weirdaljr
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July 14th, 2010 at 8:07:08 AM permalink
First let me say I am not a math expert by any means, so I have a question I hoped someone could answer. I have searched many sites online and looked at a lot of calculators and I couldn't find one to calculate my payout ratio for a night on a video poker machine. I know manually it would be something like if I put in $1,000 and won back $995 I would do $995/$1,000 = 99.5% ratio right? But in my case I am looking to calculate it another way so I do not have to keep track of every dollar I put in. Let's say that using my slot card I get 1 point for every $10 put in the machines. Knowing that lets say I go to the VP machine with $1500 and leave with $0 after a few hours of play, but in that time I earned 1450 points. Can I use these inputs somehow to calculate my payout ratio? I am unsure on the math involved, but my first guess was 1450/1500 = 96.67%. I have no idea if that is remotely close to the correct math to calculate it, was just a guess on my part. Is it right? If not how can I calculate my payout percent with the numbers given?

Thanks for your help!

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July 14th, 2010 at 8:21:00 AM permalink
No math expert either, but I do recall from highschool to use identical units when makign calculations.

So what is the dollar value of your points? if it is 1 point = $1, then your calcualtion is correct. if 1 point = $0.10 then your payout ratio would vary.
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dwheatley
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July 14th, 2010 at 8:24:42 AM permalink
If you earned 1 point for every $10, earning 1450 points means you bet $14500. You lost $1500, which means you 'won' $13000 over the time you played. So you payback ratio is 13000/14500 = 89.7%

You could use this formula:

(points*10 - starting bankroll + ending bankroll) / points*10
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ruascott
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July 14th, 2010 at 8:31:57 AM permalink
You must be playing some high stakes machines to bet $14,500 in just a few hours of play. If you say 4 straight hours that comes out to betting something like $60 or so per minute.
weirdaljr
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July 14th, 2010 at 8:43:51 AM permalink
Quote: dwheatley

If you earned 1 point for every $10, earning 1450 points means you bet $14500. You lost $1500, which means you 'won' $13000 over the time you played. So you payback ratio is 13000/14500 = 89.7%

You could use this formula:

(points*10 - starting bankroll + ending bankroll) / points*10



Perfect! Thats exactly what I was looking for~! Thanks.
calwatch
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July 15th, 2010 at 9:28:15 PM permalink
I earned 500 points (at $10 per point) playing a couple of hours of 9/6 $5/credit JoB, so it is possible to go that fast given a high enough denomination.
weirdaljr
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July 16th, 2010 at 12:00:00 AM permalink
Quote: ruascott

You must be playing some high stakes machines to bet $14,500 in just a few hours of play. If you say 4 straight hours that comes out to betting something like $60 or so per minute.



$2 per credit x 5 credits so $10 a hand... if that is considered "high stakes" I guess so. I probibly play more then $60 a minute, my normal hand is definitally less then 10 seconds.
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