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I recently sent a few concerns to the Missouri Gambling Commission about slot machines in a particular casino.

The first concern (the form to fill out calls them a complaint) was due to my impression of 3 things. During one or more "gaming sessions" I was consistently "winning":

1. Significantly more often than expected or "normal".
2. That included over 50 "bonuses" on a single machine.
3. There were multiple times this happened.

I have no "method" for playing slots (other than forgetting to switch machines more often), so it made no sense.

You might wonder what did make sense to me.

• Whether the player card system was at fault - or not - didn't matter.  Should some kind of fault be found, the blame would not be placed on the casino.

Blame would be placed on the player....  me.

Because no matter what the facts were (or who tampered with what), only 2 conclusions could be drawn:

• The player had somehow cheated (though the Missouri Gaming Commission made it clear that's not possible).
• The casino was being cheated.

   It was a catch-22 impossible to avoid.

   There's no such thing as free money.