I have read your informative article on how slot machines work and I have a good understanding of the programming behind them. I play a machine in Atlantic city Called 'Reel Detectives'. Whatever! The exact reason for this 'pause' it seems clear the machine is re-initializing or re-loading something. Conversely, I have seen cold machines suddenly start paying more after this hesitation occurs. because it's filled the 'random number table' and is re-initializing it for another round? I have always wondered about these periodic (after maybe around 30-50 pulls) 'hesitations' that slot machines exhibit because my observations are that the pay/take characteristics of a slot machine seem to change between these 'hesitations.'įrequently, I have seen a slot that was in a 'pay cycle' (for lack of better words) go suddenly cold after going through this hesitation. Are you saying that the slot has a 2+ billion-element table that gets filled with all the possible numbers (over time)? Is this why a slot machine will sometimes hesitate (as if it's 'thinking' for a few seconds before allowing you to initiate a play. In 'how slot machines works' you mention that the Random numbers (1 to 2+ billion) are drawn in a cycle to ensure each number is chosen once per cycle.
