I never thought that there was a way to cheat at video poker and I certainly never imagined that it would take a court of law to prove it. But recent developments have proven me wrong and I can now appreciate what happened to me and my wife several years ago in Laughlin Nevada.

1. Oregon Video Lottery

I never thought that there was a way to cheat at video poker and I certainly never imagined that it would take a court of law to prove it. But recent developments have proven me wrong and I can now appreciate what happened to me and my wife several years ago in Laughlin Nevada.

• The Oregon Lottery is run by the government of the U.S. State of Oregon. It is a member of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL). The Oregon Lottery was authorized by Oregon Ballot Measure 5 which was passed by voters in the 1984 general election. The measure amended the Oregon Constitution.
• 2 HISTORY OF THE LOTTERY 1984: Ballot Measure 4 Oregon Lottery voted in to aid economic development 1995: Ballot Measure 21 15% of Oregon Lottery proceeds go to Education Endowment Fund 1997: Ballot Measure 52 Lottery bonds to finance school projects 1998: Ballot Measure 66 15% of Lottery funds go to state parks, watersheds, fish and wildlife 2002: Ballot Measure 19 Conversion of Education.

That’s when, after getting ‘black balled’ from the River Palms Casino, we played our way into The Edgewater Casino. It was before they removed all of the full pay video poker machines so we generally did very well. Of course we are advantage players so once in a while the stars would align and we would have exceptionally good sessions. On one occasion we just couldn’t do any wrong while playing NSUD (Not So Ugly Deuces) at the 50 cent level.

We were hitting four deuces about every 30 minutes or so and I also hit two royal flushes within the same three hour period. We could do no wrong. I was collecting TITOS (ticket in/ticket out slips) for the Deuces like crazy and sticking them into my shirt pocket – that’s $500 on each ticket! By the time we were ready to cash out I had collected nine $500 TITOS and another for $1,000 from a Wheel Of Fortune win.

So at the cashier’s cage I ‘dealt’ the TITOS out one by one so there was no mistake. As an advantage player I knew not to act braggardly about it because I don’t like to call needless attention to myself. But still, the sheer volume of tickets must have raised a flag with the cashier. His eyes were squinting, his lips would purse a little and he would glance quickly, back and forth, between the tickets and me. I could tell that he was suspicious.

Then came the questions. “What machine were you playing ?”, he asked. He wasn’t smiling. I could tell by the way that he looked at me and his tone that this wasn’t a casual question.

“Deuces. Right over there”, I pointed to the bank of machines. My face might have turned a little red but I didn’t want him to think that I was defensive. After all, I am an advantage video poker player.

Then came the bomb. “Are you cheating?” Shit. I was so tired. I was already in a fog from playing so long and it was late. What the hell was going on here?

All I said was, “No. How do you cheat?”

He looked me in the eye for a second then he motioned for his boss. I was feeling a little nervous but at the same time I knew that I had done nothing wrong. They exchanged a few words, his boss initialed the payout, and we were on our way with our $5,500. But what the hell happened back there? We kept shaking our heads and asking ourselves, it’s video poker -how can you you cheat at video poker?

Years later – today as a matter of fact – while reading a story in Wired Magazine, I would find how to cheat at video poker – and have the charges brought by the casino dropped!

John Kane was on a hell of a winning streak. On July 3, 2009, he walked alone into the high-limit room at the Silverton Casino in Las Vegas and sat down at a video poker machine called the Game King. Six minutes later the purple light on the top of the machine flashed, signaling a $4,300 jackpot. Kane waited while the slot attendant verified the win and presented the IRS paperwork—a procedure required for any win of $1,200 or greater—then, 11 minutes later, ding ding ding!, a $2,800 win. A $4,150 jackpot rolled in a few minutes after that.

All the while, the casino’s director of surveillance, Charles Williams, was peering > READ MORE

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About Overall Odds

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Top 10 OR Lottery Scratch Off Odds

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