[rodly]

These guys did this all wrong. They could have kept this going indefinitely if they found a team of people who all agreed to go in and play these machines at random times, at random casinos and never together. Better yet, rotate the people so they never go to the same casino within 6 months of their last visit so they don't get flagged for winning a jackpot every month.

Just send someone in, play for a bit and then win a jackpot and leave. $1.8k to $10k jackpots so ~$6k/casino per session per person.

You could easily get everyone to an annual $50-100k/year salary with very little play and be under the radar forever.

You would have to use people you trust since it's naturally a greedy endeavor.

I'm sure there are holes in my system, but those would be filled with a group of 10 people analyzing and iterating on it every week quite easily.

[jessaustin]

The larger a conspiracy, the more doomed to failure. There is no way a couple of schlubs like these two could recruit eight other people to follow their directions precisely and not get greedy. The first guy couldn't even recruit one person he could convince to do that!

Perhaps a charismatic religious leader could inspire enough loyalty among brainwashed acolytes for such a scheme, but that's about it. Normal people are greedy.

[james1071]

How does this help? Once they know the machines are losing,they will get the code changed.