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Payout percentages are the most commonly used form of differentiating slot machines, and the most often used form of advertising slots by the casinos. Many casinos offer "98% payback slots " or some other high number as their payback percentage. This is most often thought of as "98% of the total amount of money deposited into the machine will be returned to the player". People tend to think this means if they play through $100, they should expect to have $98 come back to them. This is a bit of a fallacy however, because the return percentage is a theoretical one based on an infinite timeline. This means if you were to keep playing the slots game forever, you would eventually have made back 98% of what you put in. Most people don't usually play long enough to hit a big jackpot however, and winning that jackpot is part of the calculated 98%. This means if you play and don't win big, chances are you're actual return percentage will be significantly lower.
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What do I mean by traps? I mean slot machines that aren't entirely up front about what they offer you. The biggest trap by far is the full coins trap. There are many slot machines in Vegas that advertise great payback percentages and amazing jackpots, but they also advertise themselves as 'quarter slots ' or 'nickel slots ', which is a little misleading. The majority of these machines require you to play multiple coins in order to be eligible for some or any of its available jackpots. Many of them require that you are playing the maximum number of coins possible on the machine in order to be able to win the jackpot that probably convinced you to play it in the first place! So be very wary, you may find yourself in front of a machine that has three cars lined up in a row making you think you've won the grand jackpot, but no lights will flash, no sounds will erupt, if you only played one coin.
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There are many, many myths around the Internet trying to convince you that the casinos in Las Vegas have masterminded the way they place their slots , with loose slots more visible than tight slots . You will undoubtedly read about how slot machines near the isles, on raised carousels, or near the entrances and exits pay out more and more often than other slots in the casino. The logic is based on the idea that the casino wants any winner on a slot machine to be seen by as many people as possible, convincing them to play too. While this may be a fairly logical assumption, it seems as though if it was true once in the past, it sadly no longer is. Recently Michael Shackleford of the wizard of odds has done some fairly systematic tests of casinos around Vegas and found no difference between the payouts on machines located randomly, and those in previously though of 'loose' spots.
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Break da Bank. is a three reel, five
payline, and five coin slot machine.
It has a wild, multiplier symbol and the maximum payout
is 2,400 coins.
The Break da Bank. symbol is wild and substitutes
for any other symbol to
complete winning combinations, and multiply the payout.
A single Break da Bank. symbol pays out 2x any combination
it completes.
Two Break da Bank. symbols pay out 4x any combination
they complete.
A truck themed 5 reel
spinner. Play up to 9 lines. You can play with coins as small
as 1 cent. Other coin sizes are: $0.05, $0.10, $0.25, $0.50,
$1, $2 and $5. Maximum bet is 9x$5=$45. The Red Truck symbol
is the jackpot symbol in this slots game. Hit 5 Red Trucks on
any active payline and you win 10,000 coins! Winnings pay from
the left and from the right.
The red truck symbol with Wild. written
on it is a wild symbol. It substitutes for any other symbol.
Also, the wild symbol doubles any win in the combination it is
in, but not cumulatively (that is, two wild symbols still
multiply the win by 2 and not by 4). The exhaust pipe with
Scatter. written on it is a scatter symbol. They don’t have
to follow any payline. If you get 2 or more scatter symbols
you win. Five scatter symbols will pay a 100 times your
total. bet.
The Standard deviation slots strategy is perhaps the most advanced of all slots
playing tactics. It involves using a mathematical equation to determine on what
spins the machine is most likely to yield a win. Although some people prefer
to use the precision of actual mathematical formulas in these strategies it
is not necessary, and with a little practice can be done quite quickly in your
head. Here are the steps to make the strategy work.
1. The 1st step is to choose a Slot machine, or game, that uses "Equal-Ratio"
play. This means any slots game that gives you the same payout percentage
for every level of play. For example, if you bet 4 dimes (40 cents) the jackpot
will be exactly 4 times the jackpot than if you had bet 1 dime. The standard
deviation strategy will only work on slot games that have this kind of payout
percentage structure.
2. The Standard Deviation strategy enables you to calculate the "standard
deviation" of the number of spins between wins. In order to accomplish
this, the player must bet with a minimum amount in order to establish, on average,
how many spins you must make before a win will happen. So have a pen and notepad
ready and play for a while. Record the number of spins you make before you get
a win. Make sure you repeat the cycle after every win about ten times. For instance,
if you spin 8 times and on the 9th spin you make a win you would write down
9.
3. Once you have about 10 wins recorded take the average of all the numbers
and you have the standard deviation for that game. So if you find that the
wins happen about 10 to 20 spins apart the standard deviation would be 15. You
would then know that in order to maximize your chances of winning for that game
all you have to do is continually bet minimum amounts for 14 spins, then on
the 15th you would bet the maximum. It might not work out every time, but it
will give you the edge you need to ensure you are playing with the maximum possibility
of winning.
NOTE: For the purposes of simplicity the exact formula for the standard Deviation
strategy is not given here. Doing it on the cuff and in your head is a much
more convenient way and is still just as accurate to produce a marked increase
in your number of wins. Just remember it takes time. The longer you stay playing,
the bigger the increase in the number of wins will be.
Also it is important to keep in mind that for best results you should employ
this strategy only on those slots games with the highest payout percentage.
If you have carefully selected a slot machine with a payout percentage around
98 percent, you have the ability to create a slot game with an ultra high payout
percentage. Combined with careful game selection the standard deviation strategy,
this is an extremely powerful way to get the most wins.
One Play Strategies
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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