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Slots machines have been around since the early 1800's and are as
varied as their numbers. The first machines had only three reels and 20
symbols. Today's slot machines have anywhere from 3 to 9 or more reels
and upwards of 100 symbols and take as little as a nickel to play or as
much as $100 a pull. Online casinos offer slots and have a tremendous
clientele or player base. Die-hard slot players can tell you which are
the best online casinos to play slots at, dependant on the casino
software, the payout schedule, the coin size and whether there is chat
capabilities available. Remember those are opinions and everyone's is
different and may or may not work for you. As a beginner you need to
develop your on insight into slots and this is where I come in. With the
information here, you will be able to play with the best of them, and
determine for yourselves which casinos and which games are best suited
to you.
Slots Basics.:
Determine your budget first, select a game that you feel comfortable
with, there are many many online slot games and each comes with it's own
theme and design so your choices are nearly unlimited. Some pick a
particular game because they like the name of the game, some choose a
new game thinking that the game is looser, the choice is entirely yours.
Always consider the payout and the coin amount in your decision.
Look at the payout table located on the top of the machine at about
eye level. Study the symbols and what each will pay you should you win
that combination. You have a choice of betting one, two or three coins
on most machines. Some have a two coin max. Whatever the coin max, bet
the max. You don't want to be sitting there stunned when you hit that
top winning combination only to realize you didn't get the jackpot
because you were one coin shy of the max bet required.
Next you want to begin your play by inserting your money. Slot
machines will accept coins or bills and payout in coins or a credit slip
that you take to the cashier to get paid. After your first spin glance
back up at the payout table to compare your spin to what is showing
there. You would have seen and heard the bells and whistles had you hit
a winning combination of a large size. But by keeping yourself familiar
with exactly what you are trying to achieve, you can start to play a bit
more relaxed and naturally and spin the reels with more confidence.
Slots Payouts.:
The payouts on slots can be very confusing to the novice. In general, a
good rule of thumb to remember is that the lower the bet such on nickel
slots, the lower the payout.
Cool Buck is a three reel, five payline, and five
coin slot machine. The multiple paylines increase
your chances of winning. It has a wild symbol and
the maximum payout is 6,000 coins.
For every coin that you bet, you enable another
payline. You are paid out for winning combinations
on enabled paylines only.
There are 2 bonus features in this game. The
first one is the Volcano Bonus. To start this bonus game you
need 3,4, or 5 Volcano symbols on any payline you are playing.
The symbols must be next to each other and start on reel one.
In the bonus game you are supposed to choose a fruit offering
for the volcano. After you choose one the bonus win amount
will be displayed and you return to the main screen.
The
second bonus feature is the Pick a Mask. game. To start
this bonus game you need 3,4, or 5 Mask symbols next to each
other and the first one on the 1st reel. In the bonus game, 10
Tiki masks are displayed. Behind every mask is a bonus for you
or a Collect. Choose as many bonuses until you hit a collect.
The number of games and manufacturers of coin-operated machines are
almost end less. Choose from slot, gumball, cigar, music, clocks, cash
registers, pinball, gun, and weigh machines, horse gaming and golf,
to name a few. Slot authoritarian, Marshall Fey, author of "Slot
Machines:
A Pictoral History of the First 100 Years," said the slot machine
mushroomed into a premier collectible after 1976, the year that California
legalized antique slot machine collecting. Many states have since followed
suit.
Robert Levy of Pennsauken, N.J., who has more than 250 antique slots,
said he collects because "they increase in value every year. They
are a good investment, very entertaining, they make wonderful banks,
and they will never be made again." His oldest is dated 1893. Levy,
who is for two price guides in the U.S. and one in England, said he
has bought and sold slot machines for 14 years. For some collectors,
"seek and find" offers the most enjoyment. The rare ones are
difficult to locate because many of them were taken to the city dump
and are lost forever. Some collectors like the "thrill" of
owning an illegal item.
Not every state condones ownership of a slot machine, and some states
require that it be a certain age before it can be sold. Levy said the
Attorney General's office of each state regulates the sale of slot machines,
and it is best to check with that office before buying. Cosmetic changes
over the years are not the only consequences of the modern world of
gaming. "With the old machines, you played one coin at a time and
it paid on the center line.
You could have fun playing and watching and waiting for the symbols
to come up. Today's electronic slots play up to 60 lines at one time;
they will take $100 dollar bills and will, geometrically, take money
unbelieveably quicker. You can sit down and in a matter of seconds,
your money is gone, and so is the fun of the game.
The ones that play up to 60 lines let the casino take in less on each
pull, but it (the casino) makes more money in the long run," Levy
said.
Click below pictures to see some vintage machine pictures we collected,
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