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Slot Machine Urban Legends
Like any game in the casino, winning in the slot machine is entirely by good fortune. Still, tall tales are spread about casino games like the Slot Machine. Watch out for these urban legends.
There are talks that in a casino, you should find out which slot machine has never hit any jackpot before. This slot machine is bound to strike big prize soon and you just might be the next millionaire! This myth is certainly just a myth. This is no grain of truth to this story. Slot machines are controlled by microchips called Random Number Generators (RNG). For a 20 symbol slot wheel, there are about 16 million combinations! There is no telling when the slot machine will hit jackpot!
Some slot players also say that some casinos rig their slot machines. They could either tighten or loosen their slot machines so that no player could ever hit jackpot. This is totally untrue. It is the RNG which control the outcome of each play and never the tightness and or looseness of the slot machine. Furthermore, the Casino Control Commission requires a lot of paper work from casino establishments if they would modify a slot machine after it has been delivered by its manufacturer. It would be too much of a hassle for a casino to alter their machines. Especially if it has no effect on the outcome of the hit of the slot machine, anyway.
"Had I stayed longer, it would have been my jackpot," one slot player related. This is a common misconception some slot players have when they leave a machine and then the next person who used the slot machine wins the jackpot. Again, this is baseless. The RNG works in a way that in every passing second, the slot machine changes combinations. Whether you stayed on to play on the same slot machine, this is no guarantee that would hit the jackpot like the other person did.
For slot machines that require no coins, it is false to say that the jackpot is lessened when you use cards. Using your cards may even prove beneficial; most casinos give discounts, bonuses, and other incentives to faithful card-users. The RNG microchip does not care whether you use your card or the coin.
Also, some slot players have a weird practice of heating their coins or dipping it in ice-cold water before putting it in the slot. The coin's temperature does not affect the combinations generated by the RNG.
