where's the best chance @ slots?

I am not a slot player, prefer roulette but this time out I want to behave myself. Any suggestions as to where to play?

where's the best chance @ slots?

H%26#39;mm, well both have high house edges, so money-wise really not much to choose. However, the higher denomination slots are NORMALLY those with the highest payout percentage. Also, if you%26#39;re playing progressives ALWAYS play the maximum coins-maximizes your potential payoff. When you see signs with ';98% payback here'; etc, according to Nevada state law, at least ONE machine in that group MUST have that payback percentage.

Finally, slots anymore are really random-number generators, so pulling the handles versus pushing the button, slapping the button when the reels are spinning and other so-called ';Strategies'; JUST DON';T WORK. Your fate was determined when you pushed the button-the reels are entertainment.

Haven%26#39;t seen this myself, but the common wisdom is that the ';locals casinos'; like Main Street/Texas Station have better payouts than the Strip or Downtown establishments,

Sorry, didn%26#39;t mean to lecture-go have fun and don%26#39;t spend more than you can afford to lose.

where's the best chance @ slots?

Pick up a copy of Casino Player magazine. It breaks down the slot payout percentage by region and denomination. For the 2 main areas, downtown always beats the strip and off strip and boulder/Henderson do better yet.

As stated above me, the higher the denomination, the higher the payback percentage.

Lyle

My casino management teacher in college worked at MGM for years. He says only play the slots that are RIGHT BY THE FRONT DOOR!

He says the put the loosest slots directly by the door to attract people.

Your odds are better playing roulette black or red. But if you must play slots the further you get from the strip the better. One key is to play the maximum coins. The other is the payout.

For example two machines side by side. Both play quaters, max of three coins. One pays 10,000 coins for jackpot, the other pays 25,000. Which one are you playing?

aplous - Most people say this is an absolute myth. Machines on the end, machines by the door. I don%26#39;t believe it.

dereck - on your question for which machine where one is 10,000 coins jackpot and the other is 25,000, you did not share your answer, but if you look at it mathematically, your answer may change.

MOST people say - play the 25,000 coin machine so that when lightening strikes, you get MORE.

The mathematical truth follows this....if both machines are set to a 94% payback, that number is driven by the code in the random number generator (RNG). If the 25,000 coin pay hits on machine A, although the RNG could make the same pay back to back, when you figure in the math over time, that machine will have less smaller pays (the kind that keep you going) and bleed your money much faster. Over time, the percentage will be 94% - no exceptions. If the coin in is the same (assume 3 quarters) the hold has to be MORE over time on the 25,000 coin jackpot machine.

Having said that, I%26#39;d play the 10,000 coin machine. Better yet, I%26#39;d find a 5,000 coin max payout machine as that will theoretically hit more frequently.

Lyle

I%26#39;ve won big at all the places where your supposedley the machines are tight. Paris, Bally%26#39;s, Bellagio and Caesars. I have hit for $800+ at all of the above casinos on $1 and $5 slots.

Have fun!

I am not a big gambler, but I have always kinda thought the LOUD machines are the winners. That way you hear that ';bingbingbing...'; of credits loud %26amp; clear.

Just a thought!

Mostly luck of the draw - right place @ right time. I%26#39;ve moved from one machine to the one next to it, had the guy sitting on the other side of the machine I left drop two quarters into it (without leaving the seat he was in) and hit the jackpot. I%26#39;ve dropped 2 quarters into a 3 quarter wild cherry machine as I walked into a casino and hit the 3 cherries scattered for the second to top pay. We%26#39;ve played at times that it seemed we could do no wrong...any machine we played hit something. Next time we could do no right...no matter what denomination or where we played, nothing worked. I think that%26#39;s why I started playing nickel and penny video slots. At least if I lose, I%26#39;ve been entertained while doing so. Maybe its the Karma you project. There have been times that a machine ';called my name'; as I passed it and I stopped to play and won - but not always. If you go to win, you are most likely going to be disappointed. If you play for the entertainment, how can you lose.

Large corporations have stockholders who all want a piece of the pie. Therefore they must cut smaller pieces. A partnership has fewer people eating at it...more pieces. Family owned means less pieces, less off the top.

Machines near doors and the ends of rows will be seen by more people as they pass. Add the ringing bells of a payout and everybody notices. Why do you think the coins and receiving trays were both metal? Pavlov rang a bell, and so does Vegas. Even in this day of modern slots that use player%26#39;s cards and paper recepters, the machines still make that ';ding'; when played. So make noise and draw the customers. Be sure to ask that little lady if she%26#39;s a shill (working for the casino) when she starts jumping up and down to add to the noise. She has to admit it by law if she is. Same at the poker tables.

The casino needs to make $XXX per square foot per day (New casinos still owe the bank more too). Somebody has to pay for that pretty scenery and ugly security. So the larger denomination machines make their share faster. So most casinos let them and take the same percentage on them. But when they do hit it%26#39;s for more money, and that%26#39;s what people remember.

So what does this all boil down to? Be in the right place at the right time. And if we knew where that was, we%26#39;d be there instead of home on the computer.