Video Poker Pay Tables And Return To Player For Slots
A few years ago I found myself at Bally's Las Vegas (now Horseshoe) and at the time being more of a video poker player than a slot player I knew that there were full pay Jacks Or Better machines at The Cromwell next door. Sadly these are no longer available there, but at the time it shocked me to see so many people playing the 7/5 Jacks Or Better at Bally's when 300 feet across Flamingo Road were 6 full pay machines that were sitting empty when I went over. Let's delve into this issue just a bit. Full pay Jacks or Better pays 9 credits for a full house and 6 credits for a flush. The machines go down from there where you can often find a paytable that is 7/5 or possibly worse especially at bar tops. For this exercise we will just focus on the full house aspect. On average you should get a full house every 90 hands. This is an average of course. Variance in the machine means you can get many more or many less. This variance is what makes any gambling worth playing because ...
