Hacking slot machines
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cheating tool for trivia gaming machine
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Hacking slot machines
Hacking slot machines with a buttonhole camera and brute-force search
github.comHow HN took it
9 positive, 45 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 10 critical, out of 65 comments about the project. Thread score -0.09.
Idea: 2 for, 2 againstPerformance: 1 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
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What people liked
Clever and interesting project
From 2 comments
This is a really clever and interesting project - thanks for sharing. How on earth did you come across the ROM for this game?
hn_username on HNCool project (legal/ethical issues aside)! My big question is why bother with OCR at all? Presumably you can construct a representation of the screen for each question ahead of…
stilley2 on HN
Objections
Likely illegal cheating, risk of jail, especially in Nevada
From 3 comments
Yikes. Using this is almost certainly illegal (cheating) in every jurisdiction, and could have significant penalties. This video and the github repository itself could be a…
rbobby on HNJust FYI everyone, using any electronic device to gain an edge at any regulated gambling game is a felony in Nevada, and it is one that they take incredibly seriously. If you are…
downandout on HNApplaud the ambition, but please be careful. People go to jail in the US for trying to hack or cheat at gambling games.
everdev on HN
Casino surveillance makes it risky
From 1 comment
be careful with this hack and similar ones...real-life casinos have an entire SOC monitoring absolutely everything on the floor and in the parking lot. Speaking from experience:…
nimbius on HN
Requests
Explain how the ROM was obtained
From 1 comment
This is a really clever and interesting project - thanks for sharing. How on earth did you come across the ROM for this game?
hn_username on HN
Explain the image prototype and accuracy
From 2 comments
Looking at the cpp code, could you describe the prototype/pattern image? What sort of prep do you do to make it generally recognizable as the questions/answers change?
hn_username on HNVery cool! What accuracy rate were you able to achieve?
cwkoss on HN
Questions
Why use OCR instead of matching screen images to a prebuilt database
From 1 comment
Cool project (legal/ethical issues aside)! My big question is why bother with OCR at all? Presumably you can construct a representation of the screen for each question ahead of…
stilley2 on HN
Can you just memorize the questions instead
From 2 comments
So... Can you not just memorize the questions?
foota on HNIf you have all the questions and answers; couldn't you just study them? It's not as fun, but probably just as effective, depending on your ability to retain useless knowledge.
toast0 on HN
Alternatives named
HQ Trivia bots
From 1 comment
Related: there are various bots for HQ Trivia that do similar things that have come up on HN before. Here's one with a bit of a writeup:…
splonk on HN
Word Soup cheating program
From 1 comment
I wrote a similar program a while ago to cheat at Word Soup which is another of the games on these machines. http://chris-knott.appspot.com/projects/word_soup.html They are…
JoeSmithson on HN