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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. Damnit! by bad_fx · · Score: 4, Funny

    It thinks it's running on a real physical fruit machine and acts in exactly the same way in all circumstances (except money doesn't actually come out of your PC).

    Whew, thank god they put in that disclaimer, or I would've wasted the next 7 hours sitting here waiting for that one big payout from my PC.

    1. Re:Damnit! by ainsoph · · Score: 4, Funny

      As you know, some people are so stupid they might actually think that they could somehow win money using it. The disclaimer protects them against such idiots. Count yourself lucky you knew better. Imagine if you were the person at the 7-11 buying a pre-packaged muffin in the morning and couldnt figure out the instructions.

      Directions: Unwrap muffin, place in mouth, chew.

    2. Re:Damnit! by Alsee · · Score: 5, Funny

      Every year a couple of programmers try taking a shower for the first time and they are inevitable found dead a couple of days later.

      Instructions on shampoo bottles say:
      Lather; rinse; repeat.

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    3. Re:Damnit! by limbostar · · Score: 4, Funny

      That bug was fixed in 1.1; it now reads "lather, rinse, repeat as desired."

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    4. Re:Damnit! by Boss,+Pointy+Haired · · Score: 4, Funny

      I have a theory that boredom is actually a natural self preservation mechanism designed to prevent you from getting stuck in a life threatening recursive situation.

  2. can't say i'm surprised... by the_instigator · · Score: 5, Funny

    I keep telling people to play the change machines instead, at least you're gonna break even on each slot session.