800 for a nickel now gone

[olds442jetaway]

Well, I guess the brass at Mohegan finally read a couple of my posts because the other night at about 3 AM they yanked out the one bank of nickel machines that paid the 800 for 1 nickel bet if the Royal hit. I asked the techs where they were going and they said the Hall Of Lost Tribes room, but of course they were not put there and have vanished into the black Lagoon probably never to be seen again. I never had much luck with them anyway, but they were great on ultra low budget days.
     That leaves me with the lone 100 play penny machine at Foxwoods. It is only a 95 or 96% machine, but you have so much flexibility with it, that my Martingale clone works great on that machine. If for instance I was playing Joker Kings like the other night, I just start with 1 line. I might even bet a penny a line instead of a nickel and hope the 800 for 1 Royal doesn't hit at a penny. I still get 500 for 1 with the 1 cent bet. Every 3 or 4 consecutive losses I up my bet by 1 line and stay there until a decent hit or until I have the 3 or 4 consecutive losses again then go up to 3 lines. I back down too depending on how good the hit was. This is a really fun way to play and you only need a smaller number on hits than losers to come out ahead. I hope that machine doesn't vanish too. Looke like I will be splitting some of my play now with Mohegan and Foxwoods since they have pulled that yank job at Mohegan. By the way, I have never had to go all the way up to playing 100 lines playing this way since as I mentioned, I back down how many lines I am playing on decent hits. Lots of fun and you can play all night with 2 or 3 twenties.

[alpax]

olds, you might be right on your assumption. I heard casino employees read these forums as well as other forums like what Harrah's Rincon does for the Mendelson site.

Another speculation may be that the nickel machine might not have generated enough profit for the casino to keep it running even though you can do 9 lines and it would could nearly as much as 2 credit quarters.

It is best to keep your utmost favorite machine or play secret so it can last longer regardless.

[olds442jetaway]

A good way to test that would be to post how great a particular machine is and give the machine number and location within the casino. The only trouble is they will read this post too and I don't want people reading this to go to Mohegan and play a dud machine so I guess that won't work. . Funny though they disappeared because they had the quarter option besides the nickel and they had games like tripple spin poker and such that could have generated lots of big bets. One reason they got so little play is they were slant tops located directly under spotlights. Unless you wore very dark glasses, you couldn't even see your deal and hold cards. My and others complaints about this fell on deaf ears. I even had a supervisor sit there and tell me what cards were dealt without moving his head way off to the side. He couldn't do it. . Anyway, gone is gone. There is no shortage of ultra bright, glitzy, fancy, penny machines being put in to suck you into playing 4 bucks a spin. I know I am going to catch flack for this, but those and similar machines are particularly popular with the low intellect folks, bus people, most locals, and drunks when the clubs get out. One might say not to post something like that, but I call a spade a spade when I see it over and over again.

[Tedlark]

I'm under the impression that some people here play machines with the machine number:666.

[Vman96]

olds, you might be right on your assumption. I heard casino employees read these forums as well as other forums like what Harrah's Rincon does for the Mendelson site.

Another speculation may be that the nickel machine might not have generated enough profit for the casino to keep it running even though you can do 9 lines and it would could nearly as much as 2 credit quarters.

It is best to keep your utmost favorite machine or play secret so it can last longer regardless.

I didn't publicly disclose the location of the 10/6 DDB bartop my g/f found at Gustav's Bar at Paris last year either. If I would have told VPFree2, that thing would have been downgraded in days. I assume someone eventually blew it with $5 level play. It lasted at least a few months though.

[thegreatone24]

Hey OLDS, that bank that you are referring to is right near the Bow & Arrow bar near the Hall Of Lost Tribes. All of the games are the same as they were when they were in Mike zone. They also moved the progressive 3 line .25 over there. All of the VP games up top in Mike zone are going to be gone within the next three weeks they are going to put a comedy club there and where the car currently is they are going to build a gaming bar. As for the other VP games not sure if they are going to be relocated or going to storage.   

[Rebus]

I didn't publicly disclose the location of the 10/6 DDB bartop my g/f found at Gustav's Bar at Paris last year either. If I would have told VPFree2, that thing would have been downgraded in days. I assume someone eventually blew it with $5 level play. It lasted at least a few months though.Didn't you report about that Paris 10/6 DDB machine in a trip report here, on the Wizard of Vegas forum and/or the Vegas Message Board? Those are all very public forums since you don't need to be logged in or even registered to read the messages.

[b74]

Maybe start posting of great hits on terrible machines so they will remove them

[alpax]

[QUOTE=Vman96]I didn't publicly disclose the location of the 10/6 DDB bartop my g/f found at Gustav's Bar at Paris last year either. If I would have told VPFree2, that thing would have been downgraded in days. I assume someone eventually blew it with $5 level play. It lasted at least a few months though.Didn't you report about that Paris 10/6 DDB machine in a trip report here, on the Wizard of Vegas forum and/or the Vegas Message Board? Those are all very public forums since you don't need to be logged in or even registered to read the messages. [/QUOTE]

I also recall hearing about the 10/6 DDB bartop game, but likely if it is known to last a few months, it might have existed on a return trip to Vegas. I'd imagine it would be difficult to hide it since most people's first intention is to play DDB.

Anyhow, not to sound like a greedy person with my statements, but I did read one of Dancer's articles about playing a reconfigured game, if word lets out its gone sooner than you would expect.

[Vman96]

[QUOTE=Rebus] [QUOTE=Vman96]I didn't publicly disclose the location of the 10/6 DDB bartop my g/f found at Gustav's Bar at Paris last year either. If I would have told VPFree2, that thing would have been downgraded in days. I assume someone eventually blew it with $5 level play. It lasted at least a few months though.Didn't you report about that Paris 10/6 DDB machine in a trip report here, on the Wizard of Vegas forum and/or the Vegas Message Board? Those are all very public forums since you don't need to be logged in or even registered to read the messages. [/QUOTE]

I also recall hearing about the 10/6 DDB bartop game, but likely if it is known to last a few months, it might have existed on a return trip to Vegas. I'd imagine it would be difficult to hide it since most people's first intention is to play DDB.

Anyhow, not to sound like a greedy person with my statements, but I did read one of Dancer's articles about playing a reconfigured game, if word lets out its gone sooner than you would expect.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I hinted it was a strip bartop in that trip report, but that was it. Two months later Royal Flusher from Vegas Message Board PM'ed me and asked about the machine. I thought he wouldn't hammer the machine too badly if it still existed, so I told him where it was two months later, on the corner of Gustav's bar. At that point, he said it was still there, but didn't win/lose big on it. It was gone by the time I returned in September though.