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Playing slots doesn't require too much brain power but because different
machines have different requirements. So, it's important to follow a
few general checkpoints.
1. Before you play your first coin or credit, make sure you know what
denomination you are playing.
2. Read the payback schedule to see if the jackpot is available only
for maximum coins played. For instance, three jackpot symbols might pay
100 coins for one, 200 coins for two, but 1000 coins for three. (This
kind of machine is termed a bonus multiplier. If all payoffs are proportionate--100
for 1, 200 for 2 and 300 for three--it's simply a multiplier.)
3. On bonus multiplier machines, always play the maximum number of credits.
On simple multiplier, you can choose to play any number of coins remembering
that the more you play, the bigger the payoff when you hit something.
4. Some machines will payout on certain symbols only. Referred to as
Buy A Pay machines, these pay on certain symbols only for specific number
of coins or credits played. You might get two-for-one when you get a
cherry but nothing when you hit three bars because for that combination,
you need two coins.
5. If you're playing a machine that has a progressive jackpot, to save
your sanity, always play the maximum number of coins required to win
it. There's no gambling letdown as devastating as lining up all the jackpot
symbols and getting only a tiny amount of money when, had you played
those extra coins, you would have experienced a windfall.
6. If you choose multi-line machines, double check to see whether you
have to play the maximum number of coins to win the jackpot.
7. Take your time. Playing slots isn't a matter of speed. In fact, the
faster you play, the faster you will lose if you don't hit something.
Play at a reasonable speed and enjoy yourself.
8. Don't chase. If you begin to think you'll never get even or win,
stop. Choose another machine or quit for the day. If you lose have your
bankroll, move down to a lower denomination. You can always move up after
you've recovered your losses.
9. Don't play more than you can afford to lose in one sitting. If you
have $25 as a bankroll, you'd be wise to play the lowest denomination
machine that requires the fewest coins per pull. This will allow your
bankroll to stretch out over a longer period of time. If, however, you
choose to play that $25 in quarters or higher, you're likely to lose
it very quickly.
10. Understand the psychology. A casino attracts a multitude of players.
Overall, those players will leave some of their money behind. A few will
take money out. The amount taken out by the winners is far and away offset
by the amount left behind by winners. Players hit jackpots all the time
and these jackpots come from the losses of others.
11. Cash out. Slot machines are a big gamble. When you get ahead, take
the money.
Remember most of all to play responsibly, have fun, and take your good
luck winnings to the bank.
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Surely when Charles Fey built his first slot machine in 1896 he never
could have envisioned where the contraption would travel and how it would
transmogrify. In fact, for a hundred years his innovation hardly changed
at all, except cosmetically. The external design, consisting of an ornate
metal box was wrapped around the mechanism and became fancier or plainer,
larger or smaller, in attempt to attract the eye. But as always, when
a player primed the machine with coins and pulled the handle, the reels
spun randomly and, governed by stoppers eventually came to a halt. Each
reel was decorated with a variety of symbols that, when matched according
to a pay schedule (printed somewhere on the face of the machine), the
player won; when no matching symbols appeared, the player lost.
Though Fey is given credit as the Father of the Slot Machine, prototypes
existed years before he came up with the idea of converting them into
gambling device--which he believed would enhance the profits on his sales
routes. These early "amusement devices" could be found in saloons where
polite society would not be exposed to them and where proprietors stood
on the edge of breaking the law.
These first apparatuses had a major drawback. They were designed in
such a way that after a certain number of coins were inserted the weight
of these coins would tip the scales and some of the stored coins from
previous play would spill out, thus providing a winner. It didn't take
long for street-smart players and wise guys to figure out that the coins
would come out automatically with a little pushing and shoving and slamming
the machine around. So it was back to the drawing board where clever
builders devised first a metal bar to help prevent "tilting," and then
came up with smaller devices that could be bolted to a counter top or
wall.
Meanwhile, in dignified establishments such as grocery stores and mercantiles,
a similar piece of equipment began popping up and being played by even
the snootiest of patrons. Called the trade simulator, this machine operated
much like other contemporary devices except that the winners produced
could be exchanged or traded for goods within the establishment--thus
the name "trade," perhaps a forerunner to the modern cents-off coupon.
Playing slots was (and is) both a tactile and sensory experience involving
the feel of the coins and the touch and pull of the handle. It involved
the sense of vision, the sense of hearing, and the innate sensation of
anticipation.
Winning and losing depended on a simple mechanism that included symbols
(usually fruit of some kind, perhaps bars and/or sevens, and of course
hearts, diamonds, clubs and spades, Fey's original choice) affixed to
the three reels and a shaft. With ten symbols per reel, the machine was
capable of a thousand possible combinations.
The Spectacular symbol is wild and substitutes for
any other symbol to complete winning combinations.
A single Spectacular symbol doubles the payout of
any combination it completes.
Two Spectacular symbols quadruple the payout of any
combination they complete.
Three Spectacular symbols on the payline create a
winning combination as shown in the Payout Table.
The Spectacular symbol does not substitute for a Spin
symbol to activate the Bonus Feature.
Example:
1. A single Spectacular symbol and two 1-Bar symbols
on the payline complete a three 1-Bar symbols combination.
A three 1-Bar symbols combination normally pays out
30 coins, with 2 coins bet. Since a Spectacular symbol
is showing, the payout is 2 x 30 = 60 coins.
2. Two Spectacular symbols and a Seven symbol on
the payline complete a three Seven symbols combination.
A three Seven symbols combination normally pays out
200 coins, with 2 coins bet. Since two Spectacular
symbols are showing, the payout is 4 x 200 = 800 coins.
The value of the Bonus Feature prize is displayed
in credits, not coins.
The only coin size available in Spectacular Wheel
of Wealth is 1 credit.
Winnings are paid out on the highest combination only.
Malfunctions void all plays and pays.
Vinyl Countdown
is a five reel, nine payline, and nine coin slot machine. The
multiple paylines increase your chances of winning. Vinyl Countdown
has a wild symbol, and a scatter symbol. The Wild Jukebox symbol
is wild. This means that it substitutes for any other symbol
to complete winning combinations, except the Scatter Glitter
Ball symbol. The Scatter Glitter Ball symbol is a scatter symbol.
This means that it does not need to appear in a line on an enabled
payline to win. It can be scattered anywhere on the five reels,
provided three or more Scatter Glitter Ball symbols appear. You
are paid out for winning combinations on enabled paylines only,
except for scatter wins. The Scatter Glitter Ball symbol can
appear in any position, on any of the reels. The Wild Jukebox
symbol does not complete a scatter symbol combination.
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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