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But wait! Before you collect that fiver, the machine is offering you a chance to "gamble". If you guess the right way, you could increase that £5 win to £10, £15 and finally the £25 jackpot. The machine has a number reel, with numbers from 1 to 12. On the reel a "10" is showing. Should you go Higher, or Lower?
The answer, of course, is "It makes no difference". The machine has already determined whether you're going to win or lose. If the machine has decided you're going to lose and you choose "Higher", the machine will spin in a number lower than a 10. If you choose "Lower", it'll spin in a higher number. There's absolutely nothing you can do about it. It's not a "gamble" at all. It's fraud, and it's illegal. You're being robbed. Of course, we've all suspected at one
time or another that this is the case. But it was impossible to prove it,
because once you've made your choice and pressed the button, there's no
way of going back in time and seeing what would have happened if you'd
pressed the other button. Until now, that is. CHEATING FRUIT MACHINES - THE PROOF Fruit machines cheat you on practically every spin of the reels. Almost every spin is entirely predetermined - which symbols are going to drop in, whether you're going to be awarded nudges, which numbers the "random" stop will land on, the lot. Ever had two cherries on the win line, not held them, then watched the third one drop in on the next spin and thought, "Damn, if I'd held them I'd have won"? Well, you wouldn't. If you'd held the two cherries, the machine would have dropped in a different symbol. And now we can prove it. |
