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Slot machine method
This is my uncle's favorite Slot Machine playing method: Arbitrarily go to a slot machine that you like. A unit is the amount that it takes to play the machine effectively. For example, a dollar machine that takes 3 coins to play, would have $3 as the unit. A quarter machine that only takes one coin to play the way that you want to play, has a 25 cent unit. And so forth. You only invest a maximum of 5 units in any one machine... keep moving around until you hit a Jackpot! So, you keep playing until you either hit the Jackpot or lose all of the money that you have allocated to this venture.
My uncle also has a variation of this. He says that 7 is his lucky number. Personally, I do not believe in "luck." Anyway, he will often run 7 units through the machine. Then, when he is doing this, he will stop playing that machine if he loses the 7 units with no wins, or if he wins any one time no matter what it is. Then he will go to another machine. This will go on until he either loses the money that he has allocated to this venture, or hits a jackpot.
Winning at Slots I have looked for this situation often when I have been in a casino, and I have not been able to find it!! However, somebody did send this to me claiming it is a good method for playing the slots, so I thought that I would pass it on: Look for a machine that is a three reeler and has a cherry in the middle. Sit down and start playing! One study found that machines lined up like this almost always paid out at least a small jackpot within five or six pulls! Play it until it feels cold. You can usually get a few payoffs from a machine like this. You should not play it more than 7 to 10 pulls at the most if you are not winning.
Which Slot to Play One of my readers says regarding a slot strategy: "Got a buddy that paid 40 bucks to find out it's the 2nd from the end of each row, no pay-off or jackpot symbols showing, max coins played last pull, and only between mid-night and 6am. He hasn't tried it--but last time I went to Laughlin I hit 1200 quarters trying it on a whim--he said BS when I told him about it!"
How do I play the slots? I really don't care for the slots. However, if I must play them, then I will get a roll of coins (usually nickles or quarters) and just start down a row of machines putting in no more than 7 coins. I will go to the next machine when I either hit something or lose the 7 (or less) coins. The object is to eventually find a machine which will give me a jackpot.
Do you really have to play the Slots?Yes? You do have to play the slots? Well OK then but lets see if I can't do something to ease the chances of losing big time. Now I don't play the slots much myself but I'm thousands of dollars in front for the amount of times I have played them. Incidentally my wife is well in front too and she compares playing the slots with being bitten by a mad dog! First lesson. You're playing a computerized machine so talking to it and gently caressing it will not help you win. It will however make you look rather silly in a very public place. Slots are set to pay out a set percentage of their turnover. Now this is a fact that you can't alter so the best thing you can do is manage your money better. If you had a thousand dollars to invest you would chase around the banks looking for the highest rate of interest. Well slots are exactly the same. You should only be playing machines which provide the highest percentage of return for the amount put through them. As a general rule this will be machines which appear to cost more to play. As an example your percentage of return on a $2.00 machine will be better than the percentage of return on a $1.00 machine. And a $1.00 machine will be better than a 20 cent machine etc. As a general rule your best machines would run something like this:
Why is a $2.00 machine better value than a 1 cent machine? The answer is because most $2.00 machines will pay back up to 96% of the money put through them whereas 1 cent machines only pay back 80 to 85% of the money put through them. This means that in proportion to the money invested you should be able to play a $2.00 machine for a longer period than a 1 cent machine. A longer playing period will provide more chances of winning. It's that simple. The other thing is that if you're really serious about making a profit on the slots you really can't compare a 100 coin drop on a $2.00 machine with a 100 coin drop on a 1 cent machine. My personal observations whilst playing the slots are as follows:
Set the amount you'll take out. After a win always set an amount that you will pull out of the machine. The machines are designed to eventually eat up any bankroll regardless of size so pull out and walk away. Having said this there is no reason why a machine won't pay out two or three jackpots or good pays in a row. Many people believe that once a machine has paid out it won't pay out again until someone has filled it up. Well I don't believe this to be true and I'll show you why in a moment but please don't stay with the one machine just to see if it will pay out again. Remember; after a win always set an amount that you will pull out of the machine. Gaining information from experts about the way slots work is difficult. It's a very closely guarded secret which is known only to slots technicians but here's some information I've gathered so far: There's a chip or a board inside the computerized workings of a slot machine which is set to only pay back a certain percentage of the total turnover. However when you push the play button on a slot machine, whether you win or not is a totally random event. Machines are not set to give you a little pay this spin, no pay next spin and then a jackpot the following spin. Each spin is a random event and that's why a machine can pay out two or more jackpots or good pays in a row. Back to the computer chip or board we previously mentioned. The chip or board is set up along the following lines:
Making sense of it all. In the above example number 01 would be the major jackpot. (There is only one chance of picking it off the whole board.) Both number 02's would be a secondary jackpot as would numbers 03, 04, 05 and 06. (The more of each number on the board the less number of coins it will pay back if picked.) Numbers 07 to 14 would be smaller pay outs again and numbers 15 to 17 might only pay back one or two coins or credits. Every number after number 17, and there could be thousands of them, would not pay anything at all. So a slot machine can be set on the same basis as a roulette wheel. A single 0 roulette wheel ensures that the house or casino makes a profit of around 2.5% and a double 00 wheel will increase the casinos profit to over 5%. In the case of the slot machine above every number after 17 would work just the same as a 0 or 00 on a roulette wheel. this would be the house advantage. Now if we transferred all of the numbers in the above frame to a massive roulette wheel and gave it a spin you would have one chance of spinning up the major jackpot and that would only be if number 01 spun up. If you got real lucky, and number 01 did spin up there is absolutely no reason why it wouldn't, or couldn't, spin up again on the very next spin. The only thing against it is the fact that it is well outnumbered by other numbers which pay lesser or no prizes at all. Now you know a bit about how slots work and my advice to you is that if you have a win get out while you can. |