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Operation M.Y.O.W.
(Make Your Own Win) is a 3-reel game where players choose from
five different pay tables and each pay table is displayed on
the machine. It may be played in denominations of $.05, $.25,
$.50, $1, and $5. The theme of this slot machine is feline (cat)
with an Asian flair with pay table symbols including Coi, Dragons,
Flowers, etc. In addition, cat icons represent the five lucky
colors. Each pay table has a distinctive name and lucky color.
The names are: Lucky (White), Catman (Purple), Kung Fu Kitty
(Yellow), Catzilla (Green), and The King (Pink). Players have
the ability to scroll through the set of five different pay tables
and play on the one that they choose. The player chooses between
the different pay tables at anytime by selecting a prominently
displayed ‘Next Paytable’ button. Each pay table has
different payouts, but the wheels work the same regardless of
which one the player has chosen. A player can change, at any
time, to a new pay table and each one has its own flavor. The
players’ choice does not affect the way the wheels stop.
Overall, the pay tables have very similar odds to the player.
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.
The picture above is a payout schedule from a "Red White and Blue"
slot machine.
As you can see, if you were to hit the jackpot betting one coin would
win you 2,000 coins, 4,000 coins for a two coin bet and 10,000 coins for
the maximum bet of 3 coins.
losing slot players will not pay attention to payout schedules, where
as smart players who win at slots do. If you walk by the above machine
and the first thing you notice is 10,000 coins, you might as well forget
about becoming a serious slot player.
The key to win playing slot machines is to understand the payout
schedule. You should play a slot machine that offers the highest payout
for lower winning combinations, not just play a machine because it has
the highest jackpot.
Reasons for doing so, are the simple fact that your chances of
winning the large jackpot are a lot lower than winning smaller payouts.
By walking around the casino, you should look at all slot machine payout
schedules before you begin to play.
For instance, say you decide to only play quarter slots and see two
identical machines. When you compare the payout schedules, machine 1
offers 25 coins for the lowest payout and machine 2 offers 50 coins.
Which would you choose?
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