Slow the pace but keep winning

It is well known the Slots are a big winner for the casino and a big loser for players. We do not recommend every playing them. But, if you are going to play them, you must determine your objectives going in and stick with them. Do you want to: (1) play for a long time; (2) have the best odds to win some money; or (3) swing for the fences and chase the big jackpots. If you want to play for a long time, play a low coin denomination, do not play multiple lines, do not play the bet that just gets you the chance at the huge jackpot, or pick machines without huge jackpots. If you bet one line, your chance of winning is the same on that one line as the odds on all ten lines you bet. You are not improving your odds at all, you are just betting ten times as much with every spin. Machines are programmed to pay out a certain percentage. If the machines have large jackpots, that lowers the frequency and amount of the lower wins – because the odds calculation needs to consider the possibility of large wins. So if you just want to win some money, play machines without the large jackpots and do not bet the extra coins that do not give you more play lines but instead give you a chance to multiply the play lines or give you eligibility for the huge jackpot. If you want to win huge jackpots, go for it. Play the machines with the biggest potential returns and play the maximum bet with all the allowed bonus coins. This is how we play when we play slots. Just understand, however, that you are reducing your chance for small or modest wins, and the giant wins are almost surely not going to happen. You are playing for the dream of hitting it big. Which is fine. But understand that this is what you are doing. Just like playing the Powerball or the Mega Millions. There are lesser prizes you can get, but you are doing it to try to land the big prize. If you want to chase this fantasy, go ahead. Just understand that the outcome almost every time is that you are going to lose everything you bet.

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