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More Strategy Doesn’t Equal Less Fun

Does having a comprehensive strategy for playing the slots and keeping your bankroll as fat as possible detract from the fun of playing? It depends on you ask. Such was the subject of a recent question to John Robison, renowned gambling expert. Robison specializes in online play, and slots in particular. His syndicated column runs regularly on several web sites, as well as in many gambling magazines loved by fans the world over. John is a master of strategy, and advocates for such tactics as counting naked rolls (believe us, it’s not as sordid as it counts!) and calculating loss limits. Recently, a reader of Robison’s wrote in to say that they probably would not visit a casino with the expert if given the chance, because they would be afraid that too much strategy would ruin their fun.

Robison said that he did not think that strategy need necessarily ruin the fun of playing slot games, whether in casinos or online. He acknowledged that, at the end of the day, gambling is meant to be fun and that one needs to understand that they are going to “lose most of the time [they] play.” He also said that he would never try to ruin someone’s good time by injecting the moment with dry, dull statistics and a lecture on strategy.

On the other hand, Robison acknowledged that he can’t bear to see players squandering their bankrolls on erroneous beliefs (like slots programmed to pay out more at certain times of the day, or to certain people), and that he will correct misinformation if and when he sees it being perpetuated.

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