50 machines versus 10 machines

[pokeherguy]

I'm not sure if I answered this question right or not but here is the question.
 
If there are 2 casinos and one has 50 video poker machines availible at the $5.00 denomination and the other has 10 at the same denomination would that make any difference about the quality of play. The casino with 50 machines has 1/10 the amount of players that the casino with 10 machines has. So could the amount of players versus the amount of machines have any bearing on the players outcome over a period of time?  

[Eduardo]

I would think the paytable would be all that matters.  But you might have a harder chance of getting on the machine you want with 10 times as many people and 1/5 the machines.
 
I don't see how the amount of players or machines has any bearing on the individual player's outcome over a period of time.  Certainly on the casino's income, and maybe that would persuade them to change paytables one way or another.
 
You mentioned "quality of play" but I assume you are referring to winnings and not environment. Environment would be afftected by these changes of course.

[shadowman]

Assuming legal machines with the same paytables then your results should not be based on the number of machines in the casinos.
 
Of course, casinos rarely have the same way of doing comps, CB, etc. So, one casino will probably be a better play because of these differences.

[pokeherguy]

Pretty much what I thought but jsut for kicks lets try a different angle of approach to this question.
 
No comps involved, only straight up play and using myself as the player. The casino with 50 vp machines that has 1/10 the amount of players that are made up mostly of tourist (players that stick a couple of twentys in the machine) with very few true vp players versus the casino with 10 vp machines with 10 times the amount of players with far more true vp players along with even more tourist than that of the 50 vp machine casino. Leave out the aspect of not being able to find a machine to play at the 10 vp machine casino. Now if I am looking for only handpays would the amount of players, dollars and machines availible possibly have an effect on the amount of handpays I might see over the corse of a years worth of play.

[Eduardo]

I'm confused. If the paytable is the same why would that have any effect whatsoever on your return?
 
Unless you are talking about being distracted by all the people?

[MikeA]

Pretty much what I thought but jsut for kicks lets try a different angle of approach to this question.
 I'm curious PG.  What is your theory here?  If the machines are the same with the same paytables, neither the number of machines nor the number of people playing them should make any difference.

[Eduardo]

A machine doesn't know how many people are in the room.  A herd of buffalo could walk in and I don't think that would affect your handpays. Although it might take the staff longer to get to you, so maybe that would slow down your play and affect your return. Is that it?  Is this a riddle?

[oej719]

I guess it would depend on which day of the week it was and what was the special soup of the dat on the menu.
Just my boogyman thought on the subject.

[ginxxxx]

Personally, I'd go for the casino with the most active play.  I keep thinking that if a RF hits every 40,000 plays or so, maybe I can sit down at a machine that has just been played 39,999.  Would it work that way?

[Eduardo]

No.  A machine could give out a RF on 3 consecutive hands or go a month without giving one out.  But over time it will average out to 1/40,000. Your odds of hitting one are just as good sitting at any machine at any given time.