Even in a moral world where bribery isn't SOP in the gaming industry, there's still the issue of the NGB (and whatever boards inspect games in other jurisdictions) not having a clue about the technology they're testing.
Just consider how much the USPTO knows about the patents they approve. Yeah, like that.
Do you see anyone with a gun to aforementioned senior citizen's head? Gambling is a choice and simply one of the noisier and more colorful ways to blow a paycheck (or social security check).
Personally, I'd buy a better video card or anime. Neither directly contribute to my or society's well-being; they're just entertainment.
Having grown up in Nevada, USA, I think gambling is one of the most disgusting forms of entertainment, but I choose not to participate while all those people dropping coins keep me from having to pay state income tax.
It's what I like to call a symbiotic relationship.:)
> and you can't have a casino game, that is skill based.
Au contraire. Reel machines are definitely what some might call "luck based", but many casino games are skill based. Video poker (incl. all those 50- or 100-Play poker machines, as well as blackjack are all skill-based, where a player's decisions can increase or decrease their chances and, therefore, pay.
And next time you look at some poker machines, notice how the win amounts drop as your chances of getting them increase. E.g., a 4-of-a-Kind pays significantly more in vanilla Poker than it does in a "Deuces and Jokers Wild" game. Manipulating win amounts is how manufactures can maintain yield percentages while varying play dynamics.
Yes and no. Gaming machines such as those in Las Vegas and Atlantic City do not have preprogrammed patterns. Slot machine outcomes in these machines are determined by pulling a reel index from the RNG; each reel is chosen independently. Most international jurisdictions also work this way.
Manufacturers are able to predict (but not guarantee) yield and hold percentages (based on monies inserted, not length of time in play; it's the casino's job to get people in to play them) by calculating the probability of each combination/permutation over a certain (large) number of "pulls". (You remember probability and permutations from pre-calc and/or statistics, right?)
OTOH, some US lottery jurisdictions and possibly more international jurisdictions operate in the same manner as the UK "fruit machines" mentioned above, but this is not the standard.
> 90 miles from a city of 1+ million is as > desolate as you can get? Hardly.
You're right. But as long as it's closer to the Running Rebels than the Wolfpack... *j/k*
> This is decision was about as political as you > can get.
This is very true. This decision has more to do with:
1) the small population (read: fewer House votes)
2) certain limitations that were conditions of statehood, such as that the federal gov't gets all Nevada land not specifically claimed by the state.
> that nuclear waste needs to find a home other > than Yucca Mountain.
As a Nevada resident for almost 25 years, I'm not holding my breath. There is no location within the continental U.S. that would work politically. And Alaska, Hawaii, or a territory would be too close to other countries: plain bad politics.
1) The government's evil.
2) Microsoft's evil.
3) The sky is falling.
4) Wolf!
(1) and (2) are as true as (3), with the effect of (4).
Neither the gov't nor Redmond are evil, but they can definitely be bad for our health.
Besides, we're all so scared of having our rights revoked that we give convicted felons more rights (and privileges...and TV) than the man on the street.
The _only_ upshot of this is that when the inmate loses TV privileges, we have know it's time to start worrying about _our_ privileges.
Does this sound like a waste of time and money to anyone else?
Slashdot Mirror
SOP: Standard Operating Procedure ... you do *read* slashdot, right?
NGB: Nevada Gaming Board (mentioned in immediately preceeding comment)
USPTO:
Even in a moral world where bribery isn't SOP in the gaming industry, there's still the issue of the NGB (and whatever boards inspect games in other jurisdictions) not having a clue about the technology they're testing.
Just consider how much the USPTO knows about the patents they approve. Yeah, like that.
Do you see anyone with a gun to aforementioned senior citizen's head? Gambling is a choice and simply one of the noisier and more colorful ways to blow a paycheck (or social security check).
Personally, I'd buy a better video card or anime. Neither directly contribute to my or society's well-being; they're just entertainment.
Having grown up in Nevada, USA, I think gambling is one of the most disgusting forms of entertainment, but I choose not to participate while all those people dropping coins keep me from having to pay state income tax.
It's what I like to call a symbiotic relationship. :)
> and you can't have a casino game, that is skill based.
Au contraire. Reel machines are definitely what some might call "luck based", but many casino games are skill based. Video poker (incl. all those 50- or 100-Play poker machines, as well as blackjack are all skill-based, where a player's decisions can increase or decrease their chances and, therefore, pay.
And next time you look at some poker machines, notice how the win amounts drop as your chances of getting them increase. E.g., a 4-of-a-Kind pays significantly more in vanilla Poker than it does in a "Deuces and Jokers Wild" game. Manipulating win amounts is how manufactures can maintain yield percentages while varying play dynamics.
Yes and no. Gaming machines such as those in Las Vegas and Atlantic City do not have preprogrammed patterns. Slot machine outcomes in these machines are determined by pulling a reel index from the RNG; each reel is chosen independently. Most international jurisdictions also work this way.
Manufacturers are able to predict (but not guarantee) yield and hold percentages (based on monies inserted, not length of time in play; it's the casino's job to get people in to play them) by calculating the probability of each combination/permutation over a certain (large) number of "pulls". (You remember probability and permutations from pre-calc and/or statistics, right?)
OTOH, some US lottery jurisdictions and possibly more international jurisdictions operate in the same manner as the UK "fruit machines" mentioned above, but this is not the standard.
> 90 miles from a city of 1+ million is as
> desolate as you can get? Hardly.
You're right. But as long as it's closer to the Running Rebels than the Wolfpack... *j/k*
> This is decision was about as political as you
> can get.
This is very true. This decision has more to do with:
1) the small population (read: fewer House votes)
2) certain limitations that were conditions of statehood, such as that the federal gov't gets all Nevada land not specifically claimed by the state.
> that nuclear waste needs to find a home other
> than Yucca Mountain.
As a Nevada resident for almost 25 years, I'm not holding my breath. There is no location within the continental U.S. that would work politically. And Alaska, Hawaii, or a territory would be too close to other countries: plain bad politics.
Radioactively yours,
Tim Hammerquist
1) The government's evil.
2) Microsoft's evil.
3) The sky is falling.
4) Wolf!
(1) and (2) are as true as (3), with the effect of (4).
Neither the gov't nor Redmond are evil, but they can definitely be bad for our health.
Besides, we're all so scared of having our rights revoked that we give convicted felons more rights (and privileges...and TV) than the man on the street.
The _only_ upshot of this is that when the inmate loses TV privileges, we have know it's time to start worrying about _our_ privileges.
Does this sound like a waste of time and money to anyone else?