Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] so who took the Eagles for the points?

[Vern Green <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I cannot bring myself to play slots. I understand they have laws that
require them to work randomly, but the fact they are all computerized
now just worries me about the ability for the house to cheat. I know
they can change the odds of payout on them. Slots are sucker bets,
even if they are "honest" they are the lowest payout game on the
floor.


On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 13:22:49 -0600 (CST), Mike Miller
<EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, Michael wrote:
> 
> > Sorry, I don't really know. I don't gamble. I know that is probably
> > wrong given that I live in Las Vegas. The most I've done is a couple
> > dollars in the penny slot machines.. mostly towards the end of getting a
> > feel for how they work so I can make a Linux based alternative.
> 
> They have penny slots?  I played some nickel slots but I didn't even know
> they started that low.  Of course, their brilliant scheme is to get you
> addicted on pennies so that you move up to nickels and then to quarters.
> Once you're on the quarter slots, they'll take you for everything you've
> got.  Don't you love those signs in Vegas - "We pay cash for the shirt off
> your back," er maybe it was "for your car."
> 
> Last time I was there, they had sleazy Bob Eubanks out on the street
> hawking the latest one-armed bandit:
> 
> http://taxa.epi.umn.edu/~mbmiller/pics/200305_Utah/20030504_Las_Vegas/P1010062.html
> http://taxa.epi.umn.edu/~mbmiller/pics/200305_Utah/20030504_Las_Vegas/P1010064.html
> 
> Mike
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