A Russian expert demanded the American manufacturer of slot machines Aristocrat Leisure to pay him for not disclosing their secret. The data was obtained as a result of hacking the operating principle of one-armed bandits.

      As the media report, a mathematician and programmer from St. Petersburg has managed to crack the pseudo-random number generator, which rules the work of slot machines by the American company Aristocrat Leisure.

      Specializing in the hacking of slot machines, the St. Petersburg company, in which the specialist works, has demanded Aristocrat Leisure to pay for keeping silence. If the company refuses to do so, the Russian programmer will give public access to the secret data on one-armed bandits.