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Of Naked Pulls and Loss Limits (1 of 2)

On paper, at least, playing the online slots seems pretty basic. Pull up a seat at your computer terminal or laptop, fire up your favorite downloaded or Flash-based punter, and get to it! In fact, part of slot machines’ basic appeal throughout the history of their existence has always been the lack of experience or any special talent or skill needed to enjoy this sort of gambling diversion. Anyone with the motor skills and intelligence to pull a lever (or, in this day of modern online slots gambling, to click a mouse) can take their chance against Fate and possibly win a life-changing fortune!

It may come as a surprise to you, then, to know that there is a certain amount of strategy that savvy slots players ought to implement to keep themselves from being fleeced by the proverbial one-armed bandit. While slot game strategies are nowhere near as complicated as, say, poker, blackjack, or roulette tactics, there are definitely two things that you should always keep in mind when you consider how you play the pokies.

Which machine in a casino or slot parlor is going to win you some big bucks? That, as Hamlet famously said, is the question. Conventional wisdom states that it doesn’t matter which game at a real or online slot parlor you sit at, because the odds are all the same. Therefore, you can choose a game based on your favorite TV show, an old favorite, or something that has been featured on the home page. But how long should you play a particular game before moving on?

Continue to part 2 here.

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