Gambling Poker Machine

by Jerry "Jet" Whittaker
Aug 2, 2006

The one arm bandit

Poker machines are a casino gambling game, which are more popularly known as fruit machine and slot machine in America. This machine can be seen in most of the casinos. This machine was introduced in the Casino for the purpose to keep the wives and girlfriends of their gambling husbands entertained. The tactic behind this was that, if the women were occupied than the men would feel free to spend more time in gambling. Since then the Poker machine have gained enormous popularity and according to an estimate about 70% of the average casino’s income come from the slot machines. The major reason of the popularity of poker machine is that it is very easy to play unlike the other casino games. The gambler playing the poker machine does not require memorizing any rules and complicated strategies. Poker machines are also known as the one arm bandit, because of its appearance.

How the Poker Machines work

The working of the poker machines have changes a lot since its invention. In the modern poker machines, you pull the handle or press the button. The electronic chip in the poker machine in the computer records the next three numbers from the random number generator. These three numbers determine the position of three reels in the poker in the screen. It depends upon these numbers, where the reel would stop. In each machine there is a table the number of credits received by a player. The player receives the credit, if the player receives the symbol listed on the pay table. In the older machines the mechanical motor rotated the wheel. Most Poker machines have a different variety of winning combinations of symbols, If a player matches a combination according to the rules of the slot machine, then the gamblers wins the money accordingly.

How to play Poker machines

Any person, who inserts the coin in the slot machine, has a right to play the Poker machines. In some machines a bar-coded paper ticket is used. These machines are activated by means of a lever or button. In the new advanced Poker machines, it is activated by pressing a touch screen on its face. This game does not involve any skills of the gambler. Just pull the lever and wait for the result. The object of this game is to win money from this machine. The best feature of the Poker machine is that you play this game with the help of just one coin. So, the losing gambler does not lose much money.

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