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<blockquote data-quote="Baron Rubik" data-source="post: 161525" data-attributes="member: 2280"><p>Hmmm - not true. </p><p>I don't play the slots anymore, but as teenager in the early 90's (dressed in my best grunge) a few of us used to ride the trains to Blackpool, where they'd play SFII, and I'd play Pinball. </p><p>With very limited budgets though we quickly learned to exploit the slots to fund our gaming addictions. </p><p>This wouldn't make you a millionaire, but you could play Pinball all day and get a burger out of it too. </p><p></p><p>Our exploit was Naughts and Crosses machines. Upon entering any arcade (and there were dozens of arcades there) you would immediately walk along the lines of slots. There were 2 types of OXO slot back then, a new and an old type. The old style was the one you wanted. </p><p>You were specifically looking for ones left in certain state by the previous player which would give you holds on the first coin. There was then a sequence of holding reels then pressing cancel hold, and then spin which gave a win each time. £0.10 in equaled £1.00 out every time. And there were hundreds of these machines in Blackpool at the time. </p><p>In summary - these machines are not random, they are programmed, and programmed to exploit the vulnerable or less bright. Some times though they aren't programmed very well. </p><p></p><p>Ah - the good old days. Simple and carefree. </p><p>Nowadays I have to drive a CAD computer for 8 grinding hours a day, only to hand half the money earned back to the government so that they can afford to import yet more immigrants who aren't prepared to work - Great! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Baron Rubik, post: 161525, member: 2280"] Hmmm - not true. I don't play the slots anymore, but as teenager in the early 90's (dressed in my best grunge) a few of us used to ride the trains to Blackpool, where they'd play SFII, and I'd play Pinball. With very limited budgets though we quickly learned to exploit the slots to fund our gaming addictions. This wouldn't make you a millionaire, but you could play Pinball all day and get a burger out of it too. Our exploit was Naughts and Crosses machines. Upon entering any arcade (and there were dozens of arcades there) you would immediately walk along the lines of slots. There were 2 types of OXO slot back then, a new and an old type. The old style was the one you wanted. You were specifically looking for ones left in certain state by the previous player which would give you holds on the first coin. There was then a sequence of holding reels then pressing cancel hold, and then spin which gave a win each time. £0.10 in equaled £1.00 out every time. And there were hundreds of these machines in Blackpool at the time. In summary - these machines are not random, they are programmed, and programmed to exploit the vulnerable or less bright. Some times though they aren't programmed very well. Ah - the good old days. Simple and carefree. Nowadays I have to drive a CAD computer for 8 grinding hours a day, only to hand half the money earned back to the government so that they can afford to import yet more immigrants who aren't prepared to work - Great! :-) [/QUOTE]
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