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It seems like everyone wants to tell you a slot machine secret to
winning. If you've made it this far then you already know there are no
slot machine secrets. The computers random number generator determines a
win or loss.
With that in mind, there are sensible tips to playing slot machines
to reduce your chances of walking away from a casino flat broke.
Tip 1.- No matter what tip or strategy you use to play slot
machines, set a limit to how much you are going to spend before you
ever begin to play. Once you reach that limit, quit. Do not keep
feeding a machine in hopes of recouping any loss.
Tip 2.- Know the slot machine payout schedule. Two identical
slot machines can have different payouts. Play the one with the best
payout.
Tip 3.- Look for advertised slot machines offering 96-98%
paybacks. Casino's usually have a few banks or carousels of high
percentage payback slots.
Tip 4.- Play slots with your bankroll and not from the
credits meter. The reason is not that it makes a difference in
winning, but any winnings will increase your credits. This way, when
you run out of money or want to leave the casino, any credits you earn
are your winnings. If you spend all your money and use up all your
credits, you walk away with nothing.
Tip 5.- If your going to play progressive slot machines,
play the maximum bet. The odds on progressive slot machines are
higher, so when and if you do win, you want the highest payout
possible.
Tip 6.- Join the casino players club. Once you receive your
players card, always play with it in the machine. The casino rewards
players for time and money spent. Even if you don't hit the jackpot,
you may still receive free casino comps like meals, discount hotel
rooms, event tickets and more that are worth money too.
Tip 7.- Try to avoid slot machines with 4 or more reels
until you have built up a bankroll. Odds on 4 or more reel machines
are higher than the standard 3 reel slot machines.
Tip 8.- Play the slot machines you can afford and only spend
money you can risk losing. $1 slots payout more over time than 25.
But of course, there's no absolute guarantee you
will win more playing a $5 slot machine over a $1 slot machine.
Tip 9.- Divide your bankroll into the number of slot
sessions you plan on playing. If you are vacationing at a casino for 5
days and brought $500, spend $100 a day. You will enjoy your time at
the casino over the course of your vacation more compared to blowing
your wad all in one sitting and have no money left for the remainder
of your casino visit. People who do not do this are those who end up
maxing out their credit cards.
Tip 10.- Walk away when your losing and become irritated.
Playing slot machines are fun.and should be fun. When your not
having fun, it's time to go find something else to do. You can always
come back later.
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There are a maximum of
paylines on the 5-reel slotmachine. Each payline which has a
bet placed on it can win. All winnings are paid both from left
to right and from right to left. Only the SUN symbol is
special and pays in any position on all lines. Denominations are: $0.50, $1
and $2 per payline. Maximum bet is $10. If you bet max and hit
5 Suns you win the progressive jackpot!.
The bonus is based on the player winning
individual letters until the word "MAGIC" is spelled. To win a
letter, gray symbols which appear after every spin on each of
wheels must make a payline and you must have a bet on that
payline of course. If the word "MAGIC" is spelled out, you
will get one free bonus spin. Every bonus spin will win 5
symbols of the same kind on one of paylines. So a minimum win
is x50. The amount won will be based on the amount bet on the
last normal spin. This is where strategy plays a role - you
may want to increase your bet when you are close to earning
the bonus spin.
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.
Yes - Tomb Raider has a wild symbol and
a scatter symbol.
The Tomb Raider symbol is a wild symbol. This means
it substitutes for other symbols to complete winning
combinations.
The Tomb Raider symbol does not substitute for the
Lara symbol to complete scatter winning combinations.
The Tomb Raider symbol does not substitute for the
Idol symbol to activate the Tomb bonus game.
The Lara symbol is a scatter symbol. This means that
it does not need to appear in a line on an enabled
payline, to win.
It can be scattered anywhere on the five reels, provided
that two or more Lara symbols appear.
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