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  2. How to Win Millions Playing Slot Machines...or Lose Trying

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    Anyone who plays slots will learn more than they ever knew about the inner workings of the machines, plus they'll be entertained." [2] Southtown Star reviewer Gus Rose lauded the book, stating, "Legato has a special style, at times bordering on complete irreverence. But he covers the ground he has staked out very well, interspersed with asides ...

  3. Gambling mathematics - Wikipedia

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    The mathematics of gambling is a collection of probability applications encountered in games of chance and can get included in game theory.From a mathematical point of view, the games of chance are experiments generating various types of aleatory events, and it is possible to calculate by using the properties of probability on a finite space of possibilities.

  4. Slot machine - Wikipedia

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    A slot machine, fruit machine (British English), poker machine or pokies (Australian English and New Zealand English) is a gambling machine that creates a game of chance for its customers. A slot machine's standard layout features a screen displaying three or more reels that "spin" when the game is activated.

  5. Amusement with prize - Wikipedia

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    The term is particularly used in the United Kingdom, where they are also called fruit machines, and are found in amusement arcades and public houses.. The distinction with slot machines is not clearly defined; in the United Kingdom, such machines found in arcades and pubs are called AWPs, while machines in casinos may instead be called slots.

  6. Multi-armed bandit - Wikipedia

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    A row of slot machines in Las Vegas. In probability theory and machine learning, the multi-armed bandit problem (sometimes called the K-[1] or N-armed bandit problem [2]) is a problem in which a decision maker iteratively selects one of multiple fixed choices (i.e., arms or actions) when the properties of each choice are only partially known at the time of allocation, and may become better ...

  7. Server supported gaming - Wikipedia

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    Server supported gaming (SSG) is a method employed by video lotteries and casinos to operate Video Lottery Terminals (VLTs) and Electronic Gaming Machines (EGMs, commonly referred to as slot machines). An SSG system includes a central system and gaming terminals which connect to the central system.

  8. WMS Gaming - Wikipedia

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    WMS Gaming is a manufacturer of slot machines, video lottery terminals and software to help casinos manage their gaming operations. It also offers online and mobile games. WMS was originally a subsidiary of WMS Industries, which became a wholly owned subsidiary of Scientific Games Corporation in 2

  9. Slot machines by country - Wikipedia

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    These machines also typically use slot reels as entertainment displays. [12] [13] In some regions of the U.S., such as Pennsylvania, a variety of unregulated slot machines marketed as being a game of skill have become common, usually located in restaurants, bars, and convenience stores. They add a basic skill-based mechanic, requiring players ...