itboxes...
...are evil. I've certain they've got some sort of learning algorithim in them, cos they start fairly easy and once you've won, oooh, a pound or so, they go stupidly difficult or you have to answer 50questions correctly in a row to win anything.

Still put loads of cash in the bastards though when I'm out with my sister...my enabler.
(inflateable, Thu 18 Dec 2008, 21:06, 1 reply)

The learning algorithm is required by law
Basically, as to be seen to be doing things against gambling, the government say that it must pay out a minimum percentage of it's takings. With fruit machines, the payout level is minimum 75%. Keep on pressing start on a fruit machine, and you will win back eventually 75% of the money you put in.

itboxes are much lower, around 25-30%. But it's usually down to "skill". So your 50 questions in a row to win fuck all means that the machine is screwing you over. If it wants you to win, it'd usually give you a prize very quickly (like in a mystery box etc.), as even the easy questions can still confuse people.

My advice is to go for a quiz where a finite number of questions will get you jackpot. The best for this is Who Wants To Be a Millionaire, or Deals on Wheels (though that doesn't win you jackpot, but usually a nice amount).

Yes, I play them far too much.
(rhyswynne - on every social network mullarkey known to man, Thu 18 Dec 2008, 22:05, closed)