Some People Still Believe The Slot Myths

I was attending a party last weekend and as I was mingling with the crowd I approached a group of people who were discussing our local casino. I did not know any of the group so I chose just to stand and listen for awhile. One fellow was telling the group about his recent win playing the slots and he said he had a system for winning. This got me curious because I know there are no systems that you can use to beat the slots.

He proceeded to tell the group that he never uses a player's club card when he plays because this affects the payouts of the machines. One of the women in the group agreed and said she never wins when she has her card in the machine. At his point I joined the conversation and asked if they thought about how much free money they were losing in comps by not using their player's card.

I then introduced myself and told them I was the About.com to casino gambling and that it was a myth that the machines pay better if you don't use your card. I then went on to explain how a slot machine operates and the fact that the card reader is not connected to the random number generator that picks the winning combinations.

I would like to say that he accepted my explanation but this was not the case. He went on to argue his point that he was correct. Instead of arguing with someone whose mind is not going to be changed, I walked away to find another group to converse with. For more information about Slot machine myths and how they operate take a look at the following articles.

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