one-armed bandit, indeed.

It's good to be Bally Technologies these days. From the Las Vegas Review Journal:

Bally Technologies Files Quarterly Reports; Revenues Up 31 Percent

LAS VEGAS, June 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Revenues for the fiscal 2007 period increased 31 percent, to $305.6
million from $232.9 million in the fiscal 2006 period ended Dec. 31, 2005. Further, current deferred revenue increased by $16.4 million to $63.5 million at Dec. 31, 2006 compared with $47.1 million at June 30, 2006.
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In other words, the house always wins.

ALWAYS!