I always fill up my car and carry a brown bag lunch with a drink for the ride home. No credit card, no debit card, just the cash I'm willing to lose. Some good days ,some bad days.
Thanks to you guys and Cowboy, I've become a much better slot player. I don't always win, but I always go home with money in my pocket. It's a huge difference.
I completely agree, both of you are a great source of information and knowledge/expirience. Truly appreciate it!! For me I know what I’m willing to potentially lose on every machine I sit down at, I try to double what I put in and leave after. Also I know we have all chased but it rarly works out. Iv found if your getting a lot of dead spins (I know it’s random) but Iv been getting used to moving around to different machines vs sitting at 1 and losing what I put into it. Iv gotten the bonus on the first spin before at a bunch of machines. Try different games, understand what’s more volitile vs less. Don’t bet money you need and accept that your there for entertainment value and the odds are stacked against you. Good luck allz!!
@@mralapenosarespicy Machine choice factoring in volatility and denomination as well as budgeting tips these guys offer can go a long way towards making a winning casino trip.
As an former gambling addict that almost destroy his life ( never liked to gamble but fall for it) word of advice that believe me can save your life, do not ever enter a casino.
The key is learning when to walk away from the casino when you are ahead and especially if you’re getting wrecked. Leave all debit cards at home if you don’t have self control. Good luck 🍀 everyone
The worst are the ‘pot’ type games. They show you pots or firecracker strings or something that ‘builds’ up as you play and infer that you’re getting closer to hitting the full pot. I have had those pots go from half full to full in one spin, and then full again the very next spin. I’ve also sat there for an hour with it never getting to ‘full’. The visual is meaningless.
So next month we could see a slot that has a pay table on the permanent display that says payout is 10 coins for mixed bars, but the game rules buried in the machine somewhere says that all pays will be short 1 credit for a service fee. Therefore the actual payout for mixed bars is 9 coins. And people will again say: “Duh, it tells you so in the game rules”. Folks are kinda funny sometimes.
Or you have 3 separate symbols like pigs, chickens etc and you get the same bonus multiple times in a row even though the other bonuses look closer to being reached. And it’s usually the worst one, the one you don’t really want. It would be nice if they at least took turns being hit 😅.
Spot on about machines showing credits instead of money. A few weeks ago I won a small jackpot and decided to risk $200 on a high limit machine. I thought I was betting $25 a spin and accidentally bet $125 on one spin! Of course it was a losing spin. Grrrr.
Every freaking thing in the casinos is designed to razzle us. One of my favorites is the buffet, the moment they process you they start pushing liquids. Liquids will off course cause you to eat less. Decades ago, I used to attack buffets, I mean attack! my best haul was 25 plates at the Fremont seafood buffet. 11pm-ish they approached me with becoming closing time. But I'm still hungry I responded, they were so shocked they returned my 18 bucks and gave me 4 nights upstairs. They played us and I would get even at the buffet, Pala, Texas station, Foxwoods, Rio, I hit all the bigtime buffets around Vegas, Cali,,. I would always chase my 18, 20, 22, plates with a whole sugar free carrot cake. I would call Pala and secure my whole cake before arriving on Thursday's. Today at 65 I've retired from overindulging; I do 5 to perhaps 7 plates and 8 slices of sugar free carrot. But, always remove/d the top layer of my cakes, even if SF it's not healthy. Used to do the cake with a pint of Vanilla IC, today no ice cream. Oh, at 5'9 the heaviest I ever got was 200lbs, chilling at 175 today. Have lost plenty but ate it back! in the words of Maxwell Smart, "AND LOVING IT"
I went to Foxwoods a few weeks ago and sat at what I thought was a penny machine and bet $25. Turns out it was a dollar machine and bet $125 by mistake. Of course, the spin was a loser. Oops.
Everything you said is spot on . Anybody that plays slots on a consistent basis recognizes these "scams". However, surprisingly, a lot of people do not. Hopefully they see your videos and it helps them. Good content
Stupid, rules the majority of humanity and these casinos know this. People continuously going crazy over "Almost" proves my theory. That's how they want you to react I would say from time to time. The look of "Stupid" I get is always priceless.
Hey Marc - thanks to your excellent info, my wife and I started playing a LOT smarter, our money is lasting longer and after 20 years of gambling my wife hit her first hand pay of $2600! Thanks for all your helpful tips, it's made a big difference in our overall fun factor as well.
I always comment to my fellow players that alot of research goes into these games. The games are 100% random. And when it looks like something is ready to pay, it's just marketing to trick you into thinking it's ready to pay. Word is getting out that these new games are psychologically tuned to steal your money.
No offense, but slot machines are absolutely NOT random. If they were, and you were to land "2x" on reel 1, and "3x" on reel 2, then the odds of hitting the 5x on reel 3, on a truly random machine, would be 1 in however many stops on are that 3rd reel, say 15. So 1 on 15 on a truly random machine. People would be hitting jackpots every day all over the place. The machines are not random.
Another great video. Yes it is amazing how the slot machines play with your head. Your info is helping to be more aware of this and less of a victim to the slot scams
I've forever understood many of the tactics used for me to lose control (sadly I still do); when I sit, I don't react to the almost spins. I'm as stoic as the machine punching out numbers before me. What can irritate me are the people around me, reacting to all the tricks of the machines. I started wearing ear plugs or listening to music; but you still have the bloody bangers.
You went a different direction with this video than I anticipated. My top 5 scams would be: 1. Coin-Pot games where the pot gets bigger as it fills, but is visual only. It has no bearing on how close the bonus is to hitting. 2. Jackpot-picking bonus games like dancing drums are pre-determined. You aren't 1 pick away from that grand jackpot every time. 3. Programmed near-misses (you covered this one). On any losing spin, the manufacturer can set the reels to any losing combination they want. This includes giving you 2/3 bonus symbols to make you feel you almost hit it. Or two multipliers with a blank reel 3 like in your example. Or getting 5/6 lightning link balls, etc. 4. Altered reel sets or pay table values for bonus games. Ainsworth does this constantly. They will lower the pay table for the bonus reel set and then increase the size or number of lines. It makes your wins look huge when in reality they are reduced. 5. Decorating a progressive with fire or lights when it reaches a certain point to fool the player into thinking it's ready to hit.
I’d add excessive noise when small wins occur. This tricks your brain into thinking you’re doing better than you really are. Bells and whistles going off for a marginal line hit are pretty annoying.
@@gregrowe1168 This is a great one! Celebrating those "BIG WINS" when they are only 5x or 10x your bet. Couple this with nearly all new games making line hits very small to compensate for bonuses.
You completely overlooked the two biggest scams of todays slots: 1) perceived progression towards a bonus. 2) Five of a kind doesn’t even pay your money back. With so many slots only focusing on the bonus and even then, a bonus may not even give you your money back. Slots are becoming almost unplayable with bonuses attached to them!!!!
Line hits vary wildly from machine to machine. The amount of pay lines is the reason. Games with a lot of pay lines like 40 or more give frequent line hits but they pay poorly. Games with few pay lines like 10 or less have great line hits but they happen a lot less often.
I think a major "scam" you missed was "perceived progression," where the pots or firecrackers or coin stacks get larger and larger until you are sure it MUST be about to hit, when in reality it can just as easily hit on an empty pot as a full one. Unfortunately I have friends who just don't believe me. 😕
Not that I'm proud but I've seen attract mode screens on walk throughs and congratulated people on the hit. They just laugh at me and say it's just the demo, bless your heart.
If they can set the roller to an almost win so many times that means the machines are not random and are manipulated. I’ve noticed patterns and if you notice patterns they’re not random. I quit playing those four years ago. Haven’t touched one.
“Biggest reason why people lose is because they quit too soon” 😂Overheard at the Las Vegas airport as I’m going home with money in my pocket because of what I learned on your channel. Thanks so much!
The 'near hit' or 'near miss' scam is one of the most infuriating in my opinion. I believe this is exacerbated by the many YT slot channels which will comment during their play that the machine is "getting hot", "getting close", or "wants to hit" when the near hit/miss occurs. When the YT slot channels do this it magnifies the problem for the uneducated public as the viewer may believe that the slot channel host is an 'expert' and must know what they are talking about. One could make an argument that by allow the machines to be programmed for the near hit/miss, the casinos are being allowed to unfairly alter the game by manipulating the appearance of the result to the player away from the true randomness of the spin (this is the point you were making I believe). My question is this, is there anything like a "players advocacy" organization that looks out for the rights of the players before the various regulatory bodies who could make this argument?
The closet thing players advocacy are the gaming commissions themselves, but I think there needs to be more than that. We're trying to make some "noise" to the industry and hoping they will listen. :)
i'm not a gambler. i don't understand how someone can put money into a machine that gives almost nothing back in return. i have played them a few times in the past. but always end up just loosing. so i no longer do it.
I do it because it's possible you might win sometime. A couple of weeks ago in the hi-limit room at Hard Rock, I played a $5.00 machine 3 coins max. and hit a $1200 hand-pay on the first pull. It will probably never happen again, but it did once.
Hey hey hey now... as someone with a very storied history in the arcades.... You're right. The running "gag" is that places like Dave and Buster's is "gambling for kids" and it essentially is. But you have to look at it like slots... entertainment. You're paying for entertainment, like a movie, or TV streaming service. If you treat your play like that, and have fun, you will never lose! (except money you can afford to...)
To everyone reading please listen. SLOTS ARENT RANDOM think for one second why is it when you get a 4 trigger bonus it’s always worse than when you just get three symbols. Exactly that’s not random.
There is a random aspect (nobody knows what is coming next) and a control aspect (the RNG has to pick from a certain set of symbols). This is also called the "control". Think of it like a 52 deck of cards. The act of you pulling a card out of a shuffled deck is random, the control is it has to be one of those 52 cards.
Great vid....at casino in Niagara Falls...wife pointed out that a gameroom for kids was rite nxt to the casino. She commented that they are starting then early to move from one room to the next!! Ha! Good stuff Marc!👍
Showing credits instead of cash I won't even play those machines unless I can get it to show cash.... Where do people get the idea that the more money you put in a slot machine the closer it is getting to pay a jackpot? Was this a thing at one time?
I think the biggest scam are the bonus amounts, especially on Dragon links, piggy banking, fire links etc. Like you said it will cost you $80 to get a $26 bonus, then you keep trying and keep trying and keep trying until you hit zero….
I have really good luck with dragon link and lightning link. I usually play mid range bets on 1 cent or 2 cent and I can get decent payouts. The issue is when you get the 3 symbol bonus several times and all it pays is the amount for getting 3 symbols. That is straight nonsense.
I played a similar machine, put $20 in.. it was a bit confusing and it was 1 credit / 0.25 c a spin, first spin, won $11. Got up and walked off. Played the cherry jubilee for the first time at MGM, the lady next to me just hit her 3rd jackpot of $1000+.. I put in a $100, had 3 near misses / near hits / and small wins, but eventually lost the $100.. lol
Thank you guys it was very informative ❤I'm so tired of loosing its like they don't even pay very well anymore at all I recently went and gave into all those that you mentioned and lost 2k 😢😢😢 was the worst night of my life 😢 💔 but I'm greatly appreciated that you show us these things.
Most of the new games these days are designed with one objective - To keep you in that seat. You end up gambling much more money than intended to get that bonus. And when you finally get it, the bonus pays out a fraction of what you put in. Major scam. But those are the most popular games these days.
Usually when any of these 5 scams happenning, I will wait for 1-3 minutes before I hit another spin. If it still not paying I will change my bet(increase or lower the best depends on how much money you had alreay put in). If the machine still not paying I will quit.
In my opinion perceived progression for bonuses is the worst. Whether it be a growing pot, growing pigs, fireworks lit almost all the way up to top, bars that fill up for the “super bonus”. You have to remember to stick to spin count and not get too attached into chasing these bonuses. Some of these things get large or full faster than you think and can literally take in hundreds before finally getting hit. Also you can end up in a position where you feel like you’ve already committed too much to walk away from it so it can take away your entire bank roll if your not aware of how they work
The worst bonus games are the ones where you get to " pick " a box and then it will tell you the price after. Or you have to match 3 prize symbols. Those are very obviously pre-picked, so it doesn't actually matter which box you pick. Your MINI has already been picked. You can literally pick them in many different ways, and you will most likely get a mini, and maybe a minor. Still have yet to see a major, or a mega, or grand.
My gambling buddy plays higher $ and he prefers the credits so the rubber necker don’t know exactly how much he has in or won. He is pretty good at quick math. However I’m a $ guy. Can’t do math that fast, especially in the .05 range. I struggle keeping up counting my card totals in Blackjack.
I completely agree about credits. Make the default dollars. I switch as soon as I sit down if the option is available. If no option, I do the math ahead of time to set my floor.
The found a strategy that a different slot channel taught me. Go to a casino at 5:00 in the morning right after a long holiday weekend. Find a highly visible machine and try a 5 spin method on it. The machines will pay from being stuffed with cash all weekend. SCAM!!!!!
Excellent video, thank you! :-) The "near misses" annoy me the most. Especially when it keeps happening, but nothing hits. That's when I walk. See ya, bye! 😅 I'll keep my $, and you, Slot Manufacturer, can keep your moody little machine. 😂
Always good info. I have a real question. The bonus on Sahara Gold, when you pick one of two treasure chests. Is it predetermined or not. Same thing on Happy Lantern. Thanks man.
Agree #4 the Must hit by- I finally hit it 2 cents away from the must hit by $70 & it was at $62 when I started playing hundreds of dollars ago - fortunately had a few good line hits that helped but it can be maddening to try to win
the worst thing that can happen to you playing slot machines is to win one time. That first time will hook you for years and cost you a fortune in money and time. You are not going to beat the software "bot".
I think the biggest scam is convincing people the slots are random. There is so much programming involved that the randomness becomes obsolete. The machines are designed to pay out when the casino wants them to pay out.
That's not entirely true. Casinos (or anyone) don't have that level of control of when a slot pays or doesn't pay. They can only set the theoretical payback % return on the machine (with gaming commission present to witness).
@@GambleSmart”they can only set the theoretical payback %….” I am a no0b but didnt you just prove the original OP’s point that its all pre programmed and NOT random since the casino can tinker with the settings to get an edge.
On Sunday saw a guy playing $5 on a $9 max spin "hit" the jackpot on one of the lines he wasnt playing. Told my friend no way that hits if he was playing 9.
Marc, you guys and Cowboy Slots have touted the games such as Double Diamonds, Triple Start, Top Dollar, etc., as “low volitility” games. Do you think that the game programmers have watched your videos and have updated these games to now be “high volitility” games or at least closer to that? If so, then perhaps more and more newer games continue to be high volitility because people still enjoy those more than the admittedly boring “low volitility” games. And if you look at the number of viewers on low volitility game slot channels, they are definitely much lower than the high volitility game slot channels. So that also says something about people’s preferences. And Cowboy Slots is now playing and teaching us about some of these high volitility games and he, too, seems to enjoy them.
Manufacturers can't take a game that already exists and change the math to make it more volatile. Instead, they create new versions of the game. Good example of this is the new Double Top Dollar. The single payline version is the exact same math as the old ones. However, the new 5 line and 9 line versions are different. We will play high volatility games every now and then, but only in certain situations - for example, when we are doing well on our bankroll building budget. We are mostly here to educate, so if we started to play high volatility games people might wonder why. We are trying to stick to our message because it's how we play and how we've learned to play within our budget. Sometimes, we just try something different to keep people entertained too.
The biggest scam of them all is that they can control them but all these people believe it's random. It should be illegal for them to have a players card. Next scam is Free Play. Just look at how a scam works. Just to show you how powerful it is... I am going to the casino the weekend to play my free play. Rofl..
How about the games where a chalice is filling with coins, or a volcano with lava. It physically looks like it’s filling up. Sometimes you even get a popup like “almost ready to explode”… Just another way of saying “hey keep playing me and I MIGHT pay out”
They have gotten rid of all the old slot machines and replaced them with hitech machines that make a lot of noise to attract players.Thanks for the information.
I'm not a gambler, but I always win when I play. However, if I keep playing, I'll eventually lose all my money, and it may never come back. Thank you! Casinos have unlimited funds to pay out, but you don’t have unlimited money to bet. So when you run out of money, you lose!
Another scam is after you FINALLY hit a bonus, you wind up getting a lot of dead spins. Or if you hit a reasonable amount in the first few bonus spins, the rest will be dead. And you never get fill up the screen during a bonus round. Don’t believe all these slot channels. They playing big bucks in order to get those rare screens.
Hit 20 bonus over last 2 weeks, play 30 cent bets. So nothing to crazy. I haven't hit anything over £20 most are like £5-10. No matter how much money I spent. Don't show me these big bonuses then if I have no chance in hitting unless I place £1 bets, dirty bastards
I know that you guys believe that fat bags, lit up firecrackers, etc doesn’t mean anything. But to an extent, it does mean something. Like the long-haired geisha lady with the pearls in the bowl. Well, you usually have to have at least 3 or more pearls in the bowl before you start to come close to getting a bonus. There used to be a random red lantern screen bonus, too, which has become almost nonexistent on those games. And you won’t see anyone playing the game if there’s only 1 Pearl in the bowl bc it’s like you’re starting over. The same with the firecrackers all unlit or barely lit. Regular players know that those type of games need to be”build up” before you have a reasonable chance of getting a bonus.
@@GambleSmart Nope! I’ve played the Prosperity game with the geisha. I definitely got more line wins and the bonus once there were at least 3 pearls in the bowl because IF she dumps all the pearls out of the bowl during the bonus, then after the bonus you start all over again with only one pearl in the bowl. So depending on how much you want to play, the denomination can make the difference.
Every slot creates an exact ROI for the proprietor. If its a few minutes of entertainment great, if you sit there for hours and take it seriously it can and will destroy your life. Slots are the bread and butter of all casinos worldwide
hey marc, the flashing lights on the quick hit got me thinking about when i play that kind of quick hit machine, whenever i get the first up jackpot (like 5 quick hits), the top light on the machine flashes like a police car light on his car!! i think that is a way for the player to play more and for people walking by to try and get them to play!
Thank you brother. Those single line games that almost give you One when you hit it and immediately hit it again ,to stop it, does that screw up the system ?d? I hit a couple times doing that..✌️💙🏇🏇🏇
You are so right. They think everybody is so stupid that we cannot realize and see the scams.. We each have a redemption day that will come one day. I hope something else comes up and Casinos get their redemption day . .
I think you forgot the over flowing money bucket or the firecracker that only has a couple more to light Also the high volatile slots that half of the pay table pays less than your bet “You won “ I haven’t even won on Cherries Jubilee yet but I know not to chase it It’s still gambling and money management is the key Thank you for you teaching us how to play
I have to do enough math every time I go to the grocery store or a restaurant! If the slots start to show credits instead of your real cash amount, people won’t play them because most of us don’t play slots to do the math. They can go play table games where they can count to their heart’s content 😂
#1 scam is the casino itself.
enter sweepstakes its free
@@TheBizouxxx One of men central sin is the belief something can be free.
The roulette wheel, I don’t see how that’s a scam!
And the government/ state winning everytime we win and winning everytime we loose
I always fill up my car and carry a brown bag lunch with a drink for the ride home. No credit card, no debit card, just the cash I'm willing to lose. Some good days ,some bad days.
What if you meet a nice working girl and she wants to have fun?
Thanks to you guys and Cowboy, I've become a much better slot player. I don't always win, but I always go home with money in my pocket. It's a huge difference.
That is awesome!
I completely agree, both of you are a great source of information and knowledge/expirience. Truly appreciate it!! For me I know what I’m willing to potentially lose on every machine I sit down at, I try to double what I put in and leave after. Also I know we have all chased but it rarly works out. Iv found if your getting a lot of dead spins (I know it’s random) but Iv been getting used to moving around to different machines vs sitting at 1 and losing what I put into it. Iv gotten the bonus on the first spin before at a bunch of machines. Try different games, understand what’s more volitile vs less. Don’t bet money you need and accept that your there for entertainment value and the odds are stacked against you. Good luck allz!!
A “better” slot player lol…you’ve strengthen your pointer finger for better button pushing huh.
@@mralapenosarespicy Machine choice factoring in volatility and denomination as well as budgeting tips these guys offer can go a long way towards making a winning casino trip.
GREAT TAKE !
As an former gambling addict that almost destroy his life ( never liked to gamble but fall for it) word of advice that believe me can save your life, do not ever enter a casino.
The key is learning when to walk away from the casino when you are ahead and especially if you’re getting wrecked. Leave all debit cards at home if you don’t have self control. Good luck 🍀 everyone
The worst are the ‘pot’ type games. They show you pots or firecracker strings or something that ‘builds’ up as you play and infer that you’re getting closer to hitting the full pot. I have had those pots go from half full to full in one spin, and then full again the very next spin. I’ve also sat there for an hour with it never getting to ‘full’. The visual is meaningless.
If you read the game rules most of them say the size of pot is meaningless but obviously a lot of people don’t read them
Yeah, *sometimes* it's in the game rules. But, I think they should put it right below the graphics.
@@GambleSmart We all know that ain't gonna happen lol
So next month we could see a slot that has a pay table on the permanent display that says payout is 10 coins for mixed bars, but the game rules buried in the machine somewhere says that all pays will be short 1 credit for a service fee. Therefore the actual payout for mixed bars is 9 coins. And people will again say: “Duh, it tells you so in the game rules”. Folks are kinda funny sometimes.
Or you have 3 separate symbols like pigs, chickens etc and you get the same bonus multiple times in a row even though the other bonuses look closer to being reached. And it’s usually the worst one, the one you don’t really want. It would be nice if they at least took turns being hit 😅.
Spot on about machines showing credits instead of money. A few weeks ago I won a small jackpot and decided to risk $200 on a high limit machine. I thought I was betting $25 a spin and accidentally bet $125 on one spin! Of course it was a losing spin. Grrrr.
Ouch!
Every freaking thing in the casinos is designed to razzle us. One of my favorites is the buffet, the moment they process you they start pushing liquids. Liquids will off course cause you to eat less.
Decades ago, I used to attack buffets, I mean attack! my best haul was 25 plates at the Fremont seafood buffet. 11pm-ish they approached me with becoming closing time. But I'm still hungry I responded, they were so shocked they returned my 18 bucks and gave me 4 nights upstairs.
They played us and I would get even at the buffet, Pala, Texas station, Foxwoods, Rio, I hit all the bigtime buffets around Vegas, Cali,,. I would always chase my 18, 20, 22, plates with a whole sugar free carrot cake.
I would call Pala and secure my whole cake before arriving on Thursday's. Today at 65 I've retired from overindulging; I do 5 to perhaps 7 plates and 8 slices of sugar free carrot.
But, always remove/d the top layer of my cakes, even if SF it's not healthy. Used to do the cake with a pint of Vanilla IC, today no ice cream.
Oh, at 5'9 the heaviest I ever got was 200lbs, chilling at 175 today.
Have lost plenty but ate it back! in the words of Maxwell Smart,
"AND LOVING IT"
I went to Foxwoods a few weeks ago and sat at what I thought was a penny machine and bet $25. Turns out it was a dollar machine and bet $125 by mistake. Of course, the spin was a loser. Oops.
@@metrowest100 Million or perhaps billions have been spent by casinos to push our buttons just the right way.
They have us figured out folks!
@@metrowest100 bummer!
Everything you said is spot on . Anybody that plays slots on a consistent basis recognizes these "scams". However, surprisingly, a lot of people do not. Hopefully they see your videos and it helps them. Good content
Stupid, rules the majority of humanity and these casinos know this. People continuously going crazy over "Almost" proves my theory. That's how they want you to react I would say from time to time.
The look of "Stupid" I get is always priceless.
Hey Marc - thanks to your excellent info, my wife and I started playing a LOT smarter, our money is lasting longer and after 20 years of gambling my wife hit her first hand pay of $2600! Thanks for all your helpful tips, it's made a big difference in our overall fun factor as well.
That's freaking awesome! Congratulations to her!
I recently was in Las Vegas, I would like to thank you for all the advice. I followed (most) of your advice and I did hit my first ever hand pay
That is awesome!
I love the slots that give random wins, which unfortunately are getting fewer and fewer.
I always comment to my fellow players that alot of research goes into these games. The games are 100% random. And when it looks like something is ready to pay, it's just marketing to trick you into thinking it's ready to pay.
Word is getting out that these new games are psychologically tuned to steal your money.
More like to steal our minds if you ask me!
Best to remember it's intertainment.
No offense, but slot machines are absolutely NOT random. If they were, and you were to land "2x" on reel 1, and "3x" on reel 2, then the odds of hitting the 5x on reel 3, on a truly random machine, would be 1 in however many stops on are that 3rd reel, say 15. So 1 on 15 on a truly random machine. People would be hitting jackpots every day all over the place. The machines are not random.
Another great video. Yes it is amazing how the slot machines play with your head. Your info is helping to be more aware of this and less of a victim to the slot scams
I've forever understood many of the tactics used for me to lose control (sadly I still do); when I sit, I don't react to the almost spins. I'm as stoic as the machine punching out numbers before me.
What can irritate me are the people around me, reacting to all the tricks of the machines. I started wearing ear plugs or listening to music; but you still have the bloody bangers.
Firecrackers, fish, bowls of coins etc - pretty scammy and there's more all the time at every casino.
I have won on a nearly full bowl of coins and have watch another person win also. So, sometimes it does pay off.
The problem is people are greedy. They win, then they continue to play and end up losing.
💯 Correct
You went a different direction with this video than I anticipated.
My top 5 scams would be:
1. Coin-Pot games where the pot gets bigger as it fills, but is visual only. It has no bearing on how close the bonus is to hitting.
2. Jackpot-picking bonus games like dancing drums are pre-determined. You aren't 1 pick away from that grand jackpot every time.
3. Programmed near-misses (you covered this one). On any losing spin, the manufacturer can set the reels to any losing combination they want. This includes giving you 2/3 bonus symbols to make you feel you almost hit it. Or two multipliers with a blank reel 3 like in your example. Or getting 5/6 lightning link balls, etc.
4. Altered reel sets or pay table values for bonus games. Ainsworth does this constantly. They will lower the pay table for the bonus reel set and then increase the size or number of lines. It makes your wins look huge when in reality they are reduced.
5. Decorating a progressive with fire or lights when it reaches a certain point to fool the player into thinking it's ready to hit.
Those are some great ones! I'll def have to do a part 2 :) I mostly picked ones that I could demonstrate at home.
I’d add excessive noise when small wins occur. This tricks your brain into thinking you’re doing better than you really are. Bells and whistles going off for a marginal line hit are pretty annoying.
@@gregrowe1168 This is a great one! Celebrating those "BIG WINS" when they are only 5x or 10x your bet. Couple this with nearly all new games making line hits very small to compensate for bonuses.
"Or getting 5/6 lightning link balls, etc"
you left out the "of" part because 6 be great.
Oh, I can't beat lightning! damn!!!
You completely overlooked the two biggest scams of todays slots:
1) perceived progression towards a bonus.
2) Five of a kind doesn’t even pay your money back.
With so many slots only focusing on the bonus and even then, a bonus may not even give you your money back. Slots are becoming almost unplayable with bonuses attached to them!!!!
So very true! I'll probably do a part 2 at some point when I have more machines to put in the video for reference. :)
Well said, Brian! I hope the manufacturers will realize that soon. There are so many unplayable machines out there.
Line hits vary wildly from machine to machine. The amount of pay lines is the reason. Games with a lot of pay lines like 40 or more give frequent line hits but they pay poorly. Games with few pay lines like 10 or less have great line hits but they happen a lot less often.
The tease is when you place the minimum and it gives you the jackpot, but doesn't give you anything.
I think a major "scam" you missed was "perceived progression," where the pots or firecrackers or coin stacks get larger and larger until you are sure it MUST be about to hit, when in reality it can just as easily hit on an empty pot as a full one. Unfortunately I have friends who just don't believe me. 😕
Absolutely
I have never seen a small pot do anything, much less burst open.
Happens all the time.
That’s one for the swear jar too, Dave🤦🏽♀️
Nummer 6 : The pictures of high stacks, big piggies, full loaded pots, big fishbowls etcetera.
Got that right!
Not that I'm proud but I've seen attract mode screens on walk throughs and congratulated people on the hit. They just laugh at me and say it's just the demo, bless your heart.
If they can set the roller to an almost win so many times that means the machines are not random and are manipulated. I’ve noticed patterns and if you notice patterns they’re not random. I quit playing those four years ago. Haven’t touched one.
“Biggest reason why people lose is because they quit too soon” 😂Overheard at the Las Vegas airport as I’m going home with money in my pocket because of what I learned on your channel. Thanks so much!
Thank you for your Honesty and true facts about Slots Machine
The 'near hit' or 'near miss' scam is one of the most infuriating in my opinion. I believe this is exacerbated by the many YT slot channels which will comment during their play that the machine is "getting hot", "getting close", or "wants to hit" when the near hit/miss occurs. When the YT slot channels do this it magnifies the problem for the uneducated public as the viewer may believe that the slot channel host is an 'expert' and must know what they are talking about.
One could make an argument that by allow the machines to be programmed for the near hit/miss, the casinos are being allowed to unfairly alter the game by manipulating the appearance of the result to the player away from the true randomness of the spin (this is the point you were making I believe). My question is this, is there anything like a "players advocacy" organization that looks out for the rights of the players before the various regulatory bodies who could make this argument?
The closet thing players advocacy are the gaming commissions themselves, but I think there needs to be more than that. We're trying to make some "noise" to the industry and hoping they will listen. :)
i'm not a gambler. i don't understand how someone can put money into a machine that gives almost nothing back in return. i have played them a few times in the past. but always end up just loosing. so i no longer do it.
I do it because it's possible you might win sometime. A couple of weeks ago in the hi-limit room at Hard Rock, I played a $5.00 machine 3 coins max. and hit a $1200 hand-pay on the first pull. It will probably never happen again, but it did once.
Hey hey hey now... as someone with a very storied history in the arcades....
You're right. The running "gag" is that places like Dave and Buster's is "gambling for kids" and it essentially is. But you have to look at it like slots... entertainment. You're paying for entertainment, like a movie, or TV streaming service. If you treat your play like that, and have fun, you will never lose! (except money you can afford to...)
Man, you are so right - gambling for kids LOL
Yea, it used to be for fun but then they started to have kids play for tickets to buy things that's what makes it gambling.
To everyone reading please listen. SLOTS ARENT RANDOM
think for one second why is it when you get a 4 trigger bonus it’s always worse than when you just get three symbols. Exactly that’s not random.
There is a random aspect (nobody knows what is coming next) and a control aspect (the RNG has to pick from a certain set of symbols). This is also called the "control". Think of it like a 52 deck of cards. The act of you pulling a card out of a shuffled deck is random, the control is it has to be one of those 52 cards.
Great vid....at casino in Niagara Falls...wife pointed out that a gameroom for kids was rite nxt to the casino. She commented that they are starting then early to move from one room to the next!! Ha! Good stuff Marc!👍
Showing credits instead of cash I won't even play those machines unless I can get it to show cash.... Where do people get the idea that the more money you put in a slot machine the closer it is getting to pay a jackpot? Was this a thing at one time?
I think the biggest scam are the bonus amounts, especially on Dragon links, piggy banking, fire links etc. Like you said it will cost you $80 to get a $26 bonus, then you keep trying and keep trying and keep trying until you hit zero….
I have really good luck with dragon link and lightning link. I usually play mid range bets on 1 cent or 2 cent and I can get decent payouts. The issue is when you get the 3 symbol bonus several times and all it pays is the amount for getting 3 symbols. That is straight nonsense.
Great video and explanation. Way one of my past questions
I played a similar machine, put $20 in.. it was a bit confusing and it was 1 credit / 0.25 c a spin, first spin, won $11. Got up and walked off. Played the cherry jubilee for the first time at MGM, the lady next to me just hit her 3rd jackpot of $1000+.. I put in a $100, had 3 near misses / near hits / and small wins, but eventually lost the $100.. lol
Thank you guys it was very informative ❤I'm so tired of loosing its like they don't even pay very well anymore at all I recently went and gave into all those that you mentioned and lost 2k 😢😢😢 was the worst night of my life 😢 💔 but I'm greatly appreciated that you show us these things.
Good video, thank you for all your helpful hints, enjoy all your videos.
and the full bags, pots etc. Argh.
I need little hits to keep playing, it works on me (as designed).
"Why do they want us to do math right now??" 😆
Think new slots have sensors in them if you walk by they go into DEMO mode to get you to play them. Either that or timers. Great video Marc.
Yeah they are on timers.
Most of the new games these days are designed with one objective - To keep you in that seat. You end up gambling much more money than intended to get that bonus. And when you finally get it, the bonus pays out a fraction of what you put in. Major scam. But those are the most popular games these days.
Usually when any of these 5 scams happenning, I will wait for 1-3 minutes before I hit another spin. If it still not paying I will change my bet(increase or lower the best depends on how much money you had alreay put in). If the machine still not paying I will quit.
It's a good practice for money management, but just be aware that you can't find some magic bet combination that will mean it will start hitting. :)
In my opinion perceived progression for bonuses is the worst. Whether it be a growing pot, growing pigs, fireworks lit almost all the way up to top, bars that fill up for the “super bonus”.
You have to remember to stick to spin count and not get too attached into chasing these bonuses. Some of these things get large or full faster than you think and can literally take in hundreds before finally getting hit. Also you can end up in a position where you feel like you’ve already committed too much to walk away from it so it can take away your entire bank roll if your not aware of how they work
Fun presentation..thx for the advice and reminders...
Awesome video! Thanks Marc.
The worst bonus games are the ones where you get to " pick " a box and then it will tell you the price after. Or you have to match 3 prize symbols. Those are very obviously pre-picked, so it doesn't actually matter which box you pick. Your MINI has already been picked. You can literally pick them in many different ways, and you will most likely get a mini, and maybe a minor. Still have yet to see a major, or a mega, or grand.
What are your thoughts on bingo games
Thx for another great, informative video 👍🏼🎰
My gambling buddy plays higher $ and he prefers the credits so the rubber necker don’t know exactly how much he has in or won. He is pretty good at quick math. However I’m a $ guy. Can’t do math that fast, especially in the .05 range. I struggle keeping up counting my card totals in Blackjack.
Hey Marc, Good one, so true, awesome fun vid.
I completely agree about credits. Make the default dollars. I switch as soon as I sit down if the option is available. If no option, I do the math ahead of time to set my floor.
That was one of the best clips shown !! Thanks for the heads up 🕳️🕳️
Have a good Cowboy kind
of day 🤠 🎰 🤠🎰
As always great info for those who don't already know.
Appreciate all your great advice🤠
Great video, Marc!! This will help so many people!
The found a strategy that a different slot channel taught me. Go to a casino at 5:00 in the morning right after a long holiday weekend. Find a highly visible machine and try a 5 spin method on it. The machines will pay from being stuffed with cash all weekend. SCAM!!!!!
LOL 🎓
Excellent video, thank you! :-) The "near misses" annoy me the most. Especially when it keeps happening, but nothing hits. That's when I walk. See ya, bye! 😅 I'll keep my $, and you, Slot Manufacturer, can keep your moody little machine. 😂
Always good info. I have a real question. The bonus on Sahara Gold, when you pick one of two treasure chests. Is it predetermined or not. Same thing on Happy Lantern. Thanks man.
That I'm not exactly sure on. I believe it is pre-determined.
@@GambleSmart really, that's a drag. Was hoping for the actual choice on those. Really appreciate you answering back.
Great video!❤ It was super informative and fun. More videos like this please! 😊
Great information on this video. Thanks I'll know what to look for the next time I go gambling. Give it the finger was funny.
Thanks for telling us, Marc. 👍🏾👍🏾
No offense but this channel is much more informative and enjoyable to watch than cowboys
Agree #4 the Must hit by- I finally hit it 2 cents away from the must hit by $70 & it was at $62 when I started playing hundreds of dollars ago - fortunately had a few good line hits that helped but it can be maddening to try to win
Tampa Hard Rock pays slots out like 1%. Last 20 trips I haven't had one bonus or decent line hit.
That would be very much against the law.
the worst thing that can happen to you playing slot machines is to win one time. That first time will hook you for years and cost you a fortune in money and time. You are not going to beat the software "bot".
Less of a scam, more of an indictment?
I think the biggest scam is convincing people the slots are random. There is so much programming involved that the randomness becomes obsolete. The machines are designed to pay out when the casino wants them to pay out.
That's not entirely true. Casinos (or anyone) don't have that level of control of when a slot pays or doesn't pay. They can only set the theoretical payback % return on the machine (with gaming commission present to witness).
@@GambleSmart”they can only set the theoretical payback %….” I am a no0b but didnt you just prove the original OP’s point that its all pre programmed and NOT random since the casino can tinker with the settings to get an edge.
On Sunday saw a guy playing $5 on a $9 max spin "hit" the jackpot on one of the lines he wasnt playing. Told my friend no way that hits if he was playing 9.
Marc, you guys and Cowboy Slots have touted the games such as Double Diamonds, Triple Start, Top Dollar, etc., as “low volitility” games.
Do you think that the game programmers have watched your videos and have updated these games to now be “high volitility” games or at least closer to that?
If so, then perhaps more and more newer games continue to be high volitility because people still enjoy those more than the admittedly boring “low volitility” games.
And if you look at the number of viewers on low volitility game slot channels, they are definitely much lower than the high volitility game slot channels. So that also says something about people’s preferences.
And Cowboy Slots is now playing and teaching us about some of these high volitility games and he, too, seems to enjoy them.
Manufacturers can't take a game that already exists and change the math to make it more volatile. Instead, they create new versions of the game. Good example of this is the new Double Top Dollar. The single payline version is the exact same math as the old ones. However, the new 5 line and 9 line versions are different.
We will play high volatility games every now and then, but only in certain situations - for example, when we are doing well on our bankroll building budget.
We are mostly here to educate, so if we started to play high volatility games people might wonder why. We are trying to stick to our message because it's how we play and how we've learned to play within our budget. Sometimes, we just try something different to keep people entertained too.
@@GambleSmart
Great explanation. Thanks.
The biggest scam of them all is that they can control them but all these people believe it's random. It should be illegal for them to have a players card. Next scam is Free Play. Just look at how a scam works. Just to show you how powerful it is... I am going to the casino the weekend to play my free play. Rofl..
No, they can’t control them. It’s random what will come next, but the RNG does pick from a fixed set of probabilities.
How about the games where a chalice is filling with coins, or a volcano with lava. It physically looks like it’s filling up. Sometimes you even get a popup like “almost ready to explode”… Just another way of saying “hey keep playing me and I MIGHT pay out”
Very good video!!! I play slots all the time and have always wondered about every thing you have pointed out but its good to see someone explain them.
The old adage applies; there's a sucker born every minute.
This is great advice! I quit gambling at casinos years ago, wish this video was out when I use to go lol
They have gotten rid of all the old slot machines and replaced them with hitech machines that make a lot of noise to attract players.Thanks for the information.
Thumbs up for the Capt Fantastic EM pinball machine alone
Great pin!
I'm not a gambler, but I always win when I play. However, if I keep playing, I'll eventually lose all my money, and it may never come back. Thank you!
Casinos have unlimited funds to pay out, but you don’t have unlimited money to bet. So when you run out of money, you lose!
Well said
Scam #3 was ACTUALLY that you were pressing "PLAY 2 CREDITS" yet it charged you 5 🤣
It was a great video, fun and informative 😄 I laughed when you gave it the finger 🤣😂🤣
Big Scam is the Pig that gets bigger and you think its about to hit but still random.
Hi. Is the bubble craps machine really a slot machine ?
Another scam is after you FINALLY hit a bonus, you wind up getting a lot of dead spins. Or if you hit a reasonable amount in the first few bonus spins, the rest will be dead. And you never get fill up the screen during a bonus round.
Don’t believe all these slot channels. They playing big bucks in order to get those rare screens.
Hit 20 bonus over last 2 weeks, play 30 cent bets. So nothing to crazy. I haven't hit anything over £20 most are like £5-10. No matter how much money I spent. Don't show me these big bonuses then if I have no chance in hitting unless I place £1 bets, dirty bastards
I know that you guys believe that fat bags, lit up firecrackers, etc doesn’t mean anything.
But to an extent, it does mean something.
Like the long-haired geisha lady with the pearls in the bowl.
Well, you usually have to have at least 3 or more pearls in the bowl before you start to come close to getting a bonus. There used to be a random red lantern screen bonus, too, which has become almost nonexistent on those games.
And you won’t see anyone playing the game if there’s only 1 Pearl in the bowl bc it’s like you’re starting over.
The same with the firecrackers all unlit or barely lit.
Regular players know that those type of games need to be”build up” before you have a reasonable chance of getting a bonus.
I hear ya, but it's still not true. They don't have to build up at all. It's all perceived progression.
@@GambleSmart
Nope! I’ve played the Prosperity game with the geisha.
I definitely got more line wins and the bonus once there were at least 3 pearls in the bowl because IF she dumps all the pearls out of the bowl during the bonus, then after the bonus you start all over again with only one pearl in the bowl. So depending on how much you want to play, the denomination can make the difference.
Every slot creates an exact ROI for the proprietor. If its a few minutes of entertainment great, if you sit there for hours and take it seriously it can and will destroy your life. Slots are the bread and butter of all casinos worldwide
The “almost” scam.
Even Vegas Matt always says, “A whole lot of 5’s” when you need 6.
Don't gamble what you can't afford to loose
hey marc, the flashing lights on the quick hit got me thinking about when i play that kind of quick hit machine, whenever i get the first up jackpot (like 5 quick hits), the top light on the machine flashes like a police car light on his car!! i think that is a way for the player to play more and for people walking by to try and get them to play!
Yup! Celebration mode
Thank you brother. Those single line games that almost give you One when you hit it and immediately hit it again ,to stop it, does that screw up the system ?d? I hit a couple times doing that..✌️💙🏇🏇🏇
If you are referring to "fast stopping" the reels, no, that doesn't change what the result of the spin will be.
You are so right. They think everybody is so stupid that we cannot realize and see the scams.. We each have a redemption day that will come one day. I hope something else comes up and Casinos get their redemption day . .
I think you forgot the over flowing money bucket or the firecracker that only has a couple more to light Also the high volatile slots that half of the pay table pays less than your bet “You won “ I haven’t even won on Cherries Jubilee yet but I know not to chase it It’s still gambling and money management is the key Thank you for you teaching us how to play
Oh yeah, that will def be in the part 2 :) LOL
I share your irritations….Love the Paris logo on your pinball machine. Thanks for the vid Marc.
I have to do enough math every time I go to the grocery store or a restaurant!
If the slots start to show credits instead of your real cash amount, people won’t play them because most of us don’t play slots to do the math.
They can go play table games where they can count to their heart’s content 😂
Thank you for this video
Great video!
BUT THE BIGGEST SCAN IS WHEN THEY RAISE THE MAJOR THAT SHOWS $1,000. YOU KEEP PUTTING AND PUTTING MORE MONEY AND THEN NEVER HITS.
Hi @Gamble Smart
We fly in 2 Month to Las Vegas. Do you have any Tipps which Slot Machines are the Best for only Line Hits?
Thanks for the education about how machines get you to play them.
New Sub here and I thought the 90% fun fact was hilarious! Thanks for posting stuff like this that will hopefully help win some 💰
Welcome to the family!
What about Huff and Puff Machine?
Thanks for the tip