Very interesting thread! I would LOVE to know the reel layouts as in SM's linked site.
This data would not make any difference to our results at the slots - but knowing the odds of hitting a certain combination (assuming no weighting) could be useful in deciding which one to play.
Why don't we 'Divide & conquer' - if each interested posted volunteers to analyse just one machine we could bring all our info together and make up a database of the layouts!
I
estimate it would take about 1 hour to do one slot.
If anyone else is interested in this idea I will volunteer to do Tomb Raider!