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I fail to see what this article "proves".
Yes, fruit machines are fixed. Of course they are, it says so on the front of them!
The average return, over a long term, is 70% This is not, however the return on any particular spin of the reels or gamble, it is the return on if you play, say £100, on average, at the end of it, you will end up with £70.
What this means in actuality is that the machine can go for a long time without paying out then pay out a large amount in one go.
In fact this is exactly what a friend of mine who plays these machines a lot counts on. He visits the arcades or pubs and watches for people who play the machines without any real idea of what they're doing.
When they've finished sticking in their money and losing most of it, he wanders over with a pocket full of pound coins and, generally within a few minutes, he wanders away again with several pockets full of pound coins!
Mostly this is because he's taken time to learn the "tricks", eg some have "skill shot" features where, if you hold down the "cancel hold" button, the skill shot slows right down. On others if it gives three Holds in a row and you don't hold anything it puts in a win.
So the poor sap who has stuck in all his money and lost it got a 0% return, my friend gets a 140% return, but the *average* return is still 70%
Personally I can't be bothered and just keep my money in my pocket for a 100% guaranteed return!!
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