Electronic Deal or No Deal & Bingo

[KiddieKruzer]

I recently played onboard and something dawned on me - it’s all electronically calculated - making it easily manipulated!  How does one know the $ value of a case isn’t truly assigned at time the final case is opened?  They know how many cards are sold, who holds a card with X amount of matches. Etc. That’s how they tell you how the audience is doing. 
 

on this one particular NCL game, the cruise line sold let’s say sold 200 cards at $35 each ($7,000 in sales). They gave back $1.00 from the “winning case”, 4 photos (worth Pennies), and 1 $ $50 winner. Later in the same week, the outcomes from the other games were similar. That’s CrAzY!  They are raking in the cash!

 

Same thing with ELECTRONIC bingo. At $50 a pack of bingo cards, Let’s pull some real balls!

 

Who audits these at sea money making scams?!?!  Playing odds Similar to the  slot machines in the casino I suppose 🤷🏻‍♀️

[shof515]

its great if you have a ton of non refundable onboard credit you need to spend

[casofilia]

@KiddieKruzer

 

A simple answer, keep well away from them!!   BUT remember the overheads are so HIGH!!   They have to make a profit somehow.

[cruiserbear55]

7 minutes ago, KiddieKruzer said:

 

I recently played onboard and something dawned on me - it’s all electronically calculated - making it easily manipulated!  How does one know the $ value of a case isn’t truly assigned at time the final case is opened?  They know how many cards are sold, who holds a card with X amount of matches. Etc. That’s how they tell you how the audience is doing. 
 

on this one particular NCL game, the cruise line sold let’s say sold 200 cards at $35 each ($7,000 in sales). They gave back $1.00 from the “winning case”, 4 photos (worth Pennies), and 1 $ $50 winner. Later in the same week, the outcomes from the other games were similar. That’s CrAzY!  They are raking in the cash!

 

Same thing with ELECTRONIC bingo. At $50 a pack of bingo cards, Let’s pull some real balls!

 

Who audits these at sea money making scams?!?!  Playing odds Similar to the  slot machines in the casino I suppose 🤷🏻‍♀️

 

 

   You're on a ship at sea. You are part of a captive audience. They ( the ship owners) make the rules. You can elect to play. Or not. we realized what a sham Deal or no Deal was the first time we played it, and have never been back. Same with Bingo. What they charge to play and what they return in winnings is ridiculous. 

[FlGoodShips]

So just sit and watch and enjoy. Smile. You're on a cruise. 

[hallux]

Don't get me started on Bingo!  On my first cruise, on Royal, they had people with electronic devices playing along with people using manual cards.  Gee, wonder who gets an advantage there.

[MoCruiseFan]

6 hours ago, KiddieKruzer said:

 

I recently played onboard and something dawned on me - it’s all electronically calculated - making it easily manipulated!  How does one know the $ value of a case isn’t truly assigned at time the final case is opened?  They know how many cards are sold, who holds a card with X amount of matches. Etc. That’s how they tell you how the audience is doing. 
 

on this one particular NCL game, the cruise line sold let’s say sold 200 cards at $35 each ($7,000 in sales). They gave back $1.00 from the “winning case”, 4 photos (worth Pennies), and 1 $ $50 winner. Later in the same week, the outcomes from the other games were similar. That’s CrAzY!  They are raking in the cash!

 

Same thing with ELECTRONIC bingo. At $50 a pack of bingo cards, Let’s pull some real balls!

 

Who audits these at sea money making scams?!?!  Playing odds Similar to the  slot machines in the casino I suppose 🤷🏻‍♀️

Biggest LOL post I have ever read...  Simple solution, DON'T PLAY!

[PATRLR]

8 hours ago, KiddieKruzer said:

 

I recently played onboard and something dawned on me - it’s all electronically calculated - making it easily manipulated!  How does one know the $ value of a case isn’t truly assigned at time the final case is opened?  They know how many cards are sold, who holds a card with X amount of matches. Etc. That’s how they tell you how the audience is doing. 
 

on this one particular NCL game, the cruise line sold let’s say sold 200 cards at $35 each ($7,000 in sales). They gave back $1.00 from the “winning case”, 4 photos (worth Pennies), and 1 $ $50 winner. Later in the same week, the outcomes from the other games were similar. That’s CrAzY!  They are raking in the cash!

 

Same thing with ELECTRONIC bingo. At $50 a pack of bingo cards, Let’s pull some real balls!

 

Who audits these at sea money making scams?!?!  Playing odds Similar to the  slot machines in the casino I suppose 🤷🏻‍♀️

Bingo is no longer a game of chance.  That should have been clear from the start.  We don't play anymore because of that.

[KiddieKruzer]

6 hours ago, MoCruiseFan said:

Biggest LOL post I have ever read...  Simple solution, DON'T PLAY!

We’ll no Sh*t. You’re missing the point of my post. Carry on. 

[MoCruiseFan]

2 hours ago, KiddieKruzer said:

We’ll no Sh*t. You’re missing the point of my post. Carry on. 

 

I'm not missing a thing.  The point is laughable.