MrV
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May 23rd, 2015 at 9:06:51 AM permalink
Thanks as always for taking the time to post the pics, Doc.

I'm wondering about something, though.

IIRC, the Wiz and one or maybe two others decided to take advantage of a loss rebate promotion offered by The Grand casino (formerly Lady Luck) that allowed up to $1000 in loss rebate for new members of The Grand's players club.

After noshing at MSS, most of the group marched over to The Grand's high limit room to watch things unfold.

I watched as $1000 was fed into a slot, and after four pulls the money was gone: poof.

It was my impression that the player didn't seem to realize that the bet was actually set at $250 per pull: he seemed quite surprised / shocked that it went that quickly.

Was there in fact a misunderstanding as to credit amount being bet?

Regardless, it was fun to watch!
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May 23rd, 2015 at 9:30:25 AM permalink
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I can't remember whether it has been noted already in this thread, but ten2win introduced several of us to a new (to us) restaurant, the Triple George Grill, right across 3rd Street from the Downtown Grand.



A very nice place indeed.

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We discussed that this might be a great venue for a future WoV gathering, with gaming to be held at the Downtown Grand, which is where the group had headed to anyway on Saturday evening after the main event gathering at MSS.



More than an issue of price, I think many WoV regulars would miss the microbrews at the MSS. Still, we could designate the Triple George (aka 3G for short) as the dining venue for the pre-main event gathering on Fridays. From there we could walk to the MSS for craps, or just across the street to the Downtown Grand.
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May 28th, 2015 at 10:50:40 AM permalink
Quote: MrV

Thanks as always for taking the time to post the pics, Doc.

I'm wondering about something, though.

IIRC, the Wiz and one or maybe two others decided to take advantage of a loss rebate promotion offered by The Grand casino (formerly Lady Luck) that allowed up to $1000 in loss rebate for new members of The Grand's players club.

After noshing at MSS, most of the group marched over to The Grand's high limit room to watch things unfold.

I watched as $1000 was fed into a slot, and after four pulls the money was gone: poof.

It was my impression that the player didn't seem to realize that the bet was actually set at $250 per pull: he seemed quite surprised / shocked that it went that quickly.

Was there in fact a misunderstanding as to credit amount being bet?

Regardless, it was fun to watch!

It's Doubtful whomever funded it didn't know because that was probably intentionally done. Whomever was surprised probably didn't understand what was intended.

Will out of state people who played be returning to LV 2 more times? It's not autoloaded.
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May 28th, 2015 at 11:26:55 AM permalink
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It was my impression that the player didn't seem to realize that the bet was actually set at $250 per pull: he seemed quite surprised / shocked that it went that quickly.



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May 28th, 2015 at 12:38:49 PM permalink
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It was my impression that the player didn't seem to realize that the bet was actually set at $250 per pull: he seemed quite surprised / shocked that it went that quickly.

Was there in fact a misunderstanding as to credit amount being bet?

Regardless, it was fun to watch!



I don't mind saying that I was the one who bankrolled those bets. Another member kindly let me do the promotion on his account with my money and we agreed to split any net profit. Said member stuffed all $1,000 into the machine. Then I told him to make "max bets." I was trying to carry on about three conversations at the same time so didn't take notice of what a max bet was. As it turns out, I think it was a 50-line machine at a max bet of $5 per line, so a max bet was 50*5=$250.
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May 28th, 2015 at 1:41:24 PM permalink
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I don't mind saying that I was the one who bankrolled those bets. Another member kindly let me do the promotion on his account with my money and we agreed to split any net profit. Said member stuffed all $1,000 into the machine. Then I told him to make "max bets." I was trying to carry on about three conversations at the same time so didn't take notice of what a max bet was. As it turns out, I think it was a 50-line machine at a max bet of $5 per line, so a max bet was 50*5=$250.



I think it may have been $10x25 lines. At any rate, the part that was surprising to me was that it took exactly 4 spins and only 4 spins to get to $0 in the machine. it's pretty rare to make 4 spins on a 25 line machine (rarer on a 50 line machine) without winning back any credits at all. But this was 4 dead spins & out.
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May 28th, 2015 at 1:54:05 PM permalink
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But this was 4 dead spins & out.



Yep, it was pretty sad. I'd say about 50% of the time you win nothing with a max coin bet on a video slot, so the odds were actually only about (1/2)^4= 1 in 16.
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May 28th, 2015 at 2:12:02 PM permalink
Did I miss the trivia recap?
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May 28th, 2015 at 2:20:21 PM permalink
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Did I miss the trivia recap?



I don't think it got published, either the questions or the results. I could be wrong.
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May 28th, 2015 at 2:38:46 PM permalink
it was an unusually difficult year for trivia. Nareed won with, I think, a score of 7/15. I was second with a score of 6/15. I don't remember enough of the questions to attempt a reposting. And, really, I'm not sure I want to know how many Teddys would have gotten correct, either:-)
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May 28th, 2015 at 3:19:28 PM permalink
Quote: Wizard

I don't mind saying that I was the one who bankrolled those bets. Another member kindly let me do the promotion on his account with my money and we agreed to split any net profit. Said member stuffed all $1,000 into the machine. Then I told him to make "max bets." I was trying to carry on about three conversations at the same time so didn't take notice of what a max bet was. As it turns out, I think it was a 50-line machine at a max bet of $5 per line, so a max bet was 50*5=$250.

Splitting profits per person was VERY generous. I'm interested in knowing the math on that.

Are they locals? Will they return the 2x for the remaining 50%? Is that +EV if the get half the win and non of the loss? assuming you'll only get back 50%

What was discussed on jackpots taxables?
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May 29th, 2015 at 12:21:18 AM permalink
I'm still waiting for our "honest abe" member to fess up about stopping the dealer from paying the table after a 22 push in freebet blackjack. After she pays another member and myself honest abe decides to forego and hastily points out the 22 push . I thought I was playing with PGD.
Our honest abe had no problem accepting a free double with A8 however.
With the dealer mistakes at that table no wonder the game has since been removed.
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May 29th, 2015 at 10:04:49 PM permalink
Quote: Wizard

I don't mind saying that I was the one who bankrolled those bets. Another member kindly let me do the promotion on his account with my money and we agreed to split any net profit. Said member stuffed all $1,000 into the machine. Then I told him to make "max bets." I was trying to carry on about three conversations at the same time so didn't take notice of what a max bet was. As it turns out, I think it was a 50-line machine at a max bet of $5 per line, so a max bet was 50*5=$250.


You played a machine called Palace of Riches II. It is a 25 line machine, highest denomination was $2 with the option to play 1-5x denom per line. You played 25 lines at $10 per line per spin for a total of 4 spins.
Can you calculate how often not hitting a single pay in 4 spins would occur with that info? Instinctively I think closer to 1-6 than 1-16 attempts.
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August 28th, 2018 at 7:06:37 PM permalink
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Seems there is not enough interest in the Live Room Escape.



Did you ever get a group together to do this? Wife and I will be in town Oct 17th until 21st. I would love to get a group together to do one of these.
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August 28th, 2018 at 9:47:23 PM permalink
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Did you ever get a group together to do this? Wife and I will be in town Oct 17th until 21st. I would love to get a group together to do one of these.



I've always wanted to do one of these as well, and the people I tend to travel to Vegas with never seem interested. Not sure if my trip dates will match up, but if you set a group get together up for this keep us posted.
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August 29th, 2018 at 9:29:57 AM permalink
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Did you ever get a group together to do this? Wife and I will be in town Oct 17th until 21st. I would love to get a group together to do one of these.


You should come a week earlier during G2E. I’ll be there the 7th to the 12th and would love to do one.
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August 29th, 2018 at 11:10:17 AM permalink
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You should come a week earlier during G2E. I’ll be there the 7th to the 12th and would love to do one.



I forgot about g2e, no one will probably be available during my week. I am always 1 week off. I have missed 2 spring flings by 1 week.

I am going to be in town for a convention so I can't change my dates.
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