Book on Slot Strategy LOL

Unless this book takes place years ago and involves the strategy of using a light wand, I cannot see how it can teach you anything

Easy Vegas Riches

LOL

I should write one. I'll call it "You'll Probably Lose, But You Might Win, Then Probably Lose The Next Time, But You Might Win Again".

"Easy Vegas Riches"

What a great title for a book about playing slot machines. Funny stuff.

How do you get "Bet max credits and max lines and push the button" into 100 pages?

Oh, you coudl explain about progressives, give a little history od slots, explain player clubs and comps, etc, but you'd still fall short.

I think the e-book is 45 pages long and the reviewer mentions a sequel but, in my search, I could not find it.

Aside from vulturing Ultimate X multipliers or maybe "Must hit by..." machines to get in at the last second, the notion of a strategy for slot machines is downright ludicrous.

The notion of publishing a book on the topic and offering it for sale, OTOH, is absolutely brilliant.

Quote: TerribleTom

Aside from vulturing Ultimate X multipliers or maybe "Must hit by..." machines to get in at the last second, the notion of a strategy for slot machines is downright ludicrous.

The notion of publishing a book on the topic and offering it for sale, OTOH, is absolutely brilliant.

In most cases yes. But don't put your life on that.

Quote: TerribleTom

Aside from vulturing Ultimate X multipliers or maybe "Must hit by..." machines to get in at the last second, the notion of a strategy for slot machines is downright ludicrous.

There are other plays. Any uncapped progressive is +EV with a high enough jackpot.

Quote: AxiomOfChoice

There are other plays. Any uncapped progressive is +EV with a high enough jackpot.

Lions Share, anyone?

I'll admit that I intend to throw at least a $20 and maybe $100 at Lions Share in July if I can get to the machine without a wait.

Quote: aceofspades

I cannot see how it can teach you anything

Forgive me for being cynical, but the object of most "how to" books is not to teach anything but get people to buy it.

Quote: aceofspades

Unless this book takes place years ago and involves the strategy of using a light wand, I cannot see how it can teach you anything

Easy Vegas Riches

LOL

The only book I ever seen that was worth it's salt was Charles Lund's "Robbing the One Armed Bandits: Finding and Exploiting Advantageous Slot Machines." The games he wrote about are pretty much extinct today. But what is not extinct is the concepts used to design these games. Many new games have been designed today using the same concepts. Half the battle for AP's is knowing what features to look for on new games that come out. I'll give an example sometime today in a new thread.

Quote: Wizard

Forgive me for being cynical, but the object of most "how to" books is not to teach anything but get people to buy it.

;)

I hope the author makes a million bucks.

Quote: mickeycrimm

The only book I ever seen that was worth it's salt was Charles Lund's "Robbing the One Armed Bandits: Finding and Exploiting Advantageous Slot Machines." The games he wrote about are pretty much extinct today. But what is not extinct is the concepts used to design these games. Many new games have been designed today using the same concepts. Half the battle for AP's is knowing what features to look for on new games that come out. I'll give an example sometime today in a new thread.

I read that book, and I completely agree with you.

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Quote: aceofspades

Unless this book takes place years ago and involves the strategy of using a light wand, I cannot see how it can teach you anything

Easy Vegas Riches

LOL

Charles Lund's

*Angry face* I had a few run-in's with this guy. Not pleasant ones. He was upset he and his (wife?) got out foxed so he ran to security to get me and a kid I had working with me, in trouble. This was not the last or first time he pulled this kind of stunt.

He was also asleep at the wheel during the Bellagio opening and subsequent weeks, jacking around trying to figure out the all most worthless .25 maze game (Money Maze I think), with his pen and note pad writing down each detail and machine hopping(drawing heat from security). I looked at this for A while and moved on. It was +EV and it really wasn't worthless , but crappy compared to just about everything in Vegas at the time. Meanwhile 40 feet away, in open view, the real good stuff was going on, right under his nose. Down a ways from that, he would walk by the other good stuff (Here comes Charles the____, everyone hide). I swear, I would watch him stare right at the good machines. My heart would sink... knowing if he figured out it may be +EV, he would start writing crap down directly and blatantly at the machines(he just looked out of place as well) and get the attention of management and security. But then he would just walk away.

Eventually I think he got tossed out for still Messing with that Maze game.