As previously discussed, in the past there were various strategies available for exploiting slot machines to win, however these methods are now mostly outdated and illegal. Modern gambling machines are programmed to detect cheating and will alert security to it immediately; there may still be ways of increasing your odds by spreading money across several machines or using five-spin strategies though.Magnets were once a useful method to deceive casino machines into believing you had inserted coins. This technique proved particularly successful if its shape matched that of the coin you were trying to insert; Louis Colavecchio used this strategy extensively before being caught using this tactic to scam casinos until 1998 when his fraudulent activities finally caught up with him.Classic cheats at slot machines used string attached to coins to start games prematurely; most modern machines now use light sensors or lasers instead. Tommy Glenn Carmichael was known as the "King of Slot Cheats", employing this tactic with his Monkey…