Slot Machine Strategies and Tips
Have you ever wondered how to get better at Slot Machines? Ever wanted to know some simple tips on how to play? Well here I have compiled a list of some tips that might help you out when you are playing those Slot Machines at the casino.
We all know that most people go to the casinos to make a little bit of money on the side, but the most important tip that I or anybody else would have given you is that you have to have to have fun. If you don’t have fun while you are playing Slot Machines, it isn’t a good thing. Getting frustrated can get you to "go tilt" or in other words lose your cool and start betting (and losing) a lot of money.
You should quit once you start getting mad because you will almost always end up losing when you aren't thinking clearly. Cut your loses, pretend you are starting at even the next day and play like you normally would. We all think that we're due for a win. So don't go off the deep end like "Damn it! I lost 13 straight spins! I know I'll hit the payline this time. I'm going to bet $50. Crap!"
Streaky Slot Machines
Hot Streaks
First off you have to know about hot or cold streaks. In my experience, all slot machines go through hot and cold spells. Usually, I will categorize it a hot streak if the paylines hit for 2 times your bet or more five times during a 20 spin cycle. Recognizing and anticipating when these hot streak are going to start or have started will end up winning you a lot of money. Its risky, but there are signs you can pick up that it is coming. They are subtle hints that are hard to pick up.
What I am basing this off of is the primary approach that I go about playing. I like to do hundreds of spins to give myself as large of a sample as possible. This gives you a feel for how often things occur and when you should be expecting to see them again. Here are some examples:
Most video slots that I've played with bonus rounds, you should expect the bonus round to be achieved every 100-200 spins. If it has been longer than 200 spins, then you will want to bump up your bet and you should be rewarded soon. I've had the feeling so many times and been one or two spins away from bumping up the bet only to have a large win happen. Free spins are very similar, but will happen less often than the bonus round most of the time.
Another thing to watch for is how often large paylines hit. On average, I see a 10 times the bet winner every 50 to 100 spins. I see a 20 times the bet winner every 100 to 200 spins. I see larger than 20 times the bet winners happen about once every 500 spins and the jackpots (for non-progressive slots) usually hit about one in 5000-10000 spins
Cold Streaks
Likewise, I've seen some cold streaks that last more than 30 spins without getting a winning bet. The best way to spot these trends is that they will usually start out with five or more spins that do not hit on any payline, followed by scattered small payline wins that don't equal your initial bet. If you spot this in advanced, you can go down to the minimum or next to the lowest coin size allowed. Then spin, spin, spin until you see the reels come back to life.
Adjusting your bets accordingly during hot and cold streaks is one of the ways I've actually made money playing slots. You strike when the iron is hot and you back way off when the slots are empty.
Auto Spins
This is also a middle ground where action is happening, but not consistently. Usually I have found that during these spells you will not lose a lot of money relative to the size of the bet you are making. During these times, I like to set up the autospins feature (if available) to bet the largest bet that I am comfortable betting. then I give the autospins program some parameters.
Here are the things I want the auto spins to stop for: If I lose more than X amount of dollars, if I gain X amount of dollars and if a single spin wins more than X amount of dollars. These are important because they all say something about how things have progressed. A large winning payline doesn't happen all the time; therefore I want to know when it happens. If I'm betting $1 per spin and I've lost more than $50 over a hundred to two hundred spins, I'm going to know that something is coming soon.
Random Number Generator
But what about the Random Number Generator? Aren't you just blowing hot air with your strategies?
Yes, a RNG randomly selects all the symbols you are going to get. It creates a thousand different combinations every second. But these machines also have other chips built into them and those are programmed to make sure that a machine is not taking too much money or paying out too much money. Therefore, if the RNG is about to do a jackpot hit the program can manually decide whether or not to let it happen.
It can also make sure that large wins are randomly done every so many spins more or less. That doesn't mean that it has to do this. You can go 500 or more spins without a bonus round or free spins when the average should be 100-200 spins.
All I'm saying is that there definitely are patterns that you can pick up on and I have won money doing it this way. I've also lost money trying to do what I described before. There is no magic bullet or guaranteed way of winning. Being attentive to what has happened and anticipating what will happen next is one of the only ways to win in the long run with slots.
Everyone wishes they could have a time machine that would take them back 5 seconds in the past. Bet it all right now! But then the casinos would start banning people who were winning unexpectedly.
Other Tips
Another common tip that you might have already known would be to not play with money that you don’t have, or can’t afford to lose. You must pay your bills first before you ever even hit the gambling floor. That is the responsible and adult thing to do.
When you play slot machines you never know if you will win or lose, so please don’t expect to win every time you go to play at the slots.
Another tip I can give you is to join slot casinos and take advantage of some of the offers and rebates that they have to offer. There are many slot bonuses that help increase your chance of winning. Go back to the home page and see which casinos I like and have played at.
An obvious tip is to play the machine that is within your budget that you can afford. That way you can play longer, and have a greater chance of winning. Let’s say you play a machine with a higher denomination you will only be able to play a few games, and what fun is that when you can many games on a lesser denomination machine.
I hope you have you have enjoyed my tips that will make your experience playing the slot machines in casinos and elsewhere a totally enjoyable experience.