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The Top 10 Slot Secrets You Should Know     (2 of 8)

As of last year, the average quarter slot machine in Vegas paid out at just over eighty-eight percent, while the average twenty-five dollar slot paid out at more that ninety-six percent! The moral of the story: you must pick between quality and quantity (of spins).

Secret Tip #8: Remember the last line of #8.

We all want to be on the receiving end of that big, fat Megabucks progressive jackpot, but that dream is unobtainable for ninety-nine percent of us schmucks out there. Most of us are happy to just win something when we play the slot games. Given that fact, we would all do better to play those devices with modest jackpots. Hit rates and jackpot size are inversely proportional in the case of almost every casino in Las Vegas and Atlantic City, and everywhere on the World Wide Web. Those big progressive pots are really attractive, but they tend to pay out only one big pot once in a blue moon, and mete out a few tiny prizes every so often. That stash of millions is built by the machine jealously hoarding the wagers of thrill seekers like you and I until that one lucky stiff scoops it all up and retires to Cancun. So, by all means, play the Megabucks – but don’t expect even a token payout for your devotion. It’s pretty much “all or nothing” with these machines.

Secret Tip #7: Slots don’t respect deadlines.

The misconception that a given slot machine is ever “due” to hit big is one that has been beaten to death, yet refuses to give up the ghost.

Continue to part 3 here.

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