Archive for January, 2008
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How do we know which ones are the better payers, and which ones are the takers?
Sunday, January 20th, 2008
You can’t. Not exactly, and not all the time. However, there are some hits. Look for slot islands among reel slots. Look for simple pays and multipliers. Among video slots, look for game which can be easily understood, and which offer frequenbonus hits. Finally, look for IGT machines as a brand name. These are always among the best-paying slot machines in any casino.
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How do they make money for the casino?
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
By “holding” that preprogrammed prcentage, over all events, and over all the time the machine is powered. If the preprogrammed “hold” percentage is 2 percent, then the machine will hold at least that, dependig on play. Some machines require the players to wager maximum coins in order for it to pay at the proper preprogammed rate. Other machines require player skill, and threfore if they are played badly, will hold more. For this reason, even machines which may be programmed to “over100 percent pay-back” can still hold money for the cash), and thus make a profit for the casino, because many plaers will play these machines either without the maximum-coin wager, or just play them badly. Good play, skillful nd knowledgeable play, combined with always wagering te maximum coins, will equal profits from your slot play closest to the optimum payback percentage of each such machine. You will, therefore, force the machine to hold less for the casino.
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How do slot machines pay off?
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
Since nothing can be truly random, machines pay off in cycles. Although the general perception is of complete randomness, the truth is that the machines will select the bits in cyclical events. Sometimes these will allow the machine to pay more than its pre-programmed percentage, and at other times, it will pay less. In the end, at the final tally at the conclusion of each fiscal year life cycle of each machine, the percentages will roughly equal the preprogrammed payback percentage, or come as close to it as is statistically possible, and within the acceptable regulatory standards for such a range as defined in the approval process. Therefore, for you to win, you must catch the machine during times when it wil hit the cycle of bits which translate to winning events.
