> Contrast to slot machines, which are not random, but are in fact preprogrammed to provide payouts in ways which maximize the earnings for the house and the addictive value for the player.

this isn't correct. slot machines are random. my first job out of school was, in part, making sure slot machines were random.

people think the machines are rigged because they don't understand the rules. the machines are fair, it's the pay tables that are rigged.