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4 total messages Started by Jon Arnold Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:12

#1915

Author: Jon Arnold
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:12

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I must have gotten my name on some kind of mailing list because I've been
getting all kinds of junk mail lately regarding gambling.  Anyway, one
of these pieces caught my eye and it read it through.  (*Real* slow
night in New Hampshire  :-) )  It was in regard to playing slots, and
this dude claimed to have figured out how to make a definite profit in
slots.

Maybe it's me, but I always figured slots was a game of *chance*, with
absolutely no skill involved whatsoever.  Whether or not one wins is
purely a matter of chance, luck, relative humidity, phase of the moon,
current cricket population in Iceland, and various other factors.  One
of the "tidbits" that this dude tossed out was that if you see a slot
machine with a cherry showing on the middle reel, definitely play it,
since this is allegedly a certain indicator that this machine is getting
ready to pay off big time.

Is there really a viable "slots strategy", other than continuously
stuffing <coin denomination> into the machine, and hoping it pays off
before your financial resources disappear?  Logic tells me no, but....

Jon Arnold                        Phone: W: 603-883-1233
Nashua, New Hampshire             Fax:   W: 603-883-7350
                                         H: 603-883-6371

      "If you ain't the lead dog, the view never changes."

Re: Playing slots

#1926

Author: Harv R Laser
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 18:50

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>
>Is there really a viable "slots strategy", other than continuously
>stuffing <coin denomination> into the machine, and hoping it pays off
>before your financial resources disappear?  Logic tells me no, but....
>
>Jon Arnold                        Phone: W: 603-883-1233
>Nashua, New Hampshire             Fax:   W: 603-883-7350
>                                         H: 603-883-6371
>
Well there are a couple other interesting slot tidbits... play
a machine to get a few coins to fall out. If the coins are real
warm, then they've been in the machine a long time, meaning the
machine's primed to spew its load soon. (Slots only pay out a
certain few hundreds of coins on a large jackpot, the rest of
the payout is handed to the (lucky) winner in cash by a casino
worker). If the coins come out stone cold, move to another machine.

Or... hand some cash to one of the change women (they're ALWAYS
women, at EVERY casino, aren't they? Why is this :-) and tip her
and ask her to point you towards a machine that's primed and
ready. 

I'll admit that neither of these "tips" has ever worked very well
for me at all.. I've played slots, from nickels to dollars at
dozens of Vegas casinos and never hit a jackpot over $50 or so.

Harv

Re: Playing slots

#1992

Author: ray.c.jender
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 14:49

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In article <74150@cup.portal.com> Harv@cup.portal.com (Harv R Laser) writes:
>>
>>Is there really a viable "slots strategy", other than continuously
>>stuffing <coin denomination> into the machine, and hoping it pays off
>>before your financial resources disappear?  Logic tells me no, but....
>>
>>Jon Arnold                        Phone: W: 603-883-1233
>>Nashua, New Hampshire             Fax:   W: 603-883-7350
>>                                         H: 603-883-6371
>>
>Well there are a couple other interesting slot tidbits... play
>a machine to get a few coins to fall out. If the coins are real
>warm, then they've been in the machine a long time, meaning the
>machine's primed to spew its load soon. (Slots only pay out a
>certain few hundreds of coins on a large jackpot, the rest of
>the payout is handed to the (lucky) winner in cash by a casino
>worker). If the coins come out stone cold, move to another machine.
>
>Or... hand some cash to one of the change women (they're ALWAYS
>women, at EVERY casino, aren't they? Why is this :-) and tip her
>and ask her to point you towards a machine that's primed and
>ready. 
>
>I'll admit that neither of these "tips" has ever worked very well
>for me at all.. I've played slots, from nickels to dollars at
>dozens of Vegas casinos and never hit a jackpot over $50 or so.
>
>Harv



	Harv, Harv....could it be your are just a bust-out!!! (hehe)...
	I recently went to the Empress gambling boat with my wife and
	sister. Before we got there, my sister kept saying that we
	should look for this certain slot machine called Red, White and
	Blue... Well, to make a long story short, all total she must
	have hit these RWB slots for $1200.00 in jackpots. Not bad
	for around 2.5 hrs of play. Unfortunately she dumped most of 
	it back in. I thinks she ended up around $300.00 up when
	we walked out of the place. Me and my wife??? Never mind...

Re: Playing slots

#1997

Author: Ron Birnbaum
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 17:01

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In article <74150@cup.portal.com>, Harv@cup.portal.com (Harv R Laser) writes:
|> >
|> >Is there really a viable "slots strategy", other than continuously
|> >stuffing <coin denomination> into the machine, and hoping it pays off
|> >before your financial resources disappear?  Logic tells me no, but....


  Stick to progressive machines with appropriate payoffs - see the 
FAQ for details.

|> >
|> Well there are a couple other interesting slot tidbits... play
|> a machine to get a few coins to fall out. If the coins are real
|> warm, then they've been in the machine a long time, meaning the
|> machine's primed to spew its load soon. (Slots only pay out a
|> certain few hundreds of coins on a large jackpot, the rest of
|> the payout is handed to the (lucky) winner in cash by a casino
|> worker). If the coins come out stone cold, move to another machine.

  I thought that payoff history had NOTHING to do with the chances the
 machine was about to pay off. Each slot pull is completely random. A
 machine is just as likely to pay a jackpot if it paid one off 5 weeks
 ago or 5 minutes.

|> Or... hand some cash to one of the change women (they're ALWAYS
|> women, at EVERY casino, aren't they? Why is this :-) and tip her
|> and ask her to point you towards a machine that's primed and
|> ready. 

  They'll do anything for a tip!

|> I'll admit that neither of these "tips" has ever worked very well
|> for me at all.. I've played slots, from nickels to dollars at
|> dozens of Vegas casinos and never hit a jackpot over $50 or so.

  Hmmmm, hard to believe...

;-)

-Ron


|> 
|> Harv

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