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Hearthosesteeldrumsplayin

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The craps tables on RCCL are limited to 1X behind the line. The good news is that on the last RCCL cruise I was on, they enforced no smoking rules at the table. I appreciated that part at least.

NCL has 3,4,5X odds, so much more in line with land based casinos (although I am finding higher odds at more places.....competition, I'm sure). I did received $100 off a cruise from CAS, but that is all that I have ever seen.:( But, I do limit myself when I play to about $300 a day; so if I lose it all, I am not devastated. Sad maybe, but not devastated. If I have fun playing, then I consider it the price of the entertainment.

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$hip$hape

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TTT! Anymore good casino stories?

 

I am not a gambler, but enjoying this thread for you are all speaking a different language to me. ;p

Sign of a newbie...

One lady, within a group, stopped by our BJ table to watch.

She then decided to split from her friends and play with us.

(Me thinks she was drinking & saw that we were having a fun table.)

She laid her money down and then asked, "How many cards do we get; two or three?":*

It's all for fun.

(and Yes; we helped her out a little.)

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Djacksonterp

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As far as casinos being tight I haven't seen that but then again I was only on one cruise. I personally don't play slot machines but on my 1st and only cruise thus far a lady hit a $60,000 jackpot on some machine and then she went to one of those more expensive dollar machines and hit another jackpot for over $200,000. The lady stayed at that slot machine for another 12 hours and refused to move, she kept putting quite a bit of money back into the machines but she kept hitting sizable jackpots of thousands of dollars until her total was well over $300,000. That lady was the talk of the ship and people kept visiting her non-stop. I was there when she hit the $200,000 around 2am and she was still there around noon the next day.

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I can verify that on my last 2 RCCL cruises that i was only allowed to put single odds behind the line.

 

YUK. It's been awhile since I've been on RCCL-they used to do double odds. Celebrity does double odds, but they never have a craps table less than $10 minimum. All other lines I've been on have been $5 minimum and double odds. I ask every time and that's what they tell me.

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Prinz

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YUK. It's been awhile since I've been on RCCL-they used to do double odds. Celebrity does double odds, but they never have a craps table less than $10 minimum. All other lines I've been on have been $5 minimum and double odds. I ask every time and that's what they tell me.

NCL does the standard 345 behind on all their tables that the basic land casinos do.

 

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We have only done one NCL cruise and that was on the Breakaway back in October. We had the worst luck on the slots of all the cruise lines that we have sailed. I've never walked away with breaking even. But, of course it's all for fun, and we tend to play more tables vs slot while on cruises due to the odds are closer on tables on the ship and land base casinos. But, NCL was the worst we have encountered. Never hit a jackpot on a cruise so maybe we're due LOL. We are on the Gem later this year so we'll see. Have fun.

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I'm diamond player for total rewards. Mostly play at Ballys in AC. Play a lot of craps, 3 card, bj, etc.. Never a big slot player at all. Have hit a few 1200-1500 jackpots in AC on dollar machines, but nothing that great. On my ncl cruises I stick to the same games for the most part, and rarely, if ever, play slots on board. My question is, how do the ship machines pay out compared to land based casinos? I always feel the ship machines would be extremely tight. I'm seriously considering hitting the slots a lot more than normal on my upcoming Breakaway cruise, but I'm looking for feedback. I APPRECIATE IT!

Hit them hard and you will be back broke.

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Froggitt

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It's a well known fact. They are not restricted by US laws as to how tight they are allowed to make the machines. Just because you were lucky does not mean that others were not lucky. Here is an example: In Maryland the law states that 90% must be paid back on the slots. That is a pretty good number. On a cruise ship it will significantly lower. I have heard as low as 70%.

 

 

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12 years ago on the Jewel, I remember seeing a sign that said the payout on slots was not less than 95%. I remember thinking it was pretty good at the time. Sounds like they've taken the foot off the gas significantly since then.

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Njkrewzer

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Might just be my imagination, but it sure seems like cruise ship casinos have more slot winners early in the cruise versus late. Anybody else notice the same thing?

It certainly does seem that way. But I think it's just coincidence because to reprogram the machine payouts would mean opening them all up one by one and working on them. Near impossible

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I'm diamond player for total rewards. Mostly play at Ballys in AC. Play a lot of craps, 3 card, bj, etc.. Never a big slot player at all. Have hit a few 1200-1500 jackpots in AC on dollar machines, but nothing that great. On my ncl cruises I stick to the same games for the most part, and rarely, if ever, play slots on board. My question is, how do the ship machines pay out compared to land based casinos? I always feel the ship machines would be extremely tight. I'm seriously considering hitting the slots a lot more than normal on my upcoming Breakaway cruise, but I'm looking for feedback. I APPRECIATE IT!

 

 

 

I’m diamond at total rewards casinos as well and I play a fair amount of slots on land. My luck on ship is crap compared to land based. I still play because I enjoy gambling, but the games are mostly older, and payouts are nowhere near as frequent as I get at home. If you play enough you will get offers from CAS which can be better than your offers from total rewards though.

 

 

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A ship is registered in the Bahamas. You are in international waters and you hit a jackpot, why do they give you a 1099 for taxes?

 

 

All gambling winnings by U.S. citizens, regardless of where they take place, are considered taxable income and legally must be reported as such to the Internal Revenue Service.

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The other key is never play unless you can afford MAX bet. I put $10 in a penny machine on a recent cruise, the second MAX bet it went crazy, when it was done I had $1000 on the credits. I cashed out right away and went to the bar. The people sitting next were doing minimum bets, even when they had winners it was a piddling amount.

 

I put the $1000 down on my next cruise and scored the $400 OBC deal.

 

 

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The random number generator that controls the machine is not supposed to caer about your bet size.

If t does, the machine's ben goosed and you shouldn't play it anyway.

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Well, just have to say, that as a long time land and sea video poker player, I haven't won on either for a very long time! Talking about big pay outs. But, on my 50th anniversary, on the Pearl, on a return sea day after a b2b western, hit a royal diamond flush on dollars. Almost fainted. It's been that long! Felt good tho. Yep, inspired me to keep on playing. I know, tho. That $4000 will only last so long , Lol :halo:

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WhenIsOurNextCruise

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New to NCL, primarily a VP player. We will be sailing on the Getaway soon and I was curious as to the variety of games, single line/multiple line, and the pay tables, can any experienced NCL cruiser fill me in?

 

 

 

I am an avid (rabid?) VP player on land and at sea. The newer ships have Ultimate X and sometimes All Star machines with multiple games. Also one liners. The payouts are similar to Vegas, no 10/7, occasional 9/6 but usually 8/6 is my best recollection. I get very nice comps and onboard amenities. Wine or champagne sent to the room, chocolate covered strawberries, a dinner comped with wine, spa treatment and a nice credit to my onboard charges on the last night. We get offered a free balcony which we use to trade up to the Haven and pay the difference. I usually come home with a few w2’s, sometimes ahead and sometimes not. It’s hard to beat the odds when the casino is right downstairs for an entire week. I do NOT play BJ onboard because there are a ton of people who don’t know what they are doing and it makes me a little crazy! So, bottom line is I appreciate the comps because I love to play. I also like Ultimate Texas Holdem, table game, when I want a break. Just like Vegas, it takes twice as much play at VP to get the same points as slots. I never play slots.

 

 

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