It's not so clear cut. Determining gaffing (i.e. rigging) is not easy.
Repeated trials of statistically significant numbers of hands must
yield similar results which can be considered conclusive. Obviously
machines aren't going to be so blatantly gaffed as to arouse suspicion
by those who aren't even looking. It has to be subtle enough to avoid
detection by regulatory bodies that perform validation of gaming
devices. That's right, I'm specifically referring to pre-deployment
gaffing. At no time have I ever accused any casino of tampering with
machines. Even "toonces" acknowledges the type of gaffing which I had
previously identified as being most likely, namely the reduction of
hand frequencies. If done properly this could easily escape detection
by regulatory bodies and significantly increase the casino's hold. And
if casino management recognizes that their jurisdiction isn't subject
to the same level of scrutiny as Nevada then a unobstructed path
exists from the manufacturer to that casino's floor. It also quite
possible that casinos could be unknowingly deploying illegal
(non-random) gaming devices simply because they assume that the
regulatory bodies that are chartered with validation are doing a
flawless job in detection of any non-compliant devices. As an engineer
who has spent 20 years working on computer firmware I'm familiar with
the issues of placing programs in firmware (i.e. chips such as
EEPROMS). I can tell you without hesitation that unless the validating
lab recreates an EEPROM containing an executable program from source
code and compares it to the manufactured part there is no assurance of
compliance. The lab is effectively limited to black box testing. Is
this cause for alarm? Probably not as the testing can still be quite
rigorous. But if anyone is aware of flaws with the testing methodology
they could take advantage of this to fool the test. In the case of
Nevada I don't worry about this, but for other jurisdictions there
simply is no way to know. My modus operandi has always been "trust but
verify". I'll give the benefit of the doubt, but when the evidence
becomes too difficult to ignore I'll take appropriate steps. You could
continue to play a la "toonces" and base the decision on faith alone
and you'll probably be ok most of the time, but it never hurts to keep
your eyes open for that which is unusual to the point of being suspicious.
--- In vpFREE_Chicago@yahoogroups.com, "Chandler" <omnibibulous1@c...>
wrote:
The day I come to the conclusion that the machine I lost on was
rigged is
···
the last day I darken the door of that particular casino. I won't do
business with anyone that tries to cheat me.Chandler
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From: tooncesthecatwhocoulddriveacar [mailto:tooncestdc@y…]
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 5:03 PM
To: vpFREE_Chicago@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [vpFREE_Chicago] Re: 100 Play RF*
What I can't comprehend are the people that know that the machines
are rigged, yet continue to play them.[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]