Slot Machines are Just Machines

When people play the slot machines, they like to come up with a variety of excuses as to why they did or did not win while playing. Sometimes they say that the slot machine was “tight” or they had been playing it for awhile so it was going to hit soon. These ideas could not be further from the truth.

The fact of the matter is that each slot machine has what is called a Random Number Generator, or a RNG. This device determines when and/or if a slot machine is going to hit. The RNG sends millions of codes through the machine at any given moment, so it all depends on when you hit the button if you are a winner or not. It does not have anything to do with how long you have been sitting there, it is truly luck.

There are no such things as “hot” or “cold” cycles, a slot machine will hit when it hits. Some people will play a slot machine for a while and then leave it only to see someone else hit it. They think that had they stayed at the slot machine a little longer they would have won. Not true, they would only have won if they pushed the button at the exact same nanosecond that the other guy did.

If they want to change the payout on a slot machine to make it “tighter” one night – they can’t. They gave to submit the paperwork months in advance, it is not something they can do on a whim. The slot machines are programmed to pay out between 83 and 99% most of the time, and whatever they are set at is what they are.

Some people think it has something to do with when they put their coin in, or if they use cold or hot coins – one or the other will “trick” it into paying out. Again, the temperature of the coin has nothing to do with when the slot machine will pay out. It is truly life’s only random act.

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