Slots

Praying to the God of Chance

David V. Forrest, M.D. (View Bio)
Delphinium Books, 2012

Slots is a tour de force on the psychology, neurophysiology, and virtual religion of slot machine gambling.  It quickly covers the slots from just about every angle, demystifying the generation of randomness in the slot chip, showing how the slot’s computer adds near-miss teasers, exposing common fallacies about slots, and illustrating through stories and brief interviews the motives of the wide variety of people who play, and the atmosphere that surrounds play.