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that is designed to make you a smarter gambler my name is Steve Bourie
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americancasinoguide.com In this video
I'm going to give you 10 tips to stretch your slot machine bankroll
Actually I'm not a big fan of playing slot machines because they have a very
high casino advantage
they can quickly eat away at your gambling bankroll but I know that most
people
like to play slots so I came up with this list have 10 tips to hopefully
help your bankroll last a little longer So
let's get started number one
slow down your rate of play. Have you ever heard the phrase
speed kills? Well it's true on the highways and it's also true in the
casinos
since slots are a negative expectation game where the casino always has an advantage
over you
the faster you play the faster you are expected to lose
this also means that if you can slow down your rate of play
you're expected loss per playing session will be less
so try not to keep pounding away at that spin button
if you can add a little break time between spins
it should statistically speaking help you to lose less money
Number two don't always make maximum coin bets
The only time that you should bet maximum coins on a slot machine
is when you are going to get some additional benefit for risking
that extra money On some machines such as wide-area progressives
you should always bet maximum coins otherwise you wouldn't be eligible to
win the big jackpot
and you would only be building it up for someone else to win, however
there are other types of slot machines such as straight multipliers
where you don't get any extra bonus for making a maximum coins bet
and there are also multi-line multi coin slots
where you don't necessarily need to make a maximum coin bet in order to be
eligible for the bonus rounds
Instead you may only need to bet one coin on each payline
on these types of machines you really should read the instructions to see what
kind of bet is needed
in order to be eligible for those bonuses For more information on this
subject be sure to watch my other YouTube video called
the slot machine went to bet maximum coins
Number three play less volatile games
some slot machine will offer frequent low payoffs
while others will offer fewer but higher payoffs If you plan to higher volatility
machines that offer the less frequent payoffs
you will deplete your bankroll faster if you don't hit
a winning combination You can usually tell which machines are high volatility
by looking at the payoff tables posted on the machines
if there are a lot of high-paying combinations
or multipliers such as five times pay or 10 times pay
then you should know that those types of machines will be more volatile
and they will offer fewer winning spins. Number four
play at casinos with higher-paying machines the slot pay-back percentages
for all machines within a casino
are usually but not always a matter of public record
the American casino guide book and the americancasinoguide.com website
published these pay-back percentages and you may want to reference them when
deciding where to play slot machines
for example in atlantic city there is usually a two percent difference in the
average slot machine pay-back percent
between the highest and lowest paying casinos If you want to get a slightly
better return on your slot machine play
then you should always play at the casinos with the highest average return
on their machines
Number five play at locals casinos in Las Vegas
The casinos with the highest paying slot returns in the United States
can be found in Las Vegas on the outskirts of the city
on average the locals casinos in North Las Vegas
and along Boulder Highway offer much better returns
than the casinos on the main strip in Las Vegas
so whenever you make a visit to Las Vegas try to spend some time playing
at a local casino Number six
look for banks of slots with signs offering high pay back percentages
Some casinos may offer a section of slot machines with
signage that says something like ninety-eight percent pay back
those would be good machines to play because they would all be set to a
minimum of ninety-eight percent
pay-back percent However if the sign said
up to 98 percent pay back you should be careful
because only one machine may be set to that 98 percent payback
and all the others could be lower Number seven
avoid playing wide-area progressive slot machines
wide-area progressives are slot machines that are linked among many different
casinos
and offer major jackpots of up to millions of dollars
An example would be megabucks in Nevada where more than 100 casinos throughout
the state are linked to a progressive jackpot that starts at ten million
dollars
while the average one dollar slot machine in Nevada returns around
ninety-five percent the average one dollar megabucks slot machine
returns only around eighty-nine percent
So if you would like your bankroll to last a little longer it would be best to
avoid those wide-area progressives
Number eight form a slot team with a friend
this may sound complicated but it's really simple
form a partnership with a friend where you each put the same amount into a
pool
and use it as a shared bankroll. For example
let's say you and a friend each put one hundred dollars into a pool
you then have a two hundred dollar bankroll for gambling
you can then take turns playing rather than both playing at the same time
you'll find that you could have just as much fun watching and rooting for your
friend to win
knowing that you will share in the winnings also this is another good way to
slow down the rate of play
One thing that you need to be careful of though is to make sure that you can
trust the other person
if you can't trust that person to be honest with you then this would not be a
good method to use
Number nine use your player's club card.
Some players don't like to use a player's club card because they think
that somehow the card will be used by the casino
to prevent them from winning the use of a player's club card does not affect the
outcome
of any electronic gaming machines and gaming regulations don't allow something
like that to happen
By using your player's club card the casino will simply be able to see how
much business you have given to them
and usually you will earn cash back from the casino
plus comps that can be used for free rooms free food free shows et cetera
all these benefits will definitely help to stretch your gaming bankroll
and you should always use your player's club card when playing slots
Number ten don't play slot machines switch to video poker
The final tip I have for you is to not play slot machines
at all. As I said before slots have a high casino advantage
and they really aren't the best games to play If you switch to video poker
you have several advantages over playing slots
First you will have the ability to know what the machines are programmed to pay back
to the public
By reading the paytable on each machine and second
Unlike slots where you are relying solely on luck to win
with video poker you will have some control over the outcome
because you will decide which cards to keep and which ones to throw away
For more information on this subject be sure to watch my youtube video called
video poker how to win and how it works
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