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by John Grochowski
As long as there have been slot machines, there have been myths about how they work.
You can't see random numbers being generated the way you can see dice rolling, cards being dealt or balls landing in wheel slots. So the mind tries to fill the gaps, with varying degrees of accuracies.
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Machines have evolved. So have myths. No one thinks about whether games have heat sensors to tell whether you're using fresh coins or recirculating coins warmed by a game's innards. Slots that still take coins are rare, so the myth of higher payoffs on cold coins has disappeared.
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On the other hand, myths about bonus events and whether results are predetermined have arisen, leaving a mix of old myths and news.
Let's tackle five of the most popular misconceptions some players have about slot machines.
**MYTH #1 : Your winnings in pick'em bonus rounds are predetermined and your choices make no difference.
**FACT: A random number generator sets the possibilities in pick'em rounds, but your choices determine your prize.
Pick'em bonuses are those in which you choose icons to reveal winnings. A classic example is Jackpot Party, where you choose among a grid of gift boxes. As long as you keep picking winners, the round continues. It ends when your pick reveals a party pooper.
The RNG determines where the poopers are placed. Credit awards of different sizes, multipliers and games within the game also are placed in boxes randomly selected.
If a 200-credit prize has been randomly placed in the third box in the top row, then if you pick that box, you win the 200 credits. If a pooper has been placed on the left edge, fourth from the bottom, then touching that box will bring the pooper.
It doesn't matter what boxes you've touched before. I've you've already won 2,000 credits and you touch the 200-credit box, you'll still get that prize. If you've won nothing and touch the pooper … well, sorry.
When the round is over, the prizes in all remaining boxes are revealed. That is typical in pick'em bonuses, and it's important. In U.S. jurisdictions with licensed casinos, all advertised prizes must be available. By showing you the possibilities, the game is telling you all those prizes were available, had you made those picks.
The game sets the possibilities, but results aren't predetermined. Your picks determine your prizes.
In a small minority of games, however, the remaining possibilities are not revealed. In those games, it's possible that your bonus is predetermined, but in most games, your picks matter.
**MYTH #2: Slots make up for comps by paying less when you use player rewards cards.
**FACT: Using your card makes no difference in wins and losses.
William hill casino promo code no deposit fee. When you use your card, information is collected on how much you bet, how many bets you make and your results. That information is used to determine what you get in cash back, free play, meals, room discounts and other perks. It's also used to guide the rewards program in making direct-mail or electronic offers for return visits and to offer invitations to special events and giveaways.
The software that collects your information does not communicate back to the random number generator. The RNG does not know you're using a rewards card at all, let alone what comps you're earning.
All the RNG does is generate random numbers. It works from the same number set regardless of whether you're using a club card, so card use does not affect your results in the slightest.
**MYTH #3: Casino employees can reward favored players with jackpots or make machines go cold for players they don't like.
**FACT: Casino employees have no access to anything that would alter your results on slot play.
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Once the random number generator is up and running, it continuously generates numbers. Those numbers are then mapped onto reel positions. If the random numbers map onto a losing combination, there's nothing a casino employee can do to change that.
Employees can't award jackpots, they can't induce cold streaks, and they can't change results whatsoever. They can provide customer service that can make your day more pleasant – or less pleasant, on a bad day. But they can't make you win or lose.
**MYTH #4: Video slots, as computers, adjust paybacks in ways three-reel slots can't.
**FACT: Three-reel slots are as computerized as video slots. All modern slot machines use random number generators and reel maps to determine your results.
Neither video slots nor three-reel slots make any sorts of adjustments on the fly. The don't go cold if you're winning or heat up if you're losing. The RNG keeps generating random numbers, and the odds of the game will take care of the long-term payback percentage regardless of any short-term streaks.
But video slots and three-reel slots work in very similar ways. The difference is mainly in the display, not in the ability to manipulate results.
**MYTH #5: You're more likely to win a jackpot in a crowded casino.
**FACT: There are more jackpots in crowded casinos because there are more games being played, but the chance of any one player winning is the same regardless of crowd size.
Imagine a casino filled with slot machines that pay their top jackpot an average of once per 10,000 spins. That's a high frequency jackpot that would have to be on the small side, but it will do for an example.
Results are random, so it's possible for the jackpot combination to show up two spins in a row, or not at all for 20,000, 50,000, 100,000 or even more spins.
Let's say on a slow Wednesday morning, 100 people are playing, each playing for 1,000 spins. In all, there are 100,000 spins. With average results for these machines, we could expect about 10 jackpots. Depending on where you are in the casino, you might or might not see a player win big.
On a busy Saturday night, 1,500 people each play 1,000 spins. There are 1.5 million spins, which with average results would yield 150 jackpots. Those 150 jackpots come in the space as the 10 jackpots when there are fewer players and more empty machines, so there's a lot better chance you'll witness a big win or two or three.
With all those big jackpots, the lights and sound effects from the slot machines and the hubbub with slot attendants, supervisors and security guards paying off the big winners, it will feel as though there's a whole lot of winning on the busier night.
But notice that whether the numbers are 10 jackpots for 100 players or 150 jackpots for 1,500 players, it's still an average of one jackpot per 10 players. The notion that there's a better chance to win on busier nights is an illusion.
Real world conditions vary. Not all slots within a casino have the same jackpot frequency, many paying a lot less often than once per 10,000 spins.
- American Original slot machine has several bonuses. The jackpot handpay were coming but could never hit that massive jackpot! ★ MY AMAZON WISHLIST ★ http://a.
- By playing an American style slot machine game you can travel to the small pub somewhere in Ohio or to the loud casino somewhere in Nevada. There are both classic slots with 3 simple reels and typical game symbols and modern video slots with detailed graphics, unique soundtracks, and entertaining bonus rounds.
- All-American Jukeboxes and Slot Machines is all about preserving some of the most iconic and memorable items from vintage Americana. If you own a vintage jukebox or slot machine, you know that they are the centerpiece to any collection.
Machines have evolved. So have myths. No one thinks about whether games have heat sensors to tell whether you're using fresh coins or recirculating coins warmed by a game's innards. Slots that still take coins are rare, so the myth of higher payoffs on cold coins has disappeared.
Native American Slot Machines
On the other hand, myths about bonus events and whether results are predetermined have arisen, leaving a mix of old myths and news.
Let's tackle five of the most popular misconceptions some players have about slot machines.
**MYTH #1 : Your winnings in pick'em bonus rounds are predetermined and your choices make no difference.
**FACT: A random number generator sets the possibilities in pick'em rounds, but your choices determine your prize.
Pick'em bonuses are those in which you choose icons to reveal winnings. A classic example is Jackpot Party, where you choose among a grid of gift boxes. As long as you keep picking winners, the round continues. It ends when your pick reveals a party pooper.
The RNG determines where the poopers are placed. Credit awards of different sizes, multipliers and games within the game also are placed in boxes randomly selected.
If a 200-credit prize has been randomly placed in the third box in the top row, then if you pick that box, you win the 200 credits. If a pooper has been placed on the left edge, fourth from the bottom, then touching that box will bring the pooper.
It doesn't matter what boxes you've touched before. I've you've already won 2,000 credits and you touch the 200-credit box, you'll still get that prize. If you've won nothing and touch the pooper … well, sorry.
When the round is over, the prizes in all remaining boxes are revealed. That is typical in pick'em bonuses, and it's important. In U.S. jurisdictions with licensed casinos, all advertised prizes must be available. By showing you the possibilities, the game is telling you all those prizes were available, had you made those picks.
The game sets the possibilities, but results aren't predetermined. Your picks determine your prizes.
In a small minority of games, however, the remaining possibilities are not revealed. In those games, it's possible that your bonus is predetermined, but in most games, your picks matter.
**MYTH #2: Slots make up for comps by paying less when you use player rewards cards.
**FACT: Using your card makes no difference in wins and losses.
William hill casino promo code no deposit fee. When you use your card, information is collected on how much you bet, how many bets you make and your results. That information is used to determine what you get in cash back, free play, meals, room discounts and other perks. It's also used to guide the rewards program in making direct-mail or electronic offers for return visits and to offer invitations to special events and giveaways.
The software that collects your information does not communicate back to the random number generator. The RNG does not know you're using a rewards card at all, let alone what comps you're earning.
All the RNG does is generate random numbers. It works from the same number set regardless of whether you're using a club card, so card use does not affect your results in the slightest.
**MYTH #3: Casino employees can reward favored players with jackpots or make machines go cold for players they don't like.
**FACT: Casino employees have no access to anything that would alter your results on slot play.
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Once the random number generator is up and running, it continuously generates numbers. Those numbers are then mapped onto reel positions. If the random numbers map onto a losing combination, there's nothing a casino employee can do to change that.
Employees can't award jackpots, they can't induce cold streaks, and they can't change results whatsoever. They can provide customer service that can make your day more pleasant – or less pleasant, on a bad day. But they can't make you win or lose.
**MYTH #4: Video slots, as computers, adjust paybacks in ways three-reel slots can't.
**FACT: Three-reel slots are as computerized as video slots. All modern slot machines use random number generators and reel maps to determine your results.
Neither video slots nor three-reel slots make any sorts of adjustments on the fly. The don't go cold if you're winning or heat up if you're losing. The RNG keeps generating random numbers, and the odds of the game will take care of the long-term payback percentage regardless of any short-term streaks.
But video slots and three-reel slots work in very similar ways. The difference is mainly in the display, not in the ability to manipulate results.
**MYTH #5: You're more likely to win a jackpot in a crowded casino.
**FACT: There are more jackpots in crowded casinos because there are more games being played, but the chance of any one player winning is the same regardless of crowd size.
Imagine a casino filled with slot machines that pay their top jackpot an average of once per 10,000 spins. That's a high frequency jackpot that would have to be on the small side, but it will do for an example.
Results are random, so it's possible for the jackpot combination to show up two spins in a row, or not at all for 20,000, 50,000, 100,000 or even more spins.
Let's say on a slow Wednesday morning, 100 people are playing, each playing for 1,000 spins. In all, there are 100,000 spins. With average results for these machines, we could expect about 10 jackpots. Depending on where you are in the casino, you might or might not see a player win big.
On a busy Saturday night, 1,500 people each play 1,000 spins. There are 1.5 million spins, which with average results would yield 150 jackpots. Those 150 jackpots come in the space as the 10 jackpots when there are fewer players and more empty machines, so there's a lot better chance you'll witness a big win or two or three.
With all those big jackpots, the lights and sound effects from the slot machines and the hubbub with slot attendants, supervisors and security guards paying off the big winners, it will feel as though there's a whole lot of winning on the busier night.
But notice that whether the numbers are 10 jackpots for 100 players or 150 jackpots for 1,500 players, it's still an average of one jackpot per 10 players. The notion that there's a better chance to win on busier nights is an illusion.
Real world conditions vary. Not all slots within a casino have the same jackpot frequency, many paying a lot less often than once per 10,000 spins.
But the principle remains the same. There are more jackpots on crowded nights, but the individual players' chances remain the same regardless of crowd size.
John Grochowski has been covering casinos and casino games for nearly 40 years. He is the author of six books
and his work appears in newspapers, magazines and websites around the world.
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| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Casino games |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1958 |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Bernard Shapiro |
| Parent | Century Gaming |
| Website | unitedcoin.com |
United Coin Machine Co. is an American slot route operator based in Paradise, Nevada. It operates slot machines in locations such as bars, convenience stores, and grocery stores. It is owned by Century Gaming, a Montana-based slot route operator. For many years, United Coin was the largest slot route operator in Nevada.
History[edit]
United Coin was founded in 1958.[1] Bernard Shapiro, who had owned a coin machine business in Northern California, and a small stake in the Royal Nevada casino, started the company after the Royal Nevada went out of business.[2]
Advanced Patent Technology purchased the company in 1979.[3]
In 1980, Advanced Patent reached an agreement to sell United Coin to Bristol Silver Mines Co. for $13 million in cash and stock.[4] Advanced Patent withdrew from the offer three months later, though, saying that United Coin was now 'more desirable'.[5]
In 2000, United Coin's parent, now known as Alliance Gaming, agreed to sell the company for $112 million in cash plus $6 million in preferred stock to gaming developers Michael Luzich and Daniel Kehl.[6] Alliance canceled the deal a year later due to increased profits at United Coin.[7]
In 2004, Century Gaming bought United Coin for $100 million cash plus $5 million in assumed debt.[8] Key west poker run november 2018.
The company sold off its operations in Northern Nevada to another slot route operator in 2013, but then returned to the region in 2015, placing machines at a chain of sports bars.[9]
In July 2014, the company dropped the United Coin name and rebranded its operations in Nevada and Montana as Century Gaming Technologies.[10]
References[edit]
- ^Liz Benston (July 3, 2003). 'New owner to retain United Coin employees'. Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
- ^Tex Maule (April 29, 1963). 'Players are not just people'. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
- ^Robert Metz (September 3, 1980). 'Advanced Patent's future'. New York Times. – via Factiva (subscription required)
- ^'Advanced Patent says Bristol Silver Mines gets option for a unit'. Wall Street Journal. April 4, 1980. ProQuest134383954. – via ProQuest (subscription required)
- ^'Advanced Patent says SEC seeks information on stock sales'. Dow Jones News Service. July 2, 1980. – via Factiva (subscription required)
- ^'Las Vegas-based slot route operation sold for $118 million'. Las Vegas Sun. July 10, 2000. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
- ^David Strow (June 26, 2001). 'Financial turnaround prompts cancellation of slot route deal'. Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
- ^Kevin Rademacher (July 1, 2004). 'Shake-up under way at Alliance'. Las Vegas Sun. – via Factiva (subscription required)
- ^Howard Stutz (March 3, 2015). 'Century Gaming wary of proposed new slot machine tax'. Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
- ^Howard Stutz (July 14, 2014). 'United Coin Machine changes name to Century Gaming Technologies'. Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
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