Originally Posted by
Count Room
This brings to mind a few things for me:
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A long time ago, Rob Singer once wrote some intriguing comments that appeared to be a provocative joke on the surface. He said something along the lines that if you worry a lot about the math, why not play video poker for free at home and go on an imaginary huge losing streak? Afterwards you simply go to the casino to play real money to catch up on all the quads you missed.
In other words, just play at home while keeping track of your current theoretical loss expectation given the imaginary coin-in you've played. Once you are well below expectation, just quit and go to the casino!