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It seems like everyone wants to tell you a slot machine secret to
winning. If you've made it this far then you already know there are no
slot machine secrets. The computers random number generator determines a
win or loss.
With that in mind, there are sensible tips to playing slot machines
to reduce your chances of walking away from a casino flat broke.
Tip 1.- No matter what tip or strategy you use to play slot
machines, set a limit to how much you are going to spend before you
ever begin to play. Once you reach that limit, quit. Do not keep
feeding a machine in hopes of recouping any loss.
Tip 2.- Know the slot machine payout schedule. Two identical
slot machines can have different payouts. Play the one with the best
payout.
Tip 3.- Look for advertised slot machines offering 96-98%
paybacks. Casino's usually have a few banks or carousels of high
percentage payback slots.
Tip 4.- Play slots with your bankroll and not from the
credits meter. The reason is not that it makes a difference in
winning, but any winnings will increase your credits. This way, when
you run out of money or want to leave the casino, any credits you earn
are your winnings. If you spend all your money and use up all your
credits, you walk away with nothing.
Tip 5.- If your going to play progressive slot machines,
play the maximum bet. The odds on progressive slot machines are
higher, so when and if you do win, you want the highest payout
possible.
Tip 6.- Join the casino players club. Once you receive your
players card, always play with it in the machine. The casino rewards
players for time and money spent. Even if you don't hit the jackpot,
you may still receive free casino comps like meals, discount hotel
rooms, event tickets and more that are worth money too.
Tip 7.- Try to avoid slot machines with 4 or more reels
until you have built up a bankroll. Odds on 4 or more reel machines
are higher than the standard 3 reel slot machines.
Tip 8.- Play the slot machines you can afford and only spend
money you can risk losing. $1 slots payout more over time than 25.
But of course, there's no absolute guarantee you
will win more playing a $5 slot machine over a $1 slot machine.
Tip 9.- Divide your bankroll into the number of slot
sessions you plan on playing. If you are vacationing at a casino for 5
days and brought $500, spend $100 a day. You will enjoy your time at
the casino over the course of your vacation more compared to blowing
your wad all in one sitting and have no money left for the remainder
of your casino visit. People who do not do this are those who end up
maxing out their credit cards.
Tip 10.- Walk away when your losing and become irritated.
Playing slot machines are fun.and should be fun. When your not
having fun, it's time to go find something else to do. You can always
come back later.
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Couch Potato. is a three reel, one payline,
and three coin slot machine.
It has a wild, multiplier symbol and the maximum payout
is 15,000 coins.
The Couch Potato. symbol is wild and substitutes for
any other symbol to complete winning combinations.
A single Couch Potato symbol pays out 5x on any combination
it completes.
Two Couch Potato symbols pay out 25x on any combination
they complete.
Three Couch Potato symbols on the payline create a winning
combination as shown in the Payout Table.
The Couch Potato symbol does not substitute for a Cherry
symbol, unless there is a Cherry symbol on the payline.
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The SWAT TEAM symbol is wild and substitutes for
any other symbol to complete winning combinations.
A single SWAT TEAM symbol doubles the payout of any
combination it completes.
Two SWAT TEAM symbols quadruple the payout of any
combination they complete.
Three SWAT TEAM symbols on the payline create a
winning combination as shown in the Payout Table.
Example:
1. A single SWAT TEAM symbol on the payline completes
the winning combination of a single Fly Swat symbol.
With 2 coins bet, a single Fly Swat symbol combination
pays out 4 coins. However, a SWAT TEAM symbol is displayed,
so the payout is 4 coins x 2 = 8 coins.
2. Two SWAT TEAM symbols and a 3-Bar symbol on the
payline, combine to produce a three 3-Bar symbols
combination. With 2 coins bet, a three 3-Bar symbols
combination pays out 80 coins. However, two SWAT TEAM
symbols are showing, so the payout is 80 coins x 4
= 320 coins.
In a modern slot machine,
the odds of hitting a particular symbol or combination of symbols
depends on how the virtual reel is set up. As we saw in the last
section, each stop on the actual reel may correspond to more than one
stop on the virtual reel. Simply put, the odds of hitting a particular
image on the actual reel depend on how many virtual stops correspond to
the actual stop.
In a typical weighted slot machine, the top jackpot stop (the one with
the highest-paying jackpot image) for each reel corresponds to only one
virtual stop. This means that the chance of hitting the jackpot image on
one reel is 1 in 64. If all of the reels are set up the same way, the
chances of hitting the jackpot image on all three reels is 1 in 643, or
262,144. For machines with a bigger jackpot, the virtual reel may have
many more stops. This decreases the odds of winning that jackpot
considerably.
The losing blank stops above
and below the jackpot image may correspond to more virtual stops than
other images. Consequently, a player is most likely to hit the blank
stops right next to the winning stop. This creates the impression that
they "just missed" the jackpot, which encourages them to keep gambling,
even though the proximity of the actual stops is inconsequential.
A machine's program is
carefully designed and tested to achieve a certain payback percentage.
The payback percentage is the percentage of the money that is put in
that is eventually paid out to the player. With a payback percentage of
90, for example, the casino would take about 10 percent of all money put
into the slot machine and give away the other 90 percent. With any
payback percentage under a 100 (and they're all under 100), the casino
wins over time.
In most gambling
jurisdictions, the law requires that payback percentages be above a
certain level (usually somewhere around 75 percent). The payback
percentage in most casino machines is much higher than the minimum --
often in the 90- to 97-percent range. Casinos don't want their machines
to be a lot tighter than their competitors' machines or the players will
take their business elsewhere.
The odds for a particular
slot machine are built into the program on the machine's computer chip.
In most cases, the casino cannot change the odds on a machine without
replacing this chip. Despite popular opinion, there is no way for the
casino to instantly "tighten up" a machine.
Machines don't loosen up on
their own either. That is, they aren't more likely to pay the longer you
play. Since the computer always pulls up new random numbers, you have
exactly the same chance of hitting the jackpot every single time you
pull the handle. The idea that a machine can be "ready to pay" is all in
the player's head, at least in the standard system.
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