Slot Machine Par Sheets

Posted By admin On 29/03/22

Par Sheet A par sheet is a document that details how a particular slot machine is designed, including the pay table, reel strips, and any other pertinent information to rules of the game. I've hard various theories where the 'par' comes from the most plausible, in my opinion, are: An Acronym for Pay table And Reel Strips. Mills Model M Machine Parts and Service Manual. PAR sheet for Fourth of July. Example of a Bally Bally SMI Sheet (PAR Sheet) in PDF format. PAR Sheet possibly for a Double Bucks machine in PDF format. Coin Mechanisms, Inc. See National Slug Rejectors and Coinco below. Bally V-1088 and V-1090 Operator Instructions Manual. Every slot maker creates a 'par sheet' that lists the symbol frequency and the paytable. This allows the payback to be calculated, and a programmer to write the computer code. Slot manufacturers guard these par sheets religiously, for no good reason.

You can find the complete collection of practical results in the book The Mathematics of Slots: Configurations, Combinations, Probabilities, for 3-reel, 5-reel, 9-reel, and 16-reel slot machines. 3-reel slot machines The 3-reel slot machines could have the following common configurations of the display: 1 x 3, 2 x 3, 3 x 3. The standard length.

100xOdds
https://www.sggaming.com/games/WMS/class3/VIDEO/Lock-It-Link-Night-Life-4060
Saw lots of people playing this game, both NightLife and Diamonds variations.

Konami Par Sheets

out of curiosity, want to know what the various Return % settings are.
Craps is paradise (Pair of dice). Lets hear it for the SpeedCount Mathletes :)
gamerfreak
I know of people who became friendly with casino employees and been able to get information on returns of specific from them.
I’m not sure how you would go about that without having any contacts.
ThatDonGuy
There's a saying in magic concerning how to learn secrets: 'The trick is told when the trick is sold.'
I have a feeling the 'secrets' (i.e. what you would find on a par sheet) to a slot machine are handled the same way.
Wizard
Administrator
I think if you tipped a slot technician very well he might tell you what return any given game is set to. It's quite another matter to get the par sheet, which I don't know why a recreational player would want anyway.
It's not whether you win or lose; it's whether or not you had a good bet.
100xOdds

I think if you tipped a slot technician very well he might tell you what return any given game is set to. It's quite another matter to get the par sheet, which I don't know why a recreational player would want anyway.


how else could I get what the various Return % settings are?
maybe the par sheet isn't what I want?Machine
maybe the marketing summary sheet is what I need?
Craps is paradise (Pair of dice). Lets hear it for the SpeedCount Mathletes :)
Wizard
Administrator

how else could I get what the various Return % settings are?
maybe the par sheet isn't what I want?
maybe the marketing summary sheet is what I need?


You just need the theoretical return. A slot technician would be able to get at that easily if he wanted to.
It's not whether you win or lose; it's whether or not you had a good bet.
Zcore13
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You just need the theoretical return. A slot technician would be able to get at that easily if he wanted to.

Understanding slot machine par sheetsMachine
That's not always true. Sometimes casinos put the par sheet inside the machine, some don't. A regular slot tech wouldn't normally have access to the numbers if they are not in the machine. It would have to be a higher lever tech or Supervisor with access to the Slot Accounting System.
Also, even if they do have access, not many would be willing to share that information and risk their job for $20 or $50. They would most likely be terminated with no warning if seen or found to be sharing that info.
If it was that easy, par sheets would be all over the place.
ZCore13
I am an employee of a Casino. Former Table Games Director, current Pit Supervisor. All the personal opinions I post are my own and do not represent the opinions of the Casino or Tribe that I work for.
DRich
Konami

https://www.sggaming.com/games/WMS/class3/VIDEO/Lock-It-Link-Night-Life-4060
Saw lots of people playing this game, both NightLife and Diamonds variations.
out of curiosity, want to know what the various Return % settings are.


On the Night Life game the marketing materials say there are five different pay schedules from 87% to 95%.
Living longer does not always infer +EV

Slot Machine Par Sheets

Mission146
I'm surprised the lowest is that high.

What Is A Par Sheet

doughtaker

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If a marketing summary sheet is difficult to find, you could check out certain gaming publications. Typically these monthly or bi-monthly magazines will feature several slots and for each one, will give the range of possible returns. If you want to know the setting of a specific machine at a casino you go to, you best bet without contacts is to hope you can catch a glimpse when the machine is opened up and being worked on by a tech or attendant.
As for legally finding a PAR sheet as a member of the general public with no relevant contacts, that happens either by complete accident or by someone's carelessness.