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Slot Machine Strategies for Slot Gamblers

There aren't many strategies involved in slot machines. The first strategy you need is how to choose the right slot machine to play. Before you settle on a particular slot, you should compare the available slots to find one with the best value. One quarter slot may have a $2,000 jackpot and another machine of the same denomination may have $3,000. Since you'll be spending the same amount of money, you should go for the one with the bigger jackpot.

Next, play in only one or at most two, online casinos. Comps accumulate faster that way. If you spread your playing time between several casinos, you will never reach higher comp levels. To be rated well, a casino has to see that you are a regular and loyal customer. That is, you must play frequently and for long periods at their site. Playing in different sites doesn't allow you to do that. So pick one online casino or two and stick to that for your comp building strategy.

Another basic slot strategy is to not play for comps. If you gamble only for the sake of comps, you are either very foolish or you don't know your math - or both. Comps are compensation (no pun intended) for losing money to the online casino. You are taking for granted that you will lose. So don't play for comps expecting a profit. Especially not when you play slots.

Don't forget the advice of your fellow online gamblers. Ask around in slot forums and resource sites for the best paying slot sites and online casinos. You may see high payback percentages being advertised, but look carefully and the ad may refer only to "selected" machines. So be cautious.

Slots played with higher value coins are looser than lower value slots. However that does not necessarily mean you will get paid more. Actually it is about the same. So if you can't afford to play higher value slots, play at lower ones. You'll be getting the same fun.

Avoid fancy multi line slots if you aren't familiar with this sort of thing. Slots now come in all shapes and sizes, but the classic slots with three reels and one payline are the easiest to use.

When you play, you should use betting patterns to monitor your play. Divide your coins into smaller betting groups, for example, split 100 coins into 4 groups of 50 bets. Set a loss limit, say 2 out of 2. If you lose 2 groups of 50 bets each, you shall quit. Setting limits like this is an important strategy for controlling how you spend your bankroll.

Finally if you know how to read poker hands, try video poker. The odds and payoffs for video poker are always better than slots. Perhaps the best slot strategy of all is to not play slots often!

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