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Slot machine players

May 28, 2006 on 2:15 pm | In Slot machine overviews |

A recent post recent slot machine blog post explained that there are many types of slot machine player. Well now there are some more - supplied by readers:

From Peter:

The swearer type:
Those who swear or utter profanities everytime something doesn’t work, or the features dont come up.

The touchy-feely :
Those who believe in touching or stroking the machine..
(Don’t know if this works)

The peek-a-boo:
Taking the reserved sign and hiding the screen while the feature is playing..
Is this so the machine doesn’t know who it should pay out to ?

The runaway :
Hiding from the machine while the feature is playing..
This is a cousin to the peek-a-boo, and just as successful.

The hard lucker :
“mate, I just did $300 on that machine, and not one payout - hope it works for you”
Secretly wishing that you have the same luck they did.

Mr Disposable income - aka Last of the big spenders
How to dispose of all your income by betting maximum credits with maximum lines…
(nice if it pays, but a lot of cash can slip into the mysterious black innards of the spinning wheels syphon..)

From Michael:

1) The Hanger-On: one who has put all their disposabe income into the machines, but refuses to go home scared of the miissus/old man and hoping to bump into any sucker to squeeze dry, quite often they aren’t players but merely “hangers-on” out for a free beer or drink, paid for by any head they may know who is having a run of luck;

2) The Rambler: sits silently at a machine, feeding it $50.00 after $50.00, but as things quite often do, they have a change of luck and that is when the metamorphisis takes place, what was once a timid, cofidence-depraved shadow of a human being is now acting Master of Ceremonies at the local After Dinner Speaking Club;

3) Rain-Man: the counter of Double-ups, actually believing they have some sort of God-given talent to pick each and every double-up whether it is “their” machine or not and don’t comprehend why the person playing the machine is starting to get agitated at their constant calling of the double-up, prone to being removed from premises; (No intention whatsoever to demean those amongst us with Mental Disadvantages);

From Kylie:

The Old Man: The old man that sits on the machine next to you with $20 credit but only playing 1 or 3 lines, and you can see all the pays that they are missing.
The Old Lady: Sits there betting max credits but playing only 5 lines. Also annoying when you can see all the missed payouts! My grandmother does this!

From Lucky Bill:

The players that tap,tap ,tap all the buttons at the same time as reels are spinning. That’s a sure fire winner of getting a huge jackpot (not). Never seen it work yet & surprise never will

From Patrick:

The Touchy feely:- Rubs the front screen, pats the sides and even on the rare occasions whispers to it. I love watching these people, some have a pattern they repeat, never seems to work for me…

From Lizzie:

The colour wearer: Also the colour green, figures very prominently in the attire, worn by some ladies I know, and somehow, that has some success attached also to their success, so they say.

No doubt there are more player types out there - keep them coming in.