Slot Machine technology on Celebrity

[kitty9]

No, Celebrity's casinos is run by Royal Caribbean's casino department.

 

Yes, you can take money out of the casino that will be charged to your sign and sail account, but you will pay a 3% fee.

[Huddler]

No, Celebrity's casinos is run by Royal Caribbean's casino department.

 

Yes, you can take money out of the casino that will be charged to your sign and sail account, but you will pay a 3% fee.

 

Thanks Kitty! Do you know if there is a limit on how much you can charge to the ship and sail account per day? Also, can you establish a credit line with Celebrity's casino, just like you can in Vegas, so you can simply sign markers?

[derf5585]

Not with the current machines on cruise ships or land based casinos...If you read your wikepedia article you would have noticed that in all the examples of uses listed, they did not list slot machines....

 

Not with CURRENT machines. Maybe tomorrow.

 

Slot machines also have

 

Game machine with automated tournament mode

from

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6082887.html

 

Where odds are changed (I think)

[dkjretired]

Not with CURRENT machines. Maybe tomorrow.

 

Slot machines also have

 

Game machine with automated tournament mode

from

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6082887.html

 

Where odds are changed (I think)

 

Nope....

[centma]

It was time to read more of the replies this morning. I should have put "payout technology" in the original thread title rather than just "technology". One always finds a better title after seeing how a thread wanders off a bit.

 

Anyways, between the various replies, I have my expectations set for my casual entertainment use of slots on Summit....which in turn helps set the amount of cash to bring (higher now than I would have thought before this thread).

[sailor2010]

Using current technology, the payout cannot be changed. I have heard the rumor you mention but have also see a dozen variations of it, first night, last night, at sea days, after dinner, etc. I realize that there is very little control by outside agenicies except for a group of cruise lines who have banded together but in last based casinos it is illegal to change the payouts on a machine unless Casino Control officials approve it and are present when they do it. It involves the changing of a very expensive chip. Just to point out how difficult it is to change the machine. Current machines are set at the factory and not changed. They don't have to, they will always win anyway...

 

To answer the original question, the technology he mentions I believe is on the S class ships, not sure about the rest of the fleet.

 

Inside the U.S. this is illegal, who controls it at sea?

[dkjretired]

Inside the U.S. this is illegal, who controls it at sea?

 

International Council of Cruiselines. Below is a link to a good article explaining regulations at sea which really is very loose. Point I was making is that the cruise lines pretty much follow the rules used by land based casinos although they are under no obligation to do so. I was using the land based casino point as an example of how difficult it is to change the RNG on land. This basically carries over to the cruise line casinos....

 

http://www.cruise-casinos.com/rules.htm

[derf5585]

A movie was made about a group that robed a cruise ship casino

 

It was called

"Oceans 11":D

[RichS10]

A movie was made about a group that robed a cruise ship casino

 

It was called

"Oceans 11":D

 

There was another movie made about a cruise ship casino robbing a passenger. It was filmed entirely on board the Celebrity Mercury during my last cruise. The cinemotography is a bit shaky because it was filmed using a hand-held camera, but I'm submitting it at Cannes this year anyway.

 

Tentative title: "Non-Smokey and the One-Armed Bandit".

 

Another Star Is Born.....

Rich

[derf5585]

There was another movie made about a cruise ship casino robbing a passenger. It was filmed entirely on board the Celebrity Mercury during my last cruise. The cinemotography is a bit shaky because it was filmed using a hand-held camera, but I'm submitting it at Cannes this year anyway.

 

Tentative title: "Non-Smokey and the One-Armed Bandit".

 

Another Star Is Born.....

Rich

 

Any more information. Was it posted in your roll call. When was your cruise?

[Huddler]

Anybody know the paytables they have onboard Solstice for video poker?

[kitty9]

Thanks Kitty! Do you know if there is a limit on how much you can charge to the ship and sail account per day? Also, can you establish a credit line with Celebrity's casino, just like you can in Vegas, so you can simply sign markers?

 

They limit you to $2000 a day.

 

No, they don't have a line of credit and you cannot sign markers on X. You can purchase chips at the tables, but yo use your sign and sail card.

 

If you want a cruise line that allows a line of credit, you'd have to go with Crystal. They send out a form about a month before your cruise and you request a specific line of credit, and write down all your personal banking information such as account numbers. You can request up to $100,000 for a line of credit. You can then sign markers for both the tables and slots (they will give you cash for your slot markers), and the day before the cruise ends, you settle your account with a personal check from the account you had on your line of credit form.

[kitty9]

Anybody know the paytables they have onboard Solstice for video poker?

 

A lot depends on the video poker game you play and the amount of coins you play per hand. For instance, on the Double Double bonus poker, if you play the max of 5 coins, you get paid 5 for a pair Jacks and higher and for two pair, 15 for three of a kind, 250 for four of a kind of 5's through Kings, 400 for four of a kind for 2's through 4's, 800 for four aces, 2000 for four aces with a kicker of a 2, 3 or 4, and 4000 for a royal flush. Sorry, but I can't remember the other payouts.

[AAAAmerican]

centma,

 

Hope you and your family are well in the Commonwealth there.

 

The 200 year flood from what they are showing here is immense in the damages both up yonder and here.

 

 

If I may make an accredited well suggestion.

 

Please bring travelers checks ( checques ) of some sort.

 

As they are a lot safer than federal reserve notes...eh..

 

I have heard and seen people which lost those to really not much fault of there own.

 

Ben Franklin as well the Boys Scouts had/have it right in prevention/cure and preparation.

 

:cool:

 

 

 

 

It was time to read more of the replies this morning. I should have put "payout technology" in the original thread title rather than just "technology". One always finds a better title after seeing how a thread wanders off a bit.

 

Anyways, between the various replies, I have my expectations set for my casual entertainment use of slots on Summit....which in turn helps set the amount of cash to bring (higher now than I would have thought before this thread).

[dkjretired]

They limit you to $2000 a day.

 

No, they don't have a line of credit and you cannot sign markers on X. You can purchase chips at the tables, but yo use your sign and sail card.

 

If you want a cruise line that allows a line of credit, you'd have to go with Crystal. They send out a form about a month before your cruise and you request a specific line of credit, and write down all your personal banking information such as account numbers. You can request up to $100,000 for a line of credit. You can then sign markers for both the tables and slots (they will give you cash for your slot markers), and the day before the cruise ends, you settle your account with a personal check from the account you had on your line of credit form.

 

NCL will issue a line of credit also, I believe you have to sign up or book through their Casinos at Sea program...

[centma]

Re taking cash for casino use:

 

laughing, I'm not talking about enough cash that I can't afford to lose, have stolen, or other problem. Probably a whole $75 extra. I would have brought that anyways, just that now knowing the slots are completely cash based I'll have to carry some cash on the ship if I wish to stop by the casino.

 

Travelers cheques are already a thing of the past, there's a thread somewhere on CC about how difficult it is to get those now. Nearly all banks don't offer, the AAA stopped offering 2 years ago reportedly. ATMs rule worldwide, apparently.

 

I guess I can hijack my own thread...I had to drive to the Providence airport wednesday noon to pick a local couple up (returning from a cruise!). The PVD airport is right in the middle of the Paxtuxet river flood area (21 feet of flood for a river that 9 feet is major flood...500 year flood plain evacuated)...I-95 completely shutdown for 2 days, gridlock locally. Rhode Island does not do well at all as an entire state when I-95 is closed. The PVD airport is "seaward" of the river in Warwick, airport completely ok but nearly all inland access across the (otherwise small) river blocked within 2 miles. Ironically the RI emergency management agency is located right in that area too.

 

back to casinos, we already had thread creep on intended content but obviously helpful to others.

[raudacruise]

Since I didn't see mentioned Century as of last December still had the coin redemption slots. Know for a fact since one of them ran out of quarters right before a BJ tournament semi-final :confused:. All turned out well, the attendant let them know I was going to be late while Mister Money Bags hauld the replacement quarters. Bad news is I busted out in the Finals of the BJ tourny :rolleyes: - but got a T-shirt and some drink coupons :D.

 

BTW, even jackpots are paid in cash if you are fortunate enough to hit one.

 

Don, I think NCL has those lines of credit because of ownership by Apollo and therefore Harrahs (which means about 20 casinos or so nationwide). Never tried doing it, heck never tried doing it Vegas, but its probably available.

[oldmanbob]

WE will be on the Solstice in May, and I could care less if Celebrity offers a line of credit, because my wife doesn't.

 

But I did have fun reading about the slot machines and drawing up vivid images in my mind of me playing a few slot machines.

 

I hope they take cash as I may try to sneak a few Ben Franklins in the lining of my suitcase. If I hid them in my wallet they would not be hidden for long, and then I would have some 'plaining to do.

 

Opps... I hear footsteps and here she comes, I'd better right quick alt-tab back to the Solitaire game.

[cruisnfool]

On my last three cruises 2 Carnival and one Princess the money in the machine in kept on your sail & sign card. Its very annoying to have to remember to put the credits in the machine on your card before you leave ther machine. Some people were unhappy because they did not understand and lost their money.

 

I hope Celebrity doesn'y go to that.

[dkjretired]

Since I didn't see mentioned Century as of last December still had the coin redemption slots. Know for a fact since one of them ran out of quarters right before a BJ tournament semi-final :confused:. All turned out well, the attendant let them know I was going to be late while Mister Money Bags hauld the replacement quarters. Bad news is I busted out in the Finals of the BJ tourny :rolleyes: - but got a T-shirt and some drink coupons :D.

 

BTW, even jackpots are paid in cash if you are fortunate enough to hit one.

 

Don, I think NCL has those lines of credit because of ownership by Apollo and therefore Harrahs (which means about 20 casinos or so nationwide). Never tried doing it, heck never tried doing it Vegas, but its probably available.

 

George and Marybeth:

 

I got a very nice week cruise last year through Harrahs and we got another one this year to Bermuda in June. Only pay taxes and port fees, free drinks in the casino and I didn't even gamble that much on the cruise.

[centma]

Re carnival:

 

I think I specifically tried just pulling my card out of the machine with a small balance (without taking any other explicit action), and the balance was put on my account without loss. What would otherwise appear to have "been lost" was in fact saved (my test was to go to another machine immediately and see what the balance was).

 

However, if one hadn't set up the "bank" on the card (by setting the PIN the first time it was used), this might not happen...or it would happen and the card owner would be unaware.

 

My message: With Carnival's system, I don't think anything is "lost" when you pull the card out of the machine and move on. After all, the money is not "on the card" but accounted for in a backing server.