Introduction to Foxwoods Casino Connecticut

I recently met fellow slots enthusiasts and gambling podcasters at Foxwoods Casino, a tribal casino located in southern Connecticut, in part to create this Easily Win a Little at Slots at Foxwoods Casino Connecticut article. Other goals included promoting my Professor Slots brand and, last but not least, figure out how to win at slots there.

Vito from Cousin Vito’s Casino Podcast organized this “Gamblepalooza” meetup. He did a great job with what we all hope will become a regular annual event. Also, a special thanks to the staff at Foxwoods casino, especially to our Casino Sales Executive, John, for his professionalism, dedication, and attention to details. Thanks, Vito and John!

In this Easily Win a Little at Slots at Foxwoods Casino article, I’ll primarily go over what I learned about how to win at slots there. As I’ve come to understand, and hope you have too, my winning strategies for slot machines isn’t about how to be luckier.

Instead, it’s about understanding, or at least using, how casinos have deliberately set up their slot machines for slots enthusiasts to take advantage of as an opportunity to win.

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What I found at Foxwoods Casino was such a winning opportunity. As I’ll explain, a few slot machines have been set up in such a way as to be taken advantage of quickly. That’s good news. The bad news (spoiler alert!) is that all such winnings are rather small.

However, easily winning a little at slots is probably very useful to far more people, when most slots enthusiasts are low rollers.

This article has the following sections:

• Introduction
• My Online Assessment of Foxwoods Casino Connecticut
• My On-Site Physical Assessment of Foxwoods Casino Connecticut
• Assessing Foxwoods Casino by Talking with Slots Players
• Assessing Foxwoods Casino by Questioning Casino Staff
• How to Win at Slots at Foxwoods Casino Connecticut
• Optimizing How to Win at Foxwoods Casino Connecticut
• Summary

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My Online Assessment of Foxwoods Casino Connecticut

My first evaluation of Foxwoods Casino Connecticut was done online when preparing to publish my article Connecticut Slot Machine Casino Gambling back in July of last year.

I learned that Foxwoods Casino Connecticut had grown, partly due to competition with nearby Mohegan Sun Casino, to become one of the largest casinos anywhere. Depending on how casino “largeness” is measured, it is currently reported to be the third or fourth largest casino in the world, although it has ranked as high as second largest in the past.

Other items of interest I learned then was that Foxwoods Casino Connecticut is an American Indian tribal casino owned and operated by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe. Since Foxwoods is a tribal casino, it is not subject to state gaming regulations but rather regulated through a negotiated state-tribal gaming compact approved by the U.S. Department of Interior.

For those interested, this state-tribal compact is available at Connecticut State’s Department of Consumer Protection on their Tribal-State Compacts and Agreements webpage along with the state-tribal compact for the Mohegan Tribe for Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun casino.

The final item of interest to slots enthusiasts regarding gaming regulations is monthly actual payout return statistics available on the State of Connecticut’s Gaming Revenue and Statistics webpage.

For the most recent month, March 2018, the actual payout return percentage was reported to be 91.56%, the lowest payout return since Foxwoods fiscal year begins on July 1.

As it happens, these statistics show that consistently highest payout returns were at the beginning of Foxwoods fiscal year. From July through October of 2017, the average payout return was 92.05%, with the highest monthly payout return being 92.16% in October 2017.

At the time of this writing, Fiscal Year 2017/2018 is incomplete. Now, however, the average annual payout returns for the last five years going back Fiscal Year 2011/2012 has shown a remarkably steady increase. For Fiscal Year 2011/2012, the yearly payout return was 91.59%, followed by a steady rise to 92.19% for the most recently completed Fiscal Year of 2016/2017.

Finally, it is well worth noting there has been a steady and significant drop, currently nearly halved, in the total number of slot machines available at Foxwoods Casino Connecticut from Fiscal Year 2008/2009 to present.

In Fiscal Year 2008/2009, coinciding with the last year of the relatively recent 17-month-long Great Recession, Foxwoods Casino Connecticut had 8,108 slot machines. This number of slots has dropped each year steadily since, with the total number of slot machines currently being 4,106.

So, what does all this mean in terms of winning at slots at Foxwoods Casino Connecticut? Well, it’s hard to say. Initial assessments are fact-finding missions, with little in the way of conclusions as much as it might be helpful to do so. Nevertheless, it sure is interesting seeing such data-supported trends.

In all seriousness, it is indeed hard to say what is going on at Foxwoods. However, something dramatic and dynamic is happening. Staying focused on winning at slots and setting aside all other considerations, I wonder how we might use this rather interesting information to win more at slots at Foxwoods.

But, before drawing any more conclusions just yet, let’s continue this article with whatever information can gleaned from visiting Foxwoods Casino Connecticut. Online casino cash back.

My On-Site Physical Assessment of Foxwoods Casino Connecticut

Frankly, Foxwoods Casino is huge. Upon checking in at 2 p.m. on a Thursday, I went for a walk for a few hours. I didn’t have or want a map. While walking, I counted six separate sub-casinos within the overall casino. I could talk about my feet getting sore for walking for the next 5 hours, despite wearing comfortable shoes. Instead, let’s talk about what I saw.

By far, the most important thing I noticed was what I didn’t see. I wandered everywhere without doing any gambling. I was looking around, letting my feet go wherever they wanted while I soaked in whatever there was to do so.

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I went to every sub-casino and visited every high limit area in every sub-casino. And do you know what I didn’t see, not once during that 5-hour walk? I didn’t see a single hand pay being given out by a slot attendant.

Everywhere I went, there were no hand pays. No one was winning jackpots. Now, again, I tried not to draw any discernible conclusions just yet. Why? Because it was only late afternoon on a Thursday. I didn’t want to bias my observations by drawing the conclusion begging to be made without looking for hand pays when the casino was a little busier.

So, to avoid jumping to a conclusion too soon, I decided to look for slot machine hand pays deliberately until Friday evening. But, tentatively, I held in my mind this possible conclusion: Foxwoods Casino Connecticut gives out a relatively low number of hand-pays to slots players. If confirmed, only small non-taxable jackpots would be potentially possible.

While my personal slots play is high limits, this was personally quite upsetting. However, for the sake of my lower roller readers and listeners, I realized this might be just what they most would like. They might most like to spend a little bit of money to win a slightly larger bit of money.

Of course, this would depend on finding a way to win jackpots less than the taxable limit of $1,200 to generate the hand pays I wasn’t seeing. I decided that, if a few hand pays were confirmed, then I needed to focus on looking for ways to make small wins with small bankrolls. So, I did. And I did.

Assessing Foxwoods Casino Connecticut by Talking with Slots Players

After my wandering around on Thursday, I met up with Vito and other early arrivals to Vito’s “Gamblepalooza” event. I also had an opportunity to talk and question John, the Foxwoods’ Casino Sales Executive effectively acting as our event host.

And, what was the first thing Vito said to me? That his wife Amanda was over on a Buffalo slot machine after having won a bunch of free spins. I asked where, and he pointed to where she was. Maybe 20 minutes later, Amanda joined our group – at which point I asked her specifically which machine she was playing.

She told me where there was a row of identical-looking slot machines near the walkway between the casino lobby and the hotel elevators. I asked which slot machine in this row had she played, and she said the slot machine on the far left.

When everyone split up to go gamble, I headed over to those Buffalo slot machines. They were penny machines. They were also all were being used, which can sometimes be a good sign. So, I sat and watched for a little while. Again, there were no hand pays. But, there were small wins.

There were not a lot of small wins, but some. I had to consider if there would be enough to make any level of profit, somehow, with the right playing technique. When a machine opened up, I sat down and played to try and get a feel for its odds of winning.

My conclusion was that each slot machine was providing a taste in the first few bets placed, and then no wins other than usual entirely luck-based wins. This result was based on a slight but noticeable pattern I seemed to be detecting with my pattern recognition abilities.

My conclusion, and again it was based on a slight but noticeable pattern I seemed to be getting from my pattern recognition abilities, was that each slot machine was providing a taste in the first few bets placed, and then no wins other than usual entirely luck-based wins.

It was slight, but there. Combined with the location of these slot machines near a busy walkway, I had a working theory to try out. The next step was to create experiments or make further observations which would either prove or disprove the hypothesis. So, I did just that.

Assessing Foxwoods Casino Connecticut by Questioning Casino Staff

Assessing a casino isn’t entirely a linear process. I look for clues everywhere, mostly focused on looking for winning patterns I’ve seen elsewhere while also keeping an eye out for any new trends. Because, once I find an economic model put in place by the casino, then all I need to do is figure out how to take advantage of it.

So, between wandering around and then playing those Buffalo machines, I talked with our Casino Sales Executive. And, I asked him questions which would help me continue to look for a clue to winning patterns that I’d seen elsewhere. And, he gave me such a hint.

Upon questioned about Foxwoods Casino Connecticut having six sub-casinos, John told me which of these sub-casinos was newest and how new it was. He told me that the Great Cedar Casino was six months old.

That was important to know because it would have the latest and greatest in server-based operating software. And, I knew several ways to test those operating systems for winning patterns.

Being years newer than the other sub-casinos, the Great Cedar Casino would have the latest casinos operating software choices for casinos to “tinker” with the winning odds of their slot machines.

This bit of information resolved my most significant concern about visiting one of the largest casinos in the world. Some of the sub-casinos would be old, with few winning strategies due to likely having a central computer.

Other sub-casinos would be a bit more modern, and a few sub-casinos would be the newest. But, this was my first time at Foxwoods. How would I know which sub-casino was oldest, old, modern, and cutting-edge modern to apply the appropriate winning strategy?

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Well, John told me which one was the newest casino. This was my next good hint for figuring out how to win at slots at Foxwoods Casino Connecticut. Now, let’s bring together everything learned, so far.

How to Win at Slots at Foxwoods Casino Connecticut

For those keeping track, here’s what we have learned so far:

1. Slot machine hand pays are relatively few, possibly even non-existent
2. Slot machines near a busy walkway provided an initial win, a taste
3. The newest sub-casino was the Great Cedar Casino

These three things are what I learned about winning at slots in Foxwoods Casino Connecticut after being there for about 6 hours. I’d have preferred it would only have taken half that time but, well, it was one of the largest casinos in the world.

The next morning, on my way back from breakfast, I kept an eye on slot machines facing the main walkway, the most extensive walkway I’d yet seen, for the Great Cedar Casino. And do you know what I saw? I saw a winning slot machine at 8 a.m.

It was a penny machine automatically playing off free spins. The current jackpot was about $500, and continuing to close with only 20 or so free spins out of 85 completed.

Francis, the slots player on that machine, was happy to tell those gathered that he’d only put a $20 bill into the penny slot machine. On his first bet, the first push of the button, he won those 85 free spins.

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And, he hadn’t played maximum credits. Maximum credits was 600, and his bet was for 150 credits. So, for a single $1.50 bet, he was already up to $500 and continuing to climb.

About 10 minutes later, we all congratulated him when the rising jackpot went over the taxable limit of $1,200. Another 5 minutes later, the last free spin was over, and his taxable jackpot on this penny machine stood at $1,474.27.

This slot machine matched all the winning criteria I had observed, plus one more that I’d already known was possible from a casino Ohio. This fourth criterion was simply this: Most likely, with it being a weekday morning, that slot machine hadn’t been played for a while before this jackpot.

Again, all of this is simply a working theory of a specific casino slot machine setup built step-by-step with careful observation and unbiased deductive reasoning and critical thinking. The point is, I had a working hypothesis to test. So, I did.

Over the next few mornings, I won small jackpots on the slot machines facing that walkway, trying only to play slot machines not played for a while.

Within a few bets, I won $315.45 on Saturday at 4:30 a.m. and, at more normal times, $89.25, $87.60, $135.60, and $105.60. On several other attempts, I won about as much as I had bet. Three times, I didn’t win anything.

Since each bet was between $1.50 and $6.00 on these penny machines. According to my gambling records, I spent about $40 in bets and won a total of $745.50. My profit was just over $700 when using this winning strategy only, not including what I spent learning to win.

Optimizing How to Win at Foxwoods Casino Connecticut

Optimizing this strategy centers around the fourth winning criterion, Specifically, it centered around the hypothesis that slot machines not played for a while tended to give our higher jackpots.

With the weekend approaching at one of the largest casinos in the world, the slot machines I wanted to play were getting a lot of use, probably played at least once every hour for 24 a day.

But, optimizing this strategy during a busy weekend at the casino is entirely possible. I suggest picking your candidate slot machine as soon as whoever is using it finishes playing, then proceed to read a book for a while.

How long should you read the book? I have no idea. I’d suggest waiting between 20 minutes and two hours before playing the slot machine. Wouldn’t this be boring, you ask? Well, that would entirely depend on the book, now wouldn’t it.

I do have to wonder what the casino’s reaction would be to someone reading a book at an idle slot machine? Would a random casino employee know that it has been set up to provide a taste? As taste that would cause observers to run and play on another slot machine, thereby recouping the cost to the casino?

Or, other slots players may complain that, if you don’t want to play it, they will. So, as usual, there is always more to learn. If you try reading at a slot machine, and you get a reaction from the casino, I’d be very interested in knowing. Thanks.

I did share this winning strategy with other gamblers attending the Gamblepalooza event, with a bit more details offered to a few in thanks. They all came back later saying how much I had helped them win at slots.

One even showed me a voucher for a little over $1,100, shown below, which I reasonably assumed was from winning several non-taxable jackpots via the winning strategy I have also described here.

They seemed quite happy with it, which made me happy. But, again, for me as a high roller…. Well, let’s just say it was missing a few zeros. But, that’s how it is for me.

Summary of Easily Win a Little at Slots at Foxwoods Casino Connecticut

From Thursday, April 19, through Sunday, April 22, in 2018, I visited Foxwoods Casino in southern New England to generate this blog article for you.

My goals for this casino trip were to provide another casino trip report, and also to meet members of my audience as well as other visiting gambling podcasters.

My third goal was to figure out if there was any way to systematically win at slots at this tribal casino, one of the largest casinos in the world and indeed the most significant tribal casino. I successfully accomplished all three goals.

Through using my pattern recognition abilities, deductive reasoning, and critical thinking, I developed the following working theory of how to win at slots at Foxwoods from making the following observations:

1. Slot machine hand pays are relatively few, possibly even non-existent.
2. Slot machines near a busy walkway provided an initial win, a taste.
3. The newest sub-casino was the Great Cedar Casino.
4. Initial wins, or tastes, were larger on idle slot machines.

I then used this working theory myself, as well as shared it with several of my fans and fellow gambling podcasters, to win small jackpots on slot machines at Foxwoods Casino Connecticut.

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Introduction to Foxwoods Casino Trip Report 2018

I attended Cousin Vito’s Casino Podcast’s Gamblepalooza Event in Connecticut on April 19-22, 2018, from which I’ve created, for you, this Foxwoods Casino Trip Report 2018. While at Foxwoods Casino:

• I learned how to win at slots at Foxwoods
• Participated in a high limit slots pull (in which I had a unique role)
• Was taught how to play craps by Mark DeVol from You Can Bet on That
• Met my fans and made new ones
• Spent quality time with my fellow gambling podcasters

For those specifically interested in how to win at slots at Foxwoods, I’ve already taken the liberty of providing all the winning details in both the blog article Easily Win a Little at Slots at Foxwoods Casinos as well as a Professor Slots podcast episode #30: How to Win Small at Foxwoods-Montana Slots 2018. Providing useful information to my audience of slots enthusiasts comes first, right?

This article intends to provide a perspective of what can be learned the first time visiting a casino, in this case, Foxwoods Casino.

I can split what I learned into two essential perspectives. These are what I observed as a slots player and what I learned from watching non-exclusive slots players. Specifically, what happens when craps, blackjack, roulette, and poker players instead play slot machines.

This article has the following sections:

• Introduction
• Learning to Win at Foxwoods
• High Limit Slots Pull Event Observations
• Thoughts on Craps
• Meeting Fans of Professor Slots
• Summary

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Foxwoods Casino Trip Report 2018: Learning to Win at Foxwoods

As described in my last article, learning to win at slots at Foxwoods casino started by simply walking around the casino grounds for hours and hours. I didn’t have a map, nor did I want one. I was observing because that’s useful. I was trying to get a feel for the place.

After a few hours of this, and making the observations detailed in the last article, I heard someone call out, “Professor Slots!’ It’s exciting meeting fellow podcasters for the first time. You generally have no idea who they are until they speak. Then, for me, I usually think they are taller than I expected them to be.

It was Mark and Dr. Mike from the You Can Bet On That gambling podcast for the recreational gambler that called out to me when I was walking out. Correctly, Mark had spotted me. By the way, I was Professor Slots all during this trip, likely because of my branded polo shirt.

On their follow-up podcast, Mark and Dr. Mike were kind enough to mention I’d acted as a guide for them, to get them over to the other side of the casino where everyone was. I’d like to give a special thanks to Mark for adding my name after Professor Slots. That was unexpected and appreciated. Plus, he pronounced Friedl correctly, too!

Anyway, learning to win at Foxwoods was a step-by-step process starting with a long walk, talking with winning slots players, questioning casino staff, and then applying all this to create a winning strategy. You can find this particular explanation here:

• How to Easily Win a Little at Slots at Foxwoods Casino.

Foxwoods Casino Trip Report 2018: High Limit Slots Pull Event Observations

On Saturday, after a late morning group breakfast, Eric Rosenthal from the Vegas Confessions podcast had organized a high limit slot pull for this Gamblepalooza event. Cousin Vito had planned to have a slot pull for some time, with Eric using his vast experience from other meetup events to help run it.

Not to bore you with the details of successfully organizing such an event, quite a few exciting tidbits stand out which I think you might find of interest. Before the event, I wondered if anyone would ask Professor Slots for his opinion.

First off, my current understanding is that Eric had a bet with Vito about how many people would attend this breakfast. I did mention these were all gamblers, right? In the follow-up podcasts that have since come out, I learned that this bet existed.

And, at the time, I didn’t know there was a group breakfast. I didn’t, that is, until Eric saw me in the hallway that morning saying that there was one. I attended when asked, of course. Again, I did mention these are gamblers? And, players like to win!

With that connection, I sat with Eric and his wife at breakfast, and I had a few moments to explain what I’d learned about winning at slots at Foxwoods Casino. When I suggested moving from slot machine to slot machine, to win a little at each, Eric kindly explained to me that doing so would be unpopular with the crowd. Lynching is such an ugly word. Right?

But, during the event itself, Eric was able to try a few of my suggestions. I don’t think they helped much, but the high limit slots pull didn’t occur in the casino I would have picked. It took place in one of the older casinos, as it happens.

So, with everyone gathered around, Eric started off the event by reviewing the rules none of us had read. The plan was anyone who cared to could buy in with one or more shares of $100. Altogether, about 30 people had purchased 44 shares. Therefore, in this hand, Eric had $4,400.

Another agreement amongst the group was to either double our money or spend it all. Unless we went over $8,800 at any point, we would spend it all. Cool, huh?

Quickly, I should mention that they needed a volunteer to accept the tax burden for any taxable jackpot won. I was a little shocked when nobody volunteered. When I saw this, I naturally stepped forward and volunteered. The applause was nice.

The next step was Eric recommending that it be my players reward club card in the machine to get the associated rewards points for betting these thousands of dollars.

I declined, pointing out I wasn’t a regular at Foxwoods. I counter suggested that it should be the rewards club card of our host, Vito. Again, the applause was nice.

To help speed things along, Eric had inserted 20 of the $100 bills to create a $2,000 voucher. I don’t know if you know this, but some states have a limit on how much can be in a slot machine at any one time. In Ohio, and it seems Connecticut, the limit is $3,000.

So, with $2,400 in the slot machine and $2,000 on a voucher held by Eric, the high limit slot pull began on a $100 denomination, 1-credit Wheel of Fortune slot machine. Again, quickly, several small 2-credit wins took place over time. With 17 credits left on the slot machine, and Eric’s $2,000 voucher yet unused, the slot machine landed on Spin.

Up to this point, the crowd had started reasonably excited, but that excitement had died down quite a bit over time. However, landing on a bonus spin, where a relatively large jackpot was assured, anywhere from $2,500 to $25,000. I was going to get a taxable jackpot!

Once spun, we got a $4,500 hand pay jackpot. Filling out paperwork took a while, as it always does. And, handing over the stack of 45 $100 bills to Eric, from my open palm to his, was somewhat painful. But, those were the rules.

So, we kept playing. We kept winning more 1- or 2-credit jackpots. However, we didn’t win more taxable jackpots. We tried switching to a second slot machine, then others. Boredom started to set in, so we sped it up by just letting one person press the button on the slot machine until all the money was gone.

With all that as a description, this is what I noticed during the slot pull. People got bored. Very bored. This wasn’t exciting except when it was very exciting. The comments I heard were, “When will this be over?” and “Can’t we go any faster?”

Eric had been right. It could devolve into a lynching real fast. Eric helped move it along a bit, and everyone settled down. My observation was that craps players really don’t know how to play slots. Honestly, it’s not entirely about pushing a button or pulling a lever.

What I saw was completely different than boredom. I saw many small wins, meaning we’d picked a relatively good winning slot machine. I saw a hand pay after having made about 20 bets. Things were going great!

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Where we went wrong, if I might be so bold, was not having a large enough bankroll to make 100-120 bets on a 1-credit, $100 denomination slot machine. Yes, we brought the original $4,400 bankroll, added a $4,500 hand pay, and won 1- and 2-credit jackpots perhaps ten times. So, we’d made nearly 120 bets overall.

But that’s not good. As I’ve discussed in the past, we need to be able to make 100 to 12o bets with our initial bankroll to play the machine for long enough to have a fair chance of winning. And we didn’t.

Instead, we started with enough to make 44 bets, then did well enough to get nearly 120 bets by also using our winnings. Imagine what could have happened if our original bankroll had been enough for 120 bets!

Yes, with all other considerations being equal, it would have taken three times as long to play nearly three times the bankroll. But, it would not be unreasonable to think we would have gotten three hand pays instead of just one taxable jackpot.

If so, I would not have been surprised if we would have been able to bet 3 times 120 or 360 bets on that high limit slot machine. This result is all just reasonable guesswork, of course. But it’s still a reasonable result. It follows the patterns for slots play I know and recognize.

But, it wouldn’t have been worth getting lynched over. And, people wanted to move along. It was too much work to win a profit, I guess?

In all seriousness, as far as I could tell, these were all entertainment gamblers out for a good time. Their gambling goal wasn’t about making money. So, we didn’t. But, it was entertaining for a little while.

Foxwoods Casino Trip Report 2018: Thoughts on Craps

One evening, I stood next to an active craps table for the first time. I mentioned to Mark Devol just that fact. I am delighted to say he then showed me how to play craps.

I’d been listening to his and Dr. Mike’s podcast, You Can Bet On That, so I had heard the terminology. But, it was helpful for someone to point at a spot on the craps table during these explanations.

Besides learning how to play craps, I just had to ask Mark what a “well drink” was. This phrase is something often mentioned on their podcast, that so-and-so owes them a well drink. Mark explained what it was, which certainly matched the context tone he and Dr. Mike use when talking about well drinks on their show.

Speaking of their podcast, on it they often mention that Dr. Mike likes to parley when playing craps. I was again delighted when he parleyed while I was standing between him and Mark, while Mark being teaching me craps.

In a loud whisper, I said to Mark, “I just heard Dr. Mike say parley!” in an awed voice. Dr. Mike heard and gave me a grin. For me, now and forever more, that’s craps.

One question I didn’t get answered because I only thought of it afterward, is what the heck is going on with taxable jackpots during craps games. Do they get hundreds of them per year like high limit slots players do? Do they ever happen at all? What about during blackjack and poker?

I’m planning to shortly call into Mark and Dr. Mike’s show to ask that question. Maybe all us slots enthusiasts will then find out! If so, I’ll let you know.

Foxwoods Casino Trip Report 2018: Meeting Fans of Professor Slots

Gamblepalooza was my first meetup event where I met fans of the show. John was there, whom I’d talked with before as part of a consultation. I spent a significant amount of time with him talking about slots because it was one of my goals for the trip. He was one of my first fans, which I appreciated.

With him, I shared everything from my last article, and more. I also shared it with his friend Michelle as well as his girlfriend whom, since I don’t know if she wants her name shared, I’ll call Professor Amy. John and “Amy” will know who I mean.

In any case, it was great meeting all three of them. Thanks, John, for introducing me to them as well as your rather quick and detailed questions. If you have any follow-up questions, do let me know.

I also met Ernie, who very earnestly stated that he’s listened to every one of my podcast episodes. Wow. That was a big moment for me. I mean, I talk and talk into this empty room. But, to hear back from someone? Just wow.

I also met others, all very lovely people. With a couple of people, including a fun couple from Canada, we talked about quantum physics. It was just a little small talk, during that first night. That was wonderful and very relaxing. And, then there were some more random people at the event that was also interested in slots.

They seemed to appreciate being able to talk to someone who focused entirely on slots. I’d heard that from others, but it was evident at this event. The surprise on their faces of finding someone, and their breathless questions once they started asking them, gave me a strong feeling that I’m starting to make a difference. Which is the point, right?

Unfortunately, I don’t have everyone’s names to share. I’ll have to do better at that at future events, maybe take more notes as the day progresses, but it was truly beautiful to meet all of you. It keeps me going!

Summary of Foxwoods Casino Trip Report 2018

In review, during late April 2018, I attended a gambling podcaster and fan meetup called Gamblepalooza at Foxwoods Casino in southern New England hosted by the Cousin Vito Casino Podcast. I participated in high limit group slot pull, taught to play craps by Mark DeVol, and met fans for the first time.

For details on how to win at slots at Foxwoods, be sure to visit either my blog article Easily Win a Little at Slots at Foxwoods Casinos Connecticut or the Professor Slots podcast episode #30: How to Win Small at Foxwoods-Montana Slots 2018.

At this event, fans have requested more trip reports, so I have prepared this Foxwoods Casino Trip Report 2018. More such trip reports will be coming, as well as more articles on the history of slots and winning strategies. If you have any suggestions for topics you’d like me to cover, just drop me an email or leave a voicemail message on my hotline at 702-90-SLOTS.

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