![]() Every time he would put money in, and he was spinning - hitting the bet button and spinning the reels, his hand would be in a satchel.įOUNTAIN: Ron's best guess was that there was something in that satchel that the cheater was using to predict what was about to happen on that slot machine. And Ron says the guy never physically tampered with the machine, but there was something weird about the way he was playing.įLORES: Yeah. So modern slot machines are basically just computers, which is why Ron Flores was so confused when he saw a new scam taking place in his casino in 2014.Īverage looking guy walked in, sat down at a slot machine and just won and won and won. ![]() RON FLORES: Well, it went from fast feeding.įOUNTAIN: Shove quarters into the machine as fast as you can, and it would count wrong.įOUNTAIN: Tie a fishing line to a quarter, drop it in the coin slot.įLORES: And then you would just bounce it.įOUNTAIN: So you're using the same quarter over and over again?įOUNTAIN: Slot machine designers figured out how to counteract all these cheats years ago - limit the number of physical things that can be manipulated. And in those years, he's seen a lot of different slot machine cheats. NICK FOUNTAIN, BYLINE: Ron Flores has worked in casino surveillance for 22 years at Pechanga Casino in Southern California. Nick Fountain from our Planet Money podcast has the story of a crew of slot machine cheaters who figured this out. And two, if you play long enough, you're probably going to lose. There are two things that most of us believe about slot machines. ![]()
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