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If you would like to understand spinning reel slot machines, video poker and multi-line video slot machines, I can help. Can answer most questions on odds, math, trends, myths and realities related to gaming devices at licensed casinos in the US. I have no winning "systems" to offer. Please limit questions to slot machines in licensed casinos. Please do not ask about table games, or how to fix a machine!
Experience in the area
Work for a major manufacturer of gaming/slot machines, which are sold strictly to licensed casinos.
What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?
I learn something every day. This industry is evolving rapidly. What I learn tomorrow may be something I hadn't even conceived of.
Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:
Remember that machine you played for hours, and didn't hit the jackpot? Just after you got up to leave, someone sat down, and won "your" jackpot. If it makes you feel any better, you probably wouldn't have won it, had you stayed on the machine. It's the absolute split second timing of the spin of the reels, the push of the button, or the acceptance of the coin which determines the outcome.
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Recent Answers from C.J.
2011-12-23 Bally slot percentage:
That will be inside the machine, on the processor board. That's about as technical as I get, because my expertise is more in the slot math. But if you have trouble locating it, the folks at NewLife forum
2011-12-23 Bally slot percentage:
Tony, My expertise is in slot machines for licensed casinos. You have a fairly old slot machine, which operates on eprom chips, rather than the computer hard drives that machines do these days. You need
2011-10-16 Oklahona indian casinos:
Hi Pedro, Because Oklahoma casinos have both Class II and Class III slots, the answer depends upon which machine you are playing. Let's look at Class II first. Class II machines are electronic bingo
2011-08-04 Slot outcome:
Great question..very insightful! Smarter than the average bear, you are...... The answer on the visual results is primarily: no impact based on lines bet or bet made. However, there are a few game themes
2011-05-18 Video slot "reels":
Actually, "true" reel slots, also known as stepper slots, evolved from a visual number of stops years ago. Prior to the Telnaes patent, steppers were constrained to the actual physical number of symbols
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