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The object of Lucky 5 3-Reel
1-Line Slot is to obtain a winning combination by spinning the
reels. You can bet from 1 to 3 coins. The COIN value is fixed
at $1.00. Your wager is placed for up to 3 coins. Wins are recorded
from the left side of the machine to the right. Winning totals
vary depending on the symbols you have lined up. The Lucky 5
symbol is wild and completes winning combinations. One Lucky
5 pays 5X winning combination and two Lucky 5 symbols pay 25X
winning combination.
I had a white rat named Elmo who didn't get fed until he learned to press
a bar in his cage. Whenever he pressed it, a pellet fell into his dish.
Elmo quickly learned to press the bar when he got hungry.
Then one day we (the professor and the rest of us budding psychologists)
changed the rules. Sometimes we gave Elmo dinner when he pressed the bar
- and sometimes we didn't. poor Elmo no longer knew when to expect his food.
So you know what he did? He pounded that bar relentlessly until the food
finally came. Sound familiar?
The biggest lesson we learned from Elmo was that if you want to make
behavior stick, don't reward it all the time - reward it now and then.
This strategy is called random reinforcement, and it's the same principle
at work on us when we play slot machines.
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