Casinogame

Casinos which Native American tribes operate are getting more common every day so it’s worth a word about their video poker machines. In the Indian Gaming Act of 1988, the Federal Government classified three types of game: A. social gambling that’s not for profit; B. games that don’t rely on a House bank such as bingo and lotto; and finally C. the conventional casino style of gambling games including slots and video poker machines.

To build third class casino, the tribe has to achieve a compact with the local State Government and, to be fair, many have done this. But some decided that regulation was not for them. To get around the legislation, they devised electronic bingo games that look and feel like slots and video poker machines. The headline news is that these machines don’t have a fixed hold percentage. All the machines are linked to a central piece of software that plays bingo games among all you players. Whether you win or lose is decided by the virtual ball the software “picks”.

Each game ends when a lucky pattern in the game is achieved. It’s all very ingenious and, using this technology, the manufacturers of the games claim that the payouts are identical to the third class of game.