Players across the world have won a lot of money playing the slot machines online and off line. However, playing the slot machines is not your ticket out of financial strain. Nor is it a way to make a quick and easy buck. It is rare a player will sit down to a slot machine on or off line and win a jackpot big enough to change his or her life, or even win a jackpot that makes you go, “alright!” Unlike most table games at a casino, there really isn’t a strategy to playing the slots. You find the type of slot machine you are comfortable playing put in the coins and pull an handle or push a button and see if their like symbols or numbers match for a win. With many slot machines today not just being one coin, but allowing up to five coins per pull or spin of the button with the exception of some progressive slot machines, it is suggested by those that consider themselves experts to play the max. When you play the max you are offering yourself a bigger win should you hit the jackpot, and if you play the max on a multi line pay out you are offering yourself the chance to win more than one way in one pull or spin of the button.

Casino games in almost all instances are played according to the odds. The house calculates the specific edge that they have for each game. In the game of Baccarat for instance, the house knows that they will win one dollar for ever one hundred dollars wagered. With Baccarat the player has better odds, but this is not the case with slot machines, the house has the better odds with the slot machines. Slot machines are set to pay back a specific percentage to the players of the money the house takes in from those games. For example, a 99% pay back machine pays $99.00 out of every $100 it takes in, whereas an 85% pay back machine would only pay back $85 out of every $100.00. When you are playing slot machines online you should find out the pay back of the machines or the machine you have chosen to play and obviously your choice should be to play the ones that are more favorable for you.

When you choose to play the slots or video poker you can play on the smallest of budgets because as mentioned above slot machines start at one cent in some casinos and go as high as $100.00 per pull or spin of the button, and the fact that a player can bet so little and win so much is a huge attraction. It is quite exciting to put a nickel in the slot and get back one hundred of them. There are no table games that go as low as one cent, in fact, most table games start at a $5.00 minimum and the pay back to inning is not nearly enough for the amount of time a player may spend learning and then playing the game. Although slot machines and video poker attract many types of players for many kinds of reasons, there are some drawbacks that a player may want to take into consideration before playing the slot machines and or video poker. Usually casinos do not disclose the odds on individual machines like they do on the table games, so technically you are not really an informed player when playing the slots or video poker. Most times when the odds are disclosed they are quite disheartening, and far worse than the table games, after all it is the slot machines and video poker that draw in most of any casinos revenue. Another drawback to the slot machines is, even though it cost less money per game, depending on what slot machines you have chosen to play and for what amount per spin, the money can go a lot faster than it would at a table game, however, all you need to do as a slot machine player or a video poker player is to pace yourself.

Casinos want you to play slots that is one of the reasons they are ever improving them and creating new ones. Still, is playing the slot machines and or video poker really all about the money for you? Sure most players love to win, in fact who doesn’t love to win? But, there is more to playing the slots than winning.

Slot machines and video poker games account for more than 70% of casinos intake these days, and that is for both online and offline casinos. It is the slot machines and video poker that attract players the most, and why? Those games are easy to play, easy to learn, and can cost as little as one cent per game to play. Plus with all the sounds, lights, graphics, action and the insanity of winning, it is really no wonder that slot machines and video poker catch the attention of so many. You can read many stories, reviews, and other types of news on slot machines and video poker all over the Internet, and some of the reads are quite interesting like Wizard of Odds, but not all the information you read on all the slot machines and video poker sites, offer truth. Some people will write on how to win at the slots when in all actuality, the slots are basically luck, and some people are luckier than others, but typically if you play a game long enough, and not in just one sitting period you are bound to win, however, the slots and video poker are not set up so that players consistently win, in fact, the microchip in those games that generators numbers inside to spin and stop randomly pick the winners, and they are not ‘picked’ in any order, in any fashion, or anything like that, it is basically as some would say, ‘the luck of the draw.’ But don’t let that discourage you if it is the slot machines or the video poker games that attract you the most.

There are some players who will tell you that if you have awesome math skills, you can assure yourself winnings on Video Poker, and although some have tried to explain this theory or strategy if you will, match skills or not, you can not ‘beat’ a video poker machine or slot machine because of any skill. Slot machines and video poker are meant to entertain. You cannot expect to play the slot machines or video poker and expect to win and make a living from doing what you love, it is a bad call on any players part to go into the games thinking that way, and although these games are made for entertainment, they do offer jackpots, however, not everyone is going to win every time they play. If that were the case all the casinos, the boats and poker rooms would be closed down. What makes slot machines and video poker so popular and more popular than many of the table games available? Well one of the attractions is that jackpots are bigger, and progressive jackpots get to be quite large before some lucky player wins it. Bigger jackpots draw more people, and the more people playing the bigger some jackpots get, especially when we are talking progressive jackpots.

Part two coming next.

You may still find a pull handle to maintain the nostalgia for their predecessors, but some have only push buttons to play.  Next the computer records the next three numbers from the random number generator. The first number is used to determine the position of the first reel, the second number is used for the second reel and the third number is used for the third reel. For this example, let’s say the first number is 123,456,789. Here is how it will play out:

After you activate your play the computer chip will record the very next three numbers that were generated by the RNG.  Each number corresponds to one of the reels (3 numbers for 3 reels), which are then processed into a simple calculation that will ultimately create a number that tells the reels where to stop.  Let us say the first number corresponding to the first reel is 333.  The next calculation that is used next involves dividing the RNG generated number by multiplied values of 32, up to a value of 512.  Since each machine is programmed differently, for the above example we shall say the computer chip uses the value of 32. After running this particular calculation, we get 14 with a remainder of 2. The remainder is an important consideration for it shows there are only 32 possible end results of this calculation (it cannot be larger than 32 or smaller than 0).  The computer then maps the 32 possible values out as stops on a computerized reel of 32 stops. These computerized stops each correspond to the actual stops on the reel (they tell the reels which stop to cease spinning).  Since there are less actual stops on a reel than the 32 stops on the computerized reel, some of the actual stops will correspond to more than one of the computerized stops. And when you add all three reels together, the possibilities are exponential. And that’s what makes playing slot machines so exciting for so many gamblers.  

In the future, expect slot machines to continue their huge growth and expect manufacturers to continue to upgrade the machines more and more. Developers are working to compete with one another and that’s great news for those who love slots play. It means every time they log in to play, there will be new and exciting features to enjoy.

In the olden days slot machines were operated via a mechanism inside that literally “spun” and stopped on the right picture. That picture, along with the others, dictated a win or loss. This was way back in the 1800s when the machine first came into the market. Though it was crude, people still rushed to play. In that time there was no other gambling game of its type and it quickly took off in popularity. The fact that over a century later it is still one of the most popular games in the gambling world proves how viable the game is and how many people love slot machines.

Not that it hasn’t gone through many changes in the past one-hundred years– it has. It moved along with the high-tech world into a highly accurate electronic game rather than a mechanical one of the past. Technology has grown exponentially throughout the years and game developers have worked hard to implement new tools and techniques to apply to the world of slot machine gambling. Here is some information regarding the computer-chip operated slot machines you find today.  The new machines have predetermined stopping points controlled by the computer chip are used to stop each reel, which in turn, are regulated by small, digitized bursts of electricity. These controlled bursts generated by the step motors are able to halt the spinning reels at exactly the right pre-appointed position.

The pre-programming that involves the payout percentage of a machine is determined by another device - the random number generator (RNG) so no need.  Not to fret, these machines are not designed to cheat you they are just modern and easier to maintain.  With the RNG in place, each spin of the reels has an equal chance of striking a big win.  With the RNG engaged, hundreds of numbers ranging from one to several billion are being generated each second.  The number that is generated the exact millisecond a player presses the spin button or pulls the slot arm is the same number that will then be processed into a program that syncs the number with where the particular stopping point will be for each reel.

Part two coming next.

Slot machines are great gambling pastimes. When you first visit an online casino, you’ll find tons of games online to choose from. If you have only limited experience with games, it’s always a good idea to find online casinos that have a “free play” option. These come in handy because you’ll be able to test out various games until you find the one you want. You can test out a wide range of games without every wasting your own money. It’s a great way to hone in on whating you’ll enjoy most and figure out what you are looking for. Find casinos that offer this option first.

Once you get to the virtual casino floor, you may be overwhelmed with the number of games available. The industry of slots itself is highly competitive. Developers are pushing the boundaries of what can be done in the world of slots and making it more and more dynamic for users. The themes are constantly becoming wider in diversity and payout.  If you love 3-reel slots, you can start off with those. There are a wide variety of more basic slots to choose from. On the other hand, if you have tapped out your love of 3-reel slots, you can move on to 5 and 7-reel slots. If that doesn’t do it for you, test out the progressive slots available. These are the games with the huge payouts you see online. It’s not unusual for them to top off at five- and six-figure payouts. Remember though that with progressive jackpots you have to play the maximum coins to be eligible for the big payout. Be sure to read the fineprint and understand how the payout works.

The biggest advantage of playing slots is the variety. Even if you go to a land-based casino, you’ll be surprised at how many different games there are. Any theme you enjoy can be found at an online casino. Whether you love celebrities, poker, car racing or horses, you’ll find a slots game that will focus on that hobby. Overall playing slot machines is a great way to enjoy online gambling. Plus the payouts have only gotten bigger and better over the years. Test your luck at online gambling and see how much fun you can have!