Another way to cheat slot machines doesn’t involve bringing special equipment into the casino, but it still requires special equipment. If you can manufacture counterfeit slot machine tokens, like Louis Colavecchio did in the late 1990s, you can win money at the slots without having to risk any real money.
Of course, this requires a very specific skillset that most people don’t have. Developing that skillset requires an investment of time and money, and the purchase of the equipment to create those tokens requires another investment of time and money. Most people would probably be better off learning how to count cards or play poker at the professional level. Both are lower risk ways of making money while gambling.
Another way of cheating would be to just flat out steal a slot machine and take the money out of it. That’s not very practical, but someone clever might get the idea that he could steal the coin box from a machine. We’re not convinced that this approach is any more practical. The coin box might be easier to carry, but getting past casino security is going to be a huge challenge. Slot machine cheaters who resort to outright theft have a much higher tolerance for risk than we do.
We don’t recommend cheating at slot machines. In every gambling jurisdiction that we’re aware of, cheating at gambling is a serious crime. If you’ve ever see Continue reading →