Slots Secrets Exposed:
Written by Jeffrey Taylor Jr.
Number of pages 25.
Description: How to hit the Jackpot in less than one day.
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Sittman and Pitt of Brooklyn, New York developed a gambling machine in 1891 that
could be considered a precursor to the modern slot machine. It contained 5 drums
holding a total of 50 card faces and was based on poker. This machine proved
extremely popular and soon there was hardly a bar in the city that didn't have
one or more of the machines bar-side. Players would insert a nickel and pull a
lever, which would spin the drums and the cards they held, the player hoping for
a good poker hand. There was no direct payout mechanism, so a pair of Kings
might get the player a free beer, whereas a Royal Flush could pay out cigars or
drinks, the prizes wholly dependent on what was on offer at the local
establishment. To make the odds better for the house, two cards were typically
removed from the "deck": the Ten of Spades and the Jack of Hearts, which cut the
odds of winning a Royal Flush by half. The drums could also be re-arranged to
further reduce a player's chance of winning.
The first "one-armed bandit" was invented in 1887 by Charles Fey of San
Francisco, California, who devised a much simpler automatic mechanism. Due to
the vast number of possible wins with the original poker card-based game, it
proved practically impossible to come up with a way to make a machine capable of
making an automatic pay-out for all possible winning combinations. Charles Fey
devised a machine with three spinning reels containing a total of five symbols -
horseshoes, diamonds, spades, hearts and a Liberty Bell, which also gave the
machine its name. By replacing ten cards with five symbols and using three reels
instead of five drums, the complexity of reading a win was considerably reduced,
allowing Fey to devise an effective automatic payout mechanism. Three bells in a
row produced the biggest payoff, ten nickels. Liberty Bell was a huge success
and spawned a thriving mechanical gaming device industry. Even when the use of
these gambling devices was banned in his home State after a few years, Fey still
couldn't keep up with demand for the game elsewhere.
Another early machine gave out winnings in the form of fruit flavored chewing
gums with pictures of the flavors as symbols on the reels. The popular cherry
and melon symbols derive from this machine. The "BAR" symbol now common in slot
machines was derived from an early logo of the Bell-Fruit Gum Company. In 1964,
Bally developed the first fully electromechanical slot machine called Money
Honey.
Casino's introduced slot machines as a way to keep the wives and girlfriends of
their gambling husbands entertained. The strategy being, if the women were
occupied than the men would feel free to spend more time gambling. Today, slot
machines account for 70% of all casino revenue making them the most popular
casino game played by both men and women alike. The attraction of instant
jackpots and ease of play are just some of the reasons people are drawn toward
slot machines. Unlike other casino games, slot machines do not require any rules
or complicated strategies to memorize. Even so, few seldom walk away winners.
Increase your chances of improving your odds by first learning how a slot
machine works.
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