Slot Machine Strategy?

[ChiBitCTy]

One of my best friends and I would travel to the local casino some years back from time to time.  Wasn't a very fun casino but it was about as good as we could get for those times as gambling was very restricted back then.  He was a big fan of playing slots and always seemed to have some sort of strategy.  He would look for players who were sitting at a machine for a long period of time and then play them.  There were a couple other things he did that he called "strategy" but I can't remember what they were.

My question for you guys, is there any strategy you know of for slot machines ? I think this more so applies to in person casinos but maybe online as well.

Does waiting to get on a machine that gets heavily played a legit strategy?  Does it make more sense to play different types of machines or play one machines for a long period of time? Etc etc..

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[KTChampions]

One of my best friends and I would travel to the local casino some years back from time to time.  Wasn't a very fun casino but it was about as good as we could get for those times as gambling was very restricted back then.  He was a big fan of playing slots and always seemed to have some sort of strategy.  He would look for players who were sitting at a machine for a long period of time and then play them.  There were a couple other things he did that he called "strategy" but I can't remember what they were.
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This is a well-known strategy (at least in my country 10 years ago, maybe now something has changed in the algorithms). It is based on the fact that when the slot machine was "fed" it must "give". Therefore, some operators of gambling clubs watched slot machines and when they saw that a visitor lost a lot of money on one of the machines, they themselves began to play on it, guessing the moment when it should "give".

[wxa7115]

One of my best friends and I would travel to the local casino some years back from time to time.  Wasn't a very fun casino but it was about as good as we could get for those times as gambling was very restricted back then.  He was a big fan of playing slots and always seemed to have some sort of strategy.  He would look for players who were sitting at a machine for a long period of time and then play them.  There were a couple other things he did that he called "strategy" but I can't remember what they were.
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This is a well-known strategy (at least in my country 10 years ago, maybe now something has changed in the algorithms). It is based on the fact that when the slot machine was "fed" it must "give". Therefore, some operators of gambling clubs watched slot machines and when they saw that a visitor lost a lot of money on one of the machines, they themselves began to play on it, guessing the moment when it should "give".

And unfortunately that is a strategy that does not work, slot machines are not programmed to give some money after a certain amount of money has been played in the machine, it is random, and each game you play there is an independent event, and as such what happened in the past has no relevance to what will happen in the future with that machine.

There are games in which the past matters, one example of this is blackjack, in which if you take an Ace out of the multiple decks of cards used to play the game then the number of Aces on the decks went down by one, this is why something like card counting works, but I am not aware of anything like that being possible with slot machines.

[Fesatmas]

One of my best friends and I would travel to the local casino some years back from time to time.  Wasn't a very fun casino but it was about as good as we could get for those times as gambling was very restricted back then.  He was a big fan of playing slots and always seemed to have some sort of strategy.  He would look for players who were sitting at a machine for a long period of time and then play them.  There were a couple other things he did that he called "strategy" but I can't remember what they were.

At first glance, this makes sense and can be effective for certain casino machines. But not for the whole. Talking about strategy, of course, you know better what your friend is saying because he has been interacting with slot machines for a long time and you can even call him a professional slot gambler.

Until now it is still a myth, for us playing slot machines is only a matter of luck, but if you listen to what your friends say about waiting, maybe it means waiting for the slot machine to operate longer so that he takes advantage of it a certain time. with the prolonged operation of the machine. Waiting for engine error? maybe 

[khaled0111]

In a fair game, be it a slot or not, this strategy won't work because each spin/roll is supposed to be independent of the previous one.
It's a gamblers fallacy (unless the slot machine is rigged) and in a way it has to do with the game RTP. In theory if a game has a 95% RTP then the player is expected to get back $95 for each $100 wagered but in practice this is not always true because, simply, don't know when the machine will start giving back.

[xSkylarx]

One of my best friends and I would travel to the local casino some years back from time to time.  Wasn't a very fun casino but it was about as good as we could get for those times as gambling was very restricted back then.  He was a big fan of playing slots and always seemed to have some sort of strategy.  He would look for players who were sitting at a machine for a long period of time and then play them.  There were a couple other things he did that he called "strategy" but I can't remember what they were.
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This is a well-known strategy (at least in my country 10 years ago, maybe now something has changed in the algorithms). It is based on the fact that when the slot machine was "fed" it must "give". Therefore, some operators of gambling clubs watched slot machines and when they saw that a visitor lost a lot of money on one of the machines, they themselves began to play on it, guessing the moment when it should "give".

Oh, thank you for explaining; that is also what my friend was saying to me, but I couldn't grasp it because he wasn't sharing all of the information and was only providing hints. Right now, I don't think this would work. This has a point as well because if the person played for a lengthy amount of time, it should definitely give, but the question is how long. However, I believe that nowadays, due to technological advancements, it is extremely difficult to devise a strategy that would work, as winning this slot game is entirely dependent on luck.

[mindrust]

It is a luck based game just like dice. There is no strategy. You may be lucky or not. That's all you need to know about these games. As far as I know only Blackjack is kind of based on your skill and the rest of the games are more or less are based on your luck.

Even sports is based on some luck.

Do you really in search of a skill based game?

Play chess. Chess is based on skills. What? It doesn't sound cool? The opponents are too smart? That's what happens when the game is based on zero luck and all skills. It suddenly becomes harder than gambling because there are far too many skillful players out there.

When you got zero skills, gambling > skill based games.

And admit it, you are gambling because you have no skills. Then why do you need a strategy?

[fiulpro]

There is no strategy for slot machines. Most of the times you have to understand that while you are playing online you cannot just go and wait for the people to feed the slot machine money and then try again till the jackpot hits. It's all dependent on the probability which does mean that the probability of you winning is actually very low and therefore people try and use something like : penny slots instead of dollar slots because it gives them more chance to play, making their probability of winning a little bit better. Therefore I do think that you can forget about "strategies" but you can try and play again and again from the change that you might have. Do not go there expecting to find a shortcut because you won't. It's something made for fun. Probability+luck is all you might be able to find important.

[maju69]

As far as I know, while playing slot machines until now, it doesn't really work. There is no detailed strategy regarding slot games. So I've never heard of a waiting strategy for a certain time, maybe it's just an instinct and belief that he made himself to make it seem as if the slot machine game has a strategy. Nothing works for the way you don't say in detail what your friend did. How did he get after doing this strategy? did he really get the JackPot?

[madnessteat]

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I already told in one of the threads that my friends and I tracked in the same way slots that did not give winnings for a long time, and when the losing player left tried to take exactly those slots. About 10 years ago this strategy worked and we could get rich in one evening. As far as it is relevant now, I do not even know as gambling is prohibited in my country and illegal casinos I visit very rarely.

[skarais]

I don't play slots on land-based casino machines because I can't do it in my country. So I just played it online and I just wanted to let you know that any strategy I've implemented so far will only fail in the end. The only reason I love slots is the simplicity of the gameplay and nothing more. I can't expect much because I really can't get a jackpot win in this game.

The only good strategy is to limit the use of money and come back the next day with different expectations. Although we can't expect much from winning, but I have time to enjoy this game.

[dunfida]

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I already told in one of the threads that my friends and I tracked in the same way slots that did not give winnings for a long time, and when the losing player left tried to take exactly those slots. About 10 years ago this strategy worked and we could get rich in one evening. As far as it is relevant now, I do not even know as gambling is prohibited in my country and illegal casinos I visit very rarely.

If this is talking about 10 years ago then it might really be that relevant but in todays then it would be impossible not to think that they had altered it out and it is really a bit impossible for a casino machine on giving out when it is fed up already be some lost player and tend to give back some wins
if ever it do reach into that point. In todays case or in overall aspect or point of view then i dont really believe that there would be some sort of tricks
or strategies in related to this.

[madnessteat]

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The payout in the slot is set by the software and the slot sooner or later must give a win to attract gamblers. Even if the software has changed during this time, the winning algorithm still works according to the same principle - it gives a certain percentage of the amount that has been lost for this slot.

[Mahanton]

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The payout in the slot is set by the software and the slot sooner or later must give a win to attract gamblers. Even if the software has changed during this time, the winning algorithm still works according to the same principle - it gives a certain percentage of the amount that has been lost for this slot.

If it still works then this would really be a waiting game to those who had played first and as a person who do knows about on when those machines will be giving back
will particularly be observing from time to time and watch if its the right time to play but chances for a hit or miss situation would be there because you dont
even know if the one whose been currently playing would taking those chances or you the ones who had been waiting back? 

[DarkDays]

One of my best friends and I would travel to the local casino some years back from time to time.  Wasn't a very fun casino but it was about as good as we could get for those times as gambling was very restricted back then.  He was a big fan of playing slots and always seemed to have some sort of strategy.  He would look for players who were sitting at a machine for a long period of time and then play them.  There were a couple other things he did that he called "strategy" but I can't remember what they were.
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This is a well-known strategy (at least in my country 10 years ago, maybe now something has changed in the algorithms). It is based on the fact that when the slot machine was "fed" it must "give". Therefore, some operators of gambling clubs watched slot machines and when they saw that a visitor lost a lot of money on one of the machines, they themselves began to play on it, guessing the moment when it should "give".

In the way this was described, the strategy makes sense. But I doubt the algorithms have remained the same, specially since I'm sure casino owners are acutely aware of it.

You'll still need try your luck and now that COVID hit and with the online business expanding more than ever before it seems that there is little room for strategy when playing something that is governed by the house with very little impact from the player's side such as slot machine.

If anybody found a strategy other than through a potential back-end bug that one can exploit then I'd be impressed and happy to hear about it (as I think most of us will be)

[KTChampions]

This is a well-known strategy (at least in my country 10 years ago, maybe now something has changed in the algorithms). It is based on the fact that when the slot machine was "fed" it must "give". Therefore, some operators of gambling clubs watched slot machines and when they saw that a visitor lost a lot of money on one of the machines, they themselves began to play on it, guessing the moment when it should "give".

And unfortunately that is a strategy that does not work, slot machines are not programmed to give some money after a certain amount of money has been played in the machine, it is random, and each game you play there is an independent event, and as such what happened in the past has no relevance to what will happen in the future with that machine.

There are games in which the past matters, one example of this is blackjack, in which if you take an Ace out of the multiple decks of cards used to play the game then the number of Aces on the decks went down by one, this is why something like card counting works, but I am not aware of anything like that being possible with slot machines.

You argue from the point of view of theory, but I personally knew such people and this strategy worked for them.
By the way, this strategy even has a theoretical basis: according to the law, each slot machine must have at least some minimum return, that is, you cannot infuse it so that it takes 100% of the money. That is why if someone was able to lose a lot of money without winning, then the person who continued to play after him has great chances of winning.

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The payout in the slot is set by the software and the slot sooner or later must give a win to attract gamblers. Even if the software has changed during this time, the winning algorithm still works according to the same principle - it gives a certain percentage of the amount that has been lost for this slot.

Exactly. Anyone who has access to constant monitoring of the slot machine can roughly determine when it will "give".

[wheelz1200]

One of my best friends and I would travel to the local casino some years back from time to time.  Wasn't a very fun casino but it was about as good as we could get for those times as gambling was very restricted back then.  He was a big fan of playing slots and always seemed to have some sort of strategy.  He would look for players who were sitting at a machine for a long period of time and then play them.  There were a couple other things he did that he called "strategy" but I can't remember what they were.

My question for you guys, is there any strategy you know of for slot machines ? I think this more so applies to in person casinos but maybe online as well.

Does waiting to get on a machine that gets heavily played a legit strategy?  Does it make more sense to play different types of machines or play one machines for a long period of time? Etc etc..

Chi everyone who plays slot has a strategy but the strategy is as good as one going into the gas station and buying scratch off tickets.  I've had friends who had strategies that worked sometimes and a lot of other times it didn't.  My conclusion "a broken clock is right twice a day".  Complete chance, and terrible odds at that.  It's the reason why casinos are filled with slot machines, those are their money makers for the casino.

[batang_bitcoin]

It's just a strategy on your friend's mind but there's no actual strategy that would beat slots. It's like making a strategy that we make which we think will beat slots but, there's no proof that it works.
Maybe if your friend has proven that to be working, he'll just do it again and will just pursue for the same strategy. In actual casinos, I don't have that much kind of a strategy or a ritual.

[Fortify]

One of my best friends and I would travel to the local casino some years back from time to time.  Wasn't a very fun casino but it was about as good as we could get for those times as gambling was very restricted back then.  He was a big fan of playing slots and always seemed to have some sort of strategy.  He would look for players who were sitting at a machine for a long period of time and then play them.  There were a couple other things he did that he called "strategy" but I can't remember what they were.

My question for you guys, is there any strategy you know of for slot machines ? I think this more so applies to in person casinos but maybe online as well.

Does waiting to get on a machine that gets heavily played a legit strategy?  Does it make more sense to play different types of machines or play one machines for a long period of time? Etc etc..

There is definitely a valid idea behind getting on a machine that you know has taken a lot of money recently without any substantial payouts. The very basis of gambling requires that the gambler occasionally gets rewarded or they'll simply never return to the machine which is bad for business. I wouldn't call it much of a strategy because there are likely others trying to do the same and it might even take a few different players using the machine before it builds up a big enough backlog to produce a payout. Besides that, there is not really much strategy involved as the win ratio is predefined and newer machines might even aim to detect intervals between players to reset any window that could allow this sort of strategy.

[rhomelmabini]

Does waiting to get on a machine that gets heavily played a legit strategy?  Does it make more sense to play different types of machines or play one machines for a long period of time? Etc etc..

I think that can be called a strategy but I will perfectly assume and argue that it will depend on the timing on almost all slot machines, it's a rare one tbh. Well, I think that's just kind of myth since all slot machines do random plays and it isn't same to all even if we are talking about online plays too.