Slot machines are electronic components and like many other electronic components players worry that their frequencies can be hacked or jammed. This can either make them pay more frequently or not at all. If you’re a regular slot machine player who has never hit the jackpot, you will most likely want to know if it is possible to manipulate your slot machine to your advantage. In the past, it was relatively easy to manipulate the slot machines to increase your edge over the house’s edge. You see normally, all slot machine games are all rigged to give the house an edge. With each spin, you only have 50% of either winning or losing. Eventually, thanks to technological advancement, slot machines were created to make it difficult for anyone to manipulate them with phones. Even if you have a way to cheat the casino with your phone, most major casinos don’t allow people to bring their phones to the casino.
How to Manipulate Slot Machines With Your Phone?
The earliest method of cheating a slot machine with a cell phone was to place it near the slot machine before it starts spinning. Some people even believed that they could make a slot machine act out by simply rubbing their phones around it during a spin. The logic was that the signals emitted from the cell phones can affect the slot machine, and maybe let you hit the jackpot. It is because of rumors like these that slot machine manufacturers started to take precautions against cell phone signals. The most common way to manipulate a slot machine with a cell phone is to reverse engineer the Random Number Generator Cycles.
Every slot machine is based on a Random Number Generator. As the name implies, this means that the result of every game is completely random. The first game cannot influence the second, third, and other subsequent games. For older machines, Random Number Generators can be reverse-engineered in such a way that mathematically inclined players can predict the outcome of the game. They can do this by studying the Random Number Generator Cycles. A team of scamsters was able to use this method to determine which number will be chosen next while the reels were still spinning. This allowed them to determine when a winning combination will appear on the slot.
For the plan to work initially, the scammers needed computing power to study the cycle and reach out to other players. After mobile phones were invented, things became easier. The players were able to send a live feed of ongoing slot games to others outside the casino. The person outside will use a computer to determine when the next winning combination will come. The player in the casino will put money on the slot and win the game. The scamsters continued using this method for a long time before the casinos and the slot machine manufacturers discovered this smart trick. It was one of the reasons why casinos placed a ban on phones and other electronic devices. They also increased security significantly employing more people to be on the lookout for possible scammers in the casino. After one warning, you’ll be banned from using the casino if you keep taking videos in the casino.
Other Ways to Trick Slots Machines
Tricking the Payout Sensor
Every slot machine has a payout sensor that is used to trigger the jackpot when you hit the winning combination. You can manipulate this sensor by flashing a light wand on it. This method of cheating slot machines was invented by the Godfather of slot machine cheats, Glenn Carmichael. He developed the light wand which shines brightly enough to blind the sensors and the hopper will pay you without realizing it. Carmichael was making over $10,000 daily using this light wand method which included a miniaturized lightbulb and a camera battery. Keep in mind that you need access to the inner workings of a slot machine for this method to work. Carmichael had an agreement with casino workers so he was able to rig the machines he used. If you want to use this method, you need to make a similar arrangement. However, you’ll need to be extremely careful to avoid getting caught. Carmichael became extremely greedy and continued to use this method to hit jackpots. In 1996, he was caught trying to deploy a lightbulb into a slot machine. He fled from the feds and was caught again in 1998 in Las Vegas. This time, there was nowhere to run and he was forced to give back every penny he stole during his slot escapades. He also had to go to prison for one year and probation for a long time after that.
Rigging the Machine With Computers
Another way you can trick a slot machine into paying you is by rigging the machine so you get instant jackpots. This method was invented by Dennis Nikrasch in 1996. The former locksmith hacked the slot machines with a computer to trick the layout sensors. At the same time, the surveillance cameras were covered with a blocker so he would not be spotted. He broke into the slot machine and manipulated the Random Number Generator. After manipulating it, he continued to play with the blocker on allowing him to eventually hit the jackpot. Using this method, Nikrasch became $6 million richer before he was caught and sent to serve seven years in prison. Using this method might be difficult because there is no record of Nikrasch giving anyone the secret before he died.
Using Counterfeit Bills
This is one of the oldest methods of tricking slot machines and it has become more difficult with recent slot machines. It primarily works with vintage slot machines. The method was first used by Louis Colavecchio who was popularly known as Louis The Coin Colavecchio. He used steel which he got from mint printing presses in the United States to trick slot machines into offering free spins. After he was caught, he had to return all the money had stolen and was sent to prison for seven years. Spending seven years in prison didn’t reform Colavecchio in any way. When he was released slot machines had progressed from using coins alone to using vouchers and dollar bills. Colavecchio proceeded to make counterfeit $100 bills to trick slot machines once again. He was caught again and arrested in 2018.
Getting Free Spins From Other Players
A more common way of cheating slot machines is by getting free spins of the money of previous players. All you have to do is watch others while they play to see if any of them will leave the casino with some money left in the machine. With high denomination wagers available, people are entitled to multiple spins at the same time but not all of them have the time to finish the spins before they leave. You can look for someone like this and use the remaining spins without spending your money. Keep in mind that casinos consider these leftover coins as their money. So, if you are caught using people’s leftovers, you will be charged as a criminal no matter how much you use. In 2017 alone, Colorado convicted more than 1000 people for this crime in Casinos across the state.
Bottom line
All these methods of cheating slot machines are risky so be prepared for anything. If you are willing to take the risk, you should be willing to pay the price if you get caught. Try not to use any of these methods in casinos with heavy surveillance. If you’re fortunate enough to cheat a slot machine successfully either with a phone, computer, or any other method, try not to win too frequently or visit the same casino consecutive times. Better still, don’t try to cheat a slot machine at all if you don’t want to go to jail.
