Gaming still requires game software to be hard-coded on rom chips even though the technology exists to bypass this.
The in show gaff is an add on chip and obvious. No such "additions" are allowed in production machines. And yes the machines are on a secure network not connected to the Internet typically run by Unix or AS400 servers.
I used to service them.
The randomizer is not "juiced" it is bypassed and the machine deals a set hand that you request. Even on the demo machines at the show the randomizer is completely random.
The gaff is a bypass add-on not a modification.
~FK
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "nightoftheiguana2000" <nightoftheiguana2000@...> wrote:
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> Bob wrote about the gaming expo: "the randomizer is "juiced"".
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> Of course if they can write software to juice the randomizer, they can also write software to tighten it. In the old days these would have been special ROM chips different from the production ROM chips but these days the software is all piled together and frequently updated anyway. Fortunately the regulators hire cheap undocumented software programmers to check each machine on an active floor to make sure that this special demo software isn't "accidentally" enabled on even a single machine, right? And machines aren't connected to the internet, enabling hackers, right?
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> --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "vpFREE Administrator" <vpfreeadmin@> wrote:
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> > Bob Dancer's LV Advisor Column - 11 OCT 2011
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> > "What I Liked at the Gaming Show"
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> > http://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/bob_dancer/2011/1011.cfm
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