Does anyone really understand how & when pokies pay out??? If you think that you can win from the pokies...you're fooling yourself! This is what really goes on:
- All poker machines are linked electronically to a main frame thus the total control of monies (the govt. knows exactly how much $$$ is coming in).
- The law says that a % of $$$ needs to go back to the players. (Now this is randomly spread across the state). How many venues, machines and players are there in the state?

So what they do is program the main frame to randomly pay out x amount at y venue on machine #z001. People who do not understand how it's done think that they can win & make a profit. Dear oh dear, the only people making a profit is the government.

I had to explain to my parents that you have to be in the right place at the right time to win, it's pure and simple luck... They still believe that playing on a certain machine after someone has lost a bit of coins will make them win. FOOLISH !!!

The older manual machines of the 70's were giving a lot more back to the players unlike today's computer controlled high profit margin revenue machines.

But at the end of the day, it's your money and your life. So you're in control or are you?