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Tournaments in Las Vegas
March 19-20, 2005: Las Vegas Hilton, Luck of the Irish Slot Tournament
Includes a three-night hotel stay and an awards dinner.
March 27-29, 2005: Imperial Palace, Masquerade of Cash Slot Tournament.
$675 entry fee includes a three-night hotel stay.
April 10-14, 2005: Riviera, Golden Anniversary Slot Tournament. $299
entry fee.
June 16-20, 2005: Riviera, Jump for Joy Slot Tournament. $595 entry fee.
July 31-Aug. 4, 2005: Riviera, Spin to Win Slot Tournament. $299 entry
fee.
Oct. 4-8, 2005: Riviera, Roll out the Barrel Slot Tournament. $595 entry
fee.
To find out more about tournaments in Las Vegas casinos, call these Las
Vegas hotels and ask for tournament details.
Don't forget to ask for special packages for tournament players. Las
Vegas casinos routinely give discounts to slot tournament players.
Arizona Charlie's (702) 258-5200
Bourbon Street (800) 634-6956 or (702) 737-7200
Buffalo Bills (800) FUN-STOP or (702) 679-5460
Caesars Palace (800) 262-2502 or (702) 731-7485
Excalibur (800) 879-1379
Fitzgeralds (800) 678-LUCK
Flamingo (800) 225-4882 or (702) 733-3117
Four Queens (800) 634-60645 or (702) 385-4011
Fremont (800) 874-0711 or (702) 385-3232
Harrah's (800) 392-9002 or (702) 369-5088
Imperial Palace (800) 351-7400 or (702) 794-3160
Las Vegas Hilton (800) 547-2600
Luxor (702) 262-4000
MGM Grand (800) 929-9410 or (702) 891-7488
Palace Station (800) 367-2717
Rio (800) 777-1711 or (702) 252-7706
Riviera (800) 637-5687
Sahara (800) 634-6645 or (702) 737-2111
Sam's Town (702) 456-7777
Santa Fe Station (702) 658-4900
Silverton (702) 263-7777, ext. 3020
Stardust (800) 824-6033 or (702) 732-6111
Stratosphere (800) SLOTS24
Tropicana (800) 521-8767 or (702) 739-2614
Check other casinos close to where you live. All casinos in varying
states and locations run some form of slot tournament from time to time.
Look other casinos up on the web or simply give them a call.
Tournaments are a lot of fun, you get to meet other interested people,
receive cash, prizes and special room rates.
Sometimes, depending on room rates at the time, it is cheaper to get
a slot tournament package than to book your trip without participating.
If your going to play slots anyway this is a great way to save money and
possibly win some too!
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A single Lion’s Head symbol and a single
Cherry symbol on the payline will complete the winning
combination of two Cherry symbols. With 3 coins bet,
a two Cherry symbols combination pays out 3 coins.
However, a Lion’s Head symbol is displayed,
so the payout is 3 x 2 = 6 coins.
Two Lion’s Head symbols and a 3-Bar symbol
on the payline, combine to produce a three 3-Bar symbols
combination. With 2 coins bet, a three 3-Bar symbols
combination pays out 200 coins. However, two Lion’s
Head symbols are showing, so the payout is 200 x 4
= 800 coins.
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Once a machine pays off, don't play it again because it won't pay off again for some time.
The machines have absolutely no ability to keep track of what has happened in the past. The results are totally random, the slot machine is as likely to pay off on the next pull as it would have
if a jackpot had not been won.
Slot machines near the entrances to casinos pay off more than other machines.
This belief is based on the assumption that winning machines near the entrance will attract passerby's into the casino. However, today there is no need for casino operators to attract people to
play slots, so if it was true in the past it most likely doesn't apply to today's reality.
Casinos can change the odds of a machine so beware of any casino employee fiddling around near the machines.
The payoffs on every slot machine are coded on a computer chip inserted into the machine when it's manufactured. Casinos, slot technicians, etc. cannot alter the payoffs.
If a slot machine advertises a 95% payback then I should expect a return of $95 for every $100 I put into the machine.
The payback percentages are long term percentages. The long term outlook allows the casinos to average income from the machines over time, which is much longer than the time you would
take to play $100 in a machine. In the short term (the time you would take to play $100) the machine could pay off a lot more or a lot less than the advertised amount.
You should play one coin at a time to get more chances at hitting the jackpot.
The chances of hitting a jackpot are small. In most cases, playing the maximum number of coins increases the payout rate percentage, which is actually your better bet to walking away as a winner.
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