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Here's some advice to play the slot machines,
1. Always load up a progressive machine. The progressives don't
pay as often or as many of the small winning combinations that simple
machines do, so you are actually playing for the jackpot only. In that
case, you have to load them up in order to get the jackpot. Read the
payout table!
2. Pay attention to the sound of the casino. Notice which slot
machines are hitting and which aren't. oftentimes there will seem to
be "hot" carousels and cold ones. Follow like sheep to the
hot ones.
3. Play the progressives with the highest jackpots. It makes
sense to seek the greatest reward if you're willing to take the progressive
risk. As the change person for help in locating top jackpots.
4. Stake out a seemingly hot carousel and spend an evening (between
dinner and second show time) watching how the machines do. Once
you've seen enough, go to sleep. Then come back in the very early hours
of the morning and hit the ones that have been played hard but haven't
hit yet!
5. Resist the temptation to move up the pay scale when you're losing.
Because slots have the worst odds, increasing your level of play can
be the worst bet in the house! If you must keep playing, get off the
progressives and find some simple nonprogressive (flat top) machines.
6. When you finally hit a jackpot¡ just sit there. Take a deep
breath. Don't mistakenly pull the handle again or touch a button. Most
jackpots, especially those that are $1,000 or more, are paid by an attendant
who will come over to verify your win and pay you off in cash.
There is one way to almost guarantee yourself a good time, satiate
your appetite for slots, and possibly even come out ahead , .
Today the largest group of casino players are playing slots. It wasn't always this way, as late as the mid-seventies slots were not thought of serious games of chance. They were often played
by the female companions of male table players, husbands were often seen giving their wives money to play the slots with while they went off to play the more serious table games. In those
days a "respectable" table player wouldn't be caught playing the slots.
The original slot machines were mechanical devices and some cheats tried various ways to beat the house. People tried everything from the use of magnets to drilling a hole through the
side of the machines, all in an attempt to influence the mechanism. There was even a legal method discovered by a few that involved a style of pulling the handle that controlled the drop of
one or more of the reels. This increased the players odds greatly, and caused the casino operators some concern until a method was devised to remove this advantage. The manufacturers
have kept modifying and refining the machines to keep the games honest.
Today the vast majority of slot machines are electronic and computer controlled so that outside manipulating of the machines by cheaters is now just a part of slot machine history.
It was the introduction and rapid acceptance of video games that changed the slot machine forever, the casino operators developed a new line of electronic slot machines, ones that offered
vivid graphics and exciting sound effects. The casino operators also added further refinements such as connecting several machines together and taking a small percentage of every play and
adding it to a jackpot total. If no one hits the jackpot for some time it can grow into a huge amount, and although the odds are small it will payoff and one lucky player will win big. These
"jackpots" also helped to increase slot popularity to where it is today.
Today slots are the most popular form of casino gambling, with up to 40% of casino revenue originating from these "one armed bandits".
This slots game contains 3
reels and a single line. This slotmachine accepts one dollar
coins only. You can bet up to 3 coins maximum. The payout
schedule is on the right of your gaming screen. Whenever you
have a winning combination it will highlight your winning
numbers. The jackpot is 3,000 coins when you hit 3 Diamond.
symbols with a 3 coin bet.
You
must bet three coins per spin to qualify for the bonus
feature. Whenever a Jewelry Box. symbol is displayed on
the payline, you are awarded a diamond segment. This is added
to the Bonus Diamond. Once you have collected four diamond
segments the Bonus Feature is activated. In the bonus game you
choose one of the Jewelry Boxes displayed. The box opens and
reveals your winning combination. You are paid out according
to the Bonus Payout Schedule.
In 1887, Charles Fey brought to America what was to be one of the
jackpot of inventions.The Slot Machine.
A 29 year old mechanic from San Francisco, Fey started a craze that
thrives til this day. On the first slot machines the reels had symbols
of ordinary playing cards, not the fruit and array that we see today.
The term 'One Armed Bandit' was soon after adopted as it was thought
that the odds were not the greatest and people kept putting their money
in without much thought to how much they were actually losing. With 3
reels and 20 symbols in it's early days, the slot machine has evolved to
some that have random number generators and close to 100 symbols and
multi pay-lines.
Fey, being the inventor was also the first to actually offer the slot
machines to the public and he would rent his hand made machines to other
businesses on a 50% rental agreement. His first slot machine was called
the Liberty Bell and can be seen in a local Reno restaurant that is
owned by his family.
Casinos began putting slot machines in mainly as a distraction for the
lady friends of their male gamblers to keep them occupied and away from
the gaming tables while the men gambled. Soon the craze spread to all
peoples regardless of gender and walk of life. Along with the
introduction of slot machines came the eventual crackdown on the
gambling phenomenon by local police. Raids would ensue and slot machines
confiscated. It wasn't long before the action was moved to the backrooms
of taverns, bars and clubs.
The introduction of slot machine to Nevada has been credited to Bugsy
Seigel, notorious gangster turned casinos entrepreneur in the mid
1900's. With legalized gambling came a new love and fervor for the slot
machine and this has carried over to the internet with online casinos.
The slot machine has always held a certain fascination to gamblers
everywhere and in part is due to the bells and whistles, the sounds and
lights and the almost hypnotic quality of the game play. Slot machines
started out as simple and requiring no skill, a great way to escape
where you didn't really have to think or plan a strategy when playing.
Todays machines still require little or no skill to play, but have added
new technology, stunning graphics and sound effects, and some of the
largest jackpots of any game of chance, and have captivated the hearts
and minds millions of people worldwide and continues to attract and hook
thousands more yearly.
You can find slot machines that still have very inexpensive pulls,
starting at a nickel and going all the way up to $100 a pull and
jackpots in the millions. So there is a game out there for everyone and
every budget.
How to determine your odds? Take the number of reels, example 3 reels
and multiply the amount of symbols. This would work out to 20 x 20 x 20
= 8,000 so the odds would be 7,999 to 1.
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