Physical buttons on slot machines are designed to withstand a lot of use and abuse. But they’re still physical objects, so things can go wrong on occasion. One player wonders about one possible scenario:
Have you ever been on a machine and had the button get stuck down because of button slappers, and not been able to release it, so that it takes your money through rapid fire? Does that make sense?
James M.
We’ve encountered a couple of very rare instances where things work differently than expected. In the case of one really old slot machine, we encountered a scenario where an autoplay somehow activated even though it wasn’t something we had intended to initiate. It wasn’t a rapid fire scenario – it just slowly kept spinning until we somehow undid what we did.
In another scenario, we encountered a situation where a button would hit twice instead of once. So if you hit the button to spin, the reels would immediately start and then stop. Or if you were trying to stop a count up, it would stop the count up and then spin again. Here, again, it wasn’t a rapid fire draining of money, but it did behave differently than intended.
And then the closest to what you describe happened once on a cruise, where the machine was effectively spinning on its own, placing wagers and stopping the reels and so on. In that case, the lucky player it happened to got a bonus, won considerably, and was able to get a cash out to register between the automatic spins, so they came out ahead, but it could have been much worse.
In those cases those would qualify as machine malfunctions, and the casino would likely check the cameras if reported since malfunctions void all pays and plays. It’s exceedingly rare, with all sorts of battle testing on machines to aim to minimize the chances of it happening. Most often you’ll just get a button that simply doesn’t work, frustrating in its own way but harmless since it doesn’t cost you anything.
But yes, in a couple of instances, we’ve encountered scenarios that have led a slot to not behave as intended, and leading to money potentially being spent that wasn’t expected. We always recommend players report anything that doesn’t seem to be working properly, in case the casino isn’t aware of it yet, so a slot technician can review and address the issues, or disable a machine in the case of one that’s running wild without the player’s control.
Have a question? Submit yours here!
