The demise of Video Poker
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Re: The demise of Video Poker
Hope so! Still my main form of relaxing and getting out of the house. Walking along the beach when it is 8 degrees only goes so far. We aren’t really into the senior center crowd activities either. .
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Q omitted his jackpot photo? That would be such a flex and further cement his argument. I’m unconcerned about AC VP’s imminent demise. Too many addicts. That quarter progressive carousel was packed on Saturday. Meter rarely reaches $1,200, so no staff. Can denominations on existing machines be switched to quarter? Probably. But high rollers would complain.
A compulsive quarter JOB progressive regular arrived at the carousel on Saturday. I was playing and machines were regularly turning over. Yet he stood behind me for 5-10 minutes and was apparently completely entertained watching my play. After my irrelevant Aces/kicker quad, I spun and called him a $&@<>*#% idiot! Just the most uncomfortable feeling. What a creep. I actually stayed at the carousel longer than I should have just to beat him to a potential RF.
A compulsive quarter JOB progressive regular arrived at the carousel on Saturday. I was playing and machines were regularly turning over. Yet he stood behind me for 5-10 minutes and was apparently completely entertained watching my play. After my irrelevant Aces/kicker quad, I spun and called him a $&@<>*#% idiot! Just the most uncomfortable feeling. What a creep. I actually stayed at the carousel longer than I should have just to beat him to a potential RF.
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Perhaps he was trying to make sense of your playing style - bet one credit sometimes, or two, three or four, and even, occasionally, all five?
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I am more risk averse than 90% of quarter and 99% of dollar players. Must it always backfire? The one year anniversary of my last short RF is in three weeks, so I’m leery of another fiasco.
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For vp players in the states where online gaming is legal. The VP is IGT software and has decent pay tables in all denominations.
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Yes, but the regulars here will tell you that's a bad thing because they don't WANT to be able to gamble online.
According to the numbers, the industry has been revolutionized.
Look at New Jersey. This is from a UNLV Gaming Research compilation. Statewide casino (slot & table) win topped out at 5.2b in 2006. Ten years later, it had crashed in half to 2.6b.
Today, slot & table win is still down in the dumps, but total gaming win is into record territory thanks to online and sports.
Here's the latest monthly:
https://www.njoag.gov/new-jersey-divisi ... e-results/
Casino 228m, internet 167m, sports 92m. Total 487m.
B&M casino is now less than 47% of total gaming.
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As a purely recreational VP player, I go to the casino for a variety of reasons that would not be satisfied online. The casino I go to is brand new having opened in June of this year. There are numerous multi-game IGT machines that have VP. They are all new. I play quarter 9-5 DDB with a progressive royal. Yes, the pay table is not what was before the pandemic. Given my relatively small play and reason for being there, it is not the worst I have encounter over the years. For the example, when I played VP at Harrah's Ak Chin beginning in 2006-7, their progressive DDB bank was 8-5 To paraphrase Mark Twain's famous quote, the report of the death of VP are greatly exaggerated.
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Count me in the crowd that has ZERO interest in playing video poker online for real money. Maybe sports betting at some point because I don't do that in casinos any way.
If you gamble at home, I don't know how you would ever decide to stop. Bored? How bout you just put another $500 on the card. NO THANK YOU.
Playing at home would be stale, and when I lose it would feel dirty like my bank account had just been raided. I could see this getting very depressing very quickly.
At least in a casino I bring my money with me and if I lose, I know I'm paying a small part of the electric bill.
It's a visit that starts and ends, and video poker is largely about the experience (for me). I can't think of anything that would convince me gambling online would be a worthwhile experience, even with positive pay tables.
As for the future of VP, I don't know what to expect. I see brand new casinos like Resorts World opening in Vegas and putting in a ton of VP. So I haven't been expecting things to go anywhere. Good pay tables? That's another story. Things may be different in other places, but since I only play in Vegas, that's my experience.
If you gamble at home, I don't know how you would ever decide to stop. Bored? How bout you just put another $500 on the card. NO THANK YOU.
Playing at home would be stale, and when I lose it would feel dirty like my bank account had just been raided. I could see this getting very depressing very quickly.
At least in a casino I bring my money with me and if I lose, I know I'm paying a small part of the electric bill.
It's a visit that starts and ends, and video poker is largely about the experience (for me). I can't think of anything that would convince me gambling online would be a worthwhile experience, even with positive pay tables.
As for the future of VP, I don't know what to expect. I see brand new casinos like Resorts World opening in Vegas and putting in a ton of VP. So I haven't been expecting things to go anywhere. Good pay tables? That's another story. Things may be different in other places, but since I only play in Vegas, that's my experience.
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I'm in this camp too. I can't think of anything more depressing than gambling in your living room. I'll abuse offers online, don't get me wrong, but I will never choose it over a land based casino. Playing at home is just too degenerate, even for me lol. I think if you use those websites you should go sit at starbucks or somewhere while gambling to at least make it time away from home.Eduardo wrote: ↑Mon Dec 04, 2023 3:51 pmCount me in the crowd that has ZERO interest in playing video poker online for real money. Maybe sports betting at some point because I don't do that in casinos any way.
If you gamble at home, I don't know how you would ever decide to stop. Bored? How bout you just put another $500 on the card. NO THANK YOU.
Playing at home would be stale, and when I lose it would feel dirty like my bank account had just been raided. I could see this getting very depressing very quickly.
At least in a casino I bring my money with me and if I lose, I know I'm paying a small part of the electric bill.
It's a visit that starts and ends, and video poker is largely about the experience (for me). I can't think of anything that would convince me gambling online would be a worthwhile experience, even with positive pay tables.
As for the future of VP, I don't know what to expect. I see brand new casinos like Resorts World opening in Vegas and putting in a ton of VP. So I haven't been expecting things to go anywhere. Good pay tables? That's another story. Things may be different in other places, but since I only play in Vegas, that's my experience.