The Future of Video Poker

[FloridaPhil]

Those of us who have played VP for 10 years or more have seen a lot of changes to the game. The majority of these changes did not benefit players. Recently, I have noticed the number of video poker machines is shrinking. Casinos commonly had a whole section devoted to VP. Now it seems the video poker machines are buried back in some corner. If you go to VPfree2.com you can look up most any casino and check out the odds. There was a time when there were pages of options. Now, posts are very few or are label "nothing worth playing". This got me thinking about where the game is going and I may have found it.

This website is the future of VP. I know you can't wager real money on it now. Perhaps some day you will be able to? I love this website. For $8.95 a month I can play any VP game I want all I want. I can't imagine how much money it saves me.

One of the things that make this website so much fun is the ability to compete against other players in real time. It teaches you a lot about variance and the frequency of jackpots. Some of this knowledge is very helpful when playing for real money.

There are games on this website that I have never seen in a casino. There are odds on this website I will never see. All it would take would be the modification to allow money instead of credits. If I went to a casino and they had a bunch of monitors with this website on it, we would have everything a player could possibly want. Rebates, cash back, contests, promotions of all kind would be available.

This website could easily compete with casinos. Think about it. No brick or mortar. No expensive overhead. The machines never break down or need maintenance. Changing the games could happen in minutes. Would players believe the games were as fair as those in the casino? Bring on the regulators.

It's just a thought, but it sure would be nice.

[olds442jetaway]

I think it is coming Phil. The states want more of iur money than they get now. Easy for them to get here. I just hope they don’t pass some stupid law that taxes us on internet gambling on the gross with no abilty to write it off.

[olds442jetaway]

Like Ct and a few other stares do

[Tedlark]

Phil, if this website were to become the way you envision, do you really think your playing habits would remain the same then as they are here now?

Come on.

[advantage playe]

hey olds, your spelling is getting worse than mine ! better lighten up on the ethanol !!!!!!!!!

[olds442jetaway]

It’s the stupid not so Smart phone it just hates my touch small screen too boot. I don’t think this site has a spellcheck and I don’t know how to use it or get it running here any ideas ?

[olds442jetaway]

As to the ethanol OK I promise to use regular no more high test

[notes1]

states do not offer/allow casino gaming as an entertainment option for it's citizens. rather, it is a state revenue producer and sold as a job creator. the same thing is now happening with cannabis.

the casino business is complicated and i am no expert. UNLV center for gaming research puts out a slew of interesting info. their data, for the years 2006-2015, shows an increase in overall casino revenue for those years, albeit pretty small. but, just consider the number of additional casinos and machines that were introduced over that same time period. states like PA did not even offer casino gaming and now it ranks in the top five. nevada, miss, and n.j., all saw revenue decreases, over that same time period. if you have little revenue increase, but offer dozens of more properties and thousands of additional machines, each machine actually produces less revenue, but costs to run their business, continue to rise.

thus, casino 'holds' need to increase. and, what is a better way than to reduce VP and increase slot offerings. of course, as casinos increase their hold, consumers notice. they adjust their play, by betting less, spending fewer hours gaming and other cost saving measures.

end result, revenues not growing as before, more gaming options and increasing costs for those offering gaming. i have suggested before, what many consumers really need is a 'wal mart' casino option. no frills, just clean, safe, low hold gaming.

[FloridaPhil]

Phil, if this website were to become the way you envision, do you really think your playing habits would remain the same then as they are here now?

The game I play every day on this website is 99.752% Triple Triple Bonus Poker. It's a very high variance game. My credits go up and they go down by thousands of points a day. I have no problem holding my own on this game. If I could play quarter games like that for real money, I definitely would.

[billryan]

That sounds like the internet cafes that pop up before the state shuts them down.
In Nevada, the no frills casinos are called bars.