Originally Posted by
arcimede$
You're ignoring the problem of compounding ... just like interest only much faster. If you give up the 1% you mentioned above that costs you $1 every time you put $100 through the machines. For those playing higher denominations it might only take 1-3 minutes. That means it costs you that dollar very quickly and over and over again. By the time you play 3 hours that might cost you 60-180 dollars or more. Sure you can make this up with some lucky quads but wouldn't you rather have the extra money even on days you don't hit the those quads? And, on those 10 hour days it could be the difference between winning and losing even after hitting lots of quads.
So if Singer has a system, or if Alan's system of taking every win, or any other system works short term, I'm all for it. My history has been pretty regular wins at a definitely negative expectation game of craps (especially since I'm not a 6 and 8 or pass and 2 comes guy), and terrible losses with almost perfect play at video poker regardless of the payback (8-5; 7-5; etc.)