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generator at that instant, and that determines your result. Multiple Hands I play video poker, deuces wild, 10 hands. If I’m playing 10 hands and the deck runs out midway and a new deck is started, who’s to say there couldn’t be five deuces dealt on one hand? Could you explain to me how the decks are dealt when you’re playing multiple hands? Evey —San Diego,CA The deck of cards doesn’t “run out” in video poker. After every hand, the 52-card virtual deck is reshuffled. In the case of playing a 10-hand video poker game, each hand is dealt from its own 52-card deck.When you hit the deal button, five randomly selected cards appear on the bottom hand from deck #1.The cards you hold on the bottom hand also appear in the same position in the other nine hands. When you hit the draw button, the computer will randomly deal you the replace ment cards in the bottom hand from deck #1, the replacement cards for hand #2 are randomly dealt from deck #2, and so forth for the remaining eight hands. Therefore, it’s impossible to get five deuces in one hand. Welcome Screens I play IGT Double Double Bonus Poker and the following situation has happened to me several times.After selecting my game from the home screen,I start playing my poker hands and select what cards to hold. Every once in a while, after pressing a hold button, the display goes back to the home screen. I tap the double double bonus icon and the screen displays my game. Problem is, it says “game over” and I’ve lost my hand and wager without ever making a play. Anybody ever have this happen to them? Or, am I doing some thing wrong? —Alan B. Massillon,OH John Grochowski responds: I’ve not encoun tered this, nor have I heard of it being a wide spread problem.But since it’s happened to you more than once, be ready to report any inci dent. As soon as the game returns to the wel come screen while you’re mid-play, call an attendant and let them know what’s happen ing. The time for the casino to check on a prob

them qualify for the reversible jackpot. The royal cards must be on screen in the order 10-J-Q-K-A or A-K-Q-J-10. If no strategy adjustments are made to account for card position on the initial deal, a game that yields a royal once per 40,000 hands would yield a reversible royal once per 2.4 million hands. Odds on royals and reversible royals vary with odds and strategy, but Michael Shack elford offers a guide at wizardofodds.com . He calculates that if adjustments were made, you’d see a reversible royal about once per 1.9 million hands. Bingo Program With Electronic Bingo, can the jackpot game be pre-programmed so that the jackpot will not be won until they choose for it to be won? —Shirley G. Via the Internet John Grochowski responds: Electronic bingo numbers are drawn randomly and the operator has no control over when the winning patterns will appear. That applies regardless of whether you're talking about traditional-style bingo on electronic cards, or Class II slot machines where the game is really electronic bingo but the screen displays a slot style interface. Regardless of the style of game, more than one person has to be playing.Bingo games are not banked by the house. Winners are paid from a pool of wagers made by all players on the system. On each machine, bingo numbers are delivered by a central server that is linked to all machines. But the house has no control over which numbers are drawn and delivered.

lem is while it’s happening.Whether your bet is refunded, or the operator finds some other way to satisfy you, and whether the casino then has the software checked will depend on individual casino policy, but they can’t make things right if they don’t know there’s a problem. Reversible Royals & More Was reading “Once in a Lifetime” article in the March issue, and I’ve had two things happen in a casino I’d like to share. It’s been a few years now,but the first one was when me and a friend went to the change machine and I put in a $100 bill. Expecting to get five $20s back, I was shocked when I looked down and saw the first bill on the stack was a $100. I knew something was up,so I didn’t look around or at the camera, just told my buddy “lets go now,” so we walked away into the casino. I pulled the bills out of my pocket and had five $100 bills instead of five $20s. The second time, I sat down on a $5 Red White and Blue 7’s machine. I wasn’t looking and I just put a $100 bill in the machine. It was two coins so I hit the spin button and didn’t hit, but I looked at the credit meter and there were 118 credits instead of 18 like there should have been. I’m guessing the previous player left the credits on the machine. I had no idea how long they were there. I played down to the 100 credits and cashed out. Right or wrong, I kept the money both times. On another subject,I have a question about the progressive reversible royals machines.I just returned fromVegas and I noticed quite a few of these games in mostly quarter denoms with monster payoffs for the R/R—I’m talking about 50 to 60 thousand dollars.So,my question is:Are the odds of 1) drawing a rev. royal or 2) being dealt one much greater than the normal 40 thou sand hands? I would imagine with the size of the payouts it has been a really long time before any one hit one. —KimT. Via the Internet When such windfalls occur, please keep in mind the casino can take steps to recover its money. In many states, steps include criminal prosecution.No lectures, just an alert. As far as Reversible Royals go, there are 120 ways to order a royal flush. Only two of

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