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How To Win At Casino Slots (Page 1 of 2)
1. Pick The Right Online Slots Casino Game For You
Every online casino slots game is fun, but the variations in game play mean that each game has something different to offer. It is worth having a look around to find out which online casino slots game might suit you the most.
Also, consider how much money you have to play with and how you want to win. If you would rather win little and often and play for longer, chose an online slots game that offers a good range of small to medium payouts. If you are focused on hitting the big jackpot, then progressive online slots are for you!
2. Set A Bankroll Limit
Always decide how much money you have to play with before playing any online casino slots game – and stick to it. If things are not going your way, switch to an online casino slots game that allows you to vary the coin size.
3. Choose A Casino Slot Machine With A Low Coin Size
Many online casino slots games allow you to choose the coin size you bet with. The longer you play, the higher your chance of winning. By starting with a low amount, you will get the maximum games for your money, which gives you more playing time. Remember, you can easily switch to a higher stake when you are winning. The longer you play an individual game of online casino slots, the greater your chance of hitting the jackpot!
4. Lock Up A Profit
If you hit a jackpot, make sure that you “lock up” a profit. That means, take your initial playing stakes and a little profit and set it aside. Then play with a small percentage of your winnings. There is nothing worse than the feeling of being a winner, and then giving back all your winnings to the casino. Take a break after a hitting a jackpot. Savor the win and enjoy it!
5. Keep A Log
If you hit a jackpot over $1,200, you will be given a W2-G and your winnings will be reported to the IRS. If you keep an accurate gaming log, you can use your losses to offset your winnings come tax time.
6. Always Look For Slot Machines With Higher Payout Percentages
This can vary from game to game, as well as from casino to casino. If you do your research ahead of time by looking through advertisements and speaking to slot floor managers, you will likely be able to find a machine that pays out in the 96-98% range.
7. Play With Money From Your Initial Bankroll
Do not play with any credits you may have earned along the way. By doing so, you will always walk away from the machines with some money in your pocket. Never bring money to the casino that you need for other expenses. If you cannot afford to lose it, then you should not be playing it in the casino. Break down your casino bankroll into several playing sessions. Do not risk it all in one playing session.
8. Play Full Coin In Progressive Machines
Progressive machines offer large jackpots. The big progressive jackpot is made by taking a percentage of all the money played into the machine. You can only win the progressive jackpot if you are playing the maximum number of coins. Do not play these machines if you do not plan to do this.
Pachinko!
Pachinko is an arcade or slot machine game that is particularly popular in Japan. There it is played in special rooms called Pachinko Parlors where you can find rows and rows of Pachinko Machines.
Pachinko is a similar kind of game to pinball, but played on a vertical machine, and without the flippers you get on the sides of a pinball machine.
The player buys their pachinko balls and drops them into the loading area. They then start launching the balls, propelling them into the play area. The play area looks rather like that on a pinball machine, with a pattern of upright pins and a number of pockets or gates into which the balls can fall.
Vintage machines use a spring loaded metal flipper or lever to launch the balls. But modern machines fire the balls electronically. The player turns a dial that just controls the frequency with which they are launched.
Once launched the balls bounce around the playing area, hitting against the pins. Unlike in pinball, where the player can bat the ball around the play area using the flippers, in pachinko the player has no control at all over what happens to a ball once it has been launched.
Usually the ball will fall through the pins to the bottom. But sometimes it falls into one of the winning pockets. This gives the player a number of extra balls.
Most modern machines include a slot game which is triggered if a ball falls into a particular pocket. It is this game that gives the big jackpot wins, ie large numbers of extra balls.
Players can choose to use the balls they win to keep playing, or exchange them for tokens or prizes such as pens or cigarette lighters. In Japan, cash gambling is illegal, so cash prizes cannot be awarded. To circumvent this, the tokens can usually be taken to a convenient exchange centre generally located very close by, maybe even in a separate room next to the pachinko parlor.
As you can tell, there is very little skill involved in pachinko, especially in the modern machines where the only thing the player controls is the frequency with which the balls are shot onto the playing area. Apart from that it is purely a game of chance!