Slot Machine Tips

Slots Tips and Tricks for Winning

The most important tip anyone can give you about slots or slot machines is to remember to have fun. Let's face it, no casino gives the casino more of an edge than a slot machine. You're putting your entire trust into the casino as to how much they're going to pay you in exchange for your coins, and you have absolutely no way of calculating the actual odds, so the most you can hope for is that the casino provide you with an entertaining experience.

Here are my tips for having a more enjoyable slot playing experience. These tips pretty much sum up my entire slot machine strategy:

Don't play with money you can't afford to lose.
Don't expect to win anything.
Don't worry about hot or cold machines. There's really no such thing, and if someone claims to be able to point those machines out to you, they're probably just a little weird anyway.
Join the slots club and take advantage of the comps and rebates available for slot players.
Take advantage of the free drinks if you're a drinker, and order something expensive. Why drink Budweiser when you could have Heinekens instead?
Always bet the max coins. You can't win the big jackpot unless you've played max coins.
Play the highest denomination machine you can afford, but don't play one that's a higher denomination than you can afford. Higher denomination machines have better and bigger payouts, but you still shouldn't play above your bankroll.
Slot systems don't work, no matter what John Patrick says in his slot machine book.
Don't waste your money on most slot machine books or ebooks. You won't learn anything too interesting from them anyway.

Let me close by reiterating one thing: have fun. Slots are pure mindless fun. A friend of mine once told me that he bought a lottery ticket every week for a dollar because he knew that he'd get at least a dollar's worth of enjoyment thinking about what he would buy if he actually hit his longshot and won the lottery.

That's a good way to think about slots and slot machines too.