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The Evolution of Slot Machines
The genius of showing extra lines above and below the winning line is that it introduces the near-miss phenomena. Video technology came along and slot machines could do whatever the designer wanted. It's typical today to see 20, 50, 100 line games. Some machines have even gone so far as to do away with lining up altogether.
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