One-armed bandit

Slot machines have marched around the world for a long time. They give the taxes only in Nevada for the year about 1.5 billion dollars. However, the slot reputation has not been always good, but what to do, it is gambling, and it was known as the “one-armed bandit.”

Today, this nickname is not quite true. “One-armed bandit” has no longer “hands” in the modern world it was replaced by the button. But even now, to try to win money from him, you should throw a few coins and wait for the reels will give a prize to a winner. But once you could force it to share the profit by pulling the arm.

One-armed bandit was born in America somewhere in 1887 and initially was simple and uncomplicated. It could not even give itself out a win, for this the winner had to go to the owner. But a year later the first system of jackpots appeared, very simple: once the machine was filled with coins, they poured out in the tray. But such slot machines were often robbed: it was enough to hit hard machine and coins poured out themselves. It did not last for long, to avoid this in 1895 Charles Fey invented the “great-grandfather” of our contemporaries: automatic, consisting of 3 reels. It was called Liberty Bell. Breaking the bank at a machine meant to type a combination of “4 11 44″ and get $5. The machine was put in one of the saloons in San Francisco. So, “one-armed bandit” quickly became popular and already in 1896, Fey had to open his own factory of slot machines.

And in 1930 the company “Jennings” developed an electric machine, in which the wheel mechanism was activated by the engine. And all began! Now on the income from the “one-armed bandits six hotel-casinos was built in Las Vegas, each of which costs a half billion dollars.

One of the reasons to its popularity is that many people think the dealer’s not fair enough, but the mechanism of random numbers is fair. It is the truth partly. The fact is that it is almost impossible to influence on the winning combination. No charming coins, no hitting, rubbing, or even intimate conversations with one-armed bandit will help.

Moreover, in order to enter the slot machines rooms you do not have to pass face control. And the atmosphere in them is much more democratic than in a casino: you are not required to wear an evening dress, no matter for “bandit” what its next victim is wearing.