Free Video Poker Games

From Publishers Weekly

Former math teacher Boyd’s guide to winning bucketfuls of change is not for the casual casino-goer: readers will come across sentences like “the mathematically correct way to play any dealt hand is based on the stated payout table in conjunction with statistical probabilities”; be required to keep straight variances, expected returns and expected values (some are percentages; some are currency equivalents); and learn how to read seemingly cryptic charts bef (more…)

do you always have the same game when you leave and come back, or is it like switching machines?

all of the ones I have ever seen have a thing you press called “pays” and it will tell you. ask any slot tec in the casino of choice if you need help, or the person siting next to you, most of them will help.
look to make sure the little easier to get ones pay well, never play a game were two pair only pay 1-1, arg! that sucks!

If you plan to have the machines actually pay off in money (or tickets redeemable for money) you’d have to locate it in one of the few areas where such is legal. Otherwise, one dodge that’s been used (with varying success) to circumvent the laws against gambling is to ‘pay off’ in prepaid gift cards - depending on the relative expertise of your lawyer and the skill of the DA’s, it may serve to be a workable defense (arguing ’skill’ prizes ala Dave & Buster’s) should you get raided or it may not.

To get comped a free room and meal at a top place like the Bellagio or Mandalay Bay?
Do they care whether you win or lose, or is it just how much you’re betting?