WRX, years ago I knew three old time slot cheats. They were reformed by the time I knew them. They got reformed both by technology and jail time. Two of them did stretches at Indian Springs. The other one never got charged....but did take a viscious beating in the basement of the Horseshoe. It was very hard for the casinos to get convications on the slot cheats so Benny Binion exacted his own revenge on them by hauling them to the basement. It was his way of warning all the other slot cheats. Don't mess with the Horseshoe.
These guys were stringers, sluggers, drillers, they worked skippers and overpayers. And they referred to one technique as "handle popping" where they tweaked the handle when they pulled it to cause some sort of event. This may have been what the statute was written about.
The rhythm players didn't tweak the handle. There's was purely a timing thing. The variator was programmed to change the speed of the reels after each spin. Spin #1 was the fastest speed. Spin #2 was a little slower than spin #1. Spin #3 was a little slower than spin #2, etc. The typical variator had 7 speeds. With the object being to get the only plum on the second reel to land on the line....if the plum landed below the line they needed a slower spin to get it to land on the line on the next spin. If the plum landed above the line they needed a faster spin to get it to land on the line on the next spin.
If they were on spin #1....as soon as the third reel stopped spinning the variator was programmed to go to spin #2. But if they didn't pull the handle within 5 seconds the variator was programmed to go to spin #3. If they didn't pull the handle within 10 seconds the variator was programmed to go to spin #4, etc. So all the rhythm players were doing was timing when they pulled the handle. There was no manipulation of the handle at all. It was purely a timing thing.
According to Jackie Shirley the only thing that put the rhythm players out of business was technology. The RNG slots started showing up in 1988....and by 1990 all the old mechanical slots had disappeared.
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