jamiester said:
Where's the negativity? What do you want us to do, tell you fairy tales? I guess "negativity" = "facts you don't want to hear". The fact that people win sometimes is a result of variance, not strategy. If you want to understand more about slots or any gambling your best bet is to learn statistics and probability. I don't know why you ask for help, get it, and then call people negative when you don't like the answer.
The more this stuff goes on and on the more I get the disturbing feeling that the players' best interests aren't the focus here...
I think it's a great thread. Sure a number of players - mostly non-slot players - jumped in to berate the ability to gain some sort of slot strategy. (this is a topic that many have strong feelings about) This just goes to show that there are many types of players who have different goals/agendas/things that appeal to them.
The way this is voiced is the beauty of the online forum
I didn't see it as being so negative - maybe a little hard ass sometimes - but that's par for the course when you have so many viewpoints.
There are a lot of different perspectives here that we can learn from. I play mainly for entertainment, not for profit. If I win, I'm happy - if I lose, I chalk it up as "oh well, that sucks." and hope the affiliate that I just dropped $200 into his account will by me a beer when I meet him
Other players play only bonuses, and will play
only those games that there are certain strategies applicable to them. BJ for one. (I image these players get stressed out easily
).
As for slots, the only strategy is how to manage your bank roll, and I hope that this was what I conveyed in my posting on how I approach the game. That's all you really can do because this is what you can control - nothing else. Nevertheless, there are many tips that one can apply as well:
Slot Strategy Tip No.1: NEVER assume that a slot that is hot one month will be similarly nice to you the next month. Limit your exposure!
jamiester said:
If there are unfair slots, or slots that don't behave perfectly randomly, one could create a positive expectation situation by figuring out the patterns and playing accordingly. There may very well be many strategies for playing unfair or rigged slots, just not "real" slots. Any strategy that identifies and takes advantage on non-random behavior in a game will definately benefit the player. I have seen no such strategy posted here in my short time, however.
Good point. The reason we don't see this often is that this is "cheating" software - and how often are cheating slots identified? Not often because mainly I assume that this would be hard to do.
There was an incident a few years back where a player identified a bug in Digital Diamond games that allowed him to consistantly win big wins when he would open up multiple browsers to play the game. They confiscated his winnings of about 8K and he tried to fight it - but their T&Cs state if there is a problem with the software - they aren't obligated to honor winnings.
The funny thing was is that he told his mother and a couple of friends to try this - they did, they won, and never were caught
So he just left it at that.
I do actually find that strategy good. I rarely gamble my wins. I usually only do it if I'm pissed and have gotten like $10 off of a free spin feature, that's just not right!
