Making the most of your pennies
August 20th, 2009
Playing slots for just pennies is a lot of fun because you can spin reels for long hours without having to risk a lot of money. $25 can normally last you a good couple of hours with some luck. $100 can sometimes last you days if you are on a roll. But is there a technique or strategy you can use when you wager the lowest kind of bets?
We advise you from the start that there are no bullet-proof strategies for slots. However, when the player understands more about slot machines and how they work, this can aid the player’s judgment when he or she plays. Any slot machine is run by a Random Number Generator (RNG). The RNG ensures that every result is random. However, there is no complete randomness. Complete randomness is when you flip a coin. There is a 50-50 chance it will fall on tails or heads. But while it has equal chances, the randomness is so powerful that you could flip a coin 100 times and they all fall on tails. It is improbable but theoretically speaking, it is possible. Now, slot machines are random but they have certain parameters. For example, a slot machine cannot just spin 1,000 times and never give a jackpot or hit a jackpot every for spin for 1,000 spins. The reason for this is that the machine has been configured to pay out a percentage of the bets it receives. This percentage goes from 92% to, normally, 96%. The randomness of the results has to in the long run fit to this criterion. Thus, there arises the motto: playing the right slot at the right time. A slot is bound to pay well if it has paid poorly for a relatively long period of time. It HAS to since it has to pay according to its set parameter.
A player that knows this will then be smart when he or she wins considerably at a penny slot machine. Winning a lot and often means probably the game will soon stop paying and will have to recover its losses. Playing the right slot at the right time is not the only thing to have in mind. The second thing is to stop playing when it’s the right time. Obviously, nobody can truly know when the machine is going to stop paying. If you ever been on a roll, you might noticed our technique is not always true, sometimes the machine continues to pay well after already given out handsome jackpots. Yet, more often than not, the game will pay conservatively since it has to make up for the losses.
Making the most of your penny wagers means being smart. Come back as we will have more online slots strategies and tips for you in the near future.
