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I don't think you understand what a legally mandated payout rate means. You can have a slot machine that is completely random, yet gives a consistent payout ove

• friend_and_foe 3y ago
  Fixed game odds vs payout odds can be done and be truly random (still not fair, but truly random). The problem with slot machines is they have to pay out a percentage of gross revenue. This means the game has to track how much money has been put into it and adjust the game odds to compensate, not simply count the number of rolls in the game. This cannot be truly random.
  • andy800 3y ago
    Slot machines do not have to pay out a specific percentage of gross revenue, and odds are not adjusted. The result of any individual outcome is random. Slot machines are programmed to theoretically pay out a certain percentage -- but in reality, some pay out a little more or a little less, just like the quarter in your pocket might land on heads 52 times out of 100 flips, or maybe 47. You are positing a situation like, hey, that dealer just dealt that player two blackjacks in a row. Therefore for the next three hands we're going to take all the aces out of the deck to make sure there isn't another blackjack. Obviously this is not how casinos work, neither is a slot machine adjusting its odds to hit a specific payout target. The blackjack game, and the slot machine, don't have to, over the course of millions of wagers they are mathematically certain to get very close to that theoretical target.