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By "Can't fix", they mean "could fix by putting in new slot machines whose PRNGs aren't crackable, but choose not to because it wouldn't be cost effective". Wh

By "Can't fix", they mean "could fix by putting in new slot machines whose PRNGs aren't crackable, but choose not to because it wouldn't be cost effective". Why don't slot machines use true random numbers? They could still skew the results however they like.

imaginenore 10y ago
why can't they simply update the firmware? A secure PRNG can be made trivially.
- Scuds 10y ago
  sure it can. Now, implement it on a system from 2008 whose source and tooling has been scattered to the winds.
  - xorblurb 10y ago
    tons of people are working on video game console emulators, and that kind of people could do that easily...