SLOT MACHINES AND SLOTS PLAYING TIPS

Slot machines, slots or fruit machines are colloquially referred to by older Australians as one armed bandits.

In the days of illegal casinos, the real difference between slot machines and Ned Kelly (an infamous bushranger) was that Ned carried a gun. Times have changed immensely. Today most slot machines are computer controlled and electronically monitored by the gaming authorities from the comfort of their air conditioned offices.

In Queensland, (the state where I live) it is still an offence for a private citizen to have possession of a slot machine without a license. Believe me, they won't give you a license no matter how good your story is.

Today most pubs and clubs have banks of them. Casinos have huge rooms full of them. Depending on where you play, you can feed them, coins, chips or tokens.The computer controlled ones can be easily reprogrammed to comply with local gaming laws. They are in reality just a computer with a big monitor housed in a fancy box with flashing lights, bells and whistles. The old spinning reels have been replaced by computer graphics and the handle has been replaced by a few buttons. Decals showing the winning combinations are attached to the front of most of these machines along with playing instructions. Machines are stacked in rows with a single seat in front of each machine.

It is very important to check out the return to players before commencing to play. Casinos that depend on slot machines will return around 98 percent of the money fed into them to the players. Places with only a few opportunistically placed slot machines, often pay out as little as 80 percent to the players. When you win a serious prize, the machine only pays a small part of it in coins. You must wait with your machine and guard it until the attendant comes over to settle. You would be surprised to see just how many players (especially new and casual players) walk away from their machine without collecting the major part of their prize.

If you are new to slot machines, start with the one or five cent ones (if your casino still has some of these cheapies). The Zodiac Online Caino now has one cent bets. On a bad night it does not take long to consume five dollars and on a fair night, you could play all night and get change, a few beers, a home delivered meal and maybe a few extra dollars. Your small winnings are automatically credited to the machine. You can choose to continue playing in the hope of winning a worthwhile prize or elect to take the cash.

Percentage returns on these machines are in the region of 90 to 95 percent. You can always move up to the more complicated machines after you feel you have mastered the cheapies. The more complex slot machines are usually a better bet for the experienced player as the novice is likely to loose more on them. The player options vary according to the game on the machine. Whilst traditional slot machines only paid out on the horizontal alignment of the symbols, some modern machines also pay prizes on diagonal alignment.

Read the instructions on how to use the control buttons. Yes! I know we all know how to press a button! The important bit is knowing what each button does when we press it and when to press it.

Some will claim that the online casinos have an advantage over the player compared to the physical casino. This might have been true in the days of the old electromechanical machines when you could get away with the occasional discrete thump and bump. Today where both versions are strictly controlled , licensed and regulated, there is little or no scope for variance other than in the percentage payouts for the various casinos.

Most regular slot machine players have their own pet theories on how, what and when to play. Serious slot machine players choose to play on machines offering high jackpots as they believe that the higher the available jackpot, the closer they are to a big payday. Many believe that there is a pattern to the frequency of prize payouts. They start playing with minimum bets until they identify what they believe to be a pattern in the prize payouts. When they think that a prize is due, they increase their bets accordingly.

It should be impossible to win this way because of the way slot machines are programmed but, I must confess, there have been times that I have felt that there just might be something in that theory! However these are really all flawed winning strategies.

If you are a slot machine big jackpot hunter, you can check which games are offering the biggest jackpots by clicking the link to www.winnersrun.com/jackpottickers.php but be warned these dam things come with quite a few popups and webmasters cannot turn then off as they come directly from the casinos with the data that shows the current prize pool for each game.

All of our recommended online casinos offer a broad selection of themed slot machine games. Make sure you fully understand how your chosen slot game works and the rules of that game. Failure to do so is a recipe for a loss

Remember that because of the way slot machine prizes are paid out, you should always bet the maximum number of coins or the casino will always win! If you read the placard carefully you willquickly see the truth of the last statement.

Good Luck