VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Slot Machines Can Be ‘Due’

[Hannman]

One of the most enduring myths of the casino floor is that a slot machine is more likely to hit a jackpot when it hasn’t hit for awhile because it’s “due.” Watch any busy bank of slots and you’re likely to see gamblers playing musical stools, attempting to get a feel for which machine is next to pay off big.
“Nothing could be farther from the truth,” Anthony F. Lucas, a professor of casino management at UNLV and former gaming industry operations analyst, told Casino.org. “Every possible jackpot has the same programmed chance of occurring on every spin. There is absolutely no cumulative memory of previous spins or any kind of elimination of possible outcomes on any single spin.”

 

[James108]

This is one of the most common myths about slots, but it is not true. The outcome of each spin on a slot machine is completely random and independent of any previous spins. Just because a machine has not paid out in a while does not mean that it is "due" to hit a jackpot.