No contestant has ever landed all five chips in the center chamber, which has the highest dollar value [3] To date, the largest amount of money ever won at Plinko isR$39,200 [4] To maintain consistency, there are only ten Plinko chips, and they are locked up after each use [2]
Barker Era ($10,000 slot): The most anyone has ever won in Plinko in the Barker Era with theR$10,000 slot is Kelly, who wonR$23,000 on September 17, 2001 (#1861K, aired out-of-order on September 24), with theR$10,000 slot being hit twice.
Modern slot machines use random number generators (RNGs) to determine the outcome of each spin, so the result is completely determined by chance. The RNGs are constantly generating new sequences of numbers, even when the machine is not being played, so the timing of when you stop the reels has no effect on the outcome.
Stopping the reels on a slot machine does not affect the outcome of the game. Modern slot machines use a random number generator (RNG) to determine the outcome of each spin.