So you've searched the Internet for slot playing hints and tipsand ways to beat the slots, you've read various websites andseen that all the advice is basically the same. Well, your goingto find my slot playing tips tend to differ from the ones you'veprobably already read.

I strongly disagree with some of the online articles on how tobeat the slots and after reading this article I'm sure you'llagree and will be able to relate to these facts as you have mostlikely noticed for yourself that not all slot machines arerandom and should be played the same way.

Take this so called slot tip for instance - "The RNG (Randomnumber generator) insures that each and every spin on a slotmachine is totally random and unrelated to the previous spin orspins". Now how often have you played the slots andinstinctively know when the machine is "dead" or when themachine is in a "good cycle" and is paying well? According tothe above statement that, every spin is random, means that thereis no such thing as good and bad cycles - thats just not true.

Are these websites trying to tell us that a slot machine doesNOT know how much and when to payout and when to be tight?Right! How can a slot machine possibly be programmed to pay outa certain percentage if every spin is random and seperate toevery other spin? A slot machines "brain" is a computer, themachine "knows" how much money has been put in it - it knows howmuch money it has paid out and it knows when and how much itshould payout for EACH and EVERY spin in order to comply withits set payout percentage.

A JackpotAmy Slot tip. If every 2 or 3 spins the machine isreturning money then its well worth staying on it and playing.However if every spin is dead after 5 or 6 spins then themachine is just eating your money - get up and leave, its notthe only machine in the casino, try another slot machine.

Regular slot players like myself tend to develop a certain feelfor the machines. I have known people that could walk along anaisle of slots and select one they just knew was going to payoff well, and many times they were usually right! Learn to trustyour instincts or gut feelings. Your subconscious knows a lotmore than you do.

Ever only played a few lines and not all 9 or 15 and a goodwinning combination or even a jackpot comes out on the line youdidn't have selected? Well don't feel bad, if you were playingthose extra lines the chances are that combination would nothave showed up. The slot machine knew you weren't playing thatparticular line and would not have to pay out.

I bet this has happened to you. Ever noticed when playing theslots that the bonus game doesn't appear for quite awhile andthen you get 3 or 4 bonus games in quick succession, sometimesyou even win another bonus while playing a bonus? And they sayeach spin of the reels is completely random - horse feathers,the machine was due to pay out.

Or what about when your on a good run and you decide to bet afew more coins per line? Oops all of a sudden your slot machineisn't paying like it was anymore is it? Why? Because for theamount of coins you were playing the machine was due to payout,however once you bumped up the bet per line then it wasn'tprogrammed to payout THAT much just yet.

Have you ever noticed when you win the bonus game you think,great! 15 free spins, or whatever the machine awards you. Thenyou find that during those free spins suddenly the symbols thatwere appearing all the time before the bonus game just aren'tshowing up anymore.

Another thing you will come across when playing slots is that asyour credits get low you will notice that winning combinationsnearly, but not quite, line up. The slot machine knows yourcredits are running out and wants you to continue playing byenticing you to feed more coins into the machine in the hopethat, because the combinations are close, its ready to pay out.

One way of telling if a slot machine is paying is to observe thescatter symbols (if the machine you are playing has scatters) If2 or more scatters never seem to show up together after playingfor awhile then its a pretty good indication that the slotmachine is currently tight, and what do we do when we comeacross a tight slot? Leave it and try another machine or tryagain another day.

The spirit of playing slots and gambling should be fun andexciting. If you find it stressful then get out. Fast!

Until next time - Chow, JackpotAmy

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