1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: Brought to you by the reinvented two thousand twelve Camray. 2 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:08,880 Speaker 1: It's ready. Are you get in touch with technology with 3 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:17,759 Speaker 1: tech Stuff from housefi dot com. Hello again, everyone, and 4 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 1: welcome to tech stuff. My name is Chris Poulette and 5 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:22,440 Speaker 1: I am an editor at house stuff works dot com. 6 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:25,599 Speaker 1: Sitting across from me as always a senior writer, Jonathan Strickland. 7 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 1: Hey there you high roller you. Yes, today we're going 8 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:33,639 Speaker 1: to take a gamble and I see what you did there. 9 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: Thank you. Yes, I made a jokey joke. We're gonna 10 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:42,360 Speaker 1: talk about slot machines today. Actually high rolling really doesn't 11 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 1: have anything to do with it, but I needed something there. 12 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 1: So here's a quick question. Have you ever Have you 13 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:51,599 Speaker 1: ever played a slot machine, like an actual standing up 14 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:53,120 Speaker 1: thing with a lever on the side of it, a 15 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:58,279 Speaker 1: real life, for real Z slot machine. Yes, no, you 16 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 1: have not. No. I have played video game slot machines 17 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:05,759 Speaker 1: on my computer and my portable devices, but not for 18 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 1: money in a casino somewhere. I'm even in a non 19 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 1: casino I've played. I've played pachinko before, I have played 20 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 1: slot machines. Um, it's uh now grad the slot machines 21 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 1: I've played. Were the more um, the more modern ones 22 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:25,039 Speaker 1: slot of your machines, Yeah, the ones that are not 23 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 1: dependent upon mechanical operation but on electrical or computerized actually 24 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: all of them are computerized operation. Um. But but we're 25 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: gonna talk a little bit about all the different kinds 26 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 1: of slot machines, not just the not just the computerized ones. 27 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 1: So for those of you who have never seen one 28 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 1: or don't know what we're talking about, the slot machine 29 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 1: is a gambling machine. And uh, typically a slot machine has, 30 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 1: especially the physical ones have three or more reels upon 31 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 1: which our pictures and the pictures could be anything, but 32 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:08,239 Speaker 1: you know, the stereotypical one has like lemons and liberty bell, 33 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 1: Liberty bell cherries a bar, you know, and when three 34 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:16,919 Speaker 1: of those pictures line up, or there's some interesting configuration 35 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 1: of those pictures, you win money. Uh And uh, you know, 36 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 1: you might wonder what's the connection between the pictures and 37 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 1: the cash. And that gets really interesting, particularly when we 38 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 1: talk about the modern slot machines that are in casinos today. 39 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 1: But to start, we should probably talk about, you know, 40 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: why do slot machines even exist. Well, they're really for 41 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 1: the casual gamer. It's funny to think about because uh, 42 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:45,240 Speaker 1: you know, our our audience is probably thinking of casual 43 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 1: games is something like Bejewel, the match three type games 44 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 1: or Marble shooting games. There are several different variations of 45 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 1: those versus uh, you know, the the role playing games 46 00:02:56,560 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 1: or the first person shooters. But it replies to two 47 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 1: games in real life too. In terms of casinos. When 48 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 1: we're talking about serious gaming, we're talking about the card 49 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 1: games that require strategy, um tables, craps tables, yeah, anything 50 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:17,080 Speaker 1: that has sort of a high barrier really, because they 51 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 1: can be very intimidating to a person who's never played before. 52 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 1: You walk up and you're like, I don't understand. There's 53 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: so many things going on with this and so many rules. 54 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: I'm not sure where to start or what's going on. Yeah, 55 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 1: I'll admit, you know, that's one of the reasons I 56 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 1: don't play poker. It's not because not just because I'm 57 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 1: a terrible liar, but I can never remember which hand 58 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 1: is which. I know you know that there are certain combos, 59 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 1: but I don't remember where they rank in terms of 60 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: which one is higher than others. And high card pair 61 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 1: three of a kind to pair. No, I'm just I'm 62 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 1: not going to go through the whole thing. But yeah, 63 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: I mean there's there's Yeah, you have to know something 64 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 1: about gambling if you want to go to the craps 65 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 1: table or if you want to, uh to play high 66 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 1: stakes poker, but you really don't have to know that 67 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 1: much to play a slot machine. You put you put 68 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 1: a coin in the machine, uh, you pull the handle 69 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 1: on the reels click into place, and you either win 70 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 1: or you don't. And and there are two things that 71 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 1: make that game very attractive to people who might otherwise 72 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:18,719 Speaker 1: not gamble. One is that it's easy. Like you said, 73 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:21,360 Speaker 1: it's it's there's not much to it. Yeah, it's it's 74 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:26,279 Speaker 1: and it's got a nice attractive sort of appeal to 75 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:30,720 Speaker 1: it in that when it wins, it's a very visceral experience, right, 76 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:33,720 Speaker 1: Like there's bells going off and coins are falling, and 77 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 1: it's a great, you know way of attracting attention. Well, hey, 78 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 1: you know that's that's one of those things too. I 79 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 1: mean when you win, when you really win and the 80 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:44,039 Speaker 1: bells go off in the lights flash, everybody around you 81 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:46,600 Speaker 1: knows that you won, so everybody turns around to look 82 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:49,840 Speaker 1: at you, and there's that thing of hey, awesome, and 83 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 1: the second big attraction to it is that has a 84 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 1: very low betting point for you know, typical machines do Anyway, 85 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:01,480 Speaker 1: you can find machines that have much higher requirements, like 86 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 1: a hundred dollars per play, but the vast majority of 87 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,919 Speaker 1: them tend to be cents, fifty cents, maybe a dollar 88 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 1: and uh. And so if when when each individual bet 89 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:16,479 Speaker 1: doesn't have to be huge, it attracts the kind of 90 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:20,839 Speaker 1: gamers who would be otherwise disinclined to play a game 91 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 1: where it's you know, twenty five bucks per play, especially 92 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 1: when they don't fully understand the rules, so they and 93 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:31,160 Speaker 1: and it's turned out that these things have become huge 94 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 1: money makers for casinos. There was a report. We have 95 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:37,679 Speaker 1: a great article on How Stuff Works about how slot 96 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 1: machines work. I really do highly recommend this because animations, illustrations, 97 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: it's it's an exhaustive approach to how slot machines work. 98 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:51,760 Speaker 1: And uh. In that article, it's revealed that something like 99 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 1: sixty of gaming profits in the United States stem from 100 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 1: slot machines. And when we get to the point where 101 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: we talk about payback percentages, that amount of money is 102 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 1: going to blow your mind. Yeah, and and those things 103 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 1: are changing too as as we speak, because there have 104 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 1: been recent developments in the slot machine. I know you're 105 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 1: you're going really they've changed slot machines. How how changed 106 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 1: can they be? They're changing them to where people think 107 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 1: that they're going to pay even more in the future. 108 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:23,839 Speaker 1: But what we can get into that in a moment, 109 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 1: So let's start about talking about how they work. Will 110 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:30,920 Speaker 1: eventually get into things like the odds that are involved 111 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 1: with the slot machine, and also the payback percentages, because 112 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:38,159 Speaker 1: that's that's the part that the player really is interested in, 113 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 1: in the sense of, uh, what what's the likelihood that 114 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 1: I'll ever win money using a slot machine. I'll even 115 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:47,040 Speaker 1: give you tips on how to pick the right slot machine, 116 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 1: because I'm I'm I'm that kind of guy. Well, I 117 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,800 Speaker 1: would say there are four basic types of slot machines. 118 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 1: This is This is just me making I didn't take 119 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: these four from somebody else. So I would say the 120 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:02,040 Speaker 1: first one would be the purely mechanical machine. Yes, this 121 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 1: is the the old slot machine, the original slot machines 122 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 1: that used mechanical gears and levers to execute its function. Yeah. Yeah, 123 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 1: those showed up in uh in the eighteen eighties. Yeah, 124 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 1: um or eighteen hundreds. Anyway, late eighteen hundreds and um, 125 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 1: you know that they name evolved into an electrical or 126 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:25,040 Speaker 1: or electronic slot machines where these mechanical elements are working 127 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 1: in tandem with electronics to help control things. And then 128 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 1: you have the you know, a digital slot machine where 129 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:35,760 Speaker 1: the pictures are now on screens rather than reels. Yeah, 130 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 1: you can also have a digital slot machine that still 131 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 1: uses reels. Uh, it's just it's, um, the all the 132 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 1: workings are behind the scenes digital, but the ones that 133 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 1: you know, what you're looking as a physical representation, it 134 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 1: looks like an analog system because you've got these physical 135 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 1: reels rolling around. But that's you know, that's really just 136 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 1: for show. It's really just to show you what the 137 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 1: final result of your spin was. And now I think 138 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 1: we're moving into the completely computerized version of the machines. Um. 139 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 1: But yeah, let's start with the mechanical one, because I 140 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 1: think in a way to me, that one there's the 141 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 1: most fascinating simply because it's got uh gears and and 142 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 1: police and brand and there's a block and tackle and 143 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 1: there's a little man inside. Yeah, there's a little a 144 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 1: little bearded man. I need to check my notes. I 145 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 1: think I think I think we realized that in a 146 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:27,160 Speaker 1: previous podcast that all technology in the nineteenth century was 147 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 1: ultimately powered by bearded old men. That was the mechanical turk. Yeah, 148 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 1: that was our Fax podcast. So we're gonna talk about 149 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:39,679 Speaker 1: the mechanical ones. Yeah, if you were to open up 150 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:42,720 Speaker 1: a mechanical slot machine, first of all, don't do it 151 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 1: in a casino, because that will get you in trouble. Yeah, 152 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:46,760 Speaker 1: if you even look like you're going to mess with 153 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 1: the slot machines there, well they were, they were watching 154 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:51,920 Speaker 1: you when he walked in. Very large people will come 155 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 1: and very very firmly but gently suggest you high tail 156 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 1: it out of there. But no, if you were to 157 00:08:56,840 --> 00:09:00,839 Speaker 1: open up a mechanical slot machine, you would see the reels. Now, 158 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 1: those are those, the spinning elements that have all the 159 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 1: pictures on them are connected to a metal shaft and 160 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:11,200 Speaker 1: it's the central metal cheft supports the reels and allows 161 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:16,560 Speaker 1: them to spin. Uh and not that kind of shaft 162 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:20,319 Speaker 1: what you're talking about, so um just talking about I 163 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 1: can take it. So these the reels are actually connected 164 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 1: to some notched disks, and these notch discs are what 165 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 1: allow the reels to spin around the the the shaft, 166 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 1: the shaft the and it also stops the reels from spinning. 167 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:37,439 Speaker 1: And I'll get into that in a minute. But anyway, 168 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 1: it's got notches. Kind of think about how a bicycle 169 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 1: wheel when you look at the central part of the wheel, 170 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:47,319 Speaker 1: it has those notches where the chain uh connects and 171 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:50,200 Speaker 1: pulls the wheel, so it turns the wheel, you know 172 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:53,640 Speaker 1: I'm talking about. So it's same sort of thing. Now 173 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 1: that main shift shaft has a there's a secondary cheft 174 00:09:57,040 --> 00:10:00,199 Speaker 1: that has something on it called a kicker. Know. This 175 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:04,960 Speaker 1: kicker is an element that that hits these uh these 176 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,480 Speaker 1: notched disks and gets the reels to spinning. And the 177 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:11,280 Speaker 1: kicker is actually attached to a spring. So when you 178 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:14,960 Speaker 1: put a coin into a slot machine, a coin detector 179 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:17,320 Speaker 1: first of all realizes that you put a coin in. 180 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:20,480 Speaker 1: Hey there's a coin, yeah, because otherwise you could operate 181 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:22,439 Speaker 1: the slot machine whether you had put a coin in 182 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 1: or not, which would be not profitable at all to 183 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:28,720 Speaker 1: the casino. Also, if you want, nothing would come out 184 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 1: because people would have been playing that already. But it 185 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:34,040 Speaker 1: releases a break that's on that level, right, So the 186 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:36,839 Speaker 1: brake gets released and once the break is released, you 187 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:38,680 Speaker 1: can pull the lever down. This is these are the 188 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:42,840 Speaker 1: old old we're talking about the purely mechanical slot machines. 189 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 1: Now that that pulls a hook, that pulls back the kicker, 190 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:51,079 Speaker 1: and that compresses a spring, so once the hook moves 191 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 1: past a certain point, it releases the kicker. The spring 192 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 1: makes the kicker move forward, and the kicker hits those 193 00:10:57,559 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 1: notches that are attached to the reels, that makes the 194 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 1: reels begin to spin. Now, also attached to that kicker 195 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:11,439 Speaker 1: are three stoppers. And the stoppers are these these uh, 196 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 1: these these pieces of material that can go into the 197 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:18,160 Speaker 1: notches and stop the reel from spinning. It's like putting 198 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 1: a stick through a spoke in a bike tire as 199 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:25,280 Speaker 1: it's spinning. It's gonna make the the bike tire stop spinning. 200 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:28,559 Speaker 1: It is not. However, unlike the documentary Indiana Jones and 201 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 1: the Last Crusade going to cause you to flip forward, 202 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 1: I was going to say, don't try that at home 203 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 1: unless your insurance is paid. Happen and you you don't 204 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:39,880 Speaker 1: hold us responsible for whatever happened. There was actually a 205 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:43,040 Speaker 1: great episode of MythBusters where they showed that that particular 206 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:45,280 Speaker 1: stunt would not be possible that it would not make 207 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:48,520 Speaker 1: you flip forward. It would make you crash, but it 208 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:52,600 Speaker 1: wouldn't make you flip. Uh. So anyway, Yeah, the stoppers 209 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:57,520 Speaker 1: insert into the notches and stop the reels and the 210 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:03,080 Speaker 1: old mechanical ones. This was all purely by chance. The 211 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:06,600 Speaker 1: way that these stoppers would come in, and uh, the 212 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 1: way that you would find out if you want, is 213 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:13,200 Speaker 1: that certain notches within that notched disk are deeper than others. 214 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:16,840 Speaker 1: All right, So if the first stopper happens to go 215 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 1: into one of these deep notches, that deep notch corresponds 216 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 1: with a jackpot symbol on the reel, So that real 217 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 1: stops and then you get one of the jackpot symbols. 218 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:29,520 Speaker 1: So let's say it's a seven. That's a very common one. 219 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:34,440 Speaker 1: So seven stops, yes, awesome, Well, that particular stopper moves 220 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:36,880 Speaker 1: a little bit to the left, and the second stopper 221 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 1: inserts into a notch. Now, if the second stopper inserts 222 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:45,040 Speaker 1: into the second jackpot notch, the second one with the seven, 223 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 1: that's again a deeper notch, it moves a little bit 224 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:49,560 Speaker 1: to the left, and then you see that a second 225 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:54,560 Speaker 1: seven has stopped and you think, oh, gay, so close, 226 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 1: and then the third stopper inserts. Now, if the third 227 00:12:57,280 --> 00:13:00,760 Speaker 1: stopper inserts into the jackpot slot again, it's a little 228 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:04,559 Speaker 1: further in than the other notches. Uh, the the third 229 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:06,920 Speaker 1: and final seven shows up and you think I win. 230 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 1: And meanwhile, the stoppers also connected to a little lever 231 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 1: system that opens up a trap door where all the 232 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:17,600 Speaker 1: coins are, and then the coins fall through the trap 233 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:22,000 Speaker 1: door and land in your hot little gambling hands. But 234 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 1: we're all over the floor. We're all over the floor. 235 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 1: So if however, any of those stoppers hit a different notch, 236 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 1: they will not go so far in as to allow 237 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 1: that that doorway, that trap door to open. And so, uh, 238 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:44,680 Speaker 1: anything that is not a jackpot would not pay out. 239 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:50,200 Speaker 1: And you could have different systems, uh, you know, different 240 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:54,199 Speaker 1: levels of complexity for your your standard slot machine. But 241 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 1: the old, old old slot machines essentially had one payout 242 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 1: ability and that was it. And if it didn't land 243 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:03,320 Speaker 1: end on just that configuration, then it would just keep 244 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:07,559 Speaker 1: your money and you have to keep playing. Yeah. Now, um, 245 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 1: we were talking about casual games. These how these being 246 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:14,440 Speaker 1: casual games. The very first slot machines actually used the 247 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:18,600 Speaker 1: symbols for playing cards on the three reels UM. The 248 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:21,800 Speaker 1: idea of being that it was a system that people 249 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:25,640 Speaker 1: understood and probably would feel familiar with. UM. But it 250 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:28,840 Speaker 1: was a guy named Charles Faye who who came up 251 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:31,360 Speaker 1: with a machine called the Liberty Bell and he added 252 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:37,160 Speaker 1: a symbol of the Liberty bell um UM and that 253 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:39,800 Speaker 1: was it was sort of an experiment, really, Uh. He 254 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:41,360 Speaker 1: was trying to see if this would catch on, if 255 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:43,960 Speaker 1: they could use symbols instead of the traditional playing cards, 256 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:46,160 Speaker 1: and as it turned out, it was very, very popular, 257 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:49,000 Speaker 1: and that's one of the reasons why they moved to 258 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 1: the symbol version of this UM. And he also introduced 259 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 1: some other, uh, some other innovations too about the way 260 00:14:56,800 --> 00:15:01,720 Speaker 1: it would work UM. But Stephen mill In nine also 261 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:07,040 Speaker 1: added more symbols and UM also worked on making it smaller. 262 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 1: And uh you know, as time has gone on, they 263 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:16,080 Speaker 1: have become easier to put into casinos in other places. UM. 264 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:19,400 Speaker 1: Jonathan and I went to uh UM Hotel and and 265 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 1: c E s in two thousand and eight, and uh, 266 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:25,400 Speaker 1: you know, the hotel was sort of like any other hotel, 267 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:29,440 Speaker 1: except of course it had slot machines. Is the in 268 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:31,400 Speaker 1: the waiting area and I was thinking, wow, you know, 269 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:34,560 Speaker 1: they'll put these things anywhere at ye, the airport too, 270 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:36,680 Speaker 1: but they're they're smaller and easier to fit, you know. 271 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:39,040 Speaker 1: And then it's sort of like computers. They over time 272 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:41,680 Speaker 1: they figured out ways to make them more refined and 273 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 1: easier to to shrink down. There's a particular slot machine 274 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 1: in the Vegas airport and I can't even remember. I 275 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:50,960 Speaker 1: just remember every time I go there, I hear the 276 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:55,160 Speaker 1: same phrase over and over because I'm always the wheel 277 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 1: of fortune machine? Is it? There is wheel of Fortune, 278 00:15:57,640 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 1: which I do hear over and over, but there's another 279 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:03,400 Speaker 1: one that has like a like an old prospector type voice, 280 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:06,680 Speaker 1: like that kind of thing, and it just goes over 281 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:08,720 Speaker 1: and over and over again. And the problem is that 282 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:11,800 Speaker 1: I always get to the airport well in advance of 283 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:13,720 Speaker 1: when my plane is leading, so I get to listen 284 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:17,200 Speaker 1: to it until I am ready to um to to 285 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 1: to screen like a crazy person, which by the way, 286 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:22,840 Speaker 1: I do not recommend you do in an airport, uh, 287 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 1: particularly in an airport in Las Vegas. Gonna say, how 288 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:31,720 Speaker 1: did you find that out? Anyway? Moving on, so so anyway, yeah, 289 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:34,680 Speaker 1: that's so, that's that's the mechanical one. They're literally gears 290 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:37,440 Speaker 1: and levers that stop the reels, and those reels do 291 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:40,920 Speaker 1: correspond with payoffs and uh, it all has to do 292 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:46,920 Speaker 1: with the actual physical um uh components. Now, once you 293 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:49,560 Speaker 1: move on a little bit, it gets a little more complicated. 294 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:53,920 Speaker 1: The first electrical systems were not that different from the 295 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 1: mechanical ones, right the but instead of having these physical 296 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:02,400 Speaker 1: stoppers go in two notches and that determine whether or 297 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 1: not a trap door opened, they would detect an electrical connection. 298 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 1: So the the notched wheel or the wheel that's connected 299 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:18,280 Speaker 1: to the reels has little electrical contacts on it, and 300 00:17:18,320 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 1: when the contacts line up in a certain way, they 301 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:24,800 Speaker 1: create a circuit. And depending upon the circuit, that tells 302 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:27,280 Speaker 1: the machine if it's a payout or not a payout. 303 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:29,919 Speaker 1: And this is interesting to me because it reminds me 304 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:33,520 Speaker 1: a lot of the Enigma machine, because you think about 305 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 1: the Enigma machine, which was it was a ciphering device, right, 306 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:39,840 Speaker 1: And the way the Enigma machine worked is that you 307 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:42,280 Speaker 1: would pick a certain letter, you would uh, you would 308 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 1: set the reels of the Enigma machine to a very 309 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:49,280 Speaker 1: specific setting, which you know the person receiving the message 310 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:52,800 Speaker 1: would also have to do, and you would type in 311 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:56,560 Speaker 1: your message, and depending upon the way the connectors went, 312 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:00,359 Speaker 1: when you pressed say the letter A, then a metrical 313 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 1: signal was sent to the first reel, goes in one 314 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:07,119 Speaker 1: side of that reel, uh comes out the other corresponding 315 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:09,640 Speaker 1: to a different letter, which goes into the second reel, 316 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:12,679 Speaker 1: That goes out of the second reel, corresponding to a 317 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:16,000 Speaker 1: different letter to the third reel. And so the ultimate 318 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:18,320 Speaker 1: letter that you would get from your cipher would be 319 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:22,360 Speaker 1: completely different from the letter you typed. And because there 320 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:25,840 Speaker 1: were so many combinations, it was really tricky to break 321 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:29,160 Speaker 1: that code. Well, the funny thing is that slot machines 322 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:31,919 Speaker 1: when they were using these electrical systems, were very similar. 323 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:35,080 Speaker 1: So an electrical current passes through one side of the reel. 324 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:38,399 Speaker 1: Let's say that it's a bar, and then the second 325 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:42,360 Speaker 1: one is also a bar. So the electrical current continues 326 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 1: all the way through the first reel. The two contacts 327 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:48,840 Speaker 1: between the two reels are are touching one another, so 328 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:52,119 Speaker 1: then it continues on to the third reel, which is 329 00:18:52,119 --> 00:18:54,639 Speaker 1: at a blank, so you have bar bar blank. It 330 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:59,000 Speaker 1: hits that third reel, there's no corresponding contact. The machine 331 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:02,120 Speaker 1: detects that it was a failed spin and you win 332 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:05,760 Speaker 1: no money or you win whatever it is that that 333 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 1: two bars and and right there might be there might 334 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:12,879 Speaker 1: still be an electrical current. But then what would happen 335 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:16,160 Speaker 1: is it would be directed to a different sensor on 336 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:20,600 Speaker 1: the far side of this system, so that way, uh, 337 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:22,880 Speaker 1: you know, there might be one sensor that, when it's 338 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:27,920 Speaker 1: lit up, says this dude just made himself a pretty penny, 339 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:30,000 Speaker 1: And there might be another center sensor that says this 340 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:32,240 Speaker 1: dude just made some decent money, And there might be 341 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:35,560 Speaker 1: one So this dude needs to go and has some 342 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:38,120 Speaker 1: drinks at the bar because he has not one a 343 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:42,560 Speaker 1: darn scent And um, yeah, that's the that's essentially the 344 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:45,399 Speaker 1: electrical one. But other other than that, other than the 345 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:48,360 Speaker 1: the electrical component where it's trying to make that circuit, 346 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:52,760 Speaker 1: it was very similar to the mechanical one. Now, eventually 347 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:55,560 Speaker 1: you got to ones that would use an electric motor 348 00:19:55,680 --> 00:20:00,320 Speaker 1: to spin the reels as opposed to the the the gears. Yeah, 349 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:02,879 Speaker 1: or the spring really I should say, because the kicker 350 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:06,879 Speaker 1: was spring loaded. Um, there was something else that that 351 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:09,360 Speaker 1: we didn't talk about as far as the basic functionality 352 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:14,119 Speaker 1: of slot machines. In general. Um, the wheels spin all 353 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:17,320 Speaker 1: the same time when you begin the game. However, they 354 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 1: don't stop at the same time. If you've never seen 355 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:23,680 Speaker 1: a slot machine, you'll see the reels stop in order. So, uh, real, 356 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 1: number one will stop and the other two are still spinning, 357 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:29,119 Speaker 1: and we all number two will stop, and so you 358 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 1: have an idea. You know, you may have thought if 359 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:32,960 Speaker 1: you hadn't seen one of these when Jonathan was talking 360 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:36,080 Speaker 1: about the sevens popping up one after the other, Um, 361 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:38,960 Speaker 1: well you know, aren't they all stopping at the same time. No, 362 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:41,800 Speaker 1: they're not. So wheels one and two have stopped, but 363 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:44,600 Speaker 1: three is still spinning. What will it be? Yeah? It 364 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:47,640 Speaker 1: helps helps build suspense and it and it encourages people 365 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:50,440 Speaker 1: to keep playing. Yeah. You you might think that there 366 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:54,400 Speaker 1: was a mechanical reason for this. It's not. It's completely psychological. Yeah, 367 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 1: it's it's so that it will convince people to keep playing. 368 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:03,440 Speaker 1: For one thing, near missus can make a person determined 369 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:06,720 Speaker 1: to play longer. Right, So, something that looks like it 370 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:10,119 Speaker 1: you almost hit it, like you hit uh, you know, 371 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:12,920 Speaker 1: you almost hit three bars. You actually hit three blanks, 372 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 1: but it's the three blanks directly above three bars, and 373 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:20,280 Speaker 1: you think I close, I just I gotta keep playing, 374 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:22,880 Speaker 1: and so yeah, it does keep people playing longer, which 375 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:25,960 Speaker 1: and we'll get into more about the psychological elements later. 376 00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:28,840 Speaker 1: I thought near Mrs meant your wife was standing next 377 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 1: to you. Your wife's over at the nickel slots. So 378 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:36,399 Speaker 1: next you have the photo electric cells version of UM 379 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:38,760 Speaker 1: of a slot machine. Now this is similar to the 380 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:42,399 Speaker 1: electrical detection systems, but instead of an electrical circuit, what 381 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 1: happens is the little um notched wheels. Instead of being 382 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:50,280 Speaker 1: notched wheels, they have uh. These discs have little holes 383 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:53,520 Speaker 1: in them, and a light source shines from one side 384 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:55,840 Speaker 1: of the slot machine inside the slot machine. You can't 385 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:59,400 Speaker 1: see it from the outside, but shines through, and if 386 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:02,640 Speaker 1: the real alls are lined up properly, then a sensor 387 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:05,359 Speaker 1: on the other side of the slot machine detects it 388 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:07,919 Speaker 1: and that's what lets the slot machine know whether or 389 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:10,879 Speaker 1: not to give a payout. So of course, if the 390 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:14,680 Speaker 1: discs are not aligned quite right, then no light is 391 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 1: going to be passing through and that ends up being 392 00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:20,600 Speaker 1: a miss, and so or it could be a hit. 393 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:22,720 Speaker 1: I mean, if you had it where all the different 394 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:25,920 Speaker 1: positions had light except the one winning position, you could 395 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:28,760 Speaker 1: have that be the hit. It all depends on, you know, 396 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:33,720 Speaker 1: the actual manufacturer. But the the vast majority of slot 397 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:36,120 Speaker 1: machines you will run into today, assuming you're not going 398 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 1: through like some sort of museum or curiosity type thing, 399 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:45,480 Speaker 1: are computerized slot machines. And these are absolutely fascinating to 400 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:50,720 Speaker 1: me because ultimately the mechanical elements of this device, all 401 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:55,000 Speaker 1: the motors, the reels, the spinning, have nothing to do 402 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:59,040 Speaker 1: with whether or not you win or lose. In other words, 403 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:03,719 Speaker 1: the old mc chanical one, the notches corresponded with those 404 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:06,239 Speaker 1: those pictures that you saw on the reels, and so 405 00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:08,399 Speaker 1: in a way you could say, the way that the 406 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:11,240 Speaker 1: pictures line up determine whether or not you won, But 407 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:16,680 Speaker 1: the computerized ones, the the whether you won or lost 408 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:20,240 Speaker 1: is determined the moment you press a button or pull lever. 409 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:24,080 Speaker 1: And and here's why. Well, yeah, I mean it's really 410 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:26,320 Speaker 1: the pictures are just for the people. Yeah, The pictures 411 00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:28,880 Speaker 1: really just tell you kind of there. The pictures are 412 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:31,960 Speaker 1: just a physical representation of what the result was of 413 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:35,800 Speaker 1: when you press the button or pulled the lever. The 414 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:41,040 Speaker 1: secret is random number generators. And we've talked about random 415 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:43,359 Speaker 1: number generators and how they're not. Yeah, we did a 416 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:46,000 Speaker 1: full episode on random number generators. It turns out it's 417 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:50,200 Speaker 1: really hard to build a true random number generator because 418 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:55,199 Speaker 1: computers depend upon algorithms, and algorithms have set rules, and 419 00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:58,199 Speaker 1: when you have set rules, it's really hard to create 420 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:02,440 Speaker 1: something that's random. You can create something that is complex, 421 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:07,119 Speaker 1: and you might have a very long, long, long string 422 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:10,680 Speaker 1: of results that appear to be non repeating, but if 423 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 1: you were to go long enough, you might start picking 424 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:17,000 Speaker 1: up patterns. There are random number generator systems that depend 425 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:22,080 Speaker 1: very much on outside systems that we do not control. 426 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:25,160 Speaker 1: Therefore they feel more random. For example, there are random 427 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:29,440 Speaker 1: number generators that generate numbers based upon weather conditions. So 428 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:33,240 Speaker 1: depending upon the barometric pressure and the temperature and things 429 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:36,439 Speaker 1: of that nature, a number will be generated. And because 430 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:39,200 Speaker 1: we don't necessarily have control over that, it's a very 431 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:44,480 Speaker 1: chaotic system and the numbers are it sounds weird, but 432 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:48,320 Speaker 1: more random than others. Well, and you wouldn't necessarily know 433 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:50,760 Speaker 1: it in the in the bowels of a casino because 434 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:53,880 Speaker 1: they don't have any windows, right, Yeah, it's very most 435 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:56,520 Speaker 1: of them. That's very important. No windows, no clocks, the 436 00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:00,840 Speaker 1: so the the way these systems work is they generate 437 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:03,480 Speaker 1: a random number through some means, and the number tends 438 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:06,959 Speaker 1: to be huge, like within the billions. In most cases, 439 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:10,399 Speaker 1: your odds are not exactly stellar. Well, it has nothing 440 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:12,359 Speaker 1: that doesn't really have a whole lot to do with it, 441 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:15,000 Speaker 1: and I'll explain why. But you you got this random 442 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:18,000 Speaker 1: number which is generated the moment you press the button 443 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:20,359 Speaker 1: or pull the lever. So you put a coin into 444 00:25:20,359 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 1: this machine, you push the button, you have either one 445 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 1: or lost already. The reels that are spinning, that's just 446 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:30,359 Speaker 1: for show because you the machine already knows if you 447 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:33,480 Speaker 1: won or lost, because what happens is it's constantly generating 448 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:37,120 Speaker 1: these random numbers. And the lever is also just for show. 449 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:39,920 Speaker 1: These days, you don't need a lever, no, that's why 450 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:43,159 Speaker 1: they they have buttons. Most people I see like this, 451 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:46,040 Speaker 1: the quote unquote serious gamblers just press the button like 452 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:50,360 Speaker 1: they'll they'll just load up the slot machine with credits 453 00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:53,600 Speaker 1: and then you just start pressing the button to stop things. 454 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:57,040 Speaker 1: But the way it works is that it has this 455 00:25:57,160 --> 00:25:59,760 Speaker 1: big random number and then it divides that random number 456 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:03,160 Speaker 1: by some other number, and it all depends on what 457 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:05,240 Speaker 1: the machine is, who the manufacturer is what the number 458 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 1: is tends to be some sort of factor of of 459 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:12,760 Speaker 1: like sixteen sixty four or something like that, and uh, 460 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:17,639 Speaker 1: you end up dividing the number by that. You know 461 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 1: that you divide the random number by the non random number. 462 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:23,399 Speaker 1: It's always you're always dividing by that. You take the 463 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:28,800 Speaker 1: remainder and then you apply that remainder to a virtual reel. 464 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:32,800 Speaker 1: So it's it's like the physical reels in that it 465 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:36,560 Speaker 1: has a certain number of slots if you will, but 466 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:41,959 Speaker 1: it doesn't there's no physical representation of it. This virtual 467 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:49,040 Speaker 1: reel is mapped to the payouts. And so let's say 468 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:55,399 Speaker 1: that it lands on on real number UM fourteen, and 469 00:26:55,440 --> 00:27:00,920 Speaker 1: then through connecting all that through this stem, it could say, 470 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:03,520 Speaker 1: all right, well, when it's on fourteen, that is a 471 00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:06,159 Speaker 1: payout of five to one. So if you put a 472 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:11,160 Speaker 1: dollar in, you won five dollars. Ah. That's essentially how 473 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:14,320 Speaker 1: it works. Now that virtual reel could be pretty large 474 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:18,360 Speaker 1: and could be mapped to the physical reels in UM 475 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:22,640 Speaker 1: in a very kind of convoluted way, and ultimately you're 476 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:28,120 Speaker 1: going to be able to assign more of those notches 477 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:33,000 Speaker 1: in the virtual reel. Two misses in the what what 478 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:36,040 Speaker 1: looks like mrs in the physical reels. So in other words, uh, 479 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:40,680 Speaker 1: you know, if you've got sixty four actually I little 480 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:42,600 Speaker 1: we'll say thirty two. Let's say you've got thirty two 481 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:47,399 Speaker 1: slots in this virtual reel, you could make sure that 482 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:53,920 Speaker 1: h twenty of them go to mrs outright, So then 483 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:56,399 Speaker 1: you have the twelve that are going to go to 484 00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:59,520 Speaker 1: some sort of hit. And then out of those twelve 485 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:04,119 Speaker 1: of those go to really low payouts, all right, and 486 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:07,159 Speaker 1: then now the six remaining three of those go to 487 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:11,360 Speaker 1: medium payouts. And now the three remaining two of those 488 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:15,160 Speaker 1: go to larger payouts, and one goes to jackpot. So 489 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:19,359 Speaker 1: in other words, you've got a lot more geared toward 490 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 1: the geared toward the misses than the hits. And that's 491 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:25,720 Speaker 1: a very simplified way of saying it. Because the virtual 492 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:31,920 Speaker 1: reel actually adds way more options for the casino because 493 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:35,280 Speaker 1: you you would have a virtual reel for each physical reel, 494 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:40,400 Speaker 1: then you you suddenly made that much more complicated. In fact, 495 00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:43,320 Speaker 1: the odds of hitting the jackpot can be in the 496 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:46,040 Speaker 1: hundreds of thousands, like around two almost like two hundred 497 00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:50,280 Speaker 1: fifty thousand to one, like you would have to play 498 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:54,080 Speaker 1: you know, a quarter of a million times before you 499 00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:57,640 Speaker 1: would necessarily not necessarily hit it. But I mean that's 500 00:28:57,720 --> 00:28:59,720 Speaker 1: just your odds, Like your odds are two hundred forty 501 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:08,160 Speaker 1: nine thousand times out of you will not hit the jackpot, right, So, uh, 502 00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:09,840 Speaker 1: it's a good thing, a good way to think about 503 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:12,360 Speaker 1: it if you're going in and playing these games. And 504 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:14,280 Speaker 1: that's just one version of it. I mean, it all 505 00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:17,920 Speaker 1: depends on how many slots this virtual reel has. That 506 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:21,920 Speaker 1: determines what and how many of those are geared towards losses. 507 00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:26,840 Speaker 1: That's what determines the odds. So the funny thing is 508 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:29,080 Speaker 1: that means that all those reels that are spinning. This 509 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:32,120 Speaker 1: also applies for video slot machines. By the way, all 510 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:34,680 Speaker 1: those reels they are spinning is just for show. Has 511 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:36,760 Speaker 1: nothing to do with whether or not you won or lost. 512 00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:41,360 Speaker 1: Uh so uh there there. That's really again that psychological 513 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:44,800 Speaker 1: element that draws people into play. What depends what what 514 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:48,600 Speaker 1: determines it is the random number. And there's because it's random, 515 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:51,840 Speaker 1: and because it's generating millions of numbers over the course 516 00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:55,000 Speaker 1: of a second, there's no way to know when to 517 00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:59,280 Speaker 1: press the button or pull the lever because there's no 518 00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:01,440 Speaker 1: way to predict that random number is going to hit 519 00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:04,600 Speaker 1: the right number for you to get a payoff. On 520 00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:09,760 Speaker 1: top of that, every single spin is random, Like every 521 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:12,520 Speaker 1: every single second that goes by, you've got all these 522 00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:17,800 Speaker 1: random numbers being generated. So hitting a jackpot on a 523 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:20,960 Speaker 1: machine doesn't mean that that machine is not going to 524 00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:25,720 Speaker 1: pay out for another you know, month or three months 525 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:27,840 Speaker 1: or year whatever. That has nothing to do with it, 526 00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:33,640 Speaker 1: just like losing and a spin doesn't mean that your 527 00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:36,200 Speaker 1: next spin is more likely to win. It's random, so 528 00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:39,040 Speaker 1: you have just as equal a chance to win or 529 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:43,960 Speaker 1: not win on each subsequent spin. It also means that 530 00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:47,560 Speaker 1: if you were to ever hit this and it does 531 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:50,320 Speaker 1: that thing where the payout line, we didn't even talk 532 00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:53,280 Speaker 1: about payout lines. A payoutline is a line that goes 533 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:56,320 Speaker 1: a physical line, usually although on video it's a it's 534 00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:59,560 Speaker 1: represented by a graphic, but it's a line that goes 535 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:03,080 Speaker 1: across us the slot machine indicating this is where the 536 00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:04,800 Speaker 1: symbol needs to be in order for you to win. 537 00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:08,720 Speaker 1: All right, So on one of these computerized machines, when 538 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:12,160 Speaker 1: the reel stop and the bar bar bar is just 539 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:16,280 Speaker 1: above the payoutline, that has nothing to do with anything like, 540 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:20,840 Speaker 1: it looks like you were close, but that it's meaningless. Uh, 541 00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:23,320 Speaker 1: it's only if they were all three on the payout line. 542 00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:25,560 Speaker 1: That would just indicate that that random number it was 543 00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:29,320 Speaker 1: in your favor on that particular play. So in other words, 544 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:32,560 Speaker 1: you have that psychological kick to keep playing because you 545 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:35,680 Speaker 1: were so close. But when you're talking about random numbers, 546 00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:42,600 Speaker 1: close doesn't mean anything. So uh, that's that's the basic 547 00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:46,400 Speaker 1: way that these things work. Now, that doesn't mean that 548 00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:52,840 Speaker 1: there aren't odds and there aren't ways to improve your odds. Um. 549 00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:57,240 Speaker 1: So for example, uh, if if you're if you're real, 550 00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:01,760 Speaker 1: virtual real is one is sixty for slots long here's 551 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:03,960 Speaker 1: the actual number I fin finally found it, two hundred. 552 00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:08,040 Speaker 1: Your odds of winning the jackpot are one and two, 553 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:12,560 Speaker 1: assuming that jackpot is assigned only one entry in those 554 00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:18,480 Speaker 1: virtual reels. Uh, that's that's not great. But each slot 555 00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:24,200 Speaker 1: machine has something called a payback percentage. Payback percentage tells 556 00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:27,600 Speaker 1: you how much money a machine is going to pay 557 00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:31,440 Speaker 1: back to the player over the course of the machines lifetime. 558 00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:35,920 Speaker 1: So you might think, well, what's the percentage? Because a 559 00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:38,840 Speaker 1: lot of the games in in Vegas and in Atlantic 560 00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:42,440 Speaker 1: City and other places where gambling is legal are notoriously 561 00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:45,800 Speaker 1: weighted towards the house as they as they have to be, 562 00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:47,960 Speaker 1: because otherwise the house wouldn't exist. There wouldn't be a 563 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:51,760 Speaker 1: business if it weren't profitable. So a lot of the 564 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:56,080 Speaker 1: games you'll you'll play in a casino are weighted so 565 00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:59,320 Speaker 1: that the house wins more frequently than it loses, so 566 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:03,520 Speaker 1: it makes money well. Slot machines the payback percentage usually 567 00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:09,080 Speaker 1: there's a legal threshold that they must meet, which could 568 00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:11,520 Speaker 1: be anything around seventy for example, So it says that 569 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:13,560 Speaker 1: seventy five percent the money that you pay into a 570 00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:18,280 Speaker 1: machine will be paid out over its lifetime. Um most 571 00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:22,760 Speaker 1: machines in in gambling institutions, especially places like in Vegas, 572 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:27,200 Speaker 1: are much higher than that, like or higher, meaning nine 573 00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:29,400 Speaker 1: percent of the money paid into them gets paid out 574 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:32,960 Speaker 1: over the course of that machine's life. It sounds like 575 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:36,360 Speaker 1: great odds, right, and why you would think why is 576 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:38,680 Speaker 1: that even? Why would you even have it that high? Well, 577 00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:41,840 Speaker 1: if you if you lowered those payback percentages, if you 578 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:45,240 Speaker 1: had machines that had lower percentages, then people would realize 579 00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:48,240 Speaker 1: that your machines don't pay out as frequently. That's called 580 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:52,040 Speaker 1: tight machine is playing tight if it doesn't do a 581 00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:57,719 Speaker 1: lot of payouts. Well, if Bob's casino down the street 582 00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:01,080 Speaker 1: has loose slots, meaning that they pay out more frequently, 583 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:03,680 Speaker 1: you're gonna go down to Bob's. You're not gonna waste 584 00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:05,720 Speaker 1: time at this other casino where all the slot machines 585 00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:09,400 Speaker 1: are tight, right, I mean, why would you? So? In 586 00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:13,120 Speaker 1: order to be competitive, these casinos tend to have payout 587 00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:17,120 Speaker 1: percentages that are at or higher. Now I need to 588 00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:22,080 Speaker 1: stress this. That does not mean that you will win 589 00:34:22,640 --> 00:34:26,359 Speaker 1: of the time you play. What that means is, over 590 00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:30,160 Speaker 1: the course of its life, of the money it it 591 00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:32,960 Speaker 1: takes in will be put back out to players. That 592 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:35,880 Speaker 1: could mean that you walk up to a slot machine, 593 00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:38,719 Speaker 1: dollar slot machine. Let's say, and you play that dollar 594 00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:42,840 Speaker 1: slot machine ninety times and you don't win anything, and 595 00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:44,800 Speaker 1: you walk off, and someone else comes up and plays 596 00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:47,560 Speaker 1: that dollar slot machine ten times and on the tenth 597 00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:53,000 Speaker 1: one they win ninety dollars. Well they just that's so 598 00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:56,800 Speaker 1: that nine could be paid out in small payouts, small 599 00:34:56,840 --> 00:35:02,160 Speaker 1: wins or big jackpots, and uh it's and it's again, 600 00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:05,280 Speaker 1: it's like an average over the lifetime of a machine. 601 00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:08,320 Speaker 1: So on any given day, a machine might be playing 602 00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:10,560 Speaker 1: a little tight or a little loose, because again it's 603 00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:14,800 Speaker 1: depending upon random numbers. Uh. And the way you adjust 604 00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:18,640 Speaker 1: those percentages is again those virtual reels I was talking about. 605 00:35:18,719 --> 00:35:22,400 Speaker 1: If more of the virtual reels correspond to winning combinations, 606 00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:26,040 Speaker 1: then the machine will be looser than a machine that 607 00:35:26,120 --> 00:35:30,359 Speaker 1: has fewer winning combinations. Well, you can't tell that as 608 00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:33,399 Speaker 1: a person just standing there looking at a machine. Uh, 609 00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:35,800 Speaker 1: there's no way of knowing whether or not the virtual 610 00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:41,880 Speaker 1: reels within this machine are favoring you or not. So 611 00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:45,480 Speaker 1: so that's that's the real trick. But there are little 612 00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:49,080 Speaker 1: hints I can give you to help increase your chances 613 00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:51,640 Speaker 1: of winning if if you want to, if you want 614 00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:54,319 Speaker 1: to hear them, sure, However, keep in mind that your 615 00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:59,360 Speaker 1: mileage may vary. Yes, these are all generalities, nothing specific, 616 00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:01,879 Speaker 1: and you need to keep in mind that there. First 617 00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:04,880 Speaker 1: of all, there is no system that will let you 618 00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:09,319 Speaker 1: win at a particular slot machine because it's dependent upon 619 00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:13,480 Speaker 1: random numbers, and when you have a random number, generator 620 00:36:14,239 --> 00:36:17,280 Speaker 1: systems do not apply. So if you've ever heard about 621 00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:20,560 Speaker 1: a surefire system, no fail system for winning at a 622 00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:27,040 Speaker 1: slot machine, it's uh, it's a it's probably safety bullpucky 623 00:36:27,239 --> 00:36:31,680 Speaker 1: is a good phrase to use to describe that. Um. However, 624 00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:34,880 Speaker 1: there are approaches you can take to playing slot machines 625 00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:38,399 Speaker 1: that will increase your odds of winning. First of all, 626 00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:41,600 Speaker 1: in general, and all again, all of these are generalities, 627 00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:46,560 Speaker 1: not rules, so there are exceptions. In general, the higher 628 00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:50,160 Speaker 1: the amount of money to play the slot machine, the 629 00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:54,719 Speaker 1: higher the payback percentages. So a nickel slot machine might 630 00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:58,040 Speaker 1: have a payout, and a quarter slot machine might have 631 00:36:58,120 --> 00:37:01,360 Speaker 1: ninety two, and a fifty cent might have ninety four, 632 00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:04,920 Speaker 1: and a dollar might be or five dollar might be 633 00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:08,640 Speaker 1: nine or ninety seven. You can actually find machines with 634 00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:13,879 Speaker 1: payout percentages of up to So here's the other thing, though, 635 00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:17,880 Speaker 1: once you get over five dollars, then the percentage jumps 636 00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:20,840 Speaker 1: are smaller. So in other words, the jump from a 637 00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:25,520 Speaker 1: nickel to twenty five cents might be fairly significant, but 638 00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:27,279 Speaker 1: by the time you get to five dollars, the jump 639 00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:29,680 Speaker 1: from five dollars to say a hundred dollars would not 640 00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:33,760 Speaker 1: be as significant. So uh, it's still better than the 641 00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:36,880 Speaker 1: the lower priced slot machines, and that the payback percentage 642 00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:39,480 Speaker 1: is higher, but it's not so much higher that you 643 00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:43,439 Speaker 1: should just immediately go to the hundred dollar slots. So 644 00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:46,800 Speaker 1: rule number one and again this is again rule in 645 00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:51,239 Speaker 1: the sense of just general guideline, is to look for 646 00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:54,440 Speaker 1: the slot machines that are going to be priced at 647 00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:57,200 Speaker 1: a level that you feel comfortable with based upon the 648 00:37:57,200 --> 00:38:00,640 Speaker 1: bank roll you bring in with you to play, but 649 00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:04,200 Speaker 1: are the at the highest level of that that comfortable scale. 650 00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:06,120 Speaker 1: So in other words, if you just want to play 651 00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:08,759 Speaker 1: all day, the nickel slots are fine, You're just not 652 00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:11,520 Speaker 1: gonna get a lot of payback on that. Um, if 653 00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:14,680 Speaker 1: you have a bankroll that's a sizeable nature and you 654 00:38:14,719 --> 00:38:18,680 Speaker 1: want to play five dollar slots, you are more likely 655 00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:24,600 Speaker 1: to see a payback from those machines. It's not a guarantee. Second, 656 00:38:25,160 --> 00:38:28,799 Speaker 1: UH machines tend to be looser in places where it's 657 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:33,280 Speaker 1: going to inspire other people to play. So for example, 658 00:38:33,320 --> 00:38:36,920 Speaker 1: in high traffic areas, UH that's a good place to 659 00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:42,120 Speaker 1: go because they are their places where people are are 660 00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:45,200 Speaker 1: walking by frequently and it draws a lot of attention. 661 00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:47,640 Speaker 1: If you see slot machines that are on like a 662 00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:53,200 Speaker 1: raised uh diets, like like there's a little platform, there's 663 00:38:53,239 --> 00:38:56,759 Speaker 1: like five or six slot machines up there that Yeah, 664 00:38:57,360 --> 00:39:00,160 Speaker 1: those also tend to be a little more loose, and 665 00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:02,240 Speaker 1: the ones that are in the middle of the casino, 666 00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:06,279 Speaker 1: you want to find places that like our our near 667 00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:09,720 Speaker 1: say a coffee bar or or just a bar. In general, 668 00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:12,439 Speaker 1: those tend to be pretty good too, because again, people 669 00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:14,560 Speaker 1: who are taking a break start hearing that and they 670 00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:17,360 Speaker 1: want to start playing, So those tend to be a 671 00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:19,840 Speaker 1: little looser than the ones in the rest of the casino. 672 00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:26,760 Speaker 1: Places that are generally tighter include entrance ways because if 673 00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:30,360 Speaker 1: the machines over toward the entrance are playing loose, people 674 00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:34,840 Speaker 1: never really gravitate away. They never leave that entrance, so 675 00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:37,360 Speaker 1: they're also likely to leave once they get to a 676 00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:40,440 Speaker 1: certain point. So casinos don't want people to leave, so 677 00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:43,160 Speaker 1: you need to you know, they're usually a little further in, 678 00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:46,040 Speaker 1: but they're in further in towards high traffic areas. Also, 679 00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:51,680 Speaker 1: restrooms not necessarily the best slot machines near restrooms, because uh, 680 00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:54,239 Speaker 1: what happens there is that you might be with a 681 00:39:54,239 --> 00:39:56,720 Speaker 1: group of people someone needs to go to the bathroom. 682 00:39:57,040 --> 00:39:58,880 Speaker 1: So you think, oh, well, i'll learn in the bathroom. 683 00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:01,359 Speaker 1: I'll just play the slot machine if times well, if 684 00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:05,080 Speaker 1: you have you know, if you're gonna be there playing anyway, 685 00:40:05,120 --> 00:40:07,320 Speaker 1: then you can make that slot machine play a little 686 00:40:07,360 --> 00:40:10,319 Speaker 1: tighter because you know that people are gonna be playing 687 00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:12,360 Speaker 1: it anyway because it happens to be near the restrooms. 688 00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:17,000 Speaker 1: Um also anything that's close to other games. So if 689 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:19,800 Speaker 1: it's slot machines that are close to say, blackjack tables 690 00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:23,239 Speaker 1: or roulette or craps, or it's slot machines that are 691 00:40:23,280 --> 00:40:27,880 Speaker 1: close to, say a sports betting area, probably not geared 692 00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:31,239 Speaker 1: to win as frequently because the casinos don't necessarily want 693 00:40:31,239 --> 00:40:35,000 Speaker 1: attention pulled away from those games. So you want to 694 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:38,720 Speaker 1: find slot machines that are not close to other games, 695 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:42,560 Speaker 1: they're not close to restrooms, they are in high traffic areas, 696 00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:46,919 Speaker 1: possibly near a coffee bar or just a bar, and uh, 697 00:40:47,120 --> 00:40:51,000 Speaker 1: and try those, and try the higher denominations, the ones 698 00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:53,440 Speaker 1: that are you're still comfortable with, but are higher denominations 699 00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:56,959 Speaker 1: than saying nickel slots or quarter slots. The other rule 700 00:40:57,160 --> 00:40:59,960 Speaker 1: is that, and again not really rule. The other guy 701 00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:04,040 Speaker 1: line is that not all the machines in that area 702 00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:07,840 Speaker 1: are going to play loose. So a good idea is 703 00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:10,480 Speaker 1: to start playing a machine for a little while, and 704 00:41:10,520 --> 00:41:12,920 Speaker 1: if it just feels like that machine is not playing 705 00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:15,120 Speaker 1: loose at all. You may want to switch to a 706 00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:18,439 Speaker 1: machine that's close by, because some machines in that area 707 00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:21,560 Speaker 1: are going to be playing more loosely than others because 708 00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:24,880 Speaker 1: they the casinos want people to win because it inspires 709 00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:28,680 Speaker 1: more people to play. And keep in mind, even though 710 00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:32,680 Speaker 1: you might walk away a huge winner, like even if 711 00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:35,480 Speaker 1: somehow you beat those odds and you win one of 712 00:41:35,480 --> 00:41:38,960 Speaker 1: those crazy jackpots, over the course of the life of 713 00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:43,279 Speaker 1: that machine, the casino is going to keep. Or even 714 00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:45,200 Speaker 1: if it's just two percent of the money that's put 715 00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:48,120 Speaker 1: in there, that's money that's put in there by people 716 00:41:48,160 --> 00:41:51,279 Speaker 1: like you, it's not money that the casino has put 717 00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:54,080 Speaker 1: in there. So the masino, the casino is making money 718 00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:58,279 Speaker 1: no matter why. So, so don't feel badly for them 719 00:41:58,320 --> 00:42:01,640 Speaker 1: when you win a big jackpot, because the casino, the 720 00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:05,759 Speaker 1: casino always wins in the end, always wins, and it's 721 00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:08,240 Speaker 1: because we're the ones pouring the money into the casinos, 722 00:42:08,280 --> 00:42:11,440 Speaker 1: not the casinos themselves. So those are the general rules. 723 00:42:11,840 --> 00:42:15,560 Speaker 1: Um and again, you could even follow all these rules 724 00:42:16,040 --> 00:42:21,120 Speaker 1: and you could be playing the smartest possible play and 725 00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:24,560 Speaker 1: still not come back with anything. You could you know, 726 00:42:24,719 --> 00:42:28,240 Speaker 1: lose your entire bank roll because it's again ultimately dependent 727 00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:31,400 Speaker 1: upon those random number generators. These are just the ways 728 00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:35,719 Speaker 1: to give you a little bit of an edge when 729 00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:39,719 Speaker 1: you are playing slot machines. So there is no such 730 00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:43,520 Speaker 1: thing as a no fail system. Uh and uh, your 731 00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:46,919 Speaker 1: mileage may vary. As Chris did say earlier, right right now. 732 00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:50,360 Speaker 1: Of course, going back to uh what Jonathan said about 733 00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:53,320 Speaker 1: not feeling bad, slot machines pull in about a billion 734 00:42:53,360 --> 00:42:57,279 Speaker 1: dollars a day in American casinos. So even when you're 735 00:42:57,280 --> 00:43:00,319 Speaker 1: doing these big payoffs over the long run, because the 736 00:43:00,440 --> 00:43:04,840 Speaker 1: slot machines are making casino's major bank. Now, when I 737 00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:08,319 Speaker 1: was talking about the computerized slots, UM, this is something 738 00:43:08,360 --> 00:43:10,839 Speaker 1: I didn't know about. Now there's a major company that 739 00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:14,040 Speaker 1: makes slot machines. Uh. They're based in Nevada, believe it 740 00:43:14,120 --> 00:43:18,200 Speaker 1: or not. UM. It's called International Game Technology, and they're 741 00:43:18,200 --> 00:43:21,000 Speaker 1: they're pretty much considered, if not the leader, one of 742 00:43:21,040 --> 00:43:25,200 Speaker 1: the very top leaders and making slot machines. UM. And 743 00:43:25,640 --> 00:43:28,319 Speaker 1: we were talking about loose and type machines. While in 744 00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:31,120 Speaker 1: the past, if you wanted to change the way a 745 00:43:31,160 --> 00:43:33,920 Speaker 1: machine played, you had to actually get into it. You 746 00:43:34,120 --> 00:43:37,320 Speaker 1: have to get a slot machine technician to come in. Yeah, 747 00:43:37,400 --> 00:43:42,600 Speaker 1: now you know electronic machines. You couldn't automatically control whether 748 00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:44,800 Speaker 1: it was tight or loose. You had to go change 749 00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:47,640 Speaker 1: the electronics in the guts of the machine. And if 750 00:43:47,680 --> 00:43:50,560 Speaker 1: they started getting dated, well, that's that's sort of an 751 00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:52,439 Speaker 1: older one we were We were just talking a minute ago, 752 00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:56,439 Speaker 1: sort of inadvertently about how they have themed machines, which 753 00:43:56,480 --> 00:44:02,080 Speaker 1: is pretty common. Properties, entertainment properties and different groups have 754 00:44:02,880 --> 00:44:05,960 Speaker 1: sponsored machines, and there are themes that your people are 755 00:44:05,960 --> 00:44:10,360 Speaker 1: familiar with. Pretty much pretty much like any major um 756 00:44:10,600 --> 00:44:13,600 Speaker 1: property you can think of, there's probably a slot machine 757 00:44:13,760 --> 00:44:17,000 Speaker 1: that that is tied to that property. And and for 758 00:44:17,040 --> 00:44:20,080 Speaker 1: some people the entertainment factor of the slot machine is 759 00:44:20,239 --> 00:44:22,560 Speaker 1: enough to keep them playing, even though even if they're 760 00:44:22,600 --> 00:44:27,359 Speaker 1: not necessarily winning. Yeah, they might pick a machine that 761 00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:29,319 Speaker 1: goes along with a TV show that they've watched for 762 00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:32,320 Speaker 1: years or something like that. Um, you know, it's comfortable. 763 00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:35,400 Speaker 1: But uh, I was reading an article in the Huffington 764 00:44:35,440 --> 00:44:37,480 Speaker 1: Post by Ron Dicker who was talking about something that 765 00:44:37,520 --> 00:44:41,080 Speaker 1: i GT is working on, and they are offering server 766 00:44:41,239 --> 00:44:47,000 Speaker 1: based slot machines. So basically the machines themselves are generic 767 00:44:47,960 --> 00:44:51,440 Speaker 1: and the casino would be able to control those machines 768 00:44:51,760 --> 00:44:55,880 Speaker 1: and change, uh the designs on the reels. For example, 769 00:44:56,640 --> 00:45:01,080 Speaker 1: the virtual reels to a different kind of of property, 770 00:45:01,160 --> 00:45:03,480 Speaker 1: so they wouldn't have to replace the entire machine if 771 00:45:03,520 --> 00:45:06,000 Speaker 1: you wanted to change from say a Wheel of Fortune 772 00:45:06,040 --> 00:45:10,640 Speaker 1: machine to a Transformers machine. Yeah, I should add also, 773 00:45:10,719 --> 00:45:12,960 Speaker 1: the virtual reels that Chris is talking about are the 774 00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:15,760 Speaker 1: ones that you see as a player, but virtual slot 775 00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:18,560 Speaker 1: machines also have the other kind of virtual reels that 776 00:45:18,640 --> 00:45:20,800 Speaker 1: I was talking about, the ones that even the slot 777 00:45:20,840 --> 00:45:24,120 Speaker 1: machines that have the physical reels, they also have the 778 00:45:24,920 --> 00:45:28,000 Speaker 1: video slots also have virtual reels that correspond to that 779 00:45:28,120 --> 00:45:31,560 Speaker 1: random number. This is important because when virtual slot machines 780 00:45:31,680 --> 00:45:35,800 Speaker 1: first appeared on the scene, people were suspicious that perhaps 781 00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:39,719 Speaker 1: these slot machines were fixed in some way, like there 782 00:45:39,800 --> 00:45:42,719 Speaker 1: was a specific number of plays you would have to 783 00:45:42,719 --> 00:45:45,520 Speaker 1: play before there was a payout. But that's not the case. 784 00:45:45,800 --> 00:45:48,520 Speaker 1: They're based on random number generators, just like the machines 785 00:45:48,520 --> 00:45:51,799 Speaker 1: that have the physical reels are um so there's no 786 00:45:51,920 --> 00:45:54,680 Speaker 1: difference in the way they operate on that end. The 787 00:45:55,440 --> 00:45:58,920 Speaker 1: only real difference is that you've got a screen showing 788 00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:03,560 Speaker 1: you the symbols as opposed to physical reels. But the 789 00:46:03,600 --> 00:46:05,239 Speaker 1: whether you win or lose is still based on that 790 00:46:05,320 --> 00:46:08,960 Speaker 1: random number generator. And this makes sense when you think 791 00:46:08,960 --> 00:46:11,879 Speaker 1: about it, because if a casino were to introduce a 792 00:46:11,920 --> 00:46:15,080 Speaker 1: game that was fixed one, you might be able to 793 00:46:15,080 --> 00:46:17,880 Speaker 1: figure out the system, so then you could gain the 794 00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:21,400 Speaker 1: system and two people would not play those games because 795 00:46:22,080 --> 00:46:23,880 Speaker 1: I mean, why would you play a game that's fixed. 796 00:46:24,320 --> 00:46:27,600 Speaker 1: So so it doesn't not it does not make sense 797 00:46:27,640 --> 00:46:32,240 Speaker 1: for a casino to employ a system that has uh, 798 00:46:32,280 --> 00:46:35,360 Speaker 1: you know that that's that's fixed in its favor beyond 799 00:46:35,560 --> 00:46:39,040 Speaker 1: just the way the odds work. Yeah, well, it sort 800 00:46:39,040 --> 00:46:41,640 Speaker 1: of reminds me in a way of the the arcade 801 00:46:41,680 --> 00:46:45,520 Speaker 1: machines that had difficulty settings. I've gone to uh to 802 00:46:45,600 --> 00:46:48,320 Speaker 1: play a game in a convenience store that I played 803 00:46:48,320 --> 00:46:50,719 Speaker 1: in a pizza part or parlor, and I found one 804 00:46:50,760 --> 00:46:54,120 Speaker 1: played way easier than another. And it's simply because the 805 00:46:54,120 --> 00:46:57,640 Speaker 1: difficulty settings are are you know, changed in that case. 806 00:46:57,640 --> 00:46:59,960 Speaker 1: And it's it's very much like the tightening or loosening 807 00:47:00,080 --> 00:47:02,920 Speaker 1: of a slot machine. They're not going to manipulate that 808 00:47:03,760 --> 00:47:06,560 Speaker 1: on a game by game basis because there's there's no 809 00:47:06,640 --> 00:47:09,879 Speaker 1: benefit in doing that. However, these new server machines will 810 00:47:09,960 --> 00:47:14,000 Speaker 1: let them change the themes of of the machines, and 811 00:47:14,040 --> 00:47:16,799 Speaker 1: they can also change things like the payouts, so they 812 00:47:16,880 --> 00:47:20,960 Speaker 1: might change the clientele. For example, older people might play 813 00:47:20,960 --> 00:47:23,799 Speaker 1: in the mornings, um, you know, because they go to 814 00:47:23,800 --> 00:47:26,600 Speaker 1: bed earlier, and they might change uh to late night. 815 00:47:26,760 --> 00:47:30,800 Speaker 1: They might change the casino machines to higher dollar amounts 816 00:47:31,120 --> 00:47:35,440 Speaker 1: because a more mature theme. Right whenever, whenever the casino 817 00:47:35,520 --> 00:47:37,960 Speaker 1: is going to be really busy, I would imagine that's 818 00:47:37,960 --> 00:47:39,680 Speaker 1: when they would want to get to some of the 819 00:47:39,719 --> 00:47:43,359 Speaker 1: higher payouts because it would mean that if you have 820 00:47:43,440 --> 00:47:50,040 Speaker 1: someone hit that perfect random number, that the the the 821 00:47:49,640 --> 00:47:55,640 Speaker 1: the big celebration would be so overwhelming and it would 822 00:47:55,680 --> 00:47:58,920 Speaker 1: get the attention of a lot more people, thus inspiring 823 00:47:58,920 --> 00:48:01,719 Speaker 1: more people to play. That. You know, you don't want 824 00:48:01,880 --> 00:48:06,360 Speaker 1: someone hitting the mega jackpot when the casino is practically deserted, 825 00:48:06,440 --> 00:48:13,360 Speaker 1: because then there's that advertising aspect is not part of it. Um. Also, 826 00:48:13,520 --> 00:48:17,080 Speaker 1: there are games that are linked to one another where 827 00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:20,839 Speaker 1: there's a shared jackpot, a progressive jackpot. In other words, 828 00:48:20,840 --> 00:48:24,680 Speaker 1: the jackpot itself grows as more and more people play. Now, 829 00:48:24,719 --> 00:48:28,840 Speaker 1: from what I understand, UH, the player who wants to 830 00:48:28,840 --> 00:48:32,560 Speaker 1: try and increase their odds as best as possible probably 831 00:48:32,600 --> 00:48:36,400 Speaker 1: should just go to the fixed jackpot machines um. And 832 00:48:36,440 --> 00:48:39,319 Speaker 1: also if there is the option that most machines have 833 00:48:39,440 --> 00:48:42,640 Speaker 1: this where you can play multiple credits at once, So 834 00:48:42,680 --> 00:48:44,920 Speaker 1: in other words, instead of playing one dollar, you're playing 835 00:48:44,920 --> 00:48:48,480 Speaker 1: three dollars on a spin, which would increase your jackpot. 836 00:48:48,600 --> 00:48:53,760 Speaker 1: That's also a smart move. And while you could play uh, 837 00:48:53,840 --> 00:48:55,600 Speaker 1: there are some games that allow you to have multiple 838 00:48:55,640 --> 00:48:58,520 Speaker 1: pay lines, like that pay line is that that horizontal 839 00:48:58,520 --> 00:49:01,200 Speaker 1: line that we talked about that goes across the the machine, right, 840 00:49:01,239 --> 00:49:03,640 Speaker 1: you can sail when it lines up that you are 841 00:49:03,840 --> 00:49:06,759 Speaker 1: getting credit for that particular real right. There are other 842 00:49:06,840 --> 00:49:09,360 Speaker 1: machines that will allow you to play multiple play lines 843 00:49:09,400 --> 00:49:12,239 Speaker 1: for multiple credits. So in other words, there might be diagonals. 844 00:49:12,280 --> 00:49:14,239 Speaker 1: It might be even more convoluted than that with some 845 00:49:14,320 --> 00:49:16,960 Speaker 1: of the video machines that I've seen, but in general 846 00:49:17,040 --> 00:49:19,520 Speaker 1: that means such your payolts tend to be lower. So 847 00:49:19,640 --> 00:49:22,960 Speaker 1: a lot of the advice I saw was multiple credits 848 00:49:22,960 --> 00:49:25,680 Speaker 1: are good, multiple pay lines not so good if you're 849 00:49:25,719 --> 00:49:31,120 Speaker 1: looking for significant payouts. And again keeping in mind no guarantees. 850 00:49:31,200 --> 00:49:34,520 Speaker 1: You could walk into a casino, follow all the guidelines 851 00:49:34,680 --> 00:49:41,120 Speaker 1: and still walk out penniless. So yeah, they say that, um, 852 00:49:41,200 --> 00:49:44,040 Speaker 1: these these new machines with the server in the in 853 00:49:44,080 --> 00:49:48,080 Speaker 1: the back end of the machines basically will increase the 854 00:49:49,480 --> 00:49:55,920 Speaker 1: take from what you call them customers, sino goers, gamblers, um. 855 00:49:55,960 --> 00:49:59,320 Speaker 1: But they also there are also people who are afraid 856 00:49:59,320 --> 00:50:03,399 Speaker 1: that the gambling addiction that it may cause will also increase. Um. 857 00:50:03,440 --> 00:50:07,520 Speaker 1: So keep in mind that these these games are very addictive. Um. 858 00:50:07,640 --> 00:50:09,600 Speaker 1: And you know, if you're the kind of person that 859 00:50:09,600 --> 00:50:14,239 Speaker 1: that that might fall for something like this and fall 860 00:50:14,239 --> 00:50:16,000 Speaker 1: in love with playing it, you know, keep that in 861 00:50:16,040 --> 00:50:19,040 Speaker 1: mind because, uh, the odds are that you will not 862 00:50:19,200 --> 00:50:21,879 Speaker 1: end up a winner over time, especially if you find 863 00:50:21,880 --> 00:50:27,400 Speaker 1: yourself on a warm summer's evening on a trainbound to nowhere. 864 00:50:27,640 --> 00:50:29,680 Speaker 1: That's one of my favorite songs of all time, and 865 00:50:29,719 --> 00:50:33,600 Speaker 1: I am not ashamed to admit it. Alright, So anyway, guys, 866 00:50:33,600 --> 00:50:36,560 Speaker 1: all right, So that's that's slot machines, the general rules 867 00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:38,520 Speaker 1: of how they work. And yeah, I feel like there 868 00:50:38,520 --> 00:50:40,000 Speaker 1: were a lot of things that we didn't even we 869 00:50:40,040 --> 00:50:43,560 Speaker 1: didn't even get to this fascinating. It's really cool. I mean, 870 00:50:44,040 --> 00:50:47,560 Speaker 1: you know, again, it's all about the long play. Casinos 871 00:50:47,600 --> 00:50:50,360 Speaker 1: are all about the long play. In fact, it's interesting 872 00:50:50,400 --> 00:50:53,239 Speaker 1: to me, when you look at businesses today, how many 873 00:50:53,280 --> 00:50:56,000 Speaker 1: businesses are very much focused on the short term gain 874 00:50:56,680 --> 00:51:00,400 Speaker 1: and how that can hurt a business sometimes if they 875 00:51:00,480 --> 00:51:05,000 Speaker 1: focus on short term gain and they sacrifice long term consequences. 876 00:51:05,719 --> 00:51:09,399 Speaker 1: Casinos have got it figured out, man. They are looking 877 00:51:09,440 --> 00:51:13,920 Speaker 1: at that long play and they are making bank. Oh yes, guys, 878 00:51:13,960 --> 00:51:17,880 Speaker 1: So I'm just saying there are there are very solid 879 00:51:17,920 --> 00:51:20,200 Speaker 1: examples you can point to and say, look, if you 880 00:51:20,280 --> 00:51:24,120 Speaker 1: play plan for the long term, it can really benefit you. 881 00:51:24,320 --> 00:51:28,960 Speaker 1: So anyway, that pretty much um wraps up our discussion. 882 00:51:28,960 --> 00:51:31,400 Speaker 1: If you guys have any suggestions for episodes that we 883 00:51:31,440 --> 00:51:33,960 Speaker 1: should do in the future, topics that you think would 884 00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:36,239 Speaker 1: be really interesting, let us know. You can let us 885 00:51:36,239 --> 00:51:38,680 Speaker 1: know on Facebook or Twitter are handled. There is text 886 00:51:38,719 --> 00:51:42,600 Speaker 1: stuff h s W or send us an email. 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