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> The probabilities had to be fixed for every player on every game.

For every play of the game, or across all of those game machines sold?

The operator-set percentage and payout was always local to the machine. There's no way to network these things, and even when do you see networked progressive slot machines (e.g. IGT's Megabucks), the RNG and payout is always local to that machine.

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