paulsy@dell.net (paulsy) wrote in message news:<3fcef27d.15327124@News.CIS.DFN.DE>...
> On 3 Dec 2003 14:10:00 -0800, ladykiller@volcanomail.com (Joe
> LadyKiller) wrote:
>
> >Don't be fooled! Slot machines in casinos are rigged to take commissions
> > on your winnings. I put in $10 in a video poker nickel slot machine, bet
> > max, received a flush and instead of getting $20, I received $19 when
> > I took the credit slip. The machine kept $1 for itself.
>
> I USED to play - REPEAT- used to play slot machines at Skycity Casino
> NZ and lost count of the number of times the machines short changed by
> a coin ($2) when cashing out - I guess they don't expect most people
> to cash out with coins and count them as well. They usually excused
> themselves by blaming the machine mechanisms or whatever, whenever I
> bothered to complain. Pretty damn piss poor to have such shoddily
> maintained machines especially considering the easy & huge profits
> they make from them.
After being played so frequently day and night, machines tend to wear
out but the profits garnered by them for the casino do not.
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