Whoa, Nelly, there's some misinformation here.
Thank you for answering. But what I dont get, is that some of the non-hidenom games have a higher payback %age than do the hidenom games. Could it be that hidenom means fewer plays that require 1099 intervention?
In Video Poker, the payback percentage is determined solely by the paytable. Assuming no additional wild cards (Jokers), each hand uses one deck of 52 cards that are constantly getting "shuffled" (via the RNG), and the distribution of those cards is random.
A quick way to demonstrate payback percentages would be to look at a machine where a Full House pays 9 coins per coin bet, and then look at another game that has an identical paytable, except that a Full House pays 8 coins per coin bet. The payback is better (for the player) on the first machine because every time you hit a Full House you get paid more for it.
Whether or not a game is listed as "HiDenom", the payback percentage is a factor of each payout on the paytable, and nothing more. There is no manipulation of the cards in a legitimate Class III ("Las Vegas-style") slot machine made by a company that does business in the state of Nevada. (For example, IGT, WMS, etc.)
In the US, a W-2G is required to be issued whenever a single win of $1200 or more is hit on a machine. It's not terribly common to see, but some Video Poker paytables short the normal 250 coin 5-coin payoff on a Straight Flush to 239. Why? Because if the machine is configured as a $5 denomination machine, that would make a Straight Flush pay off $1195 (instead of a W-2G eligible $1250 hit). I'd look for that specifically on the "HiDenom" games if you have any enabled on your Game King, as that would be something useful to a $5 player. In fact, this echos what CaptainHappy posted:
I have noticed that on some of the high denom games that the paytables are slightly different around hits that would be awful close to a W2G hit... They work out to slightly under that $1200.00 limit. I assume for two reasons, to prevent a slot person having to come for a W2G hit as often, and to benefit the player with less taxable reportings to the IRS possibly???
the software definitely affects the outcome of the game. the chosen paytable will have a different hit frequency for each possible combination, this is where the hidenom paytables are different. if you have the par sheet package for your base chip check out the non-hidenom vs. the hidenom side by side and you will probably see the differences.
The paytable selected has
zero impact on the possibility of hands being awarded. Whether four aces pays 2000 coins or 125 coins, it is just as likely to hit them*. The machines uses a random shuffle of 52 cards (non-Joker games, again) and
there is no manipulation of the hands that will be hit based on the paytable selected.
*Player strategy will change, however, depending on the paytable, which will affect the average number of times that a hand will be hit over the life of the machine. Let's look at a full pay version of plain-Jane
Jacks or Better game where all quads pay 125 coins, versus
Super Aces Bonus where quad aces pays 2,000 coins.
In Jacks or Better, if you're dealt a full house of AAA55, the correct play is to hold the full house, and a smart player will do it every time. If you're dealt AAA55 in Super Aces, the correct play is to dump the full house and only keep the three aces (hoping for the 4th since it has a big payoff), and a smart player will do that every time. As such, with intelligent players, a Super Aces machine will have hit quad aces more times over the life of the machine versus the Jacks or Better machine, but that's because players are adjusting their strategy to go for the aces more frequently. Assuming the same manufacturer and platform, both machines use the same random method to determine the cards, and nothing is manipulated, but the Super Aces machine will have hit more quad aces over its lifetime simply due to more players going for that hand. Both machines are
equally likely to be dealt quad aces, quad 5s, dealt straights, dealt flushes, drawn straights, drawn flushes, etc.
the RNG selects the 10 card hand as soon as the bet button is pressed so you can theoretically see the same card several hands in a row.
All modern-day machines (including all versions of the Game King) select
five cards when the player presses "deal", and then continues to shuffle the remaining cards until the exact moment that the player presses the "draw" button, at which point the replacement cards are selected and displayed. This was confirmed in a 2001 interview with IGT's (at least at the time) Chief Software Engineer, James Vasquez.
In the 2006 American Casino Guide, author Steve Bourie printed that interview he had in 2001. Vasquez stated that IGT's machines in Nevada (as well as other jurisdictions, only specifically saying that some lottery jurisdictions require a different method) deal five cards, and then wait for player interaction (pressing the Draw button) before the next five cards are determined.
That means that they switched to a 5-and-5 deal over 10 years ago -- perhaps even longer.
Here is the link to that page of the interview:
http://bit.ly/ds1yy2
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