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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. Re:How else would they work? by Tyler+Eaves · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wow. Another Eaves on slashdot.

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  2. Slashdot a copycat? by verin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is it just me, or is slashdot doing little more than copying BoingBoing threads?

    Come on, UK slot machines is 'News for Nerds'?

  3. Re:It's not cheating at all by kaltkalt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So nobody has ever (EVER!) won a 2nd round? I really doubt that. (if they have won a 2nd round, there's no problem)

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