Slots 101: Basics, Strategies, and Discussion (with poll)

[swogerino]

There is no real strategy in slots although your tips are great for beginners.I like playing slots in which the bonus feature falls often in the reels.If this is paired with some extra like making your bet multiply up to 100 or wilds becoming a full figure in the three reels this is even better.As for the RTP almost all big slot providers offer more than 95-96% for the players.

Yes it's true, there is no real strategy in playing slots because slot games are the most colorful and loudest attraction in casinos and slot games definitely make millions of dollars for customers trying to hit the jackpot, it is not easy to win by playing slots, but at least with theory and determination this strategy will probably maximize our chances of playing longer.

I have been able to win many times over 1000x and few times even over 2000x my initial bet by playing Play n Go games but the new games they are releasing lately are quite boring frankly compared to their older games.

The games which has a buy bonus are the worst in terms of winning as most of the time when you buy the bonus you will at maximum get the price you paid to trigger it.

People who follow jackpots are the ones who are the biggest losers in the end as the chance to get one is really low.

[Bitinity]

That's why I don't recommend playing "real" jackpot slots the likes of Mega Moolah. The chance is extremely slim, and there's no guarantee the casino will honor your winning since the bargaining power of anon users is so weak.

Mega Moolah? That's the worst slot game I have tried in my gambling journey lol. I believe I've spent a lot of money and time on that game few years ago at Fortunejack but it did not give me any good outcome but few Mini Jackpot only.

However, there are many jackpot slots from Pragmatic Play that are quite easy to get. For example, Wild-Wild Riches, 5 Lions Gold, and other medium volatility slots. I've won major/grand jackpot once, and I believe the God Gamer @roycilik also got it several times.

I favorite jackpot slot from Pragmatic is Chilli Heat and Wolf Gold. I played these two games a lot as well when I was active at Fortunejack. I havent hit the grand jackpot but I think I've hit the Major Jackpot on both games.

[junmisakiro]

People who follow jackpots are the ones who are the biggest losers in the end as the chance to get one is really low.

Playing slots with the aim of finding the jackpot is certainly like a dream when we are spinning the reels in slots, don't expect big payouts when playing slots, this of course will subconsciously make us lose everything, but do what we should be able to do easily to get it like a small bonus, so the winning percentage is bigger, although basically everyone has different thoughts when playing slots, but don't be too obsessed with getting the jackpot.

[roycilik]

@junmisakiro @jamkesmas Both of you just talking about BS...
You talking like a slots player. But actually, you never play the game
This is an annoying fact: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2544574.msg42096883#msg42096883

[mu_enrico]

@junmisakiro @jamkesmas Both of you just talking about BS...
You talking like a slots player. But actually, you never play the game

LOL, @junmisakiro @jamkesmas kindly try playing slots before posting here so you won't embarrass yourself.
 

Do you guys like progressive betting on slots? Yes, it's high risk, but if you can pull it off, the reward is big!
In fact, I used progressive betting to beat "Bonus Appetit" challenge on FJ.

The idea is simple, I will raise base bet every x-hundreds losing spins. So my loses will be covered by the "boosted" winning spins. It worked at that time, but no guarantee it will works for you.

[roycilik]

The idea is simple, I will raise base bet every x-hundreds losing spins. So my loses will be covered by the "boosted" winning spins. It worked at that time, but no guarantee it will works for you.

Hmmmm Looks like this is your old strategy when playing Tomb Of Nefertiti in the past
sometimes I do that, I increase the bet not based on how many spins have been made but only based on my feeling, when the game has started to recover then I raise 2x from the base bet.
I believe Panjul using that strategy, but He used to play Dice and Mines :v

[panjul07]

The idea is simple, I will raise base bet every x-hundreds losing spins. So my loses will be covered by the "boosted" winning spins. It worked at that time, but no guarantee it will works for you.

Hmmmm Looks like this is your old strategy when playing Tomb Of Nefertiti in the past
sometimes I do that, I increase the bet not based on how many spins have been made but only based on my feeling, when the game has started to recover then I raise 2x from the base bet.
I believe Panjul using that strategy, but He used to play Dice and Mines :v

No I do not use it to play Dice and Mines, but I used to use it to play Plinko and Limbo.
I do not dare to use it on slot games obviously, I prefer to play slot with the same bet amount from start till I stop (both stop because rekt and stop because I win big).
I had bad run on slot games lately especially with Fruit Party 2 as I did not get any FS after more than 5 hundred spins, I think it is my worst experience with Pragmatic slot.
I think I should stop playing slot games for a while and back to my other favorite game Crazy Ball aka Plinko.

[mu_enrico]

I had bad run on slot games lately especially with Fruit Party 2 as I did not get any FS after more than 5 hundred spins, I think it is my worst experience with Pragmatic slot.
I think I should stop playing slot games for a while and back to my other favorite game Crazy Ball aka Plinko.

I think you pick the wrong slots to play the "long game." That's the "problem" for high volatility slots because the longer it takes to bounce back (big win). You can down a lot before getting big wins. Thus, you need massive budget like what roycilik did.

Try medium volatility one if you play casually since it successfully brought my sanity back.

[panjul07]

I had bad run on slot games lately especially with Fruit Party 2 as I did not get any FS after more than 5 hundred spins, I think it is my worst experience with Pragmatic slot.
I think I should stop playing slot games for a while and back to my other favorite game Crazy Ball aka Plinko.

I think you pick the wrong slots to play the "long game." That's the "problem" for high volatility slots because the longer it takes to bounce back (big win). You can down a lot before getting big wins. Thus, you need massive budget like what roycilik did.

Try medium volatility one if you play casually since it successfully brought my sanity back.

To be frank, I do not really care about the volatility of the slot games I like to play 
As long as I like it (because of some reasons such as the UI or its feature), I'll play it as much as I wish but I will stop if I get no good wins after few hundreds spins.
Coming up to budget, I have limited budget unlike roycilik. I'll say $50 per session and I usually use it to play 1-2 slot game only.

[roycilik]

I had bad run on slot games lately especially with Fruit Party 2 as I did not get any FS after more than 5 hundred spins, I think it is my worst experience with Pragmatic slot.

Maybe in the next spinS
At the beginning of FP2 was launched I also experienced the same thing as you. It's so really annoying, even more than 20x buy features there are no results with more than 2x. but recently I was lucky enough, didn't take long I was able to get some nice hits

[panjul07]

I had bad run on slot games lately especially with Fruit Party 2 as I did not get any FS after more than 5 hundred spins, I think it is my worst experience with Pragmatic slot.

Maybe in the next spinS
At the beginning of FP2 was launched I also experienced the same thing as you. It's so really annoying, even more than 20x buy features there are no results with more than 2x. but recently I was lucky enough, didn't take long I was able to get some nice hits

I think I have burned more than $150 (in total not in a single session) on this new FP2 doing normal spins without any FS.
Recently you are lucky in almost any games and any sites where you play the games. Thumbs up for you lucky week.
Dont forget to share your latest big wins in this thread and ignore those who think about it negatively LOL

[fiulpro]

most Slot players has big bankroll to play because the minimum bet for most slots cant be considered as low for poor. Poor man's favorite game is lottery imho.

Lot's of games only cost $0.4 (minimum) per spin mate.

Yap, know about it very well. Even there are some slots with lower minimum bet than that. Probably $0.4 per spin is not that big for you but it can be something big for poor. I do believe poor will prefer to spend $0.4 btc for lottery instead of playing slot games. All in all, it is big or small is about preferences and depends on our pocket condition .

But with smaller slots you get better chances of winning, which does mean that you can have higher chances of winning if you are going to use a limited amount of cash.
At the same time it depends on everyone's personal experience. The same time it would depend on the casino you are following.

I had bad run on slot games lately especially with Fruit Party 2 as I did not get any FS after more than 5 hundred spins, I think it is my worst experience with Pragmatic slot.
I think I should stop playing slot games for a while and back to my other favorite game Crazy Ball aka Plinko.

I think you pick the wrong slots to play the "long game." That's the "problem" for high volatility slots because the longer it takes to bounce back (big win). You can down a lot before getting big wins. Thus, you need massive budget like what roycilik did.

Try medium volatility one if you play casually since it successfully brought my sanity back.

To be frank, I do not really care about the volatility of the slot games I like to play 
As long as I like it (because of some reasons such as the UI or its feature), I'll play it as much as I wish but I will stop if I get no good wins after few hundreds spins.
Coming up to budget, I have limited budget unlike roycilik. I'll say $50 per session and I usually use it to play 1-2 slot game only.

1-2 slots? For 50$?? This is honestly a lot, I would rather take small sessions since I did hear once that your probability of Winning in the penny slots is much more as compared to the normal ones. Therefore you might as well try and split them up more.

[panjul07]

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1-2 slots? For 50$?? This is honestly a lot, I would rather take small sessions since I did hear once that your probability of Winning in the penny slots is much more as compared to the normal ones. Therefore you might as well try and split them up more.

I usually play slot games with min bet $0.2 up to $0.5, so $50 is basically not that much for one gambling session with that min bet.
$50 can cover at least few hundred spins with 0.2-0.5 unless the bad luck is coming and I got so many dead spins.
Penny slot? Is this type of slot games where you can bet with less than a cent?

[mu_enrico]

LoL $0.4/spin was before my income get hit pretty bad because of Covid and I play mostly medium volatility games. Now I spent $0.1 - $0.38 per spin. FYI $0.4 for high volatility games can crush your balls pretty quick.

I still dislike high volatility games though, but in order to win the contest, you must play it.

Penny slot? Is this type of slot games where you can bet with less than a cent?

Some online slots are penny slots since you can play with $0.01/spin. Nowadays, I think 10 cents should be the minimum bet because of inflation.

[roycilik]

I think I have burned more than $150 (in total not in a single session) on this new FP2 doing normal spins without any FS.

You have to stop playing FP2
Looks like the OP is excited to play Slots this month, He just got a nice hit on FP2 with normal spins LOL

Recently you are lucky in almost any games and any sites where you play the games. Thumbs up for you lucky week

And I hope it will continue :v

Dont forget to share your latest big wins in this thread and ignore those who think about it negatively LOL

Max Win on the "Gates of Olympus" is here https://replay.pragmaticplay.net/mZuSfvQUqL


How about Sticky Bandit 3?

[Bitinity]

Nice to see you guys on the right track, keep on getting nice multiplier on your favorite slot games. Special congrats to @roycilik who have just got the max win on Gates of Olympus, keep play it mate and break my record please  I got 4-5x max win on that game IIRC. To be honest, you guys make me want to come back as soon as possible. Really miss the time when I was dominating the duelbit's competitions, hopefully I can be there again soon and compete with you all.

[mu_enrico]

To be honest, you guys make me want to come back as soon as possible. Really miss the time when I was dominating the duelbit's competitions, hopefully I can be there again soon and compete with you all.

That's good if you can stop playing cold turkey. This week, I have won more than I expect and I plan to stop for a while as well.
I have this uneasy feeling that the casino will take back my winnings

You have to stop playing FP2
Looks like the OP is excited to play Slots this month, He just got a nice hit on FP2 with normal spins LOL

Yep, the legendary 2500x

https://replay.pragmaticplay.net/Za42JxZ1Gp

I've done massive spending spree this week (don't forget the bonus appetit). Let's see if I manage to hold myself not to do meaningful deposit, at least for one month.

[roycilik]

Really miss the time when I was dominating the duelbit's competitions, hopefully I can be there again soon and compete with you all.

Yeah I hope you get better now and back on the track

This week, I have won more than I expect and I plan to stop for a while as well.
I have this uneasy feeling that the casino will take back my winnings

it's not that easy my friend.....
The Wild and Spin button will always cross in your mind :v

Yep, the legendary 2500x

The good news is I have broken a new record for my highest win, "Xpander" by Hacksaw provider
8738.60x from the base bet
replay.hacksawgaming.com

[oHnK]

it's not that easy my friend.....
The Wild and Spin button will always cross in your mind :v

Yep, the legendary 2500x

The good news is I have broken a new record for my highest win, "Xpander" by Hacksaw provider
8738.60x from the base bet
replay.hacksawgaming.com

Lately I really want to go deeper into slot games and others.  Moreover, seeing the duelbit competition that is won by you very often, makes me curious about the strategy to win each game.  I didn't have a good knowledge base in slots until I studied slowly in the thread the OP made.  To my knowledge, playing in gambling is just pure luck and there is no winning strategy.  and does it have to be big to win big bets too?

[panjul07]

Lately I really want to go deeper into slot games and others.  Moreover, seeing the duelbit competition that is won by you very often, makes me curious about the strategy to win each game.  I didn't have a good knowledge base in slots until I studied slowly in the thread the OP made.  To my knowledge, playing in gambling is just pure luck and there is no winning strategy.  and does it have to be big to win big bets too?

You have answered about your curiosity yourself, it is pure luck based game and luck is the only deciding factor but you can try to push your luck by keep playing as long as possible.
Your bet amount has nothing to do with your luck, but it is obvious that bigger bets will give you bigger wins but it requires you bigger bankroll to start.
If you want to beat him, you need to have bigger luck and maybe bigger bankroll or at least equal bankroll to his bankroll.