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Does Stopping the Slot Reels Early Change Your Result?
By John Grochowski on Monday March 5, 2012
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It’s a pretty common feature on modern video slots that once you push the button to start the reels spinning, you can push it again to stop them. You don’t have to wait for them to stop by themselves.
That prompted a question from a reader who usually plays table games.
“I dabble in slots, usually when my wife and I play together,” he wrote. “Does stopping the reels yourself also stop the random number generator?”
I told him that it really makes no difference. Nearly all games remain random when you stop the reels yourself. The random numbers that determine your outcome for that spin have already been set before you stop the reels. Game designers call it “illusion of skill.” You feel like you have control of the game. Your timing in stopping the reels doesn’t really make any difference.
There are a couple of games that involve actual skill in IGT’s Reel Edge series, including Blood Life and Triple Red White and Blue. In those, you touch each reel to stop it individually, and you can
affect the outcome. In theory, a player who was really, really good at making the reels stop on the right symbols could get an edge. In practice, the reels spin extremely fast and the symbols are mostly a blur.
In a Blood Life test, I decided the green 7s stood out enough that I might be able to pick them off. And I did make all three 7s stop in the slot window — but not on the same payline. I have my doubts that anyone could play well enough to get a edge.
On other video slots, but you’re going to get whatever the random number generator says you’re going to get, with or without an early stop.
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When casino’s open back up due to the pandemic. Will they just start up where they left off? Will mega buck start where it left? Or will machines be reset?
rgn runs all the time and doesn’t stop even when machine is turned off. Pars sheets are more important in payback design returns the more played the more it can get closer to the total numbers spins before jackpot is paid, but it might be in the thousands of spins before payback occurs
Its a computer controlled by the state/owner its as crooked as hell ? And is going to take your money in the end…enjoy the bells and whistles ! Cause there not cheap. Snd your paying for them to sing
There are 2 opposing theories out there among seasoned slot players: 1) The machines are controlled by RNG’s and the outcome is preset regardless of anything. 2) It’s a falsehood putting out by the slot manufacturers by design, but you can actually manipulate some of their machines with quick stops and changing denoms in certain playing patterns……depending on the machine. This type of information would be very detrimental to the entire slot industry if true……hence the declaration that RNG’s are the sole determination of a winning spin. I tend to lean toward the 2nd theory since I have been playing slots for over 20 yrs and have personally experienced all the technological changes thru the years to date. I almost forgot the most important theory…….NEVER believe the “experts” if you have tons of experience.