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Beating online casino slots
by charles jay
The secret of beating online casino slots is what we gamblers are all looking for. Is it possible at all to find an infallible strategy that will make us win? Realistically speaking, no there is isn't. No doubt there are strategies for Video Poker and Blackjack that help the player minimize the house edge and get better chances of winning. However, for winning a slots there is as of yet no proven strategy that will help you win. But, if the player understands how these games work, perhaps we can get a better chance of making a profit, no matter how small that is.
If you ever saw the Martin Scorsese movie Casino, you might remember a line spoken by Robert De Niro, that goes something like this: in a casino the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and keep them coming back; the longer they play, the longer they lose. This short quote holds a lot of truth once you understand how the games operate. The first mistake a slot player does is keep playing once he or she gets a good jackpot. Thinking that the game is loose and will keep paying is not necessarily true. Here's why.
The games are set to pay out a certain percentage of their bets. Normally land-based casinos set them to 90% to 94%. The best online casinos, on the other hand, set them from 93% to 98% generally. In the short term the game may pay out anything below or above that percentage. If you play $100 in spins, you might end up with $1,000 or you might lose everything in a few spins. Short term is unpredictable and that's what makes winning possible. In the long term, the game will go back to its set pay-out rate percentage. So, the longer you play the same slot game, the more likely you will start losing. That's the key for casinos to make their money. If you win, they want to keep you playing, because in the end the odds are against you.
So, there isn't really any strategy to win. But if you do hit big, the only thing you can do is be smart. Stop playing, cash out your winnings and go out and celebrate. Then, return to the games another day and check out which online slot machine is loose. If you get lucky again, then keep that cold-bloodedness, cash out and buy some champagne. This is surely the smartest way to beat free casino games.
