Las vegas video poker Vs Draftkings ect
I just took a trip to West Virginia and I found that Draftkings has Video poker - and the pay tables are incredible. I live in Virginia so I had no idea.
I was playing Deuces wild 5 play at $1 a spin x 5 for $5 a spin and the pay back table is 99.72%. Add in Bonuses - and DK dollars - it is pretty much break even with perfect play. Site even acknowledges this and says the payback on the pay table. It costs 28 cents~ per $100 cycled through and they have little opt in bonuses that pay you $10 here and there when you bet a certain amount of money.
Do you think casinos are going to be forced to make better pay tables to compete? Why would anyone play at a casino for comps when you can get the same thing online with a better table and you can bet almost any amount you want.
I never tried fanduel or the other books, but i've never seen such a soft video poker paytable - especially on multi-line and i've been in a lot of different casinos.
Atlantic city had 2 machines in the whole AC area where the pay table was good, but they are a hunt to find, and force you to pay $10 min a spin. I think Vegas has the palms casinos at 100.17% payback but they cap you out at $1 play.
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You're asking why play for the same odds and get comps?
Las Vegas will not change their VP pay tables to be more consumer friendly. it will never happen.
forget 99.8 percent-
these legal sites have been giving out money hand over first for several years including casino bonuses. they've dried up a lot but **** like bonuses you only have to roll through 4x on slots to clear and they had slots with as low as a 2 percent house edge.
And still in physical casinos payouts get worse and worse.
I hope it forces casinos to have better pay outs. Casinos have been too greedy
way better odds - Las vegas video poker was trash last time I checked.
9/6 Jacks or better is rare except at high stakes. I love video poker but it's pulling teeth to find a good machine in vegas.
There are some nice paytables there, but some are off-Strip, and some are less popular games then JoB. If you want the best odds you might have to go to Red Rock or Gold Coast or South Point. And/or play variants you're not used to, like deuces wild or double double bonus.
There are some nice paytables there, but some are off-Strip, and some are less popular games then JoB. If you want the best odds you might have to go to Red Rock or Gold Coast or South Point. And/or play variants you're not used to, like deuces wild or double double bonus.
I actually played the 100.17% pay back double bonus poker at green valley ranch - Even with perfect play on that thing you can have some insane swings. I think I was down 2k at one point before turning it around.
Problem is they handicap you - so you can only bet $1 ($5 max bet). If I wanted to bet bigger I can't. Also I might wanna play multi-line.
On Draftkings I can play 10 line at higher limits - and with a rakeback bonus at (99.8%) and the casino bonus will make it slightly +EV - it seems like the casinos will lose a lot of action from anyone who shops around.
They listed the EV on all the games on Draftkings - maybe it's a state law?
I'm hoping the casinos turn the rediculous -EV games around and stop being so greedy.
I actually played the 100.17% pay back double bonus poker at green valley ranch - Even with perfect play on that thing you can have some insane swings. I think I was down 2k at one point before turning it around.
Problem is they handicap you - so you can only bet $1 ($5 max bet). If I wanted to bet
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I actually played the 100.17% pay back double bonus poker at green valley ranch - Even with perfect play on that thing you can have some insane swings. I think I was down 2k at one point before turning it around.
Problem is they handicap you - so you can only bet $1 ($5 max bet). If I wanted to bet
There are "multi-line" games on the Strip. Check out Muck's trip report, lots of pics of him playing 10 hands at a time.
