Lastnight at the "gameroom"...

[Jackal1]

Originally posted by boxboy28
Question guys, i sell the paper(dollar size for the machines) to the casinos that use it.......Now we been getting an increasing number of call from people in Texas(no legal gambling i know of)   but there usually small shops run by asian folks(thats whos ordering anyways).

but what are these places like?

In our area there are not any ran by Asians that I know of. Mostly in the good ole boy system so to speak.
They are wide open and most run 24 hrs. a day. It is the old switcheroo system where they are not supposed to pay out in cash, only prizes, etc. None do. All pay in cash.
They get raided usually on a 6 to 8 month basis. Machines are hauled, cash confiscated. Machines are returned. Cash is kept. The good ole boy system again. They stay shutdown for a week or so , then back to business as usual.
What are they like? To sum it up, sleaze ball joints. After hours meeting place for dealers and drug sales, the hopelessly........well hopeless and those that don`t have a clue in general.

[68ROX]

Trax...what you are referring to is called "luck".

Depending on the location, slots have the highest "take-out", the portion of profit a joint makes outside of what goes back to paying "winners.  Games like keno, craps, roulette, blackjack, etc have a lower takeout, but depend on gaining profit over the long haul.

The slots at Mc Carren Airport in Las Vegas have the highest take-out in Las Vegas (run by the city transportation authority) and some running 20.0%.  I had mine at 9.99999%, and that was about right.  Most casinos have their chips set to 14.25% to 18.9%.

There are two types of slots players.....the "THIS is MY machine" player and players who play 3 to 4 spins on a machine, then manchine hop to the next machine, ad inifinitum.

Because of take-out, I'll machine hop at The Billagio, but stake out a single $1 machine at The Rio.

The same player who hops on a machine and on the third spin wins $500 can easilly sit at another machine and feed a$500 into it and lose it all over a 3 hour timespan.  Odds & luck.  You win some along the way, but end up losing in the long haul.

Out of all the bets at a legit joint, the "come-out" line (odds) bet is the most conservative, and the only bet in the house where the house does not have a statistical advantage.  Go to the hole in the wall that is "Casino Royale" in Vegas (next to Harrahs) and bet $2-$6 bucks (even dollars, not odd) every bet on the "odds" bet, and STAY AWAY from the 3/5/6/8/9 bets and you will consistently walk away with $200 to $400 a night.

Problem is most gamblers don't see it that way, they see it that the higher odds bets pay more, so they "lost" money if they don't bet on them.  I'll do a 6 or an 8 on craps from time to time, but not often.

Paper seller:  Last I knew, there are no LEGAL gambling establishments in the state of Texas.  If you are getting TI/TO (ticket in/ticket out) paper sales for paper than normally goes in a gaming machine it's probably illegal.

No surprise though, there are only two gaming establishments in Arkansas (I ran one of them for 3 years) and there are PLENTY of illegal gambling locations right here in Hot Springs.  Poker and slots mainly.

I prefer the legit joints...I'm going to Las Vegas next week.

See you at The Rio.

68ROX

[SirLoin]

Last month i got 5 outta 6 numbers in 6/49...Jackpot was $30 million.The payout was $1,700(split 8 ways)..ended up with $170.