots are tighter than the wrinkles on hillary clintons face!! Just take the slots for what they are, one armed bandits... Just play sensibley, it is what it is..

[yogimax]

The rumor is that the slots are "loser" the first day of the cruise to get one hooked for the rest of the cruise.

 

Highly unlikely since it would mean that each machine would have to be manually altered to replace one computer chip with another or manually altered to reprogram the installed chip. You are right, however, in that the "rumor" persists.

[zydecocruiser]

those slots are tighter than the wrinkles on hillary clintons face!! Just take the slots for what they are, one armed bandits... Just play sensibley, it is what it is..

 

Shouldn't talk about the next POTUS like that. ;)

[derf5585]

Highly unlikely since it would mean that each machine would have to be manually altered to replace one computer chip with another or manually altered to reprogram the installed chip. You are right, however, in that the "rumor" persists.

 

The machines are networked.

 

A range of percentages are preprogrammed into the game software and selected by configuring the machine remotely.)

from

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slot_machine

[mkk]

On our recent Glory cruise the machines were pretty cold...

We generally spend a short time in the casino every night..DH at the tables while I go to the slots...by the second night..he was holding his own at the tables while I was going through my 'slot budget' in ten minutes or less..

I switched to the nickel machines and had a blast! I didn't win much but at least I could play longer! There are quite a few nickel machines on the Glory..never really had to search real hard or wait for one.

[Timmys_mom]

:eek: If you get too close to them, they will suck the money right out of your pockets.

[Djptcp]

We have been on 8 cruises since 1994, with 9 and 10 coming up this year. I like to play quarter and dollar poker and I have had 4 royal flushes, three $1,000 each and one $500 (on dollar machine and didn't have it loaded). Also won a $300 jackpot on a nickel slot and lots of little wins. The wins have come mostly at the middle and end of the cruises. Lots of really tight machines in between, though:( DH and I also play blackjack, but I get too frustrated with the players who screw up the table because they don't know the game and play stupidly. I'll play Caribbean Stud Poker then, even though it's considered a bad bet, because it's only between me and the dealer's hands and not the other players. DH plays Craps and he usually does pretty well. Overall, I would say the slots are pretty tight and if you only play a little bit, your chances at a big win are probably slim. We go to the casino every night and play for hours, so chances of hitting something may be better.

[derf5585]

DH and I also play blackjack, but I get too frustrated with the players who screw up the table because they don't know the game and play stupidly.

 

Myth 2: bad players cause you to lose

from

http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Eight-Blackjack-Myths-that-Lose-You-Money&id=69845

 

as with much common blackjack “wisdom,” it’s pure nonsense

from

http://www.casinoplayer.com/archive/0503cp/total21.html

[gtalum]

Shouldn't talk about the next POTUS like that. ;)

 

Is JEB! going by a pseudonym these days? :D ;)

[killintime]

I can vouch for the slots taking a loss on the first night. We witnessed a person win $15,000 on the slots the first night and within a few hours of the casino opening. Word got out FAST, and the casino traffic picked up quickly. We heard of no one else winning anything worth talking about the rest of the cruise. They do know how to pack the room though! You can go through a roll of quarters in less than 10 minutes. Saw this happen repeatedly.

[zydecocruiser]

Is JEB! going by a pseudonym these days? :D ;)

 

All the next POTUS needs to do is say we'll kiss and make up with Cuba to win FL. Don't see JEB doing that. Maybe Condaleezza.

[OceanDreamer]

The last cruise we were on, Fiance' and I both lost. However, a friend of mine won over $3500!! So just like anywhere else...It's the chance you take!

 

Happy Cruising!

[msolberg]

The machines are networked.

 

A range of percentages are preprogrammed into the game software and selected by configuring the machine remotely.)

from

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slot_machine

 

Wikipedia says

"Exception 2: In many markets where central monitoring and control systems are used to link machines for auditing and security purposes, usually in wide area networks of multiple venues and thousands of machines, player return must usually be changed from a central computer rather than at each individual machine. A range of percentages are preprogrammed into the game software and selected by configuring the machine remotely.) "

 

This is NOT accurate. Cruise ships, at least Carnival, have the standard fare of slots from the major manufacturers, IGT, WMS, etc. These machines require either an eprom (chip) swap or a "key" chip inserted in order to change the payback percentage. These machines cannot be changed from a central computer. Changing the payback percentage on all these machines would be a significant task and quite frankly unnecessary.

 

I could drone on about this stuff, and I usually do, but I'll leave it at the cruise ships have their machines set to theoretically hold a relatively large percentage of money bet and don't change them. My best guess is most of them hold in the low to high eighty percents.

 

Mark

[Wennfred]

We have done great on the Spirit Class ships, not sure about the big ones. The way I see it if you start out with a 20.00 and youre hot then your hot, but if your 20.00 goes Im done for the night hehe:cool:

[momofzeke]

On the Pride, I won $500 on a Pink Panther quarter slot machine. My DS won about $200 on a different quarter machine the same night.

[salty dingo]

All the next POTUS needs to do is say we'll kiss and make up with Cuba to win FL. Don't see JEB doing that. Maybe Condaleezza.

 

All I would ever hope for is that the next POTUS is not named Bush or Clinton. Stop the inbreeding, already!

[ccNVcpl]

We live in Nevada, and I can tell you - the Ship Poker machines have a lower pay chart than typical Nevada casinos. Where a Full House might pay 7 or 8 coins, the Ships pays 5. So, even if the house %'s are the same as land casinos, the pay-off scales are lower.

[yogimax]

The machines are networked.

 

A range of percentages are preprogrammed into the game software and selected by configuring the machine remotely.)

from

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slot_machine

 

Please read the entire article you cite. You will find that you are citing the exception to a rule. The article clearly states that machines cannot be altered by a simple remote program but by the physical removal or allteration of the chip.

[derf5585]

The article clearly states that machines cannot be altered by a simple remote program but by the physical removal or allteration of the chip.

 

That's what they want you to believe. You can't handle the truth.

[yogimax]

That's what they want you to believe. You can't handle the truth.

 

And maybe you can't handle being just plain WRONG!:)

[habby]

These machines cannot be changed from a central computer. Changing the payback percentage on all these machines would be a significant task and quite frankly unnecessary.

 

Mark

 

Not questioning if they do change the payout percentage (personally I don't care about that), but,

 

Don't they have "Player's Cards" to put in the machines? Wouldn't those machines have to be connected to some central computer to keep track of how much money is spent by the player?