Slot machines on cruise ships?
 

I read something that slot machine manufacturers are designing slot machines
that operate faster than land casinos. This is so people can make more bets
which increase the coin-in through the machines and therefore increase the
take. I wonder if this is just common to cruise ships, or if it is being
done industry wide.

--
Tom Smith
"The future is whatever you make it, so make it a good one!"

Slot machines on cruise ships?
 

"Thomas Smith" -NO-SPAM wrote in message
...
I read something that slot machine manufacturers are designing slot
machines
that operate faster than land casinos. This is so people can make more
bets
which increase the coin-in through the machines and therefore increase the
take. I wonder if this is just common to cruise ships, or if it is being
done industry wide.

It must be true, Thomas, as my money goes faster in casinos on ships than it
does in Las Vegas!

--Jean ;-)

Slot machines on cruise ships?
 

That might also be because the slots on ships are tighter (have a lower
pay out percentage) than land based casinos.

It would not be hard to make the slot machines faster. You could reduce
the time that the reels spin. The spinning reels are only for show. You
could remove them and the machine would continue to function. Once you
press the spin reels button or pull the lever, the outcome is determined.



I read something that slot machine manufacturers are designing slot machines
that operate faster than land casinos. This is so people can make more bets
which increase the coin-in through the machines and therefore increase the
take. I wonder if this is just common to cruise ships, or if it is being
done industry wide.

--
Tom Smith
"The future is whatever you make it, so make it a good one!"

Slot machines on cruise ships?
 

In article LsJ7c.64124$SR1.107508@attbi_s04, Odysseus wrote:

It would not be hard to make the slot machines faster. You could reduce
the time that the reels spin. The spinning reels are only for show. You
could remove them and the machine would continue to function. Once you
press the spin reels button or pull the lever, the outcome is determined.


In most slots your fate is determined when you put the first coin in.

--
Addendumb: What lawyers add to contracts to mess up a perfectly
good working relationship with an editor. (stolen from Dan Ferber on
nasw-freelance list)

Slot machines on cruise ships?
 

It wouldn't if you didn't bet it.

--Tom

"Jean O'Boyle" wrote in message
m...

"Thomas Smith" -NO-SPAM wrote in message
...
I read something that slot machine manufacturers are designing slot
machines
that operate faster than land casinos. This is so people can make more
bets
which increase the coin-in through the machines and therefore increase
the
take. I wonder if this is just common to cruise ships, or if it is
being
done industry wide.

It must be true, Thomas, as my money goes faster in casinos on ships than
it
does in Las Vegas!

--Jean ;-)

Slot machines on cruise ships?
 

"Tom & Linda" wrote in message
et...
It wouldn't if you didn't bet it.

Now, Tom, that would be like asking you NOT to eat chocolate croissants when
you cruise!

--Jean ;-)

Slot machines on cruise ships?
 

In article k.net, says...


In article LsJ7c.64124$SR1.107508@attbi_s04, Odysseus wrote:

It would not be hard to make the slot machines faster. You could reduce
the time that the reels spin. The spinning reels are only for show. You
could remove them and the machine would continue to function. Once you
press the spin reels button or pull the lever, the outcome is determined.


In most slots your fate is determined when you put the first coin in.


There is a random number generator in the slot machine spitting out hundreds
of numbers a second. It is running constantly whether or not anybody is
playing the machine. When a player pulls the lever on the machine (or
pushes the button), the internal computer records the next few random
numbers and runs them through an algorithm to determine the payout (if any).
After that the random number generator keeps on running until the next time
the lever is pulled (or button pushed).

http://entertainment.howstuffworks.c...t-machine3.htm

If you walk away from a machine and the next player get a jackpot, he did
not get your jackpot. Unless you would have played the machine at the exact
millisecond as him, you would not have gotten that jackpot.

http://www.thegamblersedge.com/slots/slotmyths.htm


Before anybody says anything, I know that the computer inside a slot machine
does not generate a true random number.

Slot machines on cruise ships?
 

I think these posts are accurate. I think they rigged the wheels to stop
spinning sooner so you can bet faster.

Tom Smith

"Odysseus" wrote in message news:wFO7c.61988$Cb.952566@attbi_s51...
In article k.net,
says...


In article LsJ7c.64124$SR1.107508@attbi_s04, Odysseus wrote:

It would not be hard to make the slot machines faster. You could reduce
the time that the reels spin. The spinning reels are only for show.
You
could remove them and the machine would continue to function. Once you
press the spin reels button or pull the lever, the outcome is
determined.


In most slots your fate is determined when you put the first coin in.


There is a random number generator in the slot machine spitting out
hundreds
of numbers a second. It is running constantly whether or not anybody is
playing the machine. When a player pulls the lever on the machine (or
pushes the button), the internal computer records the next few random
numbers and runs them through an algorithm to determine the payout (if
any).
After that the random number generator keeps on running until the next
time
the lever is pulled (or button pushed).

http://entertainment.howstuffworks.c...t-machine3.htm

If you walk away from a machine and the next player get a jackpot, he did
not get your jackpot. Unless you would have played the machine at the
exact
millisecond as him, you would not have gotten that jackpot.

http://www.thegamblersedge.com/slots/slotmyths.htm


Before anybody says anything, I know that the computer inside a slot
machine
does not generate a true random number.

Slot machines on cruise ships?
 

From: "Thomas Smith" -NO-SPAM

I read something that slot machine manufacturers are designing slot machines
that operate faster than land casinos.

I bet that's wrong ...

Be seeing you
In the Village
Number 6

Slot machines on cruise ships?
 

"Tom & Linda" wrote in message
et...
It wouldn't if you didn't bet it.

Guess what, Tom?? My daughter came back from Las Vegas last week after
winning $3000. She won $500, put back $50.
Then she put four $1. bills in a dollar machine and won $2500. That's better
than her mom has ever done in one day!

--Jean ;-)