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Japan section reads as though it was written by the gambling industry - quotes of 160% returns are 'citation needed'.

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In page Slot machine: "Revenue from gaming machines in pubs and clubs accounts for more than half of the $4 billion in gambling revenue collected by state governments in fiscal year 2002–03.[citation needed]"

Found a citation in the Australian government's published document: https://www.pc.gov.au/inquiries/completed/ageing/technicalpapers/technicalpaper10.pdf Raitmet (talk) 16:37, 31 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Thank you – small jars tc 18:53, 31 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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It should probably be "A variation involves patterns where symbols are adjacent to one another" instead of "A variation involves patterns where symbols pay adjacent to one another" in the second last sentence of the third paragraph in the Operation section. Morich740 (talk) 00:39, 26 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done M.Bitton (talk) 11:09, 26 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Random number generators

I removed the section on random number generators as it contained multiple inaccuracies. The unsourced claim that "all modern slot machines use PRNGs seeded by the current time" seems highly unlikely to me considering any gambling system worth its salt would employ a cryptographically secure RNGs, which are not necessarily PRNGs and are likely to draw from multiple sources of entropy. My quick read of the Ronald Dale Harris case tells me it was also misrepresented, as it wasn't so much about the predictability and period of a PRNG but specific backdoors that Harris had installed. I couldn't find any good reason to keep the section after removing these claims. 11wx (talk) 10:05, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Megabucks (slot machine)" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Megabucks (slot machine) has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 June 14 § Megabucks (slot machine) until a consensus is reached. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 11:44, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"pokie", singular, not "pokies"

Grammar fix: while the word is often used in the plural, it can't be right to say "a pokies is", can it? 2A00:23C5:FE1C:3701:E88E:4FF4:8B89:F8D1 (talk) 10:18, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed, thanks. Barry Wom (talk) 10:27, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]