Originally Posted by Don Perignom View Post
Originally Posted by smurgerburger View Post
Did anyone listen to the podcast?

I haven't, wondering if I should.
I lasted 14 minutes. Months back I tried a previous episode and gave up.

Mostly it was about progressive jackpots. The guest, Buddy Frank, is either unclear or imprecise on terminology. He says when a video poker jackpot reaches a certain level, you can't lose.

That's not even true if a team locks up the entire bank.

Below was one of the first opportunities for the hosts to comment. Darrin Hoke on the right. Tell me if this makes any sense:

13:42
"It's that seed amount, and where that seed amount sits as it relates to the overall jackpot, so a great example you brought up, was the thousand-dollar win, 4000 coins or whatever it is, if the seed amount is $5000 and it doubles, that's a great machine to be playing. And you only have to invest a little bit of money to get into it, and you probably are gonna have a 100% return on your investment."

If you venture beyond that, please let me know if I missed anything.
Wow that is pretty bad but seems to be about right. The Hoke guy is sharpest by far. That Willy guy is lol clueless.

By "seed value" he likely means the base equity at resets. So if the seedvalue is low in relationship to the jackpot then it is more likely the machine is +EV.