Keywords: Keywords: gambling mathematics statistical recording outcome recording slot machines slots probabilities slots mathematics gambling ethics The slots case raises the problem of the exposure of the parametric configuration and mathematical facts of any game of chance as an ethical obligation. For the latter, I show that mathematics provides us with some statistical methods of retrieving the missing data, which are essential for the numerical probability computations in slots. In this article, I argue that there is no rational justification for this secrecy by giving two reasons, one psychological and the other mathematical. The PAR sheets, exposing the parameters of the design of slot machines and probabilities associated with the winning combinations are kept secret by game producers, and the lack of data regarding the configuration of a machine prevents people from computing probabilities and other mathematical indicators. Slot machines gained a high popularity despite a specific element that could limit their appeal: non-transparency with respect to mathematical parameters.

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