De term 'One Armed Bandit' was kort na aangenomen als werd gedacht dat de kansen waren niet de grootste en de mensen hielden zetten hun geld in zonder veel nadenken over hoeveel ze waren eigenlijk te verliezen. ###>The term 'One Armed Bandit' was soon after adopted as it was thought that the odds were not the greatest and people kept putting their money in without much thought to how much they were actually losing.