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Of course, there are the standard 3 - 5 reel slot machines, of various types. These are
the typical "one-armed bandits".
Larger casinos offer slot machines with denominations from $.01 (penny slots) all the
way up to $100.00 a pull.
It is a common belief that the odds on a machine have something to do with the
number of each kind of symbol on each reel, but this is not the case. Modern slot machines
are computerized, so that the odds are whatever they are programmed to be. For instance, if
the jackpot combination is "7-7-7", slot machine owners can fool/tease people by making
"7-7-(non-7)" come up frequently. Even if the machine uses real wheels, the symbols shown
by the wheels are chosen by computer. Slot machines are typically programmed to pay out
around 82-94% of the money that goes into them as winnings. This can often be changed by
the owner with the aid of DIP switches on the motherboard. The winning patterns on slot
machines, the amounts they pay, and the frequency at which they appear are carefully
selected to yield a certain percentage of the cost of play to the "house" (the operator of the
slot machine), while returning the rest to the player during play. Often machines are linked
together in a way that allows a group of machines to offer a particularly large prize, or
"jackpot".
In the United States, the public and private availability of slot machines is highly
regulated by state governments.
Text 6. Blackjack
Blackjack, also known as vingt-et-un, or twenty-one, is one of the most popular
casino card games in the world. Much of its popularity is due to the mix of chance with
elements of skill and decision making, and the publicity that s urrounds the practice of card
counting, in which players can turn the odds of the game in their favor by making betting
and strategy decisions based on the cards that have been dealt. Officially, casinos strongly
frown upon card counting. However, becaus e card counting is a difficult s kill to master and
few players are successful at it, unofficially casinos are happy to have the public believe that
there is one casino game in which money can be earned over a long period of time. (Players
lose money while they are learning the technique and in the event that they eventually
become good enough to consistently beat the house, they will inevitably be banned.)
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