Do The Casinos Cheat At Video Games Part4
Frank: You mean, the shuffle isn't actually random?
Dr. Schneider: Remember that there isn't actually a shuffle, just random numbers generated from a random number program that simulates what a shuffle would be. If there is a flaw in the random-number program, you might get a shadow effect—thus, the straight sequence has the discard card shadowed with a like card. That shadow effect could be involved with all the cards in a sequence. Maybe behind each one is a like card. It wasn't done on purpose, it's just a design flaw.
Frank: What if it's a serial deal, and not a parallel deal, as many of the newer machines are supposed to be? The sixth card off the top of the deck is the first card given for the first discard, second card off the top of the deck is given for the second discard and so forth? Just like regular dealer would do in a real card game.
Dr. Schneider: Just as a slight-of-hand artist would do with a real deck, a programmer could do with the program. This could be even more sophisticated than anything found on a parallel program. The program could wait to see what the player discarded and then always give a bad card—any bad card in a seemingly arbitrary way. No one would know the difference. No seeming pattern. Just bad draws. Say you had two jacks but simultaneously four cards to a royal flush. Also say the player opted to keep the two jacks and not go for the royal—the dealer would not give him a third jack or any other pair. This could be devastating. The player would just know he was losing an awful lot. Even bad players could get hurt more than normal.
Frank: That's a problem right there. Losing a lot wouldn't affect many players since they are used to losing a lot— they expect it. This could be going on and except for a few sharp players, no one would even sense it. In video poker, you tend to lose more sessions than win to begin with—even for expert players. But experts can keep the losses to the minimum and come roaring back when the big hands and sessions make their appearance.
Dr. Schneider: You think the natural tendencies of gamblers would play into a scheming programmer or casino?
Frank: Yes. The big hands just don't show up, or show up much less than they should. Who would know?
Dr. Schneider: I just don't see the casinos doing this because they don't have to do it. They structure the games and order the type of programs they want. If a casino wants to offer a good video game, it can; if it wants to offer a bad video game, it can. Why cheat?
Frank: Because competition is fierce. Because they want all the players to play in their places and not the competition's places and that means they even want good players to play in their places. But to take the good player's money, the casinos have to finagle a little. That would be reason to cheat. The good players will only play the best machines and the good players know exactly what these machines are.
They won't play an inferior-paying machine. So lure the good players in with supposedly full-pay machines and cheat them so your casino can compete with the other casinos. It's cut-throat competition. That's the motivation to cheat. The more casinos—the more cheating, not the less cheating. Offer seemingly great paying machines but rig them.
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