This lesson
explores Slot
Strategies and the plentiful choices for casino players at Learn,
Play
Slots program.
To begin, let's take a look at the four major
choices to
include the entertaining multi-player concept versions.
There
is a separate lesson with additional strategies when playing online
slots
that
follows.
Slot
machines have evolved into
four
major choices:
1) Basic or ‘classic’ machines --
those 3 reel wonders that display a single payline.
2) Progressives with ever-growing
jackpots.
3) Bonus Slots that provide
additional features like multi-lines, scatter pays, multipliers, free
spins,
second-screen bonus events and hold/play.
4) Multi-player concept that offers group play
excitement.
Further information and slot tips
for these four choices are:
1) Basic Slot Strategies:
I strongly recommend that players begin their slot strategies
with basic versions--cheaper to play and an
excellent
starting
point, for as your credits mount and your bankroll increases, you can
move on
to bonus or progressive slot versions.
Straight slots or ‘flat tops’ as they are
known, have a constant top jackpot payout. All require maximum coins to
hit the
major jackpot.
Look for these three features for optimum slot strategies:
Single Payline, Two Coin Maximum to make your bankroll last
longer and Double and Triple Jackpot Pays: on certain payline
combinations.
Look closely at payout schedules -- not all basics will
double and quadruple all pays and not all will have double jackpot
symbols.
Search out 98% or 100% ‘certified’ slots, usually dollars at
your favorite casino.
Play ‘signature slots’ with a particular casino’s name on
them. These are generally looser thus producing the desired casino PR.
Always
play maximum coins.
Slot Strategies Online: explore the newer basics offered,
checking for those 3 features mentioned above.
2) Progressive
Slot Strategies:
Progressives appeal to slot players searching for that ‘big
hit’.
There are two levels of progressive jackpots -- primary and
secondary at land-based casinos. Most versions require at least three
coins
max, sometimes more.
Primary jackpot is the top prize offered when a player hits
a specific combination, i.e., three Megajackpot symbols.
Primary jackpot $$ amount
is displayed with
the largest sign and numbers above the carousel or bank of machines.
This
jackpot increases with each bet made by all players participating in
the
network.
Secondary jackpots are displayed on smaller screens mounted
below the primary jackpot signage or on the machine itself.
These
jackpots are
hit more frequently and therefore do not always have a large sum of
money on
the progressive meter.
If both jackpots are high, the indication is that these
machines have had a lot of play without hitting and could be ready for
‘the big
hit’. Slot Strategies for progressives include checking out
the
primary and
secondary jackpots, then compare with other surrounding progressive
jackpots.
After a progressive jackpot is hit, the meter automatically
resets to the base jackpot amount. Megabucks resets to 7 million. If
you see
any progressive close to its reset dollar amount, you know it’s been
hit
recently. Save your money.
Land-based progressive jackpots are paid out in annual
installments; however, several progressive jackpots now pay ‘on the
spot’.
Online casinos monitor and display progressive, primary
jackpots amounts accompanied by the name of the slot making it easy to
determine your playing decisions.
All winnings are paid immediately at online casinos.
In the end, the majority of large progressives are hit
within the first 5-15 minutes of play with a small cash
outlay.
3)
Bonus
Video
Slot Strategies:
This
choice has
evolved the most both online and off.
I like the name
Bonus because it says it all. The main
slot strategies for these games is to play the reels to win a
‘second chance’ bonus
round
where the real money is.
The Australian manufacturer, Aristocrat stepped forward
first with multi-lines.
Aristocrat’s special features included
roaming
wilds, free
spin-bonus
play, repeat wins plus hold and spin.
Most versions come in
penny versions, but with maximums up
to 225 coins for pennies, 45 coins for nickels, that’s $2.25/spin,
folks.
The RNG (random number generator) is still very active even
when the machine is idle and the number of possibilities with these
graphic-rich bonus slots is staggering.
Payouts are much more frequent, usually every 2-3 spins.
Read all information posted. I know you have heard this
before but with many more payout options, this is important.
Take
a look at the
help menu that explains game rules, winning combinations/payouts and
pay lines
criss-crossing the screen grid.
There is usually an attractive sprinkling of wild and
scatter pay symbols that increase your winnings.
You should definitely activate all paylines in order to
gather the many wild and scatter symbol payout combinations.
Best strategy: try one or two coins per line; therefore, a
spin of 9 to 18 nickels is not an expensive wager. As you build your
winnings,
take some risk with the occasional maximum spin.
Within this category is what I call Wild X Multiplier Bonus
Reel machines that hold major bonus options.
Wild
symbols, (usually
in the name of the version) are scattered about, multipliers,
(2x,
5x, 10x
pay+) and free spins that result in additional payouts. These versions
also
offer frequent hits/payouts, often every second spin, unlike basics.
Generally, the payout for wild symbols is activated by the
third coin/reel. Five and nine paylines and ample pay tables are
available with
multiple jackpots that you have come to expect from bonus video slots.
Bonus round top points should be a contributing factor in
selecting bonus types/versions. Bonus secondary jackpots can produce
more than
10,000 coins and primary/top jackpots 100,000+ as printed on machine.
This is
important as one Bonus version will pay more than others and will
determine
your choice and denomination that fits your wager management plan.
50 Lions: This is the first
50-payline introduced
into the Slots Playground.
The innovative concept is that there are more than 2000
possible winning combinations for every spin, more symbols and two
additional
rows of symbols.
Each credit buys two paylines for this ‘kingly’ jungle themed
slot and only two, rather than three, same neighboring symbols will
pay.
Here are a couple of features from the long menu of winning
combinations.
Three flower scatter pay symbols trigger 10 free games while
a wild diamond symbol is added to each of the second through fifth
reels. The
wild symbol subs for all other symbols here.
If the three flower symbols appear during a free spin,
another five free games are added to the free spin round equaling 15
spins.
Lastly, and certainly not least, the King’s Jackpot is 1
million pennies equally a ‘very regal’ $10,000.
4)
Multi-Player Concept
Wheel of Fortune Special Edition Super Spin:
This new multi-player concept is causing a sensation
and is a hit with players. You can’t miss this version as it
takes up
more
space on the casino floor than any other and is set up to accommodate
two
people in front of each of the nine stations, each of which are linked
to the
wheel.
Each game station is either a 40-line, 400-coin penny version
or a 10-line, 75-coin nickel version. In the bonus round, players
select from
tiles at the bottom of the screen and as letters are displayed, the
game
locates the letter in at least one of three puzzles.
Each time you find a letter, the bonus value tied to that
puzzle increases.
Any player can start the wheel feature and gather bonus
amounts to their station pick.
To qualify, players bet on all paylines and place a 40-cent
side bet.
Individual terminals who hit bonus events have an arrow
light up at their station around the big wheel. The big wheel spins
once for
all qualifying players and it is possible for multiple players to
initiate the
bonus and spin the wheel at the same time.
Slot Strategies for these games include participation and betting all
paylines.
When all nine stations are in play, the wheel is in constant
motion.
This Super Spin game offers super bonuses and super fun for
all players.
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