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Re:How 4000 Physicists Gave a Vegas Casino Its Worst Week (2... by Styn on Monday March 05, 2018 @03:13AM (#16519552)
Some of these machines (at least in europe) are actually required by law to average out to a certain return percentage over a set number of bets. This means they need to compensate for naturally accuring bad streaks. (And good...)
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Re:How 4000 Physicists Gave a Vegas Casino Its Worst Week (2... by joezydeco on Monday March 05, 2018 @10:25AM (#16521595)
You wouldn't see that in most US jurisdictions that have proper gaming laws and review (NV and NJ being the big ones).

The software and underlying math is audited by a third party and verified to produce the desired average result over millions of plays, but cannot adjust the odds dynamically to make sure that percentage is hit.

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Re:How 4000 Physicists Gave a Vegas Casino Its Worst Week (2... by tinus_hn on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @05:18AM (#16527978)
A proper die doesn’t need to compensate to make sure every side is hit the same amount of times.
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