Joined: May '13
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 37 (M)
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Is it me or is casino slots a bit dodgy. I don't know if it's just major big variance or its rigged for the house or something like that. Just blew £32 that I made from a freeroll and grinding tables on the Ladbrokes casino testing out their slots and in that whole time I was getting rubbish wins and not even a bonus(50p a spin and win 20/30/40p most times). Every time I have played slots this this usually happens and once in a blue moon I win in profit. It's my fault for not stopping and being an idiot but the gambler inside of me took over and I never learn from pasts mistakes, which with slots is always lose except once on Party poker.
Anyway, just wondering if anyone felt the same or has some good and bad casino slot story's to cheer me up.
A couple years back i turned a 50 deposit into 2500 playing the big one slots on Party Casino got too the big one feature 5 times but only the minimum wins of 10 you have too get the free spins with multipliers for any big wins but on 888poker i make the same mistake also winning cash from free rolls and losing it on there slots but did finish 5th in a 1K free roll on 888poker recently for 32 and cashed it out always tempting too reverse that withdraw as almost every site has that option GL
Joined: May '08
Location: Germany
Age: 59 (M)
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Slots have both a high house edge and a high variance. So it is very likely to play a bunch of spins without hitting anything significant. Unless a bonus demands slot play, just stay away from them.
Joined: Mar '12
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 45 (F)
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The problem with online slots is they pay out lots of tiny wins so the chance of hitting a decent win and then leaving are very rare.I tend to allow myself an amount to lose and play slots where the bonuses will pay a good win and of course the main rule you have to stick to is to leave the slot after you win a good bonus.The longer you play slots the more the casino will win.
Joined: Oct '08
Location: Canada
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i have always believed slots on line or in a live casino are for suckers, casinos make 95% of their profits from slot machines. games against the house, the house will always profit.
Joined: May '13
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 37 (M)
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I keep hearing about this "house edge" thing in online. What do you mean by that?
I don't usually play slots but when I have a enough for a few spins I may have a blast on one sometimes, I just need to learn to stop when losing 10% of my roll or something.
Joined: May '08
Location: Lithuania
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brick and mortar casino slots are tough to control (every slot has a the option to be tuned according to house demand within the frames of local regulation), but online slots is even more of a beast imo- most of the operators are registered in dodgy jurisdictions, their laws have way more freedom to the operator, so the house edge can be tuned up even easier- and perfectly legally too.
i think you should avoid online slots- or play only with casino money: no deposit bonus, some promo etc. where you can start roll from free and then you can continue building your roll with no risk from your pocket (or minimal one) or withdraw.
Joined: May '08
Location: Germany
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House edge is the advantage of the house over the player. For example the zero on the european r0ulette wheel. If you make a bet your payoff is like it were only 36 numbers, but there are 37. Giving the house an edge of 2,7% So if you bet $100 you can expect to win only $97,3 back.
Joined: May '13
Location: United Kingdom
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Oh I see now. I guess this is why sometimes I would bet 50p and sometimes win rubbish like 7p or 20p.
I think I will try and avoid them in the future unless I have a massive bankroll and cannot lose loads of it quick with the odd stab at it. I just realized Ladbrokes do a daily points freeroll for free slot spins. So will try my luck in that. 1st prize is 150 spins free so worth trying to reach the prizes for a chance.
Joined: May '13
Location: Mauritius
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Hi mate hope you enjoying your time on BRM and yeah about casino played some online casinos but never deposited and always lost the bonus never managed to get lucky or anything and even if i broke even for a long time, in the end the casino will take back the cash as in the long term their edge will be shown, just hope to hit them hard and quick and cashout, anyway good luck mate hope you have fun there and hope you can get money, but play poker if you want to make cash!
Posted by vic75: A couple years back i turned a 50 deposit into 2500 playing the big one slots on Party Casino got too the big one feature 5 times but only the minimum wins of 10 you have too get the free spins with multipliers for any big wins but on 888poker i make the same mistake also winning cash from free rolls and losing it on there slots but did finish 5th in a 1K free roll on 888poker recently for 32 and cashed it out always tempting too reverse that withdraw as almost every site has that option GL
This problem you can solve very fast,(at 888) Go to livechat and tell them you dont want the reverse thing option at the moment,.. I did this in the passed and they take it away the same day.....so no more 2 days waiting...for reverse option) I had it on my bank in a few days
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