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Cheating Fruit (Slot) Machines

Posted by timothy on from the who'd-a-thunk-it dept.

ebbdr writes "Ever think that fruit machines cheat you? You would be right, at least in the UK. This article provides proof that fruit machine outcomes are predetermined and that the players inputs have little, if anything to do with it. And it lets you download the emulators and machine code required to test the hypothesis for yourself...."

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  1. SF by ShawnDoc · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Hmmm, outside of San Francisco I don't think this story will have much draw in the U.S.

  2. So What? by amcox · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The authors have made an awful big deal over something which isn't really that important. In a computer controled gamble, the processor has to pick the outcome at some point. When you first put your money in and spin, the outcome is determined after you decide to play. For that second bet, the outcome is determined before you decide to play. Essentially, the gamble is in whether or not to take that additional bet, not going higher or lower. The companies are not comitting fraud, they are just dressing the second bet with the high/low feature to make it more interesting.

    1. Re:So What? by amcox · · Score: 1, Flamebait

      It does carry with it a chance of winning, it's just that that chance applied and the outcome picked before you choose to gamble high/low. They might be lying by implying that the outcome is generated based on your high/low choice as opposed to your choice to play high/low, but the final result is the same. The raffle analogy is flawed, because people do win sometimes, no matter what they pick for the high/low.