An 8-liner operator caught a cheater within 30 seconds of installing a Gen1 device. This case study covers how quickly protection can identify active cheating.
The Situation
A Texas operator with 12 eight-liner machines had been losing money for three months. He assumed it was a configuration problem because all 12 machines were showing the same loss pattern. He had checked the settings, recalibrated the coin mechs, and reviewed the software configuration. Everything looked correct.
The Installation
He installed a Gen1 device on one machine as a test. Within 30 seconds of installing the device, the event log showed a blocked cheat code attempt. A player at that machine had tried a test mode sequence that the device identified and blocked. The operator reviewed the camera footage and identified the player.
The Investigation
It turned out that a cheater had discovered that pressing a specific combination of buttons on this machine model would open the factory setup menu. From the menu, they could award themselves free credits. The cheat worked on all 12 machines because they were the same model with the same firmware.
The Results
The operator installed Gen1 devices on all 12 machines. The devices blocked every subsequent cheat code attempt. Revenue returned to normal within two weeks. The operator said the device paid for itself in the time it took to install it.
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