Me no like InterCasino VP changes

[paul02085]

I'm sorry to ask, but what did they change in the pay scale to make it worse?

I think they changed the royal payout (at max coin) from 4200 to 4000.

Also, i think they changed the 2 pair payout from 10 to 5.

I may be wrong on this though.

[caruso]

The old table:

JOB = 1
2 P = 2
3 OAK = 2
ST = 4
FL = 5
FH = 8
4 5s - Ks = 50
4 2s - 4s = 90
4 aces = 150
SF = 50
RF = 840

The new paytable:

JOB = 1
2 P = 1
3 OAK = 3
ST = 5
FL = 7
FH = 9
4 5s - Ks = 50
4 2s - 4s = 80
4 aces = 160
SF = 50
RF = 800

I've highlighted the killer.

This is a good example of standard casino trickology: pull an evil downgrade on a huge payline - in this case, two pair - then bump up other lines to make it look better - in this case, 3 OAK, st, FL and FH. The upgrades on those lower hands add very little, whereas the slaughter job on 2 pair knocks off fully 14%.

Just like the Deuces Wild trick - slide 4 OAK down from 5 to 4, then upgrade massively the low payout hands - like SF, from 9 to 13, as Microgaming does.

Generous, huh???????

Not really; the changes knock fully 4% off the paytable, reducing the full pay 100.76% to around 96%.

It's a really good example of how casinos think and operate, these VP sleight-of-hands: give it a nice glossy whitwash, but shovel the muck in threw the side door. Same as "single deck 21!!!!!!!!" plastered all over The Strip - you need to get close to the tables to notice "BJ pays 6:5".

I could go on, but will leave it there.

[Linus]

Ha! I read this whole thread before realizing it was three years out of date.

Good (I guess) to know things haven't changed much in all that time.

Glad you're still around, Caruso.

[caruso]

Ha! I read this whole thread before realizing it was three years out of date.

Three years?

This thread was started five months ago, late last year.

[Linus]

My bad. You know, CM walks a fine line here. On the one hand - as someone else pointed out - the players here don't directly pay CM anything. It's the casinos who pay the bills.

On the other hand, he owes the success of his site to the players, not the casinos. The only reason the casinos advertise here is because of his access to the players. Without the players, the casinos would have no interest.

Without his reputation as an advocate, this would be little different than the ten million and one banner farms that clutter up the internet. Indirectly, it's the players who pay for the site - by playing at the casinos. Ultimately, it's his rep that pays for everything.

At least, I hope that's how CM sees it.