Is there such a thing as too many paylines?
This is a question that has been spinning around in my mind since the recent releases of some of the new online slots games. Some of Microgaming’s new online slots games feature forty paylines. There was another new online slots game that had one hundred paylines.
The thing that I wonder about when it comes to the number of paylines is when is it too many?
Initially you might think that the more paylines you have the better because it means that you have more opportunities to land a combination and receive a payout. But to be a smart slots player you need to stop and ask yourself this before you start spinning the reels of a payline heavy online slots game:
Is the payout worth it?
If you were to land a large payout, then yes, the cost of the spin is definitely worth it. But unfortunately large payouts do not happen as often as we would like.
Let’s say that you are playing an online slots game with twenty five paylines and you a playing at $0.01 per payline. That is $0.25 per spin. If you land a combination that pays you $0.10 or $0.12, which is about average, you are still losing money.
Now think of that example and imagine you are playing an online slots game with one hundred paylines. You would be paying $1 per spin. And if you are only winning between $.10 and $0.25, you are still losing money despite the extra paylines that are supposed to help increase your chances of winning.
And while having more paylines does have the potential to increase you winnings in an online slots game, if you are only winning amounts that are less than the cost of a spin, you are still losing. And you had better be hoping for some free spins or a bonus game.
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