Bally was the king of gaming at the time with its footprint covering no less than 90% of the slot machine market in #NewJersey, after the #gambling was made legal in 1978. Safety and fairness remained biggest concerns, however, as Bally knowingly altered the mechanics
eztakes.populr.me and thus unknowingly inventing volatility – by decreasing your chance of winning while increasing the size of the payouts. Computer programmers were hired and tasked with making improvements to the game engine in order to make games more tempting
b.cari.com.my/home.php?mod=s… and alluring with higher jackpots, while maintaining the profit margin. This was achieved by (another unintentional) invention of Random Number Generator (RNG) which
heromachine.com/forums/users/s… by Igne S Telnaes under the name of “Electronic gaming device utilising a random number generator for selecting the reel stop positions”. RNG and game Volatility will both be explained further later on.
americandigital.shoppingcartsplus.com/board/board_to… The eighties marked a period in which slot machines made a gigantic leap forward. As the gaming industry got bigger, machines were shrinking.
startupmatcher.com/p/sloteztakes The introduction of microchips was an important milestone in technology as a whole as it allowed developers to store more data and specify more complex programmes by applying targeted marketing techniques into their products.
squareblogs.net/slotwawa/perju… Computers were slowly being introduced as mainstream technology too which saw a dramatic reduction in scepticism towards electronic slot games. The machines were getting more elaborate and safer to play at the same time. As computers got even more powerful
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