If you ask me, I think it's only "lucky" when you hit that jackpot on your first few spins where you had to lose very little.
I don't consider it "lucky" if you had to play for years losing a few thousand and only then hitting that jackpot. I consider it just the "laws of probablity" finally catching up.
"Lucky" is just on your first couple of spins, or your first night.
What do you think?
2007-10-16 10:54:27 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Las Vegas
What goes around, comes around. Eventually we all have our time to hit a jackpot. Hopefully it's big enough to cover your previous losses. There's no such thing as luck. People only say that to make others or themselves feel better. "You're lucky"! Feel better now? Yes it's all in the so-called laws of probability (mathematics) and worked out and decided by the casino's computers. "Good luck"!
2007-10-16 23:33:43 · answer #1 · answered by DB 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The odds are you will never hit the big one on a slot machine but, as we all know, some people do. You should always plan that any money you put in slot machine is going to stay there. The Random Number Generator (RNG) that is the heart and sole of slot machines has no memory of what happened on the last spin, nor the last time it gave away a million dollars or nothing. Since the odds of the RNG selecting the jackpot combination at just the moment you hit the button are staggering. The laws of probability have nothing to do with it. You could play from age 1 to 91 and never hit the big one, even if you only played the same machine 24 hours a day. So always play for fun, and never spend more than you can afford, and secretly hope you will be the big winner, but don't expect that someday you will.
2007-10-17 15:26:03 · answer #2 · answered by ghouly05 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is more luck than the laws of probability, and if it IS just the laws of probability finally catching up - then isn't it STILL lucky that it caught up at that particular time.=?!?
2007-10-16 19:05:21 · answer #3 · answered by Laura B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would actually be luck. Probability has no memory (e.x. if you flip a coin 4 times and they all land heads, that does nothing to change the fact that your odds of getting heads or tails on the next flip are 50/50).
2007-10-16 17:59:56 · answer #4 · answered by jglick1999 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I used to think that it was based on probability or luck. Now I think it's based on whether or not those jackasses that run the casinos want you to win. The casino cameras can zoom in on the pimple on your forehead. They are everywhere. I know this because I worked at one and have been in the survellience room. Large variances in Coin in/Coin out are investigated and dealt with accordingly.
2007-10-17 00:13:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Laws of probability. Luck would be if you hit on the first or second try.
2007-10-16 23:10:17 · answer #6 · answered by latte81 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well you will eventually, some people are "lucky enough" to have this happen early on rather than years later, all the casket / lotto tickets l buy i think if l would have saved that money would have tens of thousands, yet only really won one decent prize of $900????
2007-10-16 18:05:24 · answer #7 · answered by t.s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"From my experience, there's not such thing as luck."
2007-10-16 18:34:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋