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Two Coins, Three Coins

Are two-coin slot machines tighter than their three-coin counterparts? It’s another much-asked question from the sometimes-bizarre world of slot game myths and misconceptions. Pokies carry a veritably impenetrable aura of mystique to them, due in no small part to the widespread confusion over their inner workings. There’s no end to the beliefs held by gamblers concerning the relative payout of a group of fruit machines. Even if you give these diehards unquestionable proof that all the devices carry the same payoff percentage, they’ll still probably spend some time speculating over how the positioning of the machines within the assortment might potentially have been devised by the house to get them to play certain ones over others, and what the possible differences in payout might be.

In truth, there’s not a great deal of difference between the standard payoffs of two-coin and three-coin machines. Keep in mind that every casino or gambling device must maintain a minimum payoff percentage for all its machines. While some casinos’ slot machine directors will mix things up by scattering some looser games and tighter ones into the assortment, the numbers must all average out. That’s why many establishments keep things simple, by ordering all their machines with the same payoffs programmed in. If you are noticing a difference between two-coin and three-coin, machines, it’s probably just a spell of good or bad luck. As long as you are betting the maximum coins or credits on your machine of choice, you are giving yourself the best shot at winning a big jackpot by making sure that any winnings you might happen upon are worth as much as possible. The coin size doesn’t matter beyond that.

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