Hospitality Review Volume 14 Article 5 Issue 2 Hospitality Review Volume 14/Issue 1 January 1996 Slot Machines: Methodologies and Myths Michael L. Kasavana Michigan State University,
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[email protected]. Slot Machines: Methodologies and Myths Abstract The proliferation of legalized gaming has significantly changed the nature of the hospitality industry. While several aspects of gaming have flourished, none has become more popular, profitable, or technologically advanced as the slot machine. While more than half of all casino gambling, and earnings, is generated by slot machines, little ash been written about the technology integral to these devices. The uthora describes the workings of computer-controlled slot machines and exposes some of the popular operating myths. Keywords Michael Kasavana, Asia This article is available in Hospitality Review: https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/hospitalityreview/vol14/iss2/5 Slot Machines: Methodologies and Myths by Michael L. Kasavana The proliferation of legalized gaming has significantly changed the nature of the hospitality industry. While several aspects of gaming have flourished, none has become more popular, profitable, or technologically advanced as the slot machine.