Dear Adam,
A typical mechanical slot machine has 3 reals,
These are "reels" like the reels of film in a camera.
"Reals" with an accent mark are some sort of royal
Spanish coins.
A virtual real typically has 32, 64, 128 or 256 stops
(2^5, 2^6, 2^7, 2^8).
For programming convenience, obviously. Any
The Mechanical Slot Machine
A typical mechanical slot machine has 3 reals, each real has 22 stops (locations
where it can stop) which may be 11 icons and 11 blanks (spaces between the
icons), or 22 icons. The probability of any stop coming up on a real is 1/22,
the least likely combination (only 1
Slightly off-topic, but given the popularity of e-gold-based casinos...
Does anyone know of a good place to read (or discuss) casino
technology?
Dear Adam,
You could ask me! Since our company ISL, once sold OC software! (I
say "once sold" since it was really a thing in the 90s, and there is
no
On Friday, October 24, 2003, at 10:08 PM, Adam Selene wrote:
I think the card-holder is called a "shoe" (for some reason)
Duh, my bad. Although anyone know the reason??
Casino dealers shuffle two to six packs of cards together and puts them
into a device which ensures that only the top card can
> I think the card-holder is called a "shoe" (for some reason)
Duh, my bad. Although anyone know the reason??
> but most online casinos use just one "deck" and can "shuffle"
> instantly on each hand, so counting isn't much of an issue
Ah yes, I missed that obvious configuration. That's better
Adam Selene wrote:
...
Also, do most online backjack games deal from an infinite shoot, or
from a fixed shoot? (the former consumes signifinantly less server
resources given you don't have to track remaining cards in shoots).
Since one can count cards perfectly online, what's the minimum safe
sho
Just figured out Google's advanced search allows you to search
only a particular top level domain (e.g. *.edu).
That's yields some better results:
Final project (CpE 315): Slot Machine
http://www.bridgeport.edu/sed/projects/cpe315/slotmac.html
University of Las Vegas Gaming Studies
http://gaming
Slightly off-topic, but given the popularity of e-gold-based casinos...
Does anyone know of a good place to read (or discuss) casino
technology? (A google on this is worthless since you just get hundreds
of casino redirect sites)
For example, what methods or algorithms are used for a digital slot
