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Composed by Hajime Hirasawa. Example Boss Media Slot Machines. As we mentioned earlier, Boss Media offers players a few different kinds of machines. The following is a rundown of just a few different Boss slots, which should give you a better idea of the types of games they’ve created. The most simple way of explaining the deep psychology behind users of slot machines, especially online slot games, is that they’re fun to play. The success of the industry speaks for itself. The UK Gambling Commission report shows a massive 12.8% increase in the online gambling sector, accounting for £5.3 billion in Gross Gambling Yield (GGY.
Introduction
Boss Media was purchased by GEMed and was rebranded to GTECH in 2008, and since then GTECH was purchased by IGT.
Disclaimer: Let it be known that I have served as a consultant to Boss Media. While this review was originally written before they engaged my services I do update it from time to time. This review attempts to be unbiased and mostly sticks to the game rules, odds, and strategy. While I feel comfortable there is no conflict of interest I think it is appropriate to disclose the relationship.
Boss Media, based in Sweden, is one of the largest and oldest software providers. Their software provides a realistic feel that comes about as close as you can get to a real casino. Both multi-player and private tables are available. An easy to access record is kept of every bet going back 30 days. There is also a transaction record that shows every deposit, bonus, and withdrawal, going back as far as you want. When you open an account a PIN will be sent in the postal mail that is required for withdrawals of over $500.
I don't know how they do it, but Boss Media picks its casino owners very well. All of them all solid organizations. As far as I know the number of Boss Media casinos that have gone bad is zero. If you are looking for a safe place put put your money you can't go wrong with a Boss casino.
Version 3 offers a cash back program. The following is the cash back rate according to the game.
- Single deck blackjack: 0.0%
- Craps, Baccarat, Blackjack (6 deck), Roulette, Casino War: 0.1%
- Pai Gow Poker: 0.2%
- Sic Bo, Video Poker, Caribbean Stud Poker, Gold Pirates Slots, Killer Whale Slots, 4 Reels Drive Slots, Jack In the Box Slots, Aladdin's Lamp Slots, Haunted House Slots, Bonus Madness Slots, Temple of Isis Slots: 0.3%
- Keno, Money Wheel: 0.5%
Following are the games offered in Version 3, the rules, strategy tips, and house edge.
Be careful to pay attention to the time limits when playing at Boss Media casinos. Once the cards are dealt in blackjack the player has so many seconds to make a decision. If no decision is made the dealer will assume the player wishes to stand. Once I had a total of seven on my first two cards, got distracted, and I was forced to stand on seven. The dealer ended up getting an 18 and I lost a $60 bet. The manager at Casino.Net kindly gave me half of it back.
Baccarat
Six deck are used. The house edge is 1.06% on the banker, 1.24% on the player, and 14.44% on the tie.
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Blackjack
Following are the blackjack rules:
- Six decks
- Dealer stands on soft 17
- Player may double on any first two cards
- Player may double after a split
- Player may not resplit
- One card to split aces
- Dealer always peeks for blacjack (U.S. rule)
Yes, Boss Media finally did away with their European no-peek rule completely with version 3.
Following is the basic strategy for the six deck game.
Key to tables:
- Buy on 4,10: 3.33%
- Buy on 5,9: 3.00%
- Buy on 6,8: 2.73%
- Lay on 4,10: 1.67%
- Lay on 5,9: 2.00%
- Lay on 6,8: 2.27%
- Boss Media appendix 1 has five basic strategy charts for the single-deck game according to the number of cards in the player's hand.
Buy and lay bets only charge the 5% commission only on winning bets and always based on the amount won. Place to win and proposition bets are offered according to the usual rules. The field bet pays 2:1 on both 2 and 12. Following is the house edge on some of the unique Boss Media bets:
Warning: When laying the odds after a don't pass or don't come bets, which should be in increments of $6, winnings are shortchanged 10 cents. This seems to be true regardless of the bet amount, as long as it is divisible by $6.
Keno
Version 3 has the same stingy pay table as version 2. The following table shows the expected return according to the number of marks.
Boss Media Keno
Pick | Return |
---|---|
2 | 68.04% |
3 | 69.38% |
4 | 67.39% |
5 | 67.57% |
6 | 70.64% |
7 | 69.56% |
8 | 67.47% |
9 | 64.53% |
10 | 69.61% |
Killer Whale
Mathematically speaking this is the same game as 'Five Deck Frenzy' or what Starnet calls 'King of the Deck.' In this game there are 5 spinning reels, each with 52 stops, one for each card. The player may hold any given card on the first spin and then respin the discards. On the second spin the player can not get the same card back on the same reel. In other words it is the same thing as video poker with one deck for each card position. .
I do not know the return for this game.
Money Wheel
This is the same thing as Big Six, with the Vegas rules that pay 40-1 on the joker and logo. The following table shows the house edge on each bet.
Boss Media Money Wheel
Bet | Pays | Number on Wheel | House Edge |
---|---|---|---|
$1 | 1-1 | 24 | 11.11% |
$2 | 2-1 | 15 | 16.67% |
$5 | 5-1 | 7 | 22.22% |
$10 | 10-1 | 4 | 18.52% |
$20 | 20-1 | 2 | 22.22% |
Joker | 40-1 | 1 | 24.07% |
Logo | 40-1 | 1 | 24.07% |
Not all version 3 casinos offer this game. As far as I know the only ones that offer the Money Wheel are Pharaoh's, Player's Club and Jamaica Bay.
Caribbean Poker
This is the same game as Caribbean Stud Poker, with the conventional pay table. The house edge under the standard rules is 5.22%. There is also a side bet with the following pay table.
Boss Media Caribbean Poker Side Bet
Hand | Pays |
---|---|
Royal flush | 100% of meter |
Straight flush | 10% of meter |
Four of a kind | $500 |
Full house | $100 |
Flush | $50 |
The house edge of the side bet is 63.76% less 2.92% for each $10,000 in the meter. When I checked on March 30, 2003, at Pharaoh's Casino the meter was at $110,795 for a house edge of 31.36%. For the side bet to have no house edge the meter would need to reach $218,047.
I get asked a lot about the possibility to collude with other players in multi-player mode by exchanging information about the cards held. According to Stanley Ko, in order to gain an advantage you need at least six total players. Boss Media as only five seats, so you colluders will be wasting your time at this game.
Pai Gow Poker
Boss Media is the only brand to feature player banking in a mutli-player game. The turn to be banker zig-zags between the players and the dealer, the dealer banking every other hand. If a player declines to bank or there is nobody in a seat the banker will revert to the dealer. There are five player positions at the table. So the player will have a chance to bank once every 10 hands. While not banking the house edge is 2.85%, and as banker in a one on one game the house edge is 0.08%. The more the other players the less the house edge as banker. In a one on one game the average house edge is 2.57%.
A nice feature is a house way button to arrange your hand, although once clicked the action is irreversible. The player does not have a chance to see the house way first before deciding to take it. A2345 is the second highest straight. The house way used is the strategy found in Optimal Strategy for Pai Gow Poker by Stanford Wong.
Roulette
A single zero wheel is used for a house edge of 2.70% on all bets.
Sic Bo
Player's Club casino exclusively offers Sic Bo. The payoffs are better than some and worse than others. See my Sic Bo online section for a comparison to other software brands. Of special note is the 6-1 payoff on a 2-number combination, resulting in a house edge of 2.78%, much better than the usual 5-1 payoff with a 16.67% house edge.
The following table shows the payoff and house edge for all bets.
Boss Media Sic Bo
Bet | Pays | Prob. Win | House Edge |
---|---|---|---|
Small, Big | 1-1 | 48.61% | 2.78% |
4, 17 | 60-1 | 1.39% | 15.28% |
5, 16 | 30-1 | 2.78% | 13.89% |
6, 15 | 17-1 | 4.63% | 16.67% |
7, 14 | 12-1 | 6.94% | 9.72% |
8, 13 | 8-1 | 9.72% | 12.50% |
9, 12 | 6-1 | 11.57% | 18.98% |
10, 11 | 6-1 | 12.50% | 12.50% |
Triple | 180-1 | 0.46% | 16.20% |
Any triple | 30-1 | 2.78% | 13.89% |
Double | 10-1 | 7.41% | 18.52% |
Two die combination | 6-1 | 13.89% | 2.78% |
Any number | (1/2/3)-1 | 42.13% | 7.87% |
The lowest house edge bets are on big, small, and any two number combination, all at 2.78%.
Not all version 3 casinos offer this game. As far as I know the only ones that offer the Money Wheel are Pharaoh's, Player's Club and Jamaica Bay.
Slots
A nice variety is available. Boss Media features some wide area progressive games, meaning all the Boss Media casinos feed into the same progressive jackpot. This allows large jackpots to get built up faster.
Video Poker
At most casinos only Jacks or Better is offered with a 5/7/20 pay table. With optimal strategy the expected return is 95.48%. The following table shows the probability and return of each hand.
Jacks or Better
Hand | Payoff | Number | Probability | Return |
---|---|---|---|---|
Royal flush | 1000 | 553693344 | 0.000028 | 0.027777 |
Straight flush | 50 | 2181883836 | 0.000109 | 0.005473 |
4 of a kind | 20 | 46927098840 | 0.002354 | 0.047084 |
Full house | 7 | 228888423720 | 0.011483 | 0.080379 |
Flush | 5 | 220234644540 | 0.011049 | 0.055243 |
Straight | 4 | 226131938628 | 0.011344 | 0.045378 |
3 of a kind | 3 | 1477703531280 | 0.074133 | 0.222398 |
Two pair | 2 | 2569008096000 | 0.128881 | 0.257761 |
Jacks or better | 1 | 4252431465432 | 0.213334 | 0.213334 |
Nothing | 0 | 10909169741580 | 0.547286 | 0.000000 |
Total | 19933230517200 | 1.000000 | 0.954828 |
Pharaoh's Casino has a nicer selection as follows and I'm told all Boss Media casinos will move to the following games by the end of 2004.
Jacks or Better
Boss Media Slot Machines Machine
Hand | Payoff | Number | Probability | Return |
---|---|---|---|---|
Royal flush | 800 | 493512264 | 0.000025 | 0.019807 |
Straight flush | 50 | 2178883296 | 0.000109 | 0.005465 |
4 of a kind | 25 | 47093167764 | 0.002363 | 0.059064 |
Full house | 9 | 229475482596 | 0.011512 | 0.103610 |
Flush | 6 | 219554786160 | 0.011015 | 0.066087 |
Straight | 4 | 223837565784 | 0.011229 | 0.044917 |
3 of a kind | 3 | 1484003070324 | 0.074449 | 0.223346 |
Two pair | 2 | 2576946164148 | 0.129279 | 0.258558 |
Jacks or better | 1 | 4277372890968 | 0.214585 | 0.214585 |
Nothing | 0 | 10872274993896 | 0.545435 | 0.000000 |
Total | 19933230517200 | 1.000000 | 0.995439 |
Tens or Better
Hand | Payoff | Probability | Return |
---|---|---|---|
Royal flush | 800 | 0.000026 | 0.020546 |
Straight flush | 50 | 0.000103 | 0.005141 |
Four of a Kind | 25 | 0.002358 | 0.058958 |
Full house | 6 | 0.011497 | 0.068984 |
Flush | 5 | 0.010654 | 0.053270 |
Straight | 4 | 0.012357 | 0.049429 |
Three of a Kind | 3 | 0.074265 | 0.222795 |
Two Pair | 2 | 0.129007 | 0.258013 |
Tens or Better | 1 | 0.254251 | 0.254251 |
Nothing | 0 | 0.505482 | 0.000000 |
Total | 1.000000 | 0.991388 |
Joker Wild
Hand | Payoff | Probability | Return |
---|---|---|---|
Natural Royal Flush | 800 | 0.000025 | 0.019682 |
5 of a kind | 200 | 0.000093 | 0.018644 |
Wild Royal Flush | 100 | 0.000104 | 0.010418 |
Straight Flush | 50 | 0.000581 | 0.029028 |
4 of a Kind | 18 | 0.008538 | 0.153676 |
Full House | 7 | 0.015656 | 0.109589 |
Flush | 5 | 0.015663 | 0.078315 |
Straight | 3 | 0.016805 | 0.050414 |
3 of a kind | 2 | 0.133659 | 0.267317 |
2 Pair | 1 | 0.110745 | 0.110745 |
Kings or better | 1 | 0.141544 | 0.141544 |
Nothing | 0 | 0.556589 | 0.000000 |
Total Return | 1.000000 | 0.989372 |
Deuces Wild
Hand | Payoff | Number | Probability | Return |
---|---|---|---|---|
Natural royal flush | 800 | 451963644 | 0.000023 | 0.018139 |
4 deuces | 200 | 3745487652 | 0.000188 | 0.037580 |
Wild royal flush | 20 | 35864159688 | 0.001799 | 0.035984 |
5 of a kind | 15 | 62385447048 | 0.003130 | 0.046946 |
Straight flush | 9 | 99367373148 | 0.004985 | 0.044865 |
4 of a kind | 4 | 1225731582828 | 0.061492 | 0.245967 |
Full house | 4 | 522145872600 | 0.026195 | 0.104779 |
Flush | 3 | 408462003072 | 0.020492 | 0.061475 |
Straight | 2 | 1152851681184 | 0.057836 | 0.115671 |
3 of a kind | 1 | 5348224877136 | 0.268307 | 0.268307 |
Nothing | 0 | 11074000069200 | 0.555555 | 0.000000 |
Total | 19933230517200 | 1.000000 | 0.979714 |
Double Bonus Poker
Hand | Payoff | Number | Probability | Return |
---|---|---|---|---|
Royal flush | 800 | 414973476 | 0.000021 | 0.016655 |
Straight flush | 50 | 2255533176 | 0.000113 | 0.005658 |
4 aces | 160 | 4364665980 | 0.000219 | 0.035034 |
4 2-4 | 80 | 10446064476 | 0.000524 | 0.041924 |
4 5-K | 50 | 31969127784 | 0.001604 | 0.080191 |
Full house | 9 | 211872080016 | 0.010629 | 0.095662 |
Flush | 7 | 303428337828 | 0.015222 | 0.106556 |
Straight | 5 | 299409572148 | 0.015021 | 0.075103 |
3 of a kind | 3 | 1452555860172 | 0.072871 | 0.218613 |
Two pair | 1 | 2370561008868 | 0.118925 | 0.118925 |
Jacks or better | 1 | 3921754413384 | 0.196745 | 0.196745 |
Nothing | 0 | 11324198879892 | 0.568107 | 0.000000 |
Total | 19933230517200 | 1.000000 | 0.991065 |
Note: Pharaoh's Casino incorrectly calls the above game Bonus Poker.