Chapter 035 - 1990.02.11

The banks liked my written business-plan work -

• but I had no collateral -

  • so I was always escorted out the office door with a -

    • maybe go to family and friends.

And thus this trip out to -

• "The Biggest Little City in the World".

While out there our hosts took us to a casino.

I have been a big 'little stakes' poker player since a small child.

Following in my dad's footsteps -

• who had played 'penny poker' -

  • every non-summer weeknight -

    • for decades with his friends.

I would play 'nickel-dime-quarter' with my high school and college friends.

But this was my first time with 'video poker' slot machines.

Quickly it occurred to me -

• there was a 'best' way to play every hand dealt me.

Later I learned this 'best play' was called 'expert play'.

I did get an investment from my relatives of Reno -

• but more important -

  • I got my next project idea.

To this day -

• I'm still working on this idea.

For the past few weeks -

• I've been double checking my math.

Finding errors too.

'Expert play' is all about playing the long game of the odds.

In the 'long game' it's always best to play what statistics say is best.

That's what my software attempted to do.

At the time I first conceived of this idea -

• all the world had was written books on the topic of expert play.

I knew there was a way to create a better solution with software.

I saw a solution that would handle -

• ALL the great variety of video poker game types -

  • and game paybacks -

    • static and dynamic (progressive) paybacks.

I got and taught myself 'Visual Basic' GUI-based coding.

Started on one of the very first Apple Mac PCs -

• but shifted over to CMS-based PCs before completing my software.

The above image is a screenshot of -

• where I stopped -

  • decades ago now.

Got something generally working -

• for my mind.

This does NOT mean it was great -

• for others minds.

I've learned over the many years that have passed -

• that my mind is NOT like others minds.

It often sees our world and universe very differently -

• and with this -

  • produces things -

    • that others have great difficulty in understanding and using.

I could write a very lengthy book -

• just about this software -

  • and all the things that have separately -

    • emerged because of its first discovery -

      • in the realm of alternative possibility.

Like most everything else -

• the original concept keeps evolving -

  • as the reality of our world keeps evolving.

Can you even imagine that -

• gambling can be used for more improvement -

  • than more long-term harm -

    • as TAP would conclude it to be -

      • within the present model.

Imagine all the challenge and competition of gambling -

• without the extreme money loss -

  • from 'the player' to 'the house'.

Like most everything else in our world today -

• 'greedy profitable' always is sought -

  • vs. balance and sustainability -

    • of 'the player'.

Casinos care NOT about the well-being of their patrons.

#1 is profitability.

Our entire world is designed this way.

It's why we are doomed -

• if we do NOT shift over to a new model.

Before I leave this chapter, for now -

• I just want to provide a link to my latest math probability work:

  • VP Expert Play

I'm sure there are still errors.

If you spot any -

• please let me know.

BTW - my old software has many combination errors -

• as can be noted in the example screenshot -

  • it shows the LP weight factor (payback factor) as 0.7920 -

    • whereas my latest work -

      • has it at 0.8570

[more coming - if 'you' ask for it]