The Twilight Zone

[Bent Copper]

Admin: Get rid of this idiot.

[alsports2000]

You know what? I am not going to stoop down to your level shit head and don't you understand English?? Don't answer or view any of my posts stupid. What part of NO don't you understand???? Get a job, go play with yourself, just don't bother my again retard.

[JC]

Greetings! I've just returned home from the pub, and have found I've spent all my money. There's not much else to do around here, so I tend to do this on a regular basis - and the pub's raking it in!
Can anyone help me get my money back (or is it just my own stupid fault for spending it all in the first place)?
I'm prepared to stoop to any level, legal or otherwise. If you are not sympathetic to my concerns, then don't read this. And don't reply either, or I shall get really abusive.

[badpenny]

Dear JC, how is your candy ass? I have been formally selected by no one (as per the rules of this forum) to keep my business out of your business, my dog does his business in the compost heap, so keep clear of there as well!
If you don't think I'll like your response to the question I'm about to answer then I've told you before don't bother my again ..... my what again? I don't really know you retard.
Personally I don't mind crack pots, they can smoke what the hell they like so long as they don't come on this forum afterwards. Very often they are merely living evidence that not too long ago "someone in the family knew someone in the family" perhaps not very well, just intimately.

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[pennymachines]

I've split and moved this topic because it had little relevance to the original "MAKE YOUR OWN SLOT MACHINE" post and forum.

As mentioned before, I delete posts that are unlikely to be of interest to anyone here and ban spammers but otherwise favour free speech.
Insults and abuse will be tolerated under our "everybody has a right to make themselves look silly" policy although the bad language filter will occasionally kick in.
As for banning idiots - life would be so dull.

I don't think we have machines quite like the LIFE OF LUXURY in the UK so, unless one of our US visitors speak up, I doubt we'll hear a more precise account of the mechanism than markymark's. There are many books available claiming to contain formulas for beating and cheating modern slots and a variety of tools and gadgets too. I suspect these are really formulas for parting the gullible from even more of their cash, although I don't speak from experience. The modern machines have the benefit of many years' development against numerous player/cheat strategies and their electronics allow them to monitor and report any payout anomalies. Arcades also employ surveillance cameras.

There's a noble tradition of trying to cheat the slots. I'm sure I'm not alone here in admiring those who succeed. After all, the operators have an equally long tradition of trying to cheat the punters by fair means and foul. Modern gambling machines are masters of deception. They entertain by deluding players into believing they have a reasonable chance of coming out on top. The problem is the operators have the law on their side and it takes a very clever person to find a successful ruse without getting caught. Ingenious individuals do keep finding new wheezes but by the time they publish their secrets you can bet the operators already got wise.

I think there's a consensus here that the best way to profit from gambling machines is to enjoy them or own them.

[markymark]

I only intended to explain how these modern slots work electronically, and to enlighten collectors of old slots who may not have known exactly how they operate. I didn't explain things to encourage "hacking" a machine.
However, your suggestions regarding mirrors, lasers, magnets would not increase your odds. The gadgets you describe are only suitable for people who have access to the circuitry inside. As a personal bit of advice, I would find another way of making money away from the area of slot machines.
As to your view about these establishments, yes they do make money, but then doesn't all forms of gambling. We take our chance when we play - sometimes we're winners sometimes losers, but that's life.
You sound like you have fun playing these machines, why not just enjoy the thrill of playing.
Best Wishes mate.

[pennymachines]

[operator bell]

That's a pretty cool Twilight Zone, Pennymachines! My wife thanks you, and I have been instructed to download and assemble the three parts into one for her. I must say, if I could find a machine that paid a 10,000 jackpot at 8000:1 odds I'd have played it all weekend too.

That's a studio setup, not a real casino. What an interesting collection of machines - I wonder where they got them. The rarest and most interesting was the AC Novelty "Multibell" to the left of the demon machine. I've never seen one of those in any movie before.



(Image borrowed from oldslots.com)

[pennymachines]

Yes I clocked that juicy Multibell. That's the one I'd be playing.
Thanks go to Coin-op for finding this. My brother gave me the full set of Twilight Zone DVDs for Christmas.
Here's another one about a man who becomes superstitious slave to a fortune-telling napkin dispenser!