According to Shirley the most common variator had seven speeds. But there was a lot more to the strategy than just figuring out the speeds. One had to map the reels. On the old mechanical slots there were 22 symbols on each reel. So there was 10,648 possible outcomes, 22X22X22. He referred to one type of machine as a "fruit machine." The symbols were:
7's
Bars
Bells
Oranges
Plums
Cherries
I had learned a long time ago that the way they mapped the reels was to make a spin then record the symbol above the line, the symbol on the line, and the symbol below the line. Make about 100 spins doing this. Then cull out all the duplicates and you will have the reel mapped.
On the fruit machines, according to Shirley, there were 7 plums on the first reel, only 1 plum on the second reel, and 7 plums on the third reel. The object of rhythm play was to get the plum on the second reel to land on or close to the line every time. This increased your chances of making 3 plums, which payed 20 for 1, and also increased your chances of making bar/plum/plum or plum/plum/bar which payed 14 for 1.
But the five symbols above the plum and the five symbols below the plum were also important. A good rhythm player could get the plum to land on the line about 1 time in six. The rest of the time it landed very close to the line. There were more bars and bells on that side of the reel than the other side.. So you increased your chances of making bar/bell/bell or bell/bell/bar which payed 18 for 1. And you increased your chances of making 3 Bars which payed 50 for 1, and 3 Bells which payed 20 for 1.
This was applied mathematics. It turned a 94% game into a 110% game. I haven't finished to book yet. So we'll see what happens to our heroine in the end.
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