• Can You Predict When A Slot Machine Will Hit

April 4, 2009 by Quantum Publisher
Filed under Mind Stretch

Can you manipulate a slot machine to pay off, or perhaps simply know intuitively what slot machine to play and when? The evidence is YES. For some people it absolutely IS possible to predict which slot machine will pay off, and when to play to hit a winning jackpot.

The Mysterious RNG
At the heart of every casino slot machine is a computer chip called a random number generator (RNG.) The job of the RNG is to simply generate number combinations that show up as the symbols on the payline of the slot machine.

But what few people in the gambling industry know is that RNGs have been used for over 40 years in psychology experiments to test the ability of the human mind to influence random events.

If you want to pick the one machine in a bank of machines that is going to pay you the most from a $100 bankroll — the winner of the horse race, that is — that's impossible. Results on a slot machine are determined at random. There's no way to predict when a machine is going to be generous. 2 things I can promise you if you continue to play slot machines: #1 - You WILL get a 'hot' machine once in a while and walk away a winner. Sometimes you'll even win big. #2 - You WILL LOSE a LOT more money than you ever win, and that includes the occasional big winner.

Helmut Schmidt, a physicist for the Boeing Company Laboratory, created the first RNG for a mind-over-machine experiment back in 1969. His test subjects focused on trying to influence the movement of a circle of lights controlled by a RNG.

Within a decade many other parapsychology researchers were using RNGs in experiments. At Princeton University, test subjects were asked to try to influence RNGs to produce either larger-than-average or smaller-than-average sequences of numbers. The most effective subjects reported feeling a resonance with the computer that involved a loss of awareness of themselves and their surroundings  — a state similar to the focus achieved in deep Alpha-Theta meditation.

The Researchers Concluded that…
Nearly a half-million experimental trials were conducted at Princeton. The results were summarized in a book —Margins Of Reality — by Professors Robert Jahn and Brenda Dunne. The book reported that some people absolutely DO possess a powerful ability to affect (or perhaps predict) random flows of RNG data.

Additional RNG studies were performed at Stanford Research Institute (SRI) in 1986. The SRI researchers concluded that successful test subjects were using intuition (in the form of precognition) to determine the exact moment to press a play button.

Then in 2000 Physics World, an international journal for physicists, published a paper on RNGs that concluded the human mind can sustain the direction of any naturally occurring localized deviations from chance, and could affect the patterns by which the bits are arranged in time.

The Birth of the Slot Machine
During the late 1980’s RNGs were produced commercially by a company in Nevada International Game Technology and immediately became a common feature in Nevada’s slot machines.

No one has done a detailed study of the big slot winners. But the combined RNG research results make a persuasive case that under the right conditions, a person could intuitively identify the most pregnant slot machine to play and feel the right moment to play it for a winning jackpot.

In 1997 one big winner, Sue Henley, went to the New York-New York casino in Las Vegas after feeling a strong intuitive resonance with a particular machine. I gamble when I have a feeling, she explained after hitting a $12 million willing jackpot on the machine. I only play when the hunch or feeling comes up.

Yhe Question of Luck
Virtually everyone has powers of precognition knowing something before it happens and intuition knowing on a deep level that something is so. These human powers are often attributed to luck. But investigations of the brainwave configurations of both lucky and psychic individuals reveal similar unique patterns.

Psychics and healers use their powers to intuit events and initiate a healing response in others. Brain scans of millionaires have revealed al brainwave configuration very similar to psychics and those who hit winning jackpots..

So what is at work here? These people have simply developed a unique brainwave configuration allowing them to focus and tune into the environment on very deep, crystal-clear levels.

Comments

1. I was driving in my car with the radio playing when a commercial came on for a casino exactly when the last three digits of my odometer hit 777. I rarely look at my odometer, so this coincidence seemed uncanny! I immediately drove to that casino and played a five dollar slot machine and hit a “777” jackpot on the first spin. Since then I have honed in on little coincidences, such as spotting a licence plate with 777 on it and then going to the casino and winning again. My advice for anyone wishing to get lucky at slots is to take advantage of these coincidences should they stand out to you.

The world of slot machines and other gaming is full of myths, anecdotes and other little hacks that seem to promise us unlimited wealth.

While it’s important to bust the myths that slot machines are anything but random, or that casino operators can control them, there are theories as to whether or not we can “predict” a slot machine outcome.

Doing away with the “hot and cold” theory

You may have heard the theory that if a slot machine has been played for hours on end with no payout, then it is due a big jackpot soon.

Historically, this may look like the case where players see a big win and then gravitate towards the machine, but realistically, the machine will probably just pay out more because it has had more people feeding into it.

So, is there any way of knowing how a slot machine will hit the jackpot? Strictly speaking, no, but there are other factors that could influence your winnings.

Slot machines are random

This is such an important message to keep telling yourself: slot machines are random!

So if you’ve been playing for hours and are expecting a big win, don’t – the amount of time you have put into gameplay makes no difference.

Thankfully, online slot machines now provide timing counters to let you know just how long you’ve been playing.

Can You Predict When A Slot Machine Will Hit

These are just one of the preventative measures to stop gambling addictions – others have “time out” or “reality check” features to let players know just how long they have been playing.

Whether or not you win the jackpot is totally random. Slot machines use what’s called a random number generator, which is computerised and can either be a hardware random number generator or pseudorandom number generator.

Land-based slot machines tend to favour the former, which uses an external device to generate up to two billion outcomes. This does mean that the luck of the reels cannot be influenced in any way!

Increasing your chances of winning

That said, you can increase your chances of winning if you are willing to gamble a little more. For example, online slots can give you a choice for the number of reels or paylines, so the more flexible you are with this, then the more winning combinations that will appear.

Of course, the harder the winning combination, the bigger the payout! You can also take advantage of bonus features, particularly on online slots, but remember – it is illegal for slot machines to be based on skill, so there’s nothing (legal) you can do to influence the outcomes besides the above.

Generally speaking, it’s wise to remember that the slot machine is always in the casino operator’s favour, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be fun!

Slot machines have a ‘Return to Player’ rate which is usually in the 90% range – this would mean that for every £100 played, you’d win £90.

So it’s up to you how you play, but play safe!