Video Poker machines that have full pay schedules (99% and more payback) are becoming harder to locate these days. It would appear that recreational players are either unacquainted with the difference between full pay and short pay games or they simply don’t care. In any event, many casinos are cashing in on ignorant gamblers that place their bets centered on emotion or myths as opposed to the math.

Losing is something which knowledgeable Video Poker players avoid. The main reason they took the time to study the game initially was to learn how to win. When they stumbled upon a casino with only short pay schedules for video poker, they feel like they’re being ripped off. Sometimes the payouts could be so low that it’s not worth playing certain games. But better paying video poker games are still available. You may not necessarily find the best full pay games just like the past but some games are still a lot better than others.

Why Video Poker Is King For Comps
Generally, comps like rooms, food and gifts given by casinos are on the basis of the sum of money that’s wagered by the player. Comps are just incentives to entice individuals to gamble more. Casinos know that the additional money that people gamble with the much more likely they are to lose. That’s because the long-term odds are in favor of the casino. That’s not true as it pertains to video poker. The casino still possesses an edge but it could be pretty slim.

Proficient video poker players have discovered how to get back the majority of the money that they placed into playing the game. They accomplish that by utilizing proven strategies that give them the very best statistical advantage. They recycle their winnings in and out of the machines, using the same money over and over again. Those wagers are tracked by the casino through the players club card. Comps and benefits are then calculated by the casino, on the basis of the sum of money that’s put into the machine. Now consider that a well trained video poker player can play 300 to 1,000 hands each hour with minimum loss. At that rate it indicates betting hundreds as well as thousands of dollars each hour, much of it with recycled money – yet every penny counts toward comps and other benefits. And remember that there’s the excitement of winning with a royal flush.

That’s the short story. As it is in just about any hobby, you can find different degrees of understanding and nuances to playing video poker. You will find a large number of different variations of the games and strategies to opt for each one. Some worth your time and others not. There are many books that explain the math behind the strategies, statistical variances, analysis of probabilities, and the endless subtleties of the games. The good news is that armed with only a basic understanding of the games and a little practice, you can certainly do quite nicely in the casino. And it can alter your gambling life.

You can learn the basics and expert strategies at the VideoPoker page. Whether you’re an experienced player or just attempting to find out more about the games, you can practice and play for free there. So consider yourself invited. There’s lots of information regarding playing the game correctly and you can play the most used games and new ones which can be just hitting the casinos. There’s no real gambling – although games are identical as to what you’ll find in a casino. It’s really plenty of fun and you’ll receive a bunch of free information to help you win more at video poker. There’s alternatives for inexpensive, ad-free upgrades and even Professional Video Poker Training available. You’re welcome to play at your leisure, anytime – 24 hours a day.

You will find only two games in the casino that give gamblers a long-term fighting chance. One is blackjack and the other is video poker. With opportunities as high as 100% returns, plus comps, it’s easy to see why so many people opt to play video poker. Invest some time to understand this exciting game and you’ll come to know just why video poker is definitely, still the king of comps and cash jackpots.

Please visit  the VideoPoker page to learn, practice and play your favorite Video Poker and Keno games for free. And for expert Video Poker Training online, look at the Video Poker Pro page.

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Video Poker and Video Keno players have some new and exciting games to play based on which IGT unveiled at the Global Gaming Expo last week in Las Vegas. IGT simply continues to put on its leadership position by offering a large number of innovative slot games with the most popular multiplier awards.  And now Keno and Video Poker players can join the fun.

A fresh version of IGT’s ever-popular Game King video poker title has been introduced. The possible content bundle now includes roulette and other concepts centered on such successful slot titles likeDa Vinci Diamonds Keno, for example.

Bound to be always a winner is the Asian-themed Lucky 8’s Wheel Poker. IGT has continued to develop new variations of  The Wheel Poker video poker format.

Ultimate X and Super Times Pay poker are exciting multi-hand games offering a random multiplier that can result in big payoffs.The games add significantly to the excitement and anticipation factors when playing.

And the exact same multiplier feature has been added for video keno players to enjoy. So there’s a whole new level of excitement with such games as Ultimate X Keno and Super Times Pay Keno that you will have to checkout. IGT is without a doubt adding a brand new dimension of heart pounding experiences with the addition of such games.

Followers of TheMagicGambler.com will undoubtedly be especially pleased to observe that Ultimate X Keno will be incorporated with Four Card Keno, among the most used video keno games of all time. The programming has been developed to randomly allow multipliers to appear about 50 % the full time for each of the four hands. The multipliers can be anything from doubling your win entirely around paying twelve times the normal payback.

The multipliers appear per card and are based on the previous card’s results, similarly to how a multipliers in video poker are awarded on the last hands.

Another game that’s in the exact same format can be found with Super Times Pay Keno, which is designed to give players more action at a lower price point. The multipliers in Super Times Pay occur randomly and roughly every seven draws. The special awards range between two times to five times the payout.

You can tryout these and other new games at the IGT/Action Gaming site. All play on the internet site is free however, you will look up where you can play for sure at a casino near you.

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MEDIA BEGGING US FOR CONSPIRACY THEORIES ON LAS VEGAS
October 11, 2017 | Ann Coulter

Now the media are just taunting us with their tall tales about Stephen Paddock, the alleged Las Vegas shooter. Reputedly serious news organizations are claiming that he made a living playing video poker. That’s like claiming someone made a living smoking crack.

The media are either doing PR for the gambling industry or they don’t want anyone considering the possibility that Paddock was using gambling to launder money.

NBC News reports, with a straight face: “Las Vegas gunman earned millions as a gambler.” A Los Angeles Times article is headlined, “In the solitary world of video poker, Stephen Paddock knew how to win.” The story says that Paddock’s gambling “was at least a steady income over a period of years.”

I don’t know all the ins and outs of Paddock’s life, but that’s a lie.

How do reporters imagine casino owners make a living? Any ideas on how all those glorious lobbies, lights, pools and fountains are paid for? How do they think Sheldon Adelson and Steve Wynn became billionaires if gambling is a winning proposition for people like Paddock — and therefore, by definition, a losing proposition for the casinos?

The media think about money the way Democrats do. They have absolutely no conception of where it originates. Those casino owners sure are generous! reporters think to themselves. Economist Thomas Sowell is always ridiculing journalists for not understanding basic economics. It turns out, they don’t understand the spreadsheet of a lemonade stand.

The New York Times explained that the “top” video poker machines pay out 99.17 percent. That’s great that Paddock was only losing cents on the dollar (if true), but it’s still losing. The Times quickly explained that he could have more than made up his losses with all the “comps” — the free rooms, meals and “50-year-old port that costs $500 a glass,” as his brother Eric said.

Gamblers who are beating the house are not given $500 glasses of port. Refer to the profit/loss spreadsheet. And yet, according to his brother, Paddock was treated like royalty by the casinos. Which means he was losing at video poker.

Apart from outright theft, the only way to have an advantage over the casino is by card-counting. That’s not cheating and it doesn’t guarantee a win. It merely allows the gambler to make a more educated guess as each card is played, thereby tilting the odds ever so slightly in his favor. Still, if the casinos suspect a customer is counting cards, he will be promptly escorted off the premises.

And counting cards only helps with blackjack. Paddock’s game of choice was VIDEO POKER. That’s a computer! It’s programmed to ensure the house wins. Not all the time, but at least often enough to make casino owners multibillionaires. Anyone who plays video poker over an extended period of time will absolutely, 100 percent, by basic logic, end up a net loser.

So why are the media insistent that Paddock was getting rich by playing video poker?

I don’t know what happened — and, apparently, neither do the cops — but it’s kind of odd that we keep being told things that aren’t true about the Las Vegas massacre, from the basic timeline to this weird insistence that Paddock made a good living at gambling.

The most likely explanation is that the reporters and investigators are incompetent nitwits. But the changing facts from law enforcement and preposterous lies from the press aren’t doing a lot to tamp down alternative theories of the crime.

Among the questions not being asked by our wildly incurious media:

Why would Paddock unload 200 rounds into the hallway at a security guard who was checking on someone else’s room before beginning his massacre?

How can it possibly take eight days to figure out when the alleged shooter checked into the hotel?

Why was Paddock wearing gloves if he was about to commit suicide?

Have any other solitary mass shooters ever had girlfriends?

If Paddock wasn’t making money on video poker — and he wasn’t — why would he be cycling millions of dollars through a casino, turning every dollar into, at best, 99 cents?

Maybe Paddock enjoyed video poker. But if the allegedly serious media are going to keep telling us he was making a living doing it, they’re just begging us to say that losing a percent or two on millions of dollars doesn’t make sense as an investment strategy, but it does make sense as a money laundering operation.

And the probable illicit business requiring money to be laundered that leaps out at us in Paddock’s case is illegal gun sales. If true, it would not only explain the arsenal in his hotel room, but also raises the possibility of either an accomplice or different perpetrator altogether.

If this were a movie script, a terrorist would go to Paddock’s room on the pretense of buying guns, kill Paddock, commit the massacre, put his gunshot residue-covered gloves on Paddock’s dead hands and slip out of the room when the coast was clear.

According to the all-new timeline given by the Las Vegas police — pending a third revision — this is at least possible. The hallway was empty, except for a bleeding security guard down by the elevators, for at least two minutes after the shooting stopped. The stairwell was clear for more than half an hour. It also explains the gloves.

There’s no evidence for any of this, but on the other hand, there’s no evidence for the version the media are giving us. At least the movie script version doesn’t require us to pretend that Paddock was making “millions” from video poker.

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