In the course of answering a reader’s question about whether his aunt’s pacemaker would increase her odds of winning in Vegas, online gaming magazine Casino City discussed electromagnetic interference’s affect on slot machines. Although slot machine expert John Robison determined that the pacemaker would most likely not interfere with the machines, he recounted his favorite story about one casino’s new walkie-talkie system that had the unfortunate side effect of having any machine in close proximity to slot floor personnel spit out a coin whenever someone keyed their mike.
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