Play the lowest denomination machine you’re comfortable with.

Even though lower-stakes machines have worse odds, you’ll still lose less money on them. A 90% 5-coin nickel machine loses $18.75/hr. on average, while a 98% 2-coin dollar machine loses $30/hr. (The disparity in payouts between different denominations usually isn’t that extreme, but I’m just showing that even when the difference is extreme you’ll still lose less money by playing the lower denomination machines.)

Play machines which are advertised as paying back a specific high percentage.

Most casinos won’t tell you how much their slots pay back, but some do. On the Vegas Strip Riviera has 98% dollar slots, and Circus Circus has 97.4% dollar slots. Fitzgeralds in Reno has a section of about 50 dollar slots whose average payback is 97.4%..Ignore claims such as “Loosest Slots” or “High Payback”. Those terms are meaningless since they’re not specific. Also ignore specific numbers married to vagueness, such as “up to 9

Filed under: Gambling strategies by Date 26 February, 2008
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Bingo is played in halls. Bingo rules and payouts and play variations vary from place to place. Bingo brochures detailing particular games, rules and payouts are usually available at each respective location.

Basically, players buy cards with numbers on them in a 5 x 5 grid corresponding to the five letters in the word B-I-N-G-O. Numbers such as B-2 or 0-68 are then drawn at random (out of a possible 75 in American Bingo, and 90 in British and Australian Bingo) until one player completes a ‘Bingo‘ pattern, such as a line with five numbers in a vertical, horizontal or diagonal row on one of their cards and wins the prize.

Filed under: Bingo by Date 2 January, 2008
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Slot Machine Tip #1
Always read the pay-off information on each machine, particularly on Pay for Play machines. These are usually three coin slot machines with the first coin paying only on limited symbols, perhaps cherries and bars. The second coin pays on the next set of symbols and the third coin pays on any win. The big win is with the third coin. Many a player has turned up three sevens and stood in wonderment as to why they didn’t get paid. They only put one coin in the slot machine and one coin won’t feed the bulldog on a pay for play. Know what you are playing.

Slot Machine Tip #2
When playing progressive slots or three liners or five liners make sure you have inserted the proper number of coins in the machine. It can be very frustrating to see a line of three sevens and not get anything because you didn’t insert the required number of coins.

Filed under: Bingo> Gambling strategies> Slot Machines> Sport Betting by Date 29 September, 2007
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