Arc wrote: "Yup, the casinos are worried to death these hoards of "human factors" will bankrupt them. Alan, you're regressing into the same silly nonsense that you've been shown is nothing but a fantasy. Can it happen? Sure can. But it is extremely rare and no one can do anything to bring it about."

Actually, Arc, the casinos are concerned. This is why they do everything they can to keep you in your seats longer, to keep you playing, and to keep you coming back. This is why they have "points" and players clubs, and cocktail waitresses bringing you drinks, and why some casinos will even have food delivered to your machine (they do it if you ask at Caesars and at Rincon and I've seen it), and this is why when you get a handpay the slot person says "do it again." Everything they do is designed to fight the "human factor" which tells some to get outta Dodge with the money that just got counted out in your hand.

And this is why you play "credits" and not "dollars." (As soon as I sit down at a machine the first thing I do is change the display to "dollars" instead of "credits".)

And this is why the industry switched to ticket in/ticket out to make it easier for you to put your ticket into another machine, and there is no time for you to count out the coins in the hopper or to carry your coins to a cashier.

The entire casino industry is well aware of the human factor, Arc.