question on 99.5%, 11.3% etc etc

Can someone basically explain to me what this means? The percentage on a machine?

Also does each machine display its own or does it go by the game itself?

Someone please clear up this confusion for me

i messed up the title was supposed to say 100.3%, o well im a moron

sounds like you are confused because there are 2 ways used to give the House Edge

on slots, usually it is return, so a house edge of 10% is instead said to be a 90% return - same thing

table games are usually straight % per bet; so 11.3% is a lousy game with less than 89% return

>Also does each machine display its own or does it go by the game itself?

I've never seen any information about edge revealed on any machine or at any table, you have to look it up and it may not be known even to Wizardly people.

PS, 100.3% does mean +EV for perfect play. You have to hit the Royals.

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so when it comes to VP its wise to pick a machine that has the highest percentage

Quote: richbailey86

so when it comes to VP its wise to pick a machine that has the highest percentage

Correct. If a place has over 100% machines they will sometimes advertise it, but that is the only time I've ever seen a percentage on the game itself.

Quote: geoff

Correct. If a place has over 100% machines they will sometimes advertise it, but that is the only time I've ever seen a percentage on the game itself.

in other words to know what games have that high of an edge, research the game before playing

Quote: geoff

Correct. If a place has over 100% machines they will sometimes advertise it, but that is the only time I've ever seen a percentage on the game itself.

Advertised, this is so. But you can find pay tables with returns in the Wizard's other site and in his book "Gambling 102." I've found the book invaluable for playing VP, including the simple strategies for DW and JoB, and carry it in my purse when I go to the casinos.

Quote: Nareed

Advertised, this is so. But you can find pay tables with returns in the Wizard's other site and in his book "Gambling 102." I've found the book invaluable for playing VP, including the simple strategies for DW and JoB, and carry it in my purse when I go to the casinos.

i see you have a cooking blog

we love using the crockpot and make some cool stuff all the time

just a side note lol

Quote: richbailey86

i see you have a cooking blog

One badly due for an update.

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we love using the crockpot and make some cool stuff all the time

just a side note lol

I moved the cooking thread to DT. My new project is to research how cooking was done in Roman times, and try to do something similar now.

sounds like the OP just generally needs to be more aware of wizard of odds dot com