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dindonk8 t1_j5ljnm2 wrote

Working almost any job would be more profitable than this.

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najing_ftw t1_j5lm41a wrote

So you’re saying there’s a chance

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7heTexanRebel t1_j5ls1sh wrote

I work in a casino and it's mind-blowing how uninformed most of the clientele are. Everyone seems to have some strategy they think is capable of defeating mathematics.

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7heTexanRebel t1_j5lsdvn wrote

Replying to najing_ftw (#1,457,651)

Casino worker here; most of the people I've talked to that win significant jackpots ($10k+) are still several thousand dollars in the red even after winning. Even if you're winning, if you gamble you lose.

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bstowers t1_j5mdef0 wrote

Maximum Coin Play sounds like the worst band name ever.

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MasterK999 t1_j5ndqtn wrote

I spent a year building slot machines for one of the biggest manufacturers. When a machine is built the very first thing that happens is a build sheet with the serial number plate and the odds sheet. They know what the payout will be before any part of the machine is even built.

Now the thing to know is that not all machines have the same payout. If there are 30 machines in an order most will have very bad payout odds of like 88% (sometimes worse). That means that over 1 million plays the machines will payout 88 cents for every dollar payed. There is literally no way that changes. It is hard coded in a chip on the machine motherboard. So every time somebody does win the odds are literally even worse for the remaining players. They will make 2 or 3 machines with better payout of like 97%. They will then use that to advertise that they have slots "up to" 97%. But unless you saw the odds sheet you would have no way to know which machine is which on the casino floor.

Casinos are for losers. There are only a few games where skill has any part in things and even then you have to be VERY good for it to matter. Otherwise you are paying for entertainment. That is fine but people need to know that and budget accordingly.

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PG-DaMan t1_j5opy5a wrote

Still better odds than most lotteries.

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boonies14 t1_j5osh1z wrote

Replying to brighter_hell (#1,466,690)

I worked in a casino and ate lunch on occasion with the Head of Surveillance. He told me a story of a couple of guys who absolutely had a system for beating some of the slot machines. He had absolutely no clue how they did it.

The two guys were neighbors in Florida, but would act like they didn't know each other in the casino. Sit near each other, not acknowledge each other, that sort of thing. But they would play and win at statistically impossible rates. Switch machines at seemingly random. The machines they would play on would be pulled and checked but they were in perfect working condition.

The security team looked into the two men, and they apparently owned some kind of company that provided gaming supplies to casinos, but nothing to do with slot machines. Real weird stuff.

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