Shooting quarters game in casinos

[optiron]

They are known in the carnival industry as Penny Falls. A skilled operator can set them to play as loose or tight has he desires by the manner in which he places the prizes. It only takes a few seconds(1-2) to completely change the house edge once the machine is properly set up. But it's all in good fun. Eh?;)

[TexasRCH]

I noticed on my recient trip to Europe that most of the coins were Euros. I guess thats what you do with your leftover change before yoy get back to theUS

[Bazzito]

The Wizard of Odds website describes some of the finer points of “Flipit”:

 

The Catch

 

The casino makes its money on the coins that spill over on the extreme left or right edges, which get sucked into the machine instead of being returned to the player. This fact is not so obvious, because the chutes that take the edge coins are hidden behind signs that say "Spill Pay Area." These signs have arrows pointing to the middle of bottom shelf, indicating that you receive only coins that spill over the middle, not on the sides.

Basic Strategy

 

Your coin goes into one of four slots arranged left to right on the front of the machine. Typically there's a left-hand slot, two middle slots, and a right-hand slot. Coins tend to land in front of the slot they're inserted into, so you'll want to play the middle slots. This is Basic Strategy for Flip It. Playing the slots on the sides will mean that more of your coins will land on the sides, and you won't get those coins back when they spill over.

 

Flip-It Myths

 

Contrary to popular belief, the coins don't keep stacking ever higher and higher. Each machine seeks its own equilibrium for the depth of its stack, and will always return to that depth over the long run. That might be 2 coins deep on one machine and 5 coins deep on another; each machine has its own unique personality, because, after all, these machines are mechanical, not electronic.

Also contrary to popular belief, the casino doesn't come in and scoop out coins once they stack up very high. That's because the coins DON'T keep stacking infinitely, and because the casino makes all the money it needs to on the coins that spill on the sides which aren't returned to the player. These facts are obvious enough with careful observation of a machine, but just to be certain, I confirmed this with an employee at the Four Queens casino in downtown Las Vegas.

 

 

 

You can get the full article at:

 

http://wizardofodds.com/flipit

[fletcher57]

Hi, I was on the NCL Spirit to Bermuda 5/21-28 and there was a quarter machine in their casino. It was called Royal Casino. Had a lot of fun with it. I had just finished playing and was standing in front of one of the stations watching somebody else play and quarters fell out into the bin at the empty station along with a chip that said "free $10 slots play". Cashed it in, went to a $.50 slot machine, put in $5 and came out with $27. Then went to cashier and asked for $22 in cash and $5 in quarters. Went back to the quarter machine and won $15. That was a big win for me - lol. Of course, over the course of the week I put much more than $15 in but I enjoyed the quarter machine much more than the slots.

[fletcher57]

Would doubt they would have such a machine on a cruise ship due to the possible ship movement giving away too many quarters

Very happy to say you are wrong about that. See my post about my experience on my recent cruise to Bermuda on the Spirit and other posts from people who playe it on cruise ships. There's always a little vibration on board and usually some motion and always lots of fun.