Modern machines are usually set to pay out a certain percentage of any money that is put into them (usually between 75% and 80%). These machines are therefore much more likely to pay out if they have had a lot of money put into them but not payed out recently.

Johnson, along with her then-husband Robert Johnson, made history in 1980 when they launched BET, a cable channel that is now owned by Paramount Global.

Scott M. Mills is the President and Chief Executive Officer of BET Media Group, the &