~ I agree, there's nothing illegal in that, unless it was stated in T&C that changing the bet size after receiving a "hint" wasn't allowed. If it was said in T&C, though, you wouldn't be sued for breaking that rule, but you wouldn't be able to withdraw the winnings either.
I can’t understand on what basis you claim this? If someone does not give me money that I honestly won, then this is an obvious fraud and he will be forced to do it according to the law.
Look, maybe you missed something in my post, because I wasn't exactly talking about
honestly won money. I was talking about the case when "it was stated in T&C that changing the bet size after receiving a "hint" wasn't allowed". So, if you changed the bet size, ignoring T&C, it would basically mean that you broke the contract, and that's why they would have all the right for not giving you the money.
For example, if a player makes a "wrong" bet and, having lost, demands to return it back, everyone will laugh at this behavior. Why should we have a different approach if the opposite side makes a mistake?
This is a fair point, but in reality the "flaws" in the slot machines exist only in legends invented to keep you looking for them.
How about this?
Russians Engineer a Brilliant Slot Machine Cheat---And Casinos Have No FixIn fact, flaws in slot machines were always and often more obvious when special software was not required to identify them. I'm surprised you didn't know about this.
Actually, I had read the article, but I completely forgot about it by now. So, thanks for the link, and catch a merit from me!
I'm a fan of WIRED, and reading their articles, even for the second time, is pleasure for me, but when reading again the article from your link and
a related one, I remembered why could I completely forget them: the main characters in the story disgust me, and I think it's kinda defense reaction of my brain to forget them as soon as possible.
Take this part from a related article, for instance:
A Russian casino hired him to learn how to tweak machines manufactured by Novomatic, an Austrian company, so that their odds would favor the house more than usual: The machine had been programmed to pay out 90 percent of the money it took in, a figure that Alex’s client wanted him to adjust down to 50 percent.
It says a great deal about Alex and also about that Russian casino, and it's really frustrating that there are still people who don't know that cheating is bad. I mean, none of us is a saint, and when I was younger I had no clue either. But, c'mon people, grow up FFS!
But thanks for the link anyway.