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Interblock Video Black Jack Machine

Interblock Video Black Jack Machine https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/gambling/blackjack/39032-black-jack-machine/#post921989

List of slot machines at a casino in NYS

List of slot machines at a casino in NYS (Tioga Downs Casino):

100 PANDAS
100 WOLVES
5 BATS
5 DRAGONS RAPID
5 ELEMENTAL LEGENDS
5 FROGS
5 TREASURES
88 FORTUNES
ADORNED PEACOCK
ADORNED PEACOCK – QUICK STRIKE
ALL ABOARD-CHARMS OF THE ORIENT
ALL ABOARD-DYNAMITE DASH
ALL ABOARD-MASKED WARRIOR
ALL ABOARD-MIGHTY PANDA
ALL ABOUT MONEY HOT SHOT
ALL STAR POKER II
AMERICAN ORIGINAL
BAO ZHU ZHAO FU-BLUE FESTIVAL
BAO ZHU ZHAO FU-RED FESTIVAL
BARS AND SEVENS – CLOVERLINK XTREME EDITION
BEIJING TREASURES
BIG 5 SAFARI
BIG SIX SUPER SPIN
BLACK DIAMOND
BLACK DIAMOND PLATINUM
BLACK STAR BULLS EYE BONUS
BLACKJACK
BLAZING 777 – 2X-3X-5X
BLAZING 777 – TRIPLE DOUBLE JACKPOT WILD
BLAZING GEMS – CLOVER LINK EDITION
BLAZING GEMS – CLOVERLINK XTREME EDITION
BLUE FESTIVAL BAO ZHU ZHAO FU
BUFFALO CHIEF
BUFFALO GOLD
CAI LAI SI JI: POWER OF RICHES
CAI LAI SI JI: WEALTH OF DYNASTY
CAPTAIN RICHES
CASH EXPRESS LUXURY LINE – BUFFALO
CASH EXPRESS LUXURY LINE – TIMBERWOLF
CASH FALLS – ISLAND BOUNTY
CASH FALLS – OUTBACK FORTUNE
CASH MACHINE
CELESTIAL MOON RICHES
CELTIC COURAGE
CHERRY RED BULLS EYE BONUS
CHILI CHILI FIRE
CHINA MYSTERY
CHINA MYSTERY BOOSTED WINS & SPINS
CHINA SHORES BOOSTED WINS & SPINS
CHINA SHORES DOUBLE WINNINGS
CHINA SHORES QUICK STRIKE
CHOY COIN DOA – DRAGON
CLOVER LINK EDITION-BLAZING GEMS
CLOVER LINK EDITION-EMPERORS OF THE NILE
CLOVER LINK EDITION-RED HOT 7S XTREME
CLOVER LINK EDITION-RED HOT BURNING
CLOVERLINK XTREME EDITION-EMPERORS OF THE NILE
CLOVERLINK XTREME EDITION-RED HOT BURNING
COBRA HEARTS
COIN COLLECTOR 5 GUARDIANS
COYOTE QUEEN-THE HUNT
COYOTE QUEEN-THE PROWL
CRAPS
CRYSTAL STAR
DANCING DRUMS
DANCING DRUMS EXPLOSION
DANCING DRUMS PROSPERITY
DESERT DAWN
DESERT DUSK
DIAMOND TRAILS OCEAN WINNINGS
DIAMOND TRAILS SAFARI WINNINGS
DOUBLE 3X 4X 5X TIMES PAY
DOUBLE DIAMOND
DOUBLE DIAMOND DELUXE
DOUBLE DIAMOND FREE SPINS
DOUBLE DOUBLE GOLD
DOUBLE GOLD
DOUBLE MONEY LINK – LUNAR CELEBRATION
DOUBLE MONEY LINK – RAINFOREST TREASURES
DOUBLE MONEY LINK – WESTERN TRAILS
DOUBLE TRIPLE DIAMOND
DOUBLE TRIPLE DOLLARS
DRAGON CASH – HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS
DRAGON CASH – PANDA MAGIC
DRAGON FLIES- LONG TENG HU
DRAGON LEGENDS – AQUA GEM
DRAGON LEGENDS – FIRE GEM
DRAGON LINK-AUTUMN MOON
DRAGON LINK-GENGHIS KHAN
DRAGON LINK-GOLDEN CENTURY
DRAGON LINK-GOLDEN GONG
DRAGON LINK-HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS
DRAGON LINK-PANDA MAGIC
DRAGON LINK-PEACE AND LONG LIFE
DRAGON LINK-SPRING FESTIVAL
DRAGON RISING
DRAGON’S LAW BOOSTED
DRAGONS LAW FORTUNE BAGS
DRAGONS LAW FORTUNE POTS
DRAGONS LAW HOT BOOST-JP STREAMS
DRAGON’S LAW RAPID FEVER
DRAGONS LAW TWIN FEVER
EAGLE BUCKS
EASY MONEY
EMPERORS OF THE NILE – CLOVER LINK EDITION
EMPRESS OF TIME
ENCHANTED REALMS
FISHING BOB
FLYING FORTUNE
FORTUNE COIN
FORTUNE HARMONY – PHOENIX AND DRAGON
FORTUNE HARMONY – TIGER AND DRAGON
FORTUNES OF ATLANTIS
FRUITY FRUITY
FU DAO LE
GAME KING POKER 8.3
GODDESS OF GOLD – PROGRESSIVE
GOLD AND DRAGON II
GOLD BAR 7’S
GOLD HILLS LUCKY MULE
GOLDEN AMULET
GOLDEN EAGLE
GOLDEN EGYPT
GOLDEN FESTIVAL
GOLDEN FLASH BULLS EYE BONUS
GOLDEN JUNGLE GRAND
GOLDEN PRINCESS
GOLDEN PROSPERITY
GOLDEN PUMPKIN – QUICK STRIKE
GOLDEN TOWER
GOLDEN WINS
GOLDEN ZODIAC
GOLDFISH FEEDING TIME – CASTLE
GOLDFISH FEEDING TIME – TREASURE
GREEN MACHINE
GREEN MACHINE DELUXE
GRIFFINS THRONE
GUO NIAN – MIGHTY CASH XTRA REEL
HAPPY PIGGY-GOLD BONANZA
HEAVENLY RICHES
HEXBREAKER 3
HIGH SPEED TURBO
HONG KONG FORTUNES
HOT HIT RAINBOW RICHES 7
HOT ROLL TRIPLE DOUBLE DIAMOND
HOTTER THAN BLAZES RESPIN
HUFF N’ MORE PUFF
I HEART JACKPOTS DBL CLASSIC 7
I HEART JACKPOTS SIZZLING 7S
IMPERIAL WEALTH
INVADERS ATTACK FROM THE PLANET MOOLAH
ISLAND EYES
JACKPOT 7S FREE GAMES
JACKPOT CATCHER
JADE WIN
JAILBIRD-CASHMAN
JESTER MIRROR- FORTUNE STREAMS
JEWEL OF THE DRAGON – RED PHOENIX
JEWEL OF THE DRAGON – VALLEY OF THE TIGER
JI
JUICY JUICY
JUNGLE RICHES
KARNAK
KRONOS FATHER OF ZEUS
LEGEND OF CHANGE
LIGHTNING LINK – BEST BET
LIGHTNING LINK – HEART THROB
LIGHTNING LINK – MOON RACE
LIGHTNING LINK – SAHARA GOLD
LIGHTNING LINK – TIKI FIRE
LION CARNIVAL
LION CHARGE-MIGHTY CASH ULTRA
LION FESTIVAL BOOSTED CELEBRAT
LION FESTIVAL BOOSTED CELEBRATION-RAPID HIT
LOBSTERMANIA 2 – PROGRESSIVE
LOCK IT LINK – CATS, HATS AND MORE BATS
LOCK IT LINK – EUREKA REEL BLAST
LOCK IT LINK DIAMOND
LOCK IT LINK- EUREKA REEL BLAST
LOCK IT LINK HOLD ONTO YOUR HAT
LOCK IT LINK HUFF N PUFF
LOCK IT LINK NIGHT LIFE
LOCK IT LINK PIGGY BANKIN
LOCK IT LINK RICHES – CASH CROP
LOCK IT LINK RICHES – EUREKA TREASURE TRAIN
LONG BAO BAO
LOTUS LAND – QUICK STRIKE
LOTUS LAND TIGERS WINNINGS-JP STREAMS
LUCKY 88
LUCKY HONEYCOMB TWIN FEVER
LUCKY HONEYCOMB-JP STREAMS
LUCKY HOT 7S
LUCKY LARRYS LOBSTERMANIA 3
MAMMOTH POWER
MAYAN CHIEF EMPOWERED REEL OF ITZAMNA
MIDNIGHT ECLIPSE
MIGHTY DRAGON- MIGHTY CASH DOUBLE UP
MINISTAR ROULETTE – G5
MISS LIBERTY
MISTRESS OF EGYPT
MO MUMMY-MIGHTY PYRAMID
MO MUMMY-VALLEY OF RICHES
MONA
MONEY WORKS
MONOPOLY – LUNAR NEW YEAR
MONSTERVERSE TITANS ATTACK GODZILLA
MONSTERVERSE TITANS ATTACK KONG
MONTY PYTHON & HOLY GRAIL- KILLER BUNNY
MOUSE TRAP
MULTI WIN 7
MULTI-HAND POKER
MYSTERY OF THE LAMP – ENCHANTED PALACE
MYSTERY OF THE LAMP – TREASURE OASIS
MYSTICAL RUINS RE-SPINS & WILDS
NOUVEAU BEAUTIES
OCEAN MAGIC
OCEAN MAGIC GRAND
OCEAN SPIN KINGDOMS TREASURES
OCEAN SPIN MIGHTY SHARK
ORDER OF THE DRAGON FORTUNE
PHOENIX FLARE
PLAYBOY PLATINUM
PLAYBOY PLAYMATE PARTY
POWER LINK – NEPTUNE
POWER LINK – ZEUS
PROSPECTOR PETE
PROSPERITY LINK – CAI YUN HENG TONG
PROSPERITY LINK – WAN SHI RU YI
PROSPERITY LINK CAI YUN HENG TONG
PROSPERITY LINK WAN SHI RU YI
PUPPY PLUNDER
PURE GOLD
QH 24 KARAT
QH AMBER RAYS
QH BLACK AND WHITE
QH BLACK AND WHITE WILD JP
QH BLACK GOLD WILD
QH BLACK VELVET
QH PLATINUM BLACK & WHITE 7’S
QH PLATINUM BLACK GOLD WILD
QH PLATINUM TRIPLE BLAZING 7’S WILD JACKPOT
QH TRIP BLAZING 7’S WILD JP
QH TRIP BLZ 7’S WILD JACKPOT
QH WILD BLUE FREE GAMES FEVER
QH WILD RED FREE GAMES FEVER
QH WINNING TIMES FREE GAMES
QUEENIE
QUICK HIT RICHES BLACK GOLD WILD
QUICK HIT RICHES TRIPLE BLAZING 777 WILD
QUICK HIT- WILD BLUE SUPER WHEEL
QUICK HIT- WILD RED SUPER WHEEL
QUICK HIT-VOLCANO
RAKIN BACON
RAKIN’ BACON DELUXE – GOLDEN BLESSINGS
RAKIN’ BACON DELUXE – PIRATE PLUNDER
RED FESTIVAL BAO ZHU ZHAO FU
RED HOT 21 DOUBLE DOLLARS
RED HOT BURNING – CLOVER LINK EDITION
RED HOT TAMALES
REEL ATTRACTION – CLOVER LINK EDITION
REGAL RICHES
RICH LITTLE PIGGIES HOG WILD
RICH LITTLE PIGGIES MEAL TICKET
RICHES WITH DAIKOKU
ROLLING ACTION-GOLD BONANZA
ROYAL MONKEY-GOLD STACKS 88
RUMBLE RUMBLE
RUMBLE RUMBLE BEAR
RUMBLE RUMBLE BISON
RUMBLE RUMBLE EAGLE
SACRED GUARDIANS-DRAGON OF DESTINY
SACRED GUARDIANS-GOLDEN GRIFFIN
SACRED GUARDIANS-SPIRIT OF THE FOX
SAMURAI 888 KATSUMI
SAMURAI 888 TAKEO
SCARAB
SECRET OF THE MERMAID
SECRET POWER SYMBOLS
SHADOW DIAMOND
SHADOW OF THE PANTHER
SHAMROCK
SHAMROCK FORTUNES
SHARK RAVING MAD
SILVER TREASURES
SILVER WOLF
SMOKIN’ HOT STUFF WICKED WHEEL
SOLAR DISC
SOLSTICE CELEBRATION
SPARKLING ROSES
SPY VS SPY
STACK OF GOLD
STINKIN RICH
STINKIN RICH SGW
SUN AND MOON TOTAL ECLIPSE
SUNSET KING
SUPER BUFFALO
SUPER CHARGED 7’S
SUPER CHARGED 7S CLASSIC
SUPER DRAGON
SUPER HOT 7’S
SUPER QUICK HITS- PLAYBOY MIDNIGHT DIAMONDS
SUPER QUICK HITS- PLAYBOY SUNSET SAPPHIRES
SUPER RED PHOENIX
SUPER RISE OF RA
SUPER SILVER 7S
SUPER X PAY
THREE AMIGOS
THREE KINGS
TIGER ROARS- LONG TENG HU
TIMBER WOLF
TREASURES OF TROY
TRIPLE DOUBLE DIAMOND
TRIPLE DOUBLE DIAMOND FG
TRIPLE DOUBLE STARS
TRIPLE JACKPOT GEMS
TRIPLE STARS
TWIN FIRE- FEAT QH
ULTIMATE FIRE LINK- BY THE BAY
ULTIMATE FIRE LINK- CHINA STREET
ULTIMATE FIRE LINK EXPLOSION
ULTIMATE FIRE LINK- FOREST WILD
ULTIMATE FIRE LINK- GLACIER GOLD
ULTIMATE FIRE LINK- OLVERA STREET
ULTIMATE FIRE LINK POWER 4
ULTIMATE FIRE LINK- RIVER WALK
ULTIMATE FIRE LINK- ROUTE 66
VENICE NIGHTS
VOLCANIC ROCK FIRE
VOLCANIC ROCK FIRE TWIN FEVER
WEIRD, WICKED AND WILD
WHALES OF CASH
WHALES OF CASH DELUXE
WHEEL OF FORTUNE-DOUBLE DIAMOND
WHEELS GO ROUND ORB LEGEND
WILD AZTEC
WILD FIESTA COINS- EXTRA
WILD LEPRE’ COINS
WILD WILD NUGGET
WILD WILD SAMURAI
WINNING CASH – HOUSE OF THE DEAD ON SCARLET REELS
WINNING CASH – THREE EYED GOD
WIZARD OF OZ – OVER THE RAINBOW
WOLF RUN ECLIPSE
WONDER 4 BOOST
WONDER 4 JACKPOTS
WONDER 4 TALL FORTUNES
WONDER 4 TOWER
WONDER 4 WONDER WHEEL
WONDER ROSE
WONDER WOMAN – GOLD
X WHEEL CHILI – APX
X WHEEL TIKI – APX
XIANG
ZEUS SON OF KRONOS

PANDA MAGIC/DRAGON LINK, HAPPY & PROSPEROUS

PANDA MAGIC/DRAGON LINK, HAPPY & PROSPEROUS
link https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/gambling/slots/38786-panda-magic-dragon-link-happy-and-prosperous/#post911756

What is Rake in Poker? And Should Rake Impact Your Poker Strategy?

What is Rake in Poker? And Should Rake Impact Your Poker Strategy?
http://tinyurl.com/yr6rbobn

Is the rake ridiculous or nah?
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dBeGxDEWd7U

Blazing 7's BJ at local casino

April 24th, 2023
My local casino made every BJ table a Blazing 7's table with a $5 side bet. Current JP's are >$15K, <$7K, and <$3K. I'll have to assume all these larger payouts are gonna require tax forms. Table minimums are $25. There might be one $15 BJ game & a $25 Spanish 21 game that aren't involved.

The MS Stud game and associated games have new displays, and the $130K+ JP has been lowered to just under $64K with a $1 ante bet (maybe somebody won?). There's also a $50K max. payout but the table minimum is above $10. They have max bets of $500, or up to $5,000 a hand, so get a 10 to 1 full house on that! They no longer have a 10% payout for the next lower hands, they have 3 separate progressives going, with the lowest under $600 so far. The progressive is paid separately from the hand winnings, and the progressives will draw a tax form as will a table paid Royal. If you hit a Royal, you'll get the $50K max and the progressive in addition to it.

The Blazing 7's pay table is like the Version 2 — Pay Table 2 in Wiz's article:
Wizard's breakdown of the Blazing 7's side bet from September 2016. https://wizardofodds.com/games/blackjack/side-bets/blazing-7s/

Pay Table 2

Three sevens in diamonds: Mega JP
Three suited sevens: Major JP
Three colored sevens: Minor JP
Three sevens
Two sevens
One seven

The Wizard's stats warn that I could lose about 85.2% of the side bets. So it's an utter money sucker.
Maybe when the JP's get to $500K, it might be time to start playing it. But a $15K JP is just getting started at $5 bets.
Here's a pamphlet from Caeser's from 9/2018. Seems like getting one 7 to match the dealer doesn't pay extra, you need two 7's.
I'm guessing 2 for 1 means 1:1.
https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/gambling/blackjack/25657-blazing-7s/#post887409
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May 21st, 2023
If there's like a 1 in 66.67K chance of winning the Mega Progressive, times $5, that'd be $333.3K worth of $5 chips played if the JP was due on time. Wiz says the JP should be $118.6K for break-even status. I'm gonna try to reverse math that a little bit and I came up with $118.6K (break-even) divided by $2.27K (1% in meter at $5) = 52.25%, plus the 47.77% fixed HA without a progressive equals about 100%. So I should have $333K to blow and win above $118.6K. Maybe I'll win once if I play for 1,333 hours at 50 hands an hour at a full table. I have no idea how long it takes the JP to go from a $10K minimum to $118.6K though, and I won't be playing this side bet then.
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June 27th, 2023
Just figuring if I played for 1,000 hands and bet $5 on the Blazing 7's side bet each time, I'd be down $5,000 minus the 142 wins X $10 or $1420, and the 5 wins X $125 or $625, for a total of $2,045 in wins and a net loss of $2,955. Even if I hit the same color triple 7's for $2,500 once, I'd still be down. It's got a 40.9% payback unless I get a bigger hit. I forgot to add 147 X $5 of getting my bet back, or $735. That would change the winnings to $2,780/$5,000 or a 55.6% payback.

If the single 7 only wins 2 for 1, it would drop the total wins down $710, and if the double 7 only pays 25 for 1 it drops the winnings down another $25, so total wins reduced to $1,310 (a loss of $3,690) or a 26.2% payback without a larger win. I'm looking at a pay table from an older SlotLady video at the El Cortez where this is the payout with a $5 bet. I forgot to add 147 X $5 of getting my bet back, or $735. That would change the winnings to $2,045/$5,000 or a 40.9% payback.

Now I ran across an online play for free Blazing 7's game with a $100 regular spot limit last night that paid 5 for 1, or a $20 win for a single 7. That would quadruple the $710 figure to $2,840. The double 7's paid 35 for 1 so that would increase the each of the double 7's wins by $50 from the 25 for 1 payout.
5 X $170 = $850
142 X $20 = $2,840
Total win of $3,690, or a $1,310 loss on a 73.8% payback without a larger win.
I forgot to add 147 X $5 of getting my bet back, or $735. That would change the winnings to $4,425/$5,000 or an 88.5% payback.

I was dividing my usual bets by 3 and playing 3 spots on this game so the $5 Blazing 7's bets added up a bit faster so I had to play fewer deals to get a double 7's.
Dealer hits on soft 17's and can only split once and only one card per split Ace.

I can bet more than the minimum $5 on the side bet, I can even bet more than my regular bet. I can bet $50 in the hand and $100 on the side bet and try to win $400 with a 7. It's a desperate move that will sink any session buy-in but a 500 for 1 payoff or $50K if it hits with triple colored 7's.

I'm playing more of the online game and hit two 7's for me and one for the dealer and got paid $385 or 77 for 1. Regular payout is 200 for 1 or $1,000, so this is a disappointment. Really need to hit triple 7's at the regular tables though.

I got a couple of triple 7's in the same shoe basically. That'd be a $760 win instead of a couple of $1,000 wins. But when I'm playing 3 spots at $80 a hand, I had a high payout of $800 after a split with a double down for a $385 profit. I was able to play a 25 bet buy-in for over 5 hours betting 3 spots with a $5 side bet on each spot. I have no idea how many $5 chips I lost, but since I didn't win a colored triple 7's I can be sure I'm behind a lot because of this bet. If I played 1,500 hands, that'd be $7,500 on the side bet and how much did I win back? Less than $2,500? It's really hard to count up the $20 wins because I spent $15 on the deal so I'm just getting a $10 bump on a win.

https://www.casino.org/us/blackjack/free/
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Feb. 1, 2024: The local casino has JP's of $72K for the Mega and $52K for the Major, so the total between the two is over $120K. I don't know if that makes it a +EV play, but the Major JP seems +EV because it's usually only 10% of the Mega JP at the other casinos and the Mega JP should be $120K to be +EV.