Casino hosts will often advise players to play 3-4 hours to ensure they get enough play in. Technically time played isn’t a calculation in determining your theoretical loss, but it does matter in that casinos like players who wager a certain amount across a number of outcomes vs. a single one. For example, a single hand of Blackjack at $500 is less interesting to a casino than a player who bet $1 500 times on a slot (or any game, for that matter).
The reason for this is simple – more wagers against a house edge increases the changes the house makes something. One Blackjack hand could be a $500 win or $500 loss. Those 500 slot spins might not be a $500 loss – you’re going to have winning spins and bonuses along the way – but maybe they win $50 – the chances of some sort of win are higher.
So hosts simplify the advice and recommend playing for a while because it gets that number of outcomes of play generated to get there. And so we think that’s what frames this question accordingly:
How is the “time playing” variable calculated for players that play multiple machines simultaneously, presuming that they are using their player card in both games?
Steve
Each session is recorded, so if you play 15 minutes on Machine A and 13 minutes on Machine B, doing, say, 100 spins on each of them at $1 a spin, it will record all that information accordingly towards your play for the day. And as such, it’ll work the same as if you played Machine A first and then moved to Machine B.
What’s most important to the casino is seeing a certain amount of wagers, across a period of time, that gives them an opportunity to win off your play. After all, the whole point of theo is the amount the casino expects to win off of you, and in turn for players how their casino offers are calculated.
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