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The Top 10 Slot Secrets You Should Know     (5 of 8)

You will probably earn a LOT more swag off one thousand dollars than you will lose, statistically. That’s one more way to make playing the slot machines work in your favor!

Secret Tip #4: Vegas is riskier, but always a better bet.

American gambling aficionados are apt to quarrel over the relative merits of Las Vegas versus Atlantic City until they are blue in the face. The two biggest gambling hubs in the United States each have several factors working in their favor, but there can be no question of which is the ultimate destination for slot machine play. New Jersey law mandates that all Atlantic City slots have at least an eight-three percent payoff. Consequently, EVERY device on the boardwalk is set at precisely that percentage – no more, no less. Las Vegas’s Gaming Board has set no minimum payout percentage. On one hand, this means that you could end up as one of the poor losers who gets stuck feeding coins into a one percent slot. On the other, some casinos are harboring machines with ninety-nine percent payout rates, as enticement to get players in the door and playing their much more average titles. The experts would say that you should park yourself at one of these beauties, nurse your free drink, and spin, spin, spin until you have at least made up the cost of your trip. That is not even to mention the fact that we personally consider Las Vegas to be much more fun and full of beautiful people than the sedate and quaint Atlantic City.

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