Your blog entry on the $100,000 Tomb Raider slot tournament spawned a couple of questions: does the re-buy feature work in the same manner for all free-entry, slot tournaments and how are slot games chosen for a tournament?

I would think they are chosen by popularity and percentage of payouts. If this is the case, why do some slots have higher payout percentages when randomizers are to be an integral part of the computer program?

Are these percentages calculated on long-term or short-term data?

Don’t get me wrong - I do enjoy participating in the tournaments and they obviously create a win-win situation for both the casino and the player. However, since my cat died, I have taken over its curiousity instinct.