Wizard of Vegas forumsThis feed displays the latest discussion threads started at WizardOfVegas.comhttp://wizardofvegas.com/forums/WizardTue, 19 Mar 2024 02:52:31 +0000http://wizardofvegas.com/forum/gambling/craps/39014-ratholing-for-better-comps/Ratholing for better comps?In my opinion, comps are based about 80% on play and 20% win/loss. Personally, I don't think it is worth it and find it dishonest. <br /><br />I advise casinos that if they catch players ratholing for purposes of inflating a loss rebate, I would not welcome their play in the future. I'm not sure how much they listen to that, as they hate losing players, even non-profitable ones.WizardMon, 18 Mar 2024 23:26:14 +0000http://wizardofvegas.com/forum/gambling/tables/39011-why-is-uth-he-based-on-ante-bet-instead-of-ante-blinds/Why is uth HE based on Ante bet instead of ante/blinds?The Element of Risk is good for comparing games against each other for value.<br /><br />The house edge is good at estimating player loss per hour. I believe in basing it on the base wager. If it's unclear what the base wager is, it is whatever the table minimum applies to. In the case of UTH is is just the Ante.WizardMon, 18 Mar 2024 23:21:57 +0000http://wizardofvegas.com/forum/questions-and-answers/math/39010-go-first-dice/Go First DiceQuote: MentalWhat does it mean if a solution works?<br />(a) must be not result in any ties<br />(b) must be perfectly fair to all N players<br />(c) something more ??<br /><br />Cool problem. Do you think this is a minimal solution or is it just the first solution your algorithm came upon?<br /><br />Bonus question: Will a 840-side die ever stop rolling?<br /><br />Note added: I wrote a test program and checking 418,211,942,400,000 possible dice outcomes would take 12 days using one processor.<br />link to original post<br /><br />A. The same number can never appear on two different dice.<br />B. Yes!<br />C. I don't require this, but the dice should also work for less than the intended number of players. For example, for the 4-player set of dice should work for 2 or 3 players as well. I believe my dice meet this requirement.<br /><br />Bonus: I never thought of that. It must, otherwise I would make a perpetual motion machine out of it. <br /><br />Since my post, I wrote a simulator a test the 5-dice case and they seemed to pass.<br /><br />mcallister3200Tue, 19 Mar 2024 03:43:16 +0000http://wizardofvegas.com/forum/las-vegas-casinos/mgm-grand/39009-bruno-mars/Bruno MarsMentalMon, 18 Mar 2024 12:45:40 +0000http://wizardofvegas.com/forum/questions-and-answers/math/39006-why-actual-rtp-is-lower-by-using-scatter/why actual RTP is lower by using scatter?You have not mentioned whether free spins can retrigger more free spins. <br /><br />You do not specify the variance for your game. If your game has a variance of 100 bets^2, then the standard deviation divided by coin in is sqrt(1,000,000*100)/1,000,000 = 1% for your simulation. You could easily get your result by being 1.5 SD below the true value. You should be able to run trillions of MC simulations for such a simple game. For a simple game with only 32,768 outcomes, it should be easy for you to enumerate all the possible outcomes in a spreadsheet or computer program.ChumpChangeTue, 19 Mar 2024 01:26:07 +0000http://wizardofvegas.com/forum/gambling/blackjack/39003-traveling-the-world-for-5-years-card-counting/Traveling the world for 5 years Card CountingIf you are playing unrated with no ID, you can't be cashing out more than $3K per person per night. So are you going to be able to make repeat visits to the same casino a handful of times or several dozens of times? It doesn't really pay to hit the road because the casino flyers will be beating you to the next casino on your trip. Just find some neighborhood casinos you are comfortable with and play straight.SOOPOOSun, 17 Mar 2024 19:37:05 +0000http://wizardofvegas.com/forum/gambling/sports/39002-sports-betting-questions-newbie/Sports Betting questions newbierxwineThu, 14 Mar 2024 20:06:47 +0000http://wizardofvegas.com/forum/off-topic/general/39000-calling-all-007s/Calling all 007s.Spy test,<br /><br />https://www.mi5.gov.uk/careers/working-at-mi5/quizzesams288Thu, 14 Mar 2024 20:41:32 +0000http://wizardofvegas.com/forum/gambling-outside-vegas/americas/38999-cozumel/CozumelrxwineFri, 15 Mar 2024 15:45:02 +0000http://wizardofvegas.com/forum/off-topic/general/38998-unlikely-events/Unlikely eventsThe number of actions and reactions in the entire Universe, is so extensive and complex, I'd probably argue it's impossible to know if it's actually in any way random, any more than the final resting place of all Billard balls after the opening break will be. We just may be on a really big table.<br /><br />Right now, we're somewhere in the middle the opening break (probably) <br /><br />Of course, my point isn't about that, it's about seeing unlikely events, which i argue happen every day, even if it's near impossible to see one we're actually looking for by predicting correctly when it will occur.