The poker slot machine which takes 25$, 50$ and $1 is the exact same machine that they have in the Gulfstream casino, Hallandale Beach, Florida. In Mardi Gras the payout is much less then in Gulfstream. For example: A royal flush at the Mardi Gras casino only pay 250 credits ($62.50) for a 25$ bet where at Gulfstream the payout is 800 credits. ($200.00) The machines are the exact same machines from the same company. I asked the marketing woman at Mardi Gras why this was. (she is not very smart) she told me the company who makes the machines determines the odds and payout. She was wrong, I spoke with the mechanics and technicians at Gulfstream and was told, she was wrong. It is the casinos who tell the company what the payouts should be on certain machines. What I am complaining about is that I was cheated and that so many other older people who like to play poker are being cheated by Mardi Gras.