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Slot Machine Myths

Play with hot/cold coins to win

This myth has a basis for truth in the first models of machines as they worked on the size of stacks of coins in special tubes, so warmer coins would expand slightly more then cooler coins, and this could cause the machine to pay off more. These days the coins are nothing more then tokens that pass through the machine to show it how much credit the player has and then serve no more purpose. The temperature of coins in modern slot machines cannot make any difference to the game at all.

Don’t play a machine that has just paid out as it won’t pay out again

This is very false. Every slot machine decides the position of the reels when the button is pushed and does not make any reference to the history of the last spin or spins. This means that a machine that has just hit a major jackpot has just as much chance of hitting another major jackpot as any other machine.

Casinos can alter the payout percentage at the push of a button

While it is true that payout percentages can be changed on slot machines, they cannot be changed by the push of a button or even by the casino. To change the payout percentage of a slot machine, the main processing chip must be replaced, and this can only be done by the manufactures of that machine. Every chip is noted for the game type, percentage and the machine that they are being used it, so every machine can be tracked and reported back to gaming licensing authorities at any time. This means that casinos cannot change the percentage of slots even if they wanted to.

If I kept on playing that machine I’d have won that jackpot

While this is, in theory, possible, the likelihood of it actually happening are millions to one against. Every spin on a slot machine takes random numbers from the Random Number Generator, which produces millions of numbers every second. The chances of you pressing the button at the exact same millisecond as the other player are ridiculously small. If you could guarantee that you’d have hit that button at the exact same time, then yes you’d have gotten that jackpot. If you were even 1.10,000th of a second out, you would have received something completely different.