[ChicagahAl]

...you can't win at video poker, you can only get a payback of about 70%.

You really ought to do some homework before you post false statements like that.

Even 8-5 Bonus Poker returns 99.17% when played optimally. Add in the points and comps, and your return is over 100%.

There are other video poker games that return over 100% when played optimally, but the casinos have removed most of them, ever since the economy tanked in '08.

Paddock was reportedly a "numbers guy" and he's been playing VP for years. I would guess he played at the professional level.

I know a lot of pro VP players. Even women in their 70's, who have been playing for years, and who almost never mis-play a hand.

Also, FYI, Nevada Gaming Commission Regulations state that even slot machines (not VP) have to return at least 75% when played optimally. Some return as much as 95% (adjustable by the casino).

Slot machines and Video Poker are two completely different things.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

So the casinos just kindly allow people who play video poker to take away more than the bring in forever?

I don’t think so.

People who win too much get banned.

[Wayne07]

Even 8-5 Bonus Poker returns 99.17% when played optimally. Add in the points and comps, and your return is over 100%.

That's true, but you still go home with less cash than you started with (and a free vacation). It can't make your a millionaire.