3 ms·

A lot of slot machines used to work like that. The outcome appears to be random, but is in fact a big hard coded table determining the outcome depending on curr

A lot of slot machines used to work like that. The outcome appears to be random, but is in fact a big hard coded table determining the outcome depending on current state. If you know the table and are able to determine the state of the machine, it's easy to cheat the game. I remember having read similar stories about slot machines in Germany.

dan000892 8y ago
Rather famously, a Canadian casino in the 90’s had a keno game which was powered down nightly as the casino was only open 18 hours a day. While the game’s RNG was demonstrably random, a critical error was made in its implementation: the seed was stored in ROM. As a result, it repeated the same sequence of numbers following each power cycle. After a patron matched 19/20 numbers in three consecutive games, they took the machine out of service and ultimately paid him the $620k he’d won. Source: https://www.americancasinoguide.com/gambling-stories/costly-casino-mistakes-the-keno-mix-up.html https://www.americancasinoguide.com/gambling-stories/costly-...