Quote Originally Posted by PositiveVariance View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Mission146 View Post
The one thing that can never be taken away from them is that they absolutely show winning and losing sessions.
I can definitely appreciate when a channel shows a good representation of wins and loses. I like this not so much for my benefit, but I think it is good for new gamblers, it shows them that you do lose.

Even though I would like to give Victor and Sarah credit for showing winning and losing sessions, I do not believe they are doing this to be fair or to show an accurate representation of their play.

So why are they doing this?
Because they HAVE TO!

The cost of "producing" an episode is there whether you win or lose. The edge on some of the table games they play isn't so bad but slots are a different story. I know this is something that can be calculated, but let's say on an 8% hold you lose 4 out of 5 sessions on a 30 minute session. I believe they want to put out an episode daily, as do most slot channels.

To get 30 winning episodes, they would need to film 150. Obviously, optimal Blackjack play would be fairly close to 1 to 2.

I'm sure most slot channels, at least in the earlier stages divide their revenue by 30 days, then they know what a daily video "cost", and what they can afford to lose. Eventually, your revenue will exceed the cost to make the video, but this only happens for the very top channels, for most, they still spend more than they earn. I bet Sarah was earning at least 3x what she was spending at one point, back when the channel was profitable.

Ultimately, I think showing losing sessions is a must for them or 1 of 2 things would eventually happen:
1. Run out of content to post
2. Drop down to lower denomination slots/tables/scratchers

I think they view it as... The episodes are already "paid for", win or lose - Gotta post em'.
I agree that this is for the benefit of people who haven't done a lot of gambling so that they don't, somehow, get the misimpression that the goal of slot machines is for people to just sit down and print money on them.

Whether or not anyone wishes to give them credit for showing wins and losses, it is not even a debatable subject that some channels do not show losses and whatever the profit/recoup of loss motivations, we agree that this is good for viewers who don't have a lot of experience with gambling anyway.

I obviously don't know for sure, but am inclined to agree with everything else you said.