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If you check the downtown 'advantageous slots', than you've seen many 'bonus vultures' while doing so. They are the people sitting at a nearby machine, not playing, and just watching the person on the machine playing. You can recognize them because they often are staring. Often they will be standing behind and to the side of the player, hovering. Many have 'partners', and there may be two or more chatting. Psychological tactics to make a player uncomfortable, while trying not to look overt about it.
Actually, the reason why I do check those slots is that I so often find good situations left 'hanging'. This, logically, means that there haven't been very many vultures nearby in the recent past. I've also never seen anyone 'hovering', but of course, they could be very unobtrusive (!).
Your observations could be different, of course. But there really aren't enough bonusing machines downtown to keep even one vulture in gas money.
OK - I don't play slots but my wife does (unfortunately). Can someone give me an example or two of an 'advantage slot machine' and what to look for. Maybe I can direct her (lots of luck with that) to play something she might have a chance at winning.
There aren't that many left, for the reasons cited above, and to play them at an advantage, she'd have to learn to recognize them, and to recognize when they were advantageous to play. Then, she'd have to have the discipline to only play until the bonus game hit, then not play again until she found another bonus machine that had an advantageous play on it. It would resemble work a bit too much, I surmise.
If she wants to play slots but have a chance of winning, I suggest she learn video poker. Even a bad paytable VP machine will have about 1/5 the house advantage of an equivalent slot. When she gets good at the game (learns the relevant strategy), she can play at a disadvantage of 1/2 of 1 percent, or less. Then the slot club benefits can cancel most or all of that remaining disadvantage.
Actually, the reason why I do check those slots is that I so often find good situations left 'hanging'. This, logically, means that there haven't been very many vultures nearby in the recent past. I've also never seen anyone 'hovering', but of course, they could be very unobtrusive (!).
Your observations could be different, of course. But there really aren't enough bonusing machines downtown to keep even one vulture in gas money.
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That's true enough.
During 2009, I spent a total of 50+ days staying downtown. During the several trips I made, I seem to recall finding perhaps 5 playable situations, and my profit for all plays was, at most, around $35.00 - $40.00 net, all at the Fremont while taking a smoke break from playing poker elsewhere. There were a few other casinos with them, and I never found one in what I consider a playable situation. I probably checked on a daily basis, sometimes more than once, while taking smoke breaks from a poker game.
I saw many vultures at the Fremont during 'prime time' when the casino was busy. Off hours was different, which is perhaps why I got lucky enough to find some playable situations. I do not recall seeing them elsewhere, except the Plaza homeless 'Silver Miners' and they may not have the money to play them anyway.
The casino security, and slot attendants, to me, seemed to be either ignoring the 'vultures' or were oblivious.
OK - I don't play slots but my wife does (unfortunately). Can someone give me an example or two of an 'advantage slot machine' and what to look for. Maybe I can direct her (lots of luck with that) to play something she might have a chance at winning.
Basically, an 'Advantageous Slot' is a machine that offers bonus games within the game when a certain number of 'points' are acquired. The 'points' are visible to the player and once a specified number of them are accumulated, the bonus triggers.
Playing the advantageous slot, the 'Villain' is looking at the accumulated points, and when the bonus is close to triggering, will play only for the bonus, often at minimum coin in. Once they hit the bonus, they quit.
An example, S & H Green Stamps accumulates the stamp 'books' whenever the stamp symbol appears on the screen. When xxx stamps are accumulated, the book is filled, and an option appears offering the player a choice of taking the bonus now, or accumulating more books for a bigger, better bonus at the next level. There are 5 levels. The bonus, if I recall correctly is free spins and multiplier. Level 1 bonus may be 10 spins @ 2x. Level 5 bonus may be 50 spins @ 10 x . I don't remember, and do not know if the S & H Green Stamp is still on casino floors. But it is an easy game to spot, and to see where the bonus is. Ideally, you would want to find the machine with 99 stamps if 100 triggers the bonus. All bonus levels are profitable if you can reach the next level cheaply.
If you Bing or Google 'Advantageous Slots' or 'Slot Banking Games', and are willing to wade through the search results, you should find more information.
I used to have a bookmark with a great site, listing most of the games, etc. But the site appears to have been taken down, and when I checked the Internet Archives and 'time machines', they did not have the site archived. It was a high maintenance site for the owner, so I'm not too surprised. Sorry. :(
As previously mentioned, 'banking' slots pay out less than comparable other slots along the way to the bonus levels.
She plays VP plays it well - practices on WinPoker every day for a little bit. Has hit several RSF. But she loves the slots.
Then if she wants to play them, I suggest finding a penny- or nickel-denom bonus-trigger game, and playing for max lines with one coin per line. The Monopoly games are a lot of fun when played this way--the bonus games are of extended length, during which time you aren't stuffing in any money. Maximum enjoyment for minimum expense.
Oh, and by the way---it's a good idea to actively seek out multiple point days for slot club members. You can get 1% or more cash or comps if you cherry-pick the days and places you play, plus earn cashback/free play at many casinos. It won't make up for the losses you suffer, but it helps ease the pain :)
OK - I don't play slots but my wife does (unfortunately). Can someone give me an example or two of an 'advantage slot machine' and what to look for. Maybe I can direct her (lots of luck with that) to play something she might have a chance at winning.
Here is an example of these types of machines made by IGT, it was called the vision series.
Here is an example of these types of machines made by IGT, it was called the vision series.
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Slot machines that you can actually beat!
By Frank Scoblete
I am going to share with you some of the machines that my fellow columnist Jerry “Stickman” and I discovered to be player-favorable at certain times. What do I mean by “player-favorable”? Simply that the slots player can get a real mathematical edge over the casino if he plays these machines correctly.
Yes, these are called Advantage-Play machines and are excerpted from my book, Slots Conquest: How to Beat the Slot Machines!
With each machine I will explain when the machine becomes favorable to the player and how much money to have in your bankroll to play the machine.
Full disclosure: Atlantic City had no advantage-play machines. However, casinos in Nevada, the Midwest and Mississippi did when we scouted these territories. Some of these machines are somewhat rare. In short, you must go to a casino and check out the floor to see if any are there. Okay, so you have to do some work!
Before I get into individual machines, first some important thoughts:
This type of advantage-slot machine is similar to progressive slot machines in the sense that something builds. It is not a jackpot dollar amount, though. Instead, something else builds. It could be coins, hats, gems, fruit or even firecrackers. It can be almost anything.
The pool of items builds when a special symbol or some combination of symbols appears on the reels. This can be one particular symbol, a combination of symbols, or even the absence of symbols sometimes called blanks or ghosts. For example, if a cherry appears in one of the nine positions that are visible on the reels, a cherry is added to the corresponding section of a pie. Each different machine has its own criteria for saving.
Once a certain combination of symbols appears or a section of the collection area is filled, a bonus is paid that is proportionate to the number of hats, gems, fruit, or whatever symbol that’s been banked. For example, a diamond is added to one of three columns corresponding to the reel that contains a diamond. When a column is filled with diamonds, a bonus of 10 credits is collected and the column is emptied.
The more things that are in the collection, the better chance the game might be positive. And I will show you which games can become positive as well as when they become positive. It will give you the best method to play them and let you know how much money you should have available once you decide to play a given advantage machine. A proper bankroll is absolutely necessary to give yourself the best chance to win.
Once you have found a game that has a positive expectation, there are certain rules you must follow to maximize your wins. Some may seem obvious, but it is amazing how quickly one can forget about discipline when one is playing and winning. The following rules for play are not suggestions—they are requirements. They must be followed if you are going to maintain an advantage.
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1) Only play when you have an advantage.
This rule applies while playing any casino game. You must recognize that playing without an advantage negates any wins you might have in the short run. If the house has the edge, then you will ultimately lose your money. It is hard work to win money from a casino.
2) Have the required bankroll in your pocket.
Once you have determined that you have an advantage at a machine, you must play until you collect the bonus or jackpot. Lady Luck can be fleeting. It may take a long time before you hit the right combination to collect—but collect you must or you will have wasted your money.
3) Once a machine becomes positive, it remains positive until someone collects the bonus and then the collection is reset and the positive machine is no longer positive.
Generally, the more you play the more positive the machine becomes. Can you imagine your frustration if the following happened? You deposit the last $20 you have in your pocket (or purse) into a positive game. You play and play and you don’t collect. You play the entire $20 and still don’t collect. Grumbling, you get up from the machine; go to your room to get some more money. When you return to the machine, you find that the jackpot has been collected. It is no longer positive. By not having sufficient money in your pocket, you not only lost your chance at the bonus; you blew $20. If you left to get more money before playing, someone else may have still gotten the bonus, but it would have cost you nothing!
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4) You must play until you collect the prize and if you don’t do this then you are purposely giving up your advantage.
Make sure you have enough money with you—in your pocket! This is not like playing a regular slot machine where you flee once you have started to lose a good portion of whatever your session stake is. Not on these machines. You should have the proper amount of money to assure that you win the game.
5) Quit playing when you no longer have an advantage.
If you try to build up the symbols, instead of letting the average slot player build them up, you are just a regular slot player yourself and you then will have no advantage.
6) Once you collect the bonus, verify if you still have an advantage.
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There are times when you will continue to have an edge even after collecting a bonus. You should know these times on which machines. If you do not have the edge, then quit playing and move on. Most games lose the advantage once you collect the bonus; most—but not all. When you collect, look at the game. Do you still have an advantage? You will have a strong urge to continue playing—but don’t—unless the machine is still positive.
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Six simple rules that you must follow to assure you are playing with an edge and playing properly with that edge.
Next issue: The Machines to Play!
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