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Re:Russians Engineer a Slot Machine Cheat that Casinos Can't... by cardiffspaceman on Monday February 06, 2017 @12:33PM (#13581790)
The games are supposed to be "random" but the payout rules make the difference. In craps you get even money from bets on the pass line. But the chance you'll win such a bet is about 47% IIRC, not 50%. If you look around the craps table you'll see that the bet payouts don't match the odds of winning, and that's the vigorish for the house.

When casinos host Texas Hold'em, they simply collect a vigorish from the pot. The casino is not otherwise involved in the poker hands.

Re:Russians Engineer a Slot Machine Cheat that Casinos Can't... by crusso on Monday February 06, 2017 @02:17PM (#13582894)
I'm not disputing your accepted meaning of random. I actually was trying to make common ground with the poster to whom I was responding who was using "random" in a non-standard way.
Re:Russians Engineer a Slot Machine Cheat that Casinos Can't... by huac on Monday February 06, 2017 @05:10PM (#13584723)
Never take the hard way!