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Reason #3 why the Wizard likes Bodog:
Excellent Odds
In my opinion many online casinos are too stingy when setting the odds on their games. They think they will make more money that way but I believe they are misguided, because when players lose too quickly it's not fun, and those players might not come back. Bodog is one of the few casinos that understands this. They offer generous odds to let you play longer and get you a better chance of winning. Among their generous offerings are Full-Pay Jacks or Better returning 99.54%, six other video poker games paying over 99%, single-zero roulette, two blackjack variants with a house edge under 0.2%, and my favorite, Pick 'em Poker, returning 99.95%! Kudos to Bodog for not being afraid to give their players a good gamble. (Visit Bodog) One click and you're in:
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for Las Vegas Slot Machines Many readers have read my Las Vegas nickel slot machine survey and asked about higher coinages. Until May 2002 I have resisted publishing my results because of an insufficient sample size. However I have been asked so many times that I'll give you what I've got. First let me say that my emphasis is still nickel slots. The vast majority of video display slots that I test are nickel games. Remember, you can play roughly 100 coins at a time, or up to $5 per spin. So there isn't much need to bet more than that unless the player has a very large bankroll. As of this writing I have only seen quarter video display slots in 16 Las Vegas casinos and dollar slots in 8. Even those that had them did not have a large selection. The following table lists all casinos in which I found at least one quarter or dollar video display slot machine. The table shows the nickel, quarter, and dollar returns, sorted by nickel return. You will notice some casinos actually go down slightly from nickels to quarters. This is due to sampling variation. Some types of machines tend to pay better than others, and those at the quarter level tend to be the stingier varieties. The nickel returns listed here may not agree with those in slot machine appendix 3. That is because appendix 3a reflects some updated results and this appendix does not.
The following chart shows the return for each coinage at each casino. This chart seem to support a general correlation between nickel and quarter return, although it is not a strong correlation. There is also a rough correlation between quarters and dollars, with Arizona Charlie's and the Excalibur as exceptions.  Casino name abbreviations: Acknowledgements: I would like to thank Par Sheet Pete (not his real name) for providing the par sheets, without which this project would not have been possible. I would also like to thank Rob Feldheim for helping to collect data for this survey.
Go to slot machine appendix 3
(Las Vegas slot rankings).
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