Slots

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Watermark

Publication Year:
2012

ISBN-13: 9781453218563

<p>This astonishing book reveals that there&rsquo;s a lot more to playing slot machines&mdash;one of America&rsquo;s fastest growing forms of entertainment&mdash;than good fun, deep relaxation and the dream of a multi-million-dollar jackpot. <i>Slots</i> tells how the machines work, how the random numbers that govern them are generated, and how the casinos make their profit . . . slowly but surely . . . as they keep only a dime of every dollar invested. It also offers strategies of slot play, and suggests alternate activities to distract us when casinos become harmfully habitual.</p><DIV>&#160;</div><DIV>But ultimately, as Dr. Forrest writes, to spend one&rsquo;s time feeding money to the machines is to participate in, well . . . a form of prayer. And the gaming industry seems very much aware of it, as players annually plunge more than $365-billion into slots (of which casinos keep about $30-billion); and as casinos&mdash;70 to 85 percent of whose profits are earned by slot machines&mdash;have spread to more than a dozen states and even into a number of racetracks (where they&rsquo;re called &ldquo;racinos&rdquo;).&#160;</div><DIV>&#160;</div><DIV>What this book describes with both humor and a sense of awe is the way slots emporia have steadily been transformed from underground grottos to soaring cathedral-like structures where congregants sit and commune&mdash;all to the end of worshipping the god of chance.</div><p></p>