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Just curious, now that Im on my 3rd Free cruise from the casino...I usually loose, DH has won once, years ago on a slot $6500.

 

What have you won on? How much did you when ? What were you playing?

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I guess this doesn't count as big, but I have won 600.00, 500.00 400.00 and many smaller wins of 100.00 and 200.00. Anytime I win 100.00 or over, I put it away to take home with me, and have done so several times, all won at the slots, but I only play small denomination slots, with minimuns in, so that is probably big considering the investment.

 

My memory is fading as to which ship and how much, but I think I have always either broken even, or taken some extra home with me, and the 600.00 was won on the last night of the cruise, so that was easy to hold on to:D

 

Ships I have done well on were Sensation, Triumph, and Freedom. Not so good on Valor, but I didnt spend much time in the casino that time, and oddly enough my favorite, best cruise on the Liberty, I hardy won anything.

 

I have a daily budget and I stick to that, otherwise my gambling budget would be blown on day two of the cruise:D

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In Dec on The Triumph, I wonder $400 on Wheel of a Fortune (put $20 in) then 5 hours later I won $645 on one of the Black a Gold penny machines.

 

We were on The Magic in April, had 1st time cruisers with us, he put $20 in a lucky 7 quarter machine & won $4263 off of $1.25. Honestly thought he was going to pass out. Pretty good when you can say your first cruise was basically free even after Uncle Sam gets his cut.

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Won $1500 on 2/13 Splendor and went back on 3/17...

 

 

 

Won over $3,000 on the 3/17 Splendor cruise..

 

 

 

One of the reasons I'm going back on 5/28....

 

 

Nice !!! Did u get the free cruise offer also?

 

 

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Just curious, now that Im on my 3rd Free cruise from the casino...I usually loose, DH has won once, years ago on a slot $6500.

 

What have you won on? How much did you when ? What were you playing?

 

Just returned off the Pride (Mother's Day) and I won $2000 and $1600 on one of the video poker machines against the back wall. I was playing Deuces Wild with 10 credits for a $1.00 denomination ($10 a pull).

 

I also saw a woman hit $2000, $2000 and then $4000 on the SAME machine in about 30 minutes! She was playing Triple Bonus for max credits-$.50 ($2.50 a pull). She was playing the video poker machine furthest from the window against the back wall!

 

It was a very lucky trip for me as I also hit 8 straight flushes and one three of a kind at the Three Card Poker table as well. Earned a free cruise but won't be going as I don't have the money to gamble :( !! LOL!!!

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Nice !!! Did u get the free cruise offer also?

 

 

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No, I didn't get a free cruise but it was a substantial discount (as a solo traveler) and casino credit for the 5/28..On both cruises I also got the drinks on us by the second night (even though I had Cheers!) Maybe this time...Either way...I'm happy!!

 

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I got a tip here on CC that I should go to the WOF $1 machine in the first hour the 1st night on Sensation. Played max $3 a pull and won $1000! Very happy with that and did all of my holiday shopping in Freeport and Nassau. I also hit a few hundred on the same machine later on , but the machines definitely got tighter each day so I gave back about $200.

 

PS. Going on Sunshine, anyone have tips for that casino?

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Hubby has won the iPad2 +$500 playing the "Cash Vault" twice now. He won it the first time on our very first cruise the first time he put a $5 bill in after watching people play it and lose. The second time we took the cash option instead of the iPad2 since we had already won it previously so we ended up walking away with $1500. It was nice!

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And is there a better time to play? Early/late beginning of cruise/ end?

 

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I've heard (and who knows if it's true) that at the beginning of the cruise the slots are looser and get tightened up at the end. All I know is I won $640 2nd night and didn't gamble much after that. I knew I'd end up putting it back in and I didn't want that to happen.

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I've never hit it big, but I have witnessed those around me on the slots hitting jackpots of several thousand dollars. On two cruises it seemed to be people that never leave a specific machine, and are well known to the staff.

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I've heard (and who knows if it's true) that at the beginning of the cruise the slots are looser and get tightened up at the end. All I know is I won $640 2nd night and didn't gamble much after that. I knew I'd end up putting it back in and I didn't want that to happen.

 

My cousin is a slot tech at a local casino. He told me the only way to "loosen" up or "tighten" up a slot is to change computer chip inside it and that isn't a quick change. They couldn't conceiveably change all those chips. When would they do it? It's not as easy as just flipping a switch in the back room. I have 2 slot machines in my basement and can't change any settings on them.

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My cousin is a slot tech at a local casino. He told me the only way to "loosen" up or "tighten" up a slot is to change computer chip inside it and that isn't a quick change. They couldn't conceiveably change all those chips. When would they do it? It's not as easy as just flipping a switch in the back room. I have 2 slot machines in my basement and can't change any settings on them.

 

This is correct, UNLESS....they're on a server based system.

 

Several years ago, your cousin would be 100% correct....110%!!

 

BUT, the industry has developed and it is in use in some places, server based gaming, where the casino can alter the "hold percentage," which is the amount the house keeps or holds as a percentage of money wagered. But typically the systems and the gaming commissions that have approved them, have certain requirements, such as the machine has to be inactive for a certain period (typically 4 minutes) and upon its reboot, must say it is rebooting due to a systems change.

 

So can a casino make a machine looser today and tighter tomorrow?

Yes, they can, if they have the installed technology and considering casinos do close down every night, they'd easily meet the software criteria of inactivity and rebooting.

 

All that said, keep this in mind, all casinos have to have some winners, otherwise no one will play. So while one machine may be terrible, the one next to it might be the "looser" one, because if players never hear or see someone winning, it kills the positive vibe of the casino and overall play drops. So they may tighten them some, but they can't tighten to the point of never paying because then no one would be playing.

 

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