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I’ve been thinking about this for a while. Whenever I try parlays in sports betting, I sometimes hit that x10 multiplier, but honestly it’s extremely tough even when I study the games carefully and apply everything I know.

On the other hand, in slots, hitting x10 doesn’t feel that rare. It comes more often than you’d expect, yet when it happens we don’t really feel the same satisfaction. It’s almost like the brain treats the two multipliers differently.

So my question is:

(1) Is there a logical reason behind why slots make x10 feel easier to achieve?

(2) Or maybe it’s just a psychological trick because slots are designed to keep giving “small wins” to make us feel engaged?

Curious what others think, especially from people who play both slots and sports betting.

The main difference is the speed of results. With slots, you can spin 1,000–2,000 times in less than an hour, while with parlay betting, even if it’s a x10 payout, you might have to wait for hours before it’s settled. That’s why in our minds, slots feel easier to hit multipliers because we see it more.

But the problem is we’re often not satisfied with slots because the bet sizes are usually smaller compared to sports betting.
So even when you hit, it doesn’t feel the same as cashing in on a bigger sports bet.

I don’t feel like it is easier to win big on slots than sports betting. I think slots just enable people to make lots of bets in a short period of time, so you might be more likely to hit a x10, but only because you’re making way more bets. If you had to choose between one sports parlay or one spin of a slot machine for a x10, I’m taking the sports bet all day long.  

Slots do give high multipliers, but it also takes a lot of money first.

Still, I won't recommend this. They do give x10 multipliers and even more than that, but you have no idea when it will come. So you are betting for luck, unlike with the parlays, where you must do some analysis first before placing those bets.
Also, you don't know when the X10 will happen. Slots do go for long losing streaks, and sometimes it takes 100 bets before you get a good one.

Are you really ready to take that risk, or will you just stick with sports betting? Slots can be expensive.

Why its easy to get x10 than winning 10.00 bet? :D That is so simple to explain. A team or a athlete who has odds of 10.00 must be such a huge underdog, that even if he/they win, it would still be a draw :D Its so rare to see teams or athletes with such difference in class or skill to meet. Winning special odds (predict correctly score, number of cards, round of KO for example) are also close to impossible to happen if they have 10.00 odds. If you combine bets, than its also super rare to either win number of high risky wins, or to predict a large amount of low risk bets correctly.

1. Is there any proof that shows how x10 is more achievable in slot games, i don't see anything to prove here, when you play it, you may get the said multiplier, more than it or even below it, just as the way we can play sport bets and accumulate for odds differently depending on the selections we made.

2. Sometimes, the bookmakers may be wrong, even though it rare to find them on this approach, we should only gamble if we are more convinced about the game and the probability of winning to losing, which is far form being tricked to continue in playing.

This. I was thinking about these two points that I'll explain my way.

I think it boils down to two things:

1) You play many more spins on the slot machine than you place sports bets.
2) The bet on sports betting is significantly higher than on a slot machine spin.

I don't think there's much more to say.

10x can be easy in slot or casinos games than sport betting because you do not make any analyses while gambling on casinos, unlike in sport that you have to think of many games to make up a parlay which you can use in sport betting. That even makes casinos games to be entertaining than sport. But some people will find sport easier to hit 10x than casino games. What that matters is which one you prefer the most and do not use high amount of money to gamble.

Winning big in sports betting is difficult because you need to predict multiple outcomes simultaneously. Winning a larger amount is easier with slots because the game offers frequent small wins, and our brains react by releasing a sense of reward.

But given all this, I have a question...

Does this feeling of easy winning make people gamble more than they should?

It feels easier to get a x10 on slot games and any other casino game because of how fast it is to win such multipliers. Compared to sports betting getting a x10 on slots takes just a few seconds without having to wait for a long period of time like that of sports games. But the only difference between them are the risks involved. In sports betting the risks can be reduced but slots games are more uncertain

It's because you not bet as many as in slots.

You have $50 to gamble, you spin $0.1 in slots, this mean you gamble at least 500x times. Of course the chance for 10x multipliers to happen is high.

Compared to betting $1 in sports, you high likely won't able to bet 500x times, that's why 10x multipliers rare to happen because the frequency you bet is lower than in slots.

Sportbet depends on brain work which is proper analysis and research with the information that you have gathered before you can make your predictions and place your bet. However, that doesn't guarantee that your prediction on that game will be correct, because there are several factors that can thwart your prediction. Factors like injury and red card. This might also apply in the rest of the matches that you bet on. Making it difficult for all your bets to be successful.

In slot, it's strictly on pure luck, you cannot contribute to the outcome of your bet. You are only tapping the button for a spin. You can be lucky to hit 10x multipler in your first three spins.

I think you are caught up in an illusion. Hitting x10 isn't as often as you think. If it were that rare, everybody would do that and x10 their money in a short time. The chances of hitting x10 in slots is almost always less that 10%, rarely it is equal to 10% when there is no house edge which doesn't make sense for the casino therefore it means something shady is going on probably, and never above 10%.

It is also hard with sports since we are talking about making x10 here. It is not supposed to be easy. Do you know the average annual return of the s&p500? It is more or less 10% and you are talking like if making 100% is something so common where people do it casually every once in a while.

If I could make x2 in a year, that would make me happy af. I ain't need no x10.

I think slots make x10 feel easier because of how theyre designed. In parlays, every leg must hit, so the probability of reaching a x10 payout is naturally very low. Slots, on the other hand, are built with programmed odds that allow frequent medium wins like x10, while balancing it out with much rarer big payouts. Psychologically, slots also keep players engaged by showing near misses and sprinkling in small rewards, which tricks the brain into feeling like progress is being made.

We cannot compare playing slot to that of sport betting, for instance, in slot games, you can make use of smaller amount to make several attempts within a short period of time and this may bring to you a number of multipliers that could go along with the amount of money stake on the game, while on sport bets, this is entirely a different case or condition, because you planned yourself out and make the right selection of games you wanted to play to acrue your odds.

1. It's because you don't have to wait for a match to end.
2. Possible but I am no psychological expert.
But if you've won that x10 with a parlay, that's nice. Because I've only won a x10 a few time when the game is on going and I just placed it when I thought that I can throw some spare on it knowing that the game could end and fortunately that bet of mine won, out of luck.

They are designed to make you dig the game and to release the maximum amount of dopamine to get you hooked. I'm sure there are many studies made by the casino operators to make the most addicting and fun experience possible.

And you can keep the rolls going all the time, it's very fast so you will hit a lucky shot faster than with a game like crash where one game can take minutes with a bigger multiplier.

That's like saying short videos on tiktok or instagram reels give you more content just because you scroll and watch 10 videos in 5 minutes. But a longer video about one subject takes 10 or 20 minutes.

Not just slots but to any luck based games be it a dice role or spin.
One of the site I use for sports betting, 1win has a nice little spin game on each pages. We can choose the multiplier to 1.5, 2 or 3 and whenever I lose my bet on sports, I can't stop myself from trying that wheel a few times.
The psychology for me and maybe for most sports bettors is that you spend some time analyzing the result and choosing the best option to bet on. Most of the time, the multiplier is below 2 and you need to wait hours or even days and weeks to get the result. But when you lose it, you realize you could have just played it in the wheel and lost it in a matter of seconds than waiting so long. So you are willing to try your luck to undo your loss on the wheel.

I am sure that slot gamblers will not place the maximum bet for a single spin. What they want to enjoy is a long gameplay, so many slot players even make minimal bets to experience a longer duration of play. x10 the minimum bet on a slot will not make you happy enough. In contrast to sports betting, you might be able to bet your entire budget in one bet.

That’s one way of putting it. In slots, we often are misguided into thinking we are close to winning but the truth is not really. There’s no close or far but we still think there’s a pattern that can somehow show us whether we’re close or not. But in parlays either you win or you don’t. You don’t get consolation prizes.

This is psychological matters, note, you don't win the slots games with your logic because it is almost a zero skill to say... Your experience does not guarantee your success.
So if you are ever lucky to win a small odds and seemly likely easier (not possible), you have to be thankful because you will either be chasing low odds while the RNG is outcoming higher odds and vice versa is so on the outcomes in whatever your decisions maybe will be determined by the RNG.

So, hitting a X10 in the slot games is not as easy to be compared to sports bets. The risks at all still lies on luck and if it is true that winning on bigger odds in the slot is as easy as that, I bet the sport bets will loose customers because what slot and sport bets players are doing is chasing the wins if not higher odds and forget the so entertainments

It looks easier, it is not actually that easy. But it is possible because of the way it is designed. You have shorter time to wait for your spin result and without analysis, you go on another spin. You might be lucky being consistent to get x10, the logical reason there is the luck that has been randomly configured on the machine that generates combinations of symbols/figures. So you can go on it 10 times on the spot and you are successful but this is most likely not the same with sports. If you have a bet on football, it takes 90 minutes to FT and most games on your bet won't start same time (for parley). Except you go live or you bet on visual soccer but by any means, you still need analysis and the time of play is still longer than a slot spin.

People really do tend to measure their "luck" in units of "gut feeling". It really is a silly way to lie to yourself. Or maybe I should call it self-motivation to lose more money? ;D Mathematical probability can be accurately calculated, yet people would rather believe in luck than in logic.

But you are right about slots offering smaller frequent wins, which is why a person tends to feel luckier with slots than they do in gambling. And yes, the release of dopamine in our brains do tend to trick us into actually believing our own poppycock.

This depends on many factors.

Do you always bet at least 10x multipliers in sports? if not, this one is the factor. Do you too high multipliers like 100x and up? this one is also a reason because you will rarely win.

In slots it's really vary, it could be from 0x to 10,000x and since the result is faster to see, this also make us to think hitting 10x multipliers in slots is easier.

When you think of this, did you also consider the risk that is involved? You can hit x10 and more in slot games and it is based on random luck and at the end of the day you might still end up losing all your money in slot games. But in sports betting, if you dont get lucky in having x10 you have multiple tries to get it. And its not a must you should get x10 by wining your parlays. The best thing is to split it into x5 which is 5 odds twice or x2 which is 2 odds by 5 times. Thus you are reducing the risk.

The thing that's inside these games is that, slot games are more or less designed to make us feel like we are winning more frequently than the parlays which always leads to that sense of satisfaction we always experience when we hit the multipliers even though in real sense, the odds of us being able to win such multipliers is a bit more difficult than mentioned. But in sports betting the odds seems to be stacked usually against you so even when you feel like you're being careful with your games, you will still have to face the issue of multipliers variables that can at the end affect the outcome of the bet because it is more of a long shot. So, yeah, it's all about the design of the games as slots are designed to keep you hooked with frequent wins while it is otherwise in parlays.

Because the system is designed that way... And btw because of systems like (Return to player) aka RTP this is technically a 1:1 kind of arrangement, so if you playing with $500 you could lose all this then in the last cents on your account with lack on your side that 0.5 dollar spin could easily turn into $1000 or $500 and that's a break even bet but with sports let's just say that probability favours favourites and the problem is that if you jump into the world of accumulators, your winning chance drops for every game added to betslip.

Before you get x10 in slots, you will lose many spins, and then with this win you will need to take into account everything that you lose. And here you need to proceed from how good a bettor you are, how often you can win bets with a odds 10, and whether you need it, maybe you can win bets with a odds 2 much more often and this will bring you much better results in the long run than slots, or bets with high coefficients. Slots will never be a priority for me, I am a bettor and do not chase high odds.

Not that it's easier, but there's a greater chance of it happening. A soccer match lasts a set amount of time, while slots allow you to play for hours. If you're lucky, you might land a substantial multiplier, perhaps a jackpot. Although there are also sports bets that can pay out handsomely, I think it's more likely with slots.

Slot games have high multipliers, so the 10x multiplier you get in slots is too low. In contrast, betting on sports with a 10x multiplier can be higher.

And indeed, betting on sports makes it difficult to get a 10x multiplier in parlays. I myself have failed several times to get 10x.
Whether it's because it's genuinely difficult or just bad luck, losses still outweigh wins.

Gambling games are equally challenging, even if you logically think a 10x multiplier in slots is easier—how much capital have you already spent? This needs to be calculated.

To sum it all up, for me, it feels easier winning 10x on playing slots because all we have to do is simply place a bet and wait for those wonderful multipliers to drop as long as our bankroll can keep up, unlike in sports betting that before placing a bet, we considered several factors such as odds, game analysis, what betting option should we choose and anything.

It's like we are always in a decision-making mode in sports betting compared to playing slots.

But either way, that comparison of mine shouldn't be a basis for determining which ones have a better winning rate.

1. Because it is easier, all you need is one bomb. :)

2. In slots winning 10x is easier and it happens more often but it's possible mostly with bonus feature, so we have more winning combinations than a regular roll and it increases the bet amount considerably too so there is no trick here, it's all just math but we don't see it completely just looking at the rewards and in simple terms we just only see what we wanted to see.

x10 is a bit hard to get, you have to sweat your a** to get  it . Let’s say the fact, while it’s possible it’s rare.. can’t really tell when it comes to slots though but for Sports betting, it will take  a good luck to  get it .. I know it will probably be rare in slots , it’s a huge win  imo but with much more luck it could be possible. Time taken to achieve it is a factor to be considered anyways..

The risks are different but what makes a lot of gamblers feel it's easier to hit x10 on slots than in sports betting is the speed at which they can get that multiplier. Within a few minutes its possible to get x10 or maybe more when playing slots games or any other casino game but in sports betting even though it seems safer most people don't have the patience for it because it takes a lot of time to get such odds

The answer is easy, and it is simply because on slot games, it's multipliers are not fixed, but rather at random whereby gamblers usually plays multiple rounds at a time, unlike Sport games where it's multipliers are fixed and gamblers usually just play one round without repeating it with the mindset of hitting a jackpot. While secondly, the outcome of a slot game are always at random, whereby the longer you play, the higher your chances of winning, unlike Sport games whereby the players or team plays a major role in whatever the outcome of the match will be.

It's actually not a psychological trick but rather a result of its random effect whereby the outcome of slot games are always a product of random agorithm. Unlike Sport games whose outcome are basically a product of the team or club's performance

I place a bet or two a week in betting. If I play slots, I place dozens or hundreds of bets in a short time, probably one bet every 5 seconds on average. That's the whole answer. Plus, the slots have such variability that you don't have to choose a multiplier, different multipliers appear regardless of your caution, desire, etc. Also in betting, betting on x10 is not a frequent choice for most, as it seems to me, bettors prefer more conservative odds.

Sports betting can be very exhausting when you have to do all of the mental work needed to select the games to add to your bet...Sometimes the value might not even amount to x10 because you might be trying to play it safe.. But slots on the other hand are quite different  because when you make up your mind to get a multiplier of x10 you don't care about strategies, it's just about relying on luck to get a quick boost

I think why it's easier to achieve is basically due to the number of spins one undergo where there are chances of being lucky so it's easier to hit huge multiplier, yeah the fact that slots are designed to give little wins but huge losses count explains the fact that what makes it easier to achieve that it's the intervention of lucks compared to sports betting where each bets count with good strategy.

Slots are very fast paced and can be played as fast as you can and how long your wallets allows you to, while sport betting is low-paced and it could take literal hours before you get an outcome. It feels less satisfactory in slots because we are constantly reminded on millionaire sums from slots, thanks to advertising, those wins on advertising usually show people who managed to get a very high multiplier, which is above a typical X10.

It is about the expectation we all have from several ways of gambling, expectation in sports are different from those we have on slots machines.

I think that’s it, the results are quick with slots, but the amount we risk is usually smaller compared to what we put on sports betting. Honestly, I’m not that confident with sports, even though in my head I still believe sports betting is better since we can analyze the game and feel more secure with our picks. With slots, it’s all just luck.

But if I compare the two, the outcome feels almost the same in terms of wins. The only difference is that with slots, my losses are minimized. My weekly budget lasts for several days because of slots, while in sports betting I can burn through it faster.

I don't think making x10 feel easier to many gamblers. Those who have luck can get it while the rest will not get anything except loss. I don't know if there is a psychological trick but slots are very tempting and could make it difficult to stop. Playing slots games relies on luck so it's difficult to win much or even for small wins. That could also be the same as in sports betting because we may see a change in the match in the middle.

Could be because slots are much fast paced? And there is no need to stressed our selves here but just start smashing the buttons. Unlike to sports that we will try to analyze in hopes of increasing our chances and if we lose, we think what we did is not worth it. Another reason would be is because many slot players always bet minimal amounts because they know how brutal this game was and then higher multiplier just doesn't come easily. I think 10x isn't that small and then if we bet small amounts the game seems to be less rigged. Sports betting on the other hand is slow-paced and then many thinks it is much guaranteed, so they bet a little higher, although it is not as centralized as the slots for the manipulation to occur that often.

It feels easier because imagine how many 0x rolls you did on a slot.
Thousands upon thousands. Then among these thousands there will be a few 10Xs.

This is called volatility. Sports betting is more consistent in payouts. If you bet on odds that will give you a 2x, you win something like 45% of the time.
The edge is similar or worse but at least the volatility of sports betting is close to zero. You have high chances of winning something on every bet.

Contrary to high volatility slots where even having a few dozen 0x rolls is common.

There are some differences here as time. The reason for saying this is that it will spend a lot of time when you bet on any sports. But the slot game does not take too long. There are many things to be aware of the bet on sports, such as: a team is the first to keep in mind. However, the prophecy is not right here all the time. On the other hand the slot game is very fast and unexpectedly 10x. Yes I think it is possible to achieve the fastest and most at the slot game. Moreover, the slot game players are much higher than spots betting. Because it is possible to make money very quickly here.

x10 in slots does not seem easier, but really easier in the sense that it happens more often than the same winnings in betting. Why is this not encouraging? Because slots usually have very small bets per spin, unlike sports betting (on average). Therefore, the sensations are completely different. x10 is not even perceived as a win in slots. Single bets with odds of 10 are quite rare in betting, which means that you need to make several bets and this immediately increases the risk of losing significantly. Maybe I didn't put it quite right, but I hope it's clear what I meant.

We should think logically and set aside probability.

I admit it's easier to get a x10 multiplier in slot games. But should we just stop after getting a x10 multiplier? Of course not, because we've already experienced losses before getting that multiplier, and that x10 only fuels our curiosity to keep playing. Meanwhile, slot games can be played at any time without waiting for match schedules like sports betting.

In sports betting, on the other hand, we only bet $1 at @10 odds and don't always win. If we lose, bettors must wait for the next scheduled bet to bet another $1. This concept lowers the risk of losing their entire bankroll. Unlike slots, where a 10x win is guaranteed to quickly deplete your entire bankroll.

1. When you play slots, what bet size do you usually play with?

2. How much do you usually bet per parlay?

As some members already pointed out, it's silly to compare sports betting and slots, especially normal spins. So if you really wish to see how "easy" it is to hit x10 on slots, just start buying bonuses & super bonuses... For example, take $100 and buy 5 bonuses ($20)... do the same with sports betting. If you decide to try it, I would like to hear the results. 

I think since slots are largely dependent on game of luck, I will always maximize my profits to target x10 so that when I'm winning, I will win big and when I'm losing, I will lose with the funds I have used to enter the gain which should usually be from my discretionary funds and nothing outside.

What I've been trying to practice lately is financial discipline and management and I now have an account I send money to that is placed on a POSTNODEBIT, an instruction I ordered the banks to carry out myself. This account does not do anything but to save money for me and I cannot access it to debit from it, I can only credit the acct. So that I don't use all my discretionary incomes to play slots and other lifestyle expenses.

I see lack of appreciation, some people are not finding that x10 easy to hit, if this is what's truly happening around you then consider yourself luck, why not take your time to focus more on slots game? The journey of a good gambler is finding what works for you and now it seems you will be more luckier with slots than sports bet.

The final choice is yours to make, I know that sport bets are fun but why are you here? To make money or to have fun? If you can't do without football then have it in mind that you are doing it for fun and not to make money and if you feel like making money keep doing your slots thing.

If I get your point confused with multiplier then sorry about that, we have odds in sports and to me they are the multiplier just like those available in slots but the difference is you can manually adjust slots but the sports ones are fixed, remember that the higher the multiplier the more risky they are, the bigger the odds the weaker the team, meaning you can lose money easily.

Slot games are automated compared to sports bet that human beings and animals play, also slot are very fast compared to sports bet that you have to wait for a longer time. Achieving x10 multipliers seems an easy task in task in slot than in sports bet but I wonder how true it is, I think that it's just a mindset. You put a lot more in sports bet because you need to have a strategy and analyze games, something that you don't have to do in slot which totally depends on luck. Slots are way more easier so any wins that is achieved feels like nothing much but winning in sports bet is a big deal.

There's no guarantee of success in slot gambling, especially since this type of game relies heavily on luck, and winning is purely a matter of luck. Saying that it's easier to get a 10x payout in slot gambling might be based on the fact that it's more common in slots. We never know when we'll find ourselves lucky in gambling, and when we do win, I believe slots can be considered easy or quick to win, even though it's actually quite difficult.

Sometimes our mind just tricks us. I'm curious, though, how often do you actually hit the x10 or any multiplier in your games? Have you actually tracked them to see whether it's as often as you feel, or you're just biased for one reason or another?

This reminds me of how some people say that player A is terrible because they failed to track back a player regularly, but that only happens 1 in 20 games, for 2 times or so.

This is something I myself have thought about some time in the past, but in the end, I resolved that it's probably because winning and making profit is actually more easier with sports betting than slot games.

Slot games are fast game where you can play up to 5, 10 spins under a minute, before you get a x10 win from slot game, you must have spent and lost maybe x30 to x40 or more when compared to the amount you won, you realize that even with the x10 win you got, you are still in a massive lose especially when luck isn't on your side, and after this first x10, before you get another x10 win again, you must have lost another x30 to x40 or more, and all of this happens so fast that it's sometimes very hard to notice.

Meanwhile in sports betting, if you know and understand the game you are betting on very well, it's possible to make x10 profit while on a winning streak, that is, you are x10 or more up in profit.

Chasing a 10x multiplier in sports betting is a moderate challenge. I say moderate because I've seen many people who have 100x multiplier parlays and manage to win. I've even wondered how the hell they do it. They're people from my country. One day, one of them asked me for money, and I gave it to him. It was $1. He placed a bet. It was a parlay, and when he won, he kept $100.

That day, he couldn't stop celebrating, and honestly, I just stared at him in shock. His courage was unbelievable. The next week, he won again. He bet $1 and won $100. By this, I mean, winning with very high multipliers depends on each person's skill. Now, regarding casino game comparisons, I honestly doubt it's easy to hit a 10x multiplier in casino games.