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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 is a simple but very effective strategy. Like Standard Deviation, in order
to make the One Play Strategy work, you must also choose slots games that offer
Equal-ratio payouts. This method works best with games that offer the biggest
jackpots, and you play only the maximum bet. These are the steps.
You start if any one play wins a payout at 1x-3x (1 to 3 times the amount bet)
then you make 1 more play.
If any one play wins 4x or more, then you make 3 more plays.
Otherwise you stop playing immediately.
Take note of those slots where such strategies might seem to work, and those
games where they do not work.
Note: there are a lot of people who don't believe in One Play slot machine
strategies. They usually say that it is impossible to win by just using one
kind of bet. The best thing to do is try the method out for yourself, if it
works for you than it does not mater what anyone else thinks about the strategy.
Also here are some things to consider when deciding whether to use the One Play
Strategy.
There will always be times when a slot game does not pay for awhile, and then
"pays off" in the end. However there also are times when a slot machine
game will just keep on paying.
Even a jackpot does not last very long if you go around feeding slot machines
that do not feed you back.
If you can keep, on average, 1x from every 3x win, you will do better than
to win the largest jackpot.
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