If slot machines are random numbers, how can they be programmed to win a certain number of times? How can something be both random and programmed?
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They’re not random, at least in the UK. You can download the software they run and check this – from the same state you’ll get a different outcome dependent solely on your play. So, simple example – if you get into a bonus round where you need to choose higher or lower than a “random” dice roll. The dice number is 5 so you obviously go lower, oooh, bad luck, the “random” dice now rolls a 6.
You can roll back the game state and rerun it – this time you pick 6. The machine will now roll low. You can do this over and over – you’ll always lose. The choice is an illusion, the machine has already decided you’ve lost.
There was a small fuss about this about 20 years ago in the UK which never really got anywhere
There’s a mandated payout percentage over here, and you can literally just turn it up or down if you have access to the software. The programming will alter the decisions it makes behind the scenes accordingly.
Let’s say the machine generates random number from 0 to 1000. I can set it so that every number bigger than 900 gives you win to get 10% win ratio. Or I can set it to only numbers bigger than 990 and now only 1% of players win
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