![]() ![]() ![]() An unbroken row of say, five cherries, and you could get the maximum payout. When you hit play on a pokie, the symbols start spinning and depending on the pattern that forms when they stop, you might get a payout. The Russian cheats who won millions on US poker machines weren't riding a lucky streak - they used the maths behind the seemingly random play of poker machines to really shorten the odds in their favour. It also means that while you may have a win here or there, the longer you play, the more likely you are to lose. That means that averaged over a long time, the pokies will pay out 87 per cent of the money put in. ![]() In Australia, that payout is set at 87 per cent or higher. Each year, we lose around $10 billion.Īnd that's not bad luck - all poker machines are designed to only pay out a certain amount of the money put in. In 2014, Russian criminals turned the tables on American casinos when they worked out how to beat the poker machines - thanks to Vladimir Putin and mathematics.Īustralians are big players of the pokies - and like all dedicated players, we're big losers. ![]()
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