TBH, I do not think the majority of gamblers even know what a "house edge" is. I have friends that still think slot machines at our Indian Casino are beatable.
The trick is to pull the arm really hard, right?
I tap the machine three times, take a drink of a B-52 Bomber and pull hard. I'm pretty sure it lowers the house edge to about .5%
Good call! House edge for slots is calculated as the inverse of your blood alcohol content. Drinking brings the house edge down.