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Each spin of a slot machine is a random event. The result of that spin is determined independently of the previous spin. If you have had a losing streak the machine is not able to reward you with a win.
There is no component of a Las Vegas style slot machine that forces it to pay when it has taken a specific amount of money.
Now, having said that, it is mathematical fact that the longer you play a machine the more likely you are to get the jackpot. Your likelyhood of hitting the top prize goes up the more you play it. So, from a mathematical perspective, you are statistically more likely to hit the jackpot the more you play a machine. HOWEVER, you are statistically more likely to lose all your money the more you play a game.
The facts:
1) The more you play the greater the chance of hitting the jackpot.
2) The more you play the greater the certainty that you will lose all your money.
The result:
1) People want to hit the jackpot so they feed their money in machines until they hit.
2) Casinos make lots of money.
This is the foundation of the modern slot machine casino.
The traditional mechanical reel slot machine has one line across three reels. This middle payline in the oldest and most obvious payline. (Appeared when Charles Fey invented the slot machine in the early 1900’s.) Today these are usually $.25, $1 or $5+ games.
Machines were later developed with 3 lines on those same reels. These often have similar denoms to the single line games.
Some slightly more complex mechanical reel games have 5 lines on the same three reels. (Began in the 1970’s). Again, these are usually $.25, $1 or $5+ games as well.
Video slots initially had 8 lines or 9 lines in either a 3 reel or 5 reel format. (These began to appear in the 1980’s and the 1990’s.) These are often played in the nickel denomination.
Today’s video slots now have 15, 20, 25, 30 or even 100 lines. These are most often played in the penny denomination. Manufacturers are pushing more and more lines everyday becuase the Casinos want more lines which make more money.
So, how many winning lines should a slot machine have? A quarter denom should have 1-5, and nickel denom should have 8 or 9, and a penny should have 15 or more lines. It is all a matter of preference, but that is tha basic rule of thumb considering what most people play in Casinos across the the U.S.
Indian Tribes are sovereign nations. They have governmental relationships with the Federal and State Governments that is similar to the relationships between the US and France for example. In the late 70’s the Indian nations started to put some forms of gambling on their reservations and by the mid 1980’s they had full fledged gambling.
In 1987 the famous Cabazon case in the US Supreme court held that the Indian Tribes had the right to have gaming on their reservations. The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act was quickly passed by the US Congress to limit Tribal Gaming. The IGRA still governs Tribal Gaming and imposes regulations and restrictions on what gaming can occur under what conditions. For the most part Tribes have to enter into compacts with the States that they are located in.
To learn more about this, two main resources are the National Indian Gaming Association, and the National Indian Gaming Commission.
Tribal Gaming is highly regulated by Tribes, the States (in somecases) and the Federal Government.
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