Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson View Post
come on Arc, when did I say that machines give out better hands early in a session.
You say it every time you claim win goals will make a difference in your results over time.

Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson View Post
Look at what happened to me last night -- look at the Big Wins thread. I started out on a $2 machine, moved up to $5 Aces and Faces and then to $5 DDB where I hit the best win of the night. (Finished up $8,500 Arc... not bad for those negative expectation games. Oh... it was all on free play of $360.)
Ah yes, winning one night proves that win goals work. It had nothing to do with the higher frequency of good paying hands. The fact is your session demonstrated the problem with win goals. Had you quit after your first $800 win you never would have hit the latter winners that led to more than 10x that amount.

Over time all the various scenarios will play out. Win early ... win late. Win early ... lose late. Lose early ... win late. Lose early ... lose late. Don't confuse luck with knowledge.