“You Won My Jackpot” and Other Slot Myths
No matter how rational a slot lover may be it is almost certain that he/she believes in at least of few of the slot myths. Most slot machine aficionados swear they can tell when a machine is ready to pay out. Slot myths are numerous and are about the best days of the week to play or the best time to play. There are even slot myths about the room location for the premium slot machines. Slot myths are certainly a lot of fun but do any of them contain grains of truth?
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Slot myth #1: If a machine hasn’t paid a jackpot in awhile that machine
is due for a score. Slot machines use random number generators
(RNG). There is no need to survey the casino waiting for
people to walk away from slot machines that haven’t paid
off for a considerable period of time. It’s a very old but
also an untrue slot myth that a machine is “due”. A person
can win a jackpot and the very next pull of the lever or
push of the button another jackpot might come up. A slot
can also go for an extended period of time without a jackpot.
Winning at slots is entirely random.
Slot myth #2: Casinos place the best slot machines in certain locations
within the casino such as the end of a row or near the entrances
and exits. Remember this slot mantra: Winning at slots is
totally random therefore there are no winning machines;
even if there were, it is not casino policy to place such
machines in certain spots. Hot machines in hot locations
is just another slot myth. The person who perpetuates this
slot myth probably hit a winner on a machine as he/she left
the casino; if so, that was just luck. Luck is the one constant
of slots.
Slot myth #3: Look for a hot machine, that is, look for one that actually
has a warm temperature. Once you find a warm machine use
warm coins to play. What is the slot mantra? Slots are governed
by random number generators. The temperature of the machine
and the coins, whether that temperature is hot or whether
it is cold has nothing to do with winning. The person who
started that slot myth was sitting under the casino heat
vent holding coins in his/her hand. If the person had been
sitting under the air conditioning vent instead the slot
machine result would have been the same.
No doubt about it, playing slot machines is fun. However, players should remember to approach the games as entertainment and to gamble only a set amount of money which they can afford to lose. Many people will insist they know how to beat the slots but their theories are all just slot myths. Slot machines are, say it aloud, based on random number generation.
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