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Slots are probably considered as one of the most unprofitable among the casino games, with a house edge of 7%-16% (Though in Atlantic City they are preprogrammed to give back at least 94% of the total input). In spite of the low jackpot it is amazing that slow machines are among the most popular casino games. In Las Vegas more than 284 thousand of the visitors of the hotel casinos had reported slots as "the number one game" and these numbers are not lying. In the virtual world, where there are more than five thousand online casino sites, slots machines are the new trend among online gamblers. In 2005 the revenues from online slots machines were more than 1.2 billion dollars.

But it is a surprise that these games, which are considered to be "fixed", are gaining such popularity over the past few years. Mike Jameson is the owner of a company that produces computerized slots and according to him the rise in slots' popularity is not so surprising as some would think: "When my wife and I got into this business twenty years ago we barley make it through the month, but the last few years were fantastic! Orders for slots were pouring in every month! This month alone we received order for two thousand brand new machines".

According to him the social attribute of slots had been neglected over the years: "at first slots were the casinos' way to extract small money from you, time after time, but soon people found that it's just like bingo – you sit and enjoy, no fuss, like at the roulette or craps tables, and you meet nice people during the session, it's a good entertainment to pass time and it's cheap, what a few dollars here and there in an hour?"

And so it seems that the popularity of slots machines would continue to grow, and as long as there would be small change there would be someone to pull the handle of the slots.