Did you win smth? If the answer is yes, where can i play it?
'Cause I haven't won anything in casino yet, actually. It's interesting to know is there in the world a person who outwitted a system?
Craps, playing the pass and come (or don't pass don't come) line
only [no center bets
ever] with maximum odds placed on a 10X odd table is mathematically the bet bet in the casino. Period.
Unless you can count cards at a fair single or double deck blackjack table.
Slot machines are probably one of the worst bets.
Before I comment on slots, roulette is beatable iff you recognize a dealer having a signature release. It's complicated, but doable/profitable.
Back to slots. I used to play poker in Vegas, Tunica and Biloxi. Then, for close to three years, I left the felt to play the slots for a living, along with thousands of other advantage players till the casinos wised up and had them replaced. It was not uncommon for fights to break out between two advantage players over a primed slot machine. They were mostly phased out when the following book was published:
http://www.amazon.com/Robbing-One-Armed-Bandits-Exploiting-Advantageous/dp/091057510XBTW, when I said "wised up" above, the casinos didn't lose any moneys directly on the machines. They just got tired of the bullshit addressing fights and vacationing patronages concerns. The aggressive advantage players would literally stalk the slot players, going as far as talking them off a machine after it's been primed.
How profitable were these machines back in the day? Consider that half the slot machines of any casino in all of America occupied these type of machines on its floors. I knew a guy who would wake up broke, borrow twenty bucks, pay it back with a vig within thirty minutes, and make about five hundred bucks in about three hours because he was lazy. Before he went to bed, he'd dust off whatever he had left after all immediate daily expenses at the blackjack tables.
Another couple in Biloxi spent about three months dedicated to being an advantage player, using their earned over hundred grand to purchase a boat repair business in Gulf Port that they've always dreamed about owning. I'm pretty sure they lost it all to Katrina.
If you enjoy walking, one could still earn on average an easy hundred bucks a day via slots without having to invest a single coin. Simply walk the casino floors and hunt machines vacated by its former players who left credits on the machines. Back in the day, the casinos escorted all the scraggly looking bums back onto the street. Now, well, new laws were passed, and it's not uncommon to see the dirtiest bum literally rubbing shoulders with vacationers in the most ritzy casino in Las Vegas, Reno, ect.
I was shocked to learn the above during my last visit a couple years ago during a Bitcoin conference.
Again, for those seeking exercise (like smoothie) and want to eke out a living in Las Vegas having no other skill sets under their belts, "silver miner" (as it was once called, due to the machines paying out physical coins, unlike all of them today) is the way to go. Simply hit the cash out button, and you're golden.
Ideally, one should be dressed as a tourist somewhat while on the hunt, actually feeding the slot machine a ticket from some other find if not purchased outright with your own moneys via any random slot machine. This way you're less likely to draw heat from the eye-in-the-sky. Even though you won't be making 100% profit via the 100% cash out method, your overall expected return is over 20% profit if you played everything you found accordingly. And, if you use your player's card that the casinos offer, you'll amass perks via the mail. With the latter, it's best to have an out-of-state ID, for the perks are better than if one's a resident of Nevada (in this case).
One more thing. There were guys playing one-dollar slot machines using two dollar tokens making a profit. How? They would put the two-dollar coin in the machine whereupon the credits would ring up ONLY one credit. They spin and play accordingly. After several hundred dollars of play, probably at a lost even if they were using one-dollar tokens, they would empty the hopper via feeding the machines with hundred dollar bills. NONE OF THE TWO-DOLLAR TOKENS REGISTERED DURING THE EMPTYING PROCESS.
And finally, one more thing. There are machines that could be played profitably, but a large bankroll - ~$50K - would be required to enter those still readily available plays. PM me if you desire to learn more. I promise the info'll be free.
