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Rhythm Player: The term rhythm player is normally used to refer to someone performing music. But this term is also applied to a small group of people who mastered the art of beating mechanical and electro-mechanical slot machines.

While I can't tell you who it was that started refering to this small group of people as rhythm players, I can tell you that it was a universally accepted description by all who mastered the method. And when I say it was a small group of people, I mean just that, as there were no more than 40 rhythm players in the whole state of Nevada during my years of play between 1984-89.

Prior to 1984 and, certainly, prior to the introduction of electro-mechanical slots - which doomed the mechanical slots - I can only speculate as to how many rhythm players there were.

Because I was a late comer to the world of rhythm playing - 1984 - I only profess to be knowledgeable regarding the years 1984 to 1989, when I was forced to retire. My forced retirement was the result of more and more electronic slot machines replacing the electro-mechanical ones.

The year 1984

Prior to about the early 1980's, and the introduction of electronic slot machines, with true random selection of where each reel of the machine would stop, most mechanical and electro-mechanical slot machines could be somewhat controlled by a skilled player, thus turning a 97% payback machine into one that would pay over 100%, thus returning a profit to a proficient player.