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A big mistake that a lot of people make when they first start playing slots
is neglecting to set a finite amount of money for each session of play. A session
of play could be a night, a day, an hour, or a week! However long you plan to
be playing slots you should always set a limit that you are willing to LOSE
and stick to it. Once you hit that limit DON'T GO OVER! Playing slots is a game
for Adults. If you don't have the self control and discipline to set a limit
and not spend over it then you don't deserve to play. That may sound harsh but
it's the truth. This is your livelihood your toying with, and if you're not
responsible with your money your livelihood could go down the drain. It happens
every day. So do yourself a favor and don't let it happen to you. Every time
you plan to visit a casino take the time to sit down and figure out how much
you can afford to lose. If you're going on a holiday then budget an amount for
the week. If you're just going for a night then budget an amount for the night.
There is no rule for how much is right, but the best way to think of it is,
how much you would spend on a normal night out, or a normal weekend outside
of the casino. If you would normally sped $100 out with friends outside of a
casino in a night, then set your casino limit for the night at $100. Once you
set this amount you can either do one of two things: you can sit down prior
to going to the casino and budget out how you're going to spend the money, in
other words on what games. The other way is to wait until you go to the casino
and just spend as you go. This method is a little more risky because it's easier
to lose track of how much you're spending. The best way to spend as you go is
to take out your entire bankroll for that evening as soon as you get to the
casino. Spend only that cash, then, when you run out you know for sure that
it's time to quit.
As an added money management tool some people like to actually keep a pen and
notepad with them throughout the night, and will actually record ho much money
they are spending on each game. When they win they write it down-when they lose
they write it down. Micromanaging your budget this way can be a very smart way
of deciding what slots games you want to play throughout your session. For instance
if you see that you are losing money a little faster then you normally would
on a certain progressive game, then you might consider switching to a flat top
game with fewer reels.
No mater how wealthy you are there is no excuse for playing slots without setting
a budget, even the richest Arab Sheiks have the good sense to set limits. If
you really like to play slots it's the only way to ensure you can continue to
play on into the future.
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Major Millions Progressive Jackpot Slots
.Major Millions Progressive Jackpots Slots hit the internet with a
resounding round of applause from online gamblers and slot enthusiasts
in particular. With jackpots that start at over $250,000 and reach well
over $1,000,000 this is the biggest news in online gambling since it's
inception back in the mid 90's. Major Millions is a three payline, three
reel and three coin slot machine, with the max bet of $3.00. Found at
Microgaming Casinos, this phenomenon has made several instant "near"
millionaires and one real millionaire ( Ronald H. won $1,626,184.56 in
February 2003 ) out of some very lucky slots players online. Major
Millions offer a multiplier which doubles your payout on a winning
combinations and if you land two Major's on a payline your payout is
quadrupled. Now even if you don't win the big jackpot, the Major gives
you plenty of chances to win some pretty serious cash. Line up three
majors on payline 1 and you win $25,000 or line him up on payline 2 and
walk away with a cool $50,000. All this on a $3.00 bet.
Microgaming has recently added some new excitement to Major Millions
fans game fare. Introducing their newest version - Major Millions 5
Reel, 15 Payline with bets ranging from $0.20 to $3.00. Betting the max
is of course the only way to win the jackpot. There are 33 winning
combinations plus a scatter symbol, and a wild symbol that will multiply
your winnings by three if completes a winning combination.
LotsaLoot Slots Progressive Slots
.Microgaming's LotsaLoot Progressive Jackpot Slots, is a three reel,
five payline, and five coin slot machine that has a wild, amultiplier
symbol and a Progressive Jackpot that is enabled when you bet the max
coins. Each coin is $0.50 with a max bet of $2.50. The LotsaLoot symbol
is wild and substitutes for all other symbols when completing winning
combinations.
One LotsaLoot symbol doubles the payout of any combination it
completes. Get two LotsaLoot symbols and quadruple the payout of any
combination they complete. The Progressive Jackpot is tied to other
Microgaming casinos and is a constantly rising jackpot. Lotsaloot Slot
lovers are thrilled with Microgaming's release of the new 5 Reel, 25
payline video slot version of this classic game. Offering more winning
combinations means more chances for you to win big! Give this new spin
on an old friend a whirl, you'll be hooked in no time and who knows, you
may be the next big big winner.
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Microgaming Slots Review: Fruit Fiesta
.Fruit Fiesta is a long time favorite among slot players and is
offered in all Microgaming Casinos. With a huge following of slots fans,
this game is great for those who want a real chance at a big jackpot but
don't want to spend upwards of $5.00 per spin. And Fruit Fiesta offers
so many ways to win, including the Fruit Fiesta symbol itself, get one
and win a nice piece of change, two gets you even more, but get three
and the jackpot is yours!
This Slots game is a three reel, three payline, and three coin slot
machine, that has a multiplier and a Fruit Fiesta wild symbol which
substitutes for any symbol to complete a winning combination. Fruit
Fiesta is a Progressive Jackpot Slots game that continually builds and
is tied to many other Microgaming Casinos. The max bet in Fruit Fiesta
is $0.75 with a coin size of $0.25. Max bet must be made in order to win
the
Progressive Jackpot.
Surely when Charles Fey built his first slot machine in 1896 he never
could have envisioned where the contraption would travel and how it would
transmogrify. In fact, for a hundred years his innovation hardly changed
at all, except cosmetically. The external design, consisting of an ornate
metal box was wrapped around the mechanism and became fancier or plainer,
larger or smaller, in attempt to attract the eye. But as always, when
a player primed the machine with coins and pulled the handle, the reels
spun randomly and, governed by stoppers eventually came to a halt. Each
reel was decorated with a variety of symbols that, when matched according
to a pay schedule (printed somewhere on the face of the machine), the
player won; when no matching symbols appeared, the player lost.
Though Fey is given credit as the Father of the Slot Machine, prototypes
existed years before he came up with the idea of converting them into
gambling device--which he believed would enhance the profits on his sales
routes. These early "amusement devices" could be found in saloons where
polite society would not be exposed to them and where proprietors stood
on the edge of breaking the law.
These first apparatuses had a major drawback. They were designed in
such a way that after a certain number of coins were inserted the weight
of these coins would tip the scales and some of the stored coins from
previous play would spill out, thus providing a winner. It didn't take
long for street-smart players and wise guys to figure out that the coins
would come out automatically with a little pushing and shoving and slamming
the machine around. So it was back to the drawing board where clever
builders devised first a metal bar to help prevent "tilting," and then
came up with smaller devices that could be bolted to a counter top or
wall.
Meanwhile, in dignified establishments such as grocery stores and mercantiles,
a similar piece of equipment began popping up and being played by even
the snootiest of patrons. Called the trade simulator, this machine operated
much like other contemporary devices except that the winners produced
could be exchanged or traded for goods within the establishment--thus
the name "trade," perhaps a forerunner to the modern cents-off coupon.
Playing slots was (and is) both a tactile and sensory experience involving
the feel of the coins and the touch and pull of the handle. It involved
the sense of vision, the sense of hearing, and the innate sensation of
anticipation.
Winning and losing depended on a simple mechanism that included symbols
(usually fruit of some kind, perhaps bars and/or sevens, and of course
hearts, diamonds, clubs and spades, Fey's original choice) affixed to
the three reels and a shaft. With ten symbols per reel, the machine was
capable of a thousand possible combinations.
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