All-American Video Poker

[mike]

There is supposed to be a hard to find version of this game in some mid-west casinos, where the 4 of kinds pay 250 instead of 200, which increases the return to 102.9% with perfect play. That's a 23.00/hour game on quarters.

Does anyone know where any of these games may be? Thanks.

[5-card]

The last one that I saw in Vegas was in 1995. The last one that I heard about was on an Iowa boat about 10 years ago.

[Steve Bourie]

For information on video poker paytables at casinos throughout the U.S., go to:

http://members.cox.net/vpfree/

[Ed J]

Found it at Ceasars' of Indiana in New Albany, IN. As of 2006 - before Harrah's took over??
Hopefully it is still there as a returning Northern Snowbird - I am making a stop there.

[mike]

Thanks Steve.....looks like the window has closed on that opportunity.

[mike]

Please let me know if the AA poker with 250 for the quads is still there Ed. BTW that's the Caesars that customers took 487,000 dollars from when they discovered a slot machine that registered 10 times the credits for currency that was inserted into the machine. Stick a hundred dollar bill into the game.....press cashout..... and get a 1000.00 dollar ticket ! I could've paid off my mortgage in half an hour !

[Buddha]

Mike ...

I think they call that 'stealing/theft/grand larcency' ... as in 'felony' ...

[mike]

My normally sound ethics slip a bit when I walk into a casino. They're in the business to separate you from your money and they can be bloodsuckers about it too.....by constantly removing the good VP and lowering the pay schedules on others also. This kind of theft, as you say, at Caesars, rarely gets prosecuted because it's up to the casinos to maintain their own machines. They live by the sword and occasionly get stung by the sword. As long as it was the casino's own fault that it happened, it's their tough luck.

Ask yourself these questions......Do the casinos inform you when they lower a payschedule or tighten a machine ? Should you inform them when one of their machines becomes a gold mine for the customers ?

[Buddha]

Mike ...

That's a very jaded way to rationalize stealing. Any way you look at it, it is still theft. What they're doing with the machines is still legal. There IS a difference, no matter how you look at it, and I'm sure you know that.

[mike]

The Exxon gas station down the street mistakenly inverted the gas/dollar ratio.... so instead of getting 4 gallons for 10 dollars, you got 10 gallons for 4 dollars. Was that stealing ?

Your takeout order from Mcdonalds had 2 extra cheeseburgers included at no charge. You eat them and say nothing. Was that stealing ?

My point is that technically you're probably right, but realistically I would have no conscience issues keeping mum when an 800 pound gorilla gets a bloody nose once in awhile !!