Need your input: How long do you stay on a slot before deciding it’s not your day?

[conker]

I'm interested to know how long other players stick it out on a certain slot before moving onto something else or closing the casino and going off to do something completely different.

I usually have two markers, although its not an exact science.

Once I get through about £40 of bankroll with no bonus rounds or nothing to show for it, that is usually a good indicator that I am not on a good run. I am usually playing low stakes for a bit of light entertainment, so 10-20p stakes, that sort of thing. Unless I am really convinced that something is going to happen, then I normally dive out at this point and move on.

The other indicator, is if I have been playing for 15-20 mins and nothing really has happened, then that is also a time I start thinking of moving on. I value the free time I have, as I don't seem to have enough of it these days, so boredom is also a driver of moving on or calling it quits for the day.

So do other forum members have similar habits for getting out, or are yours completely different?

 

[satchnz]

I’ll burn a max of £/$10 on any one slot at 0.20 spins before I move on. If I increase my balance by £/$10+, I’ll move on. If I get a bonus, regardless of outcome, I move on after a single backup spin.

When I’ve doubled my deposit, I withdraw.

 

[kg2025]

It depends what humour im in , if im losing but still getting wins to keep me semi afloat , I'll keep going . But if ive just started a new game and say the first 30 or 40 spins are muck , I'll leave .

 

[conker]

General consensus so far is 'get out early, don't waste time'. Something that slightly surprised me.

 

[PeenyBunslinger]

I don't have any hard rules really. I only play 2 or 3 providers, so normally I'll just pick one and do 50 spins on each slot until I win or bust. Sometimes I'll move on after 50 no matter what, sometimes I'll stick whatever I've won back in until I've lost 50x or got a proper win. Sometimes I'll pick fewer games and play more spins.

When a game hasn't given me anything in a long time, or ever, I'll sometimes get annoyed and spin until it finally gives me something. On one or two occassions I've managed to eventually break even and every other time I've went broke. It never works.

Most recently I got pissed off at Return to the Races and threw away £350 on £1 spins playing a game I despise because in 15 or so attemps, with ante on, I'd landed one bonus that payed like 10x. I did the same thing on Nitropolis a bunch of times and on one occassion lost around £500 in 20p spins trying to get a bonus on Blood & Shadow that never came, took like 8-10 hours. It's an awful habit and I need to stop doing it.

 

[satchnz]

General consensus so far is 'get out early, don't waste time'. Something that slightly surprised me.

Yes the hit and run approach does me well

 

[geordiecolin]

It depends on what slot I am playing. If say its a NoLimit slot I will expect to it to take some time before I expect to hit something. Some slots seem to like to chew a good % of your money before giving any sort of return. Then there are those I don't play often so its a case of "suck it and see".
On a bonus hunt I will linger longer in order to hit a bonus.
On Bonanza I will typically play through until I bust out or get well ahead.
Then there are times where I hit a bonus that is so shit that I just think "feck that" and move on quickly

 

[conker]

@PeenyBunslinger threads like these sometimes remind us to have a plan, like @satchnz and @kg2025 has. That way you can avoid some of those long frustrating winless sessions that drive us all mad.

Thanks for sharing your strategies. I want to hear more.

 

[lukey141]

I tend to play more volatile slots so I'm most likely to just blow my entire budget on 1 slot and only leave after hitting a bonus or a big base game that puts me a decent chunk over my start balance.

If it's all truely random then a slot is never 'hot' or 'cold' despite how it might look. It's just our brains trying to make sense of patterns that aren't really there. At the end of the day if you hit nothing for 100 spins on a game you're just as likely (assuming you play a similar volatility game) to hit or go dry for another 100 spins if you stay on that slot or switch to another.

 

[Reelsoffun]

Way too long LOL

And stats after triggering the ULTIMATE feature!!!

I really have been making very bad choices lately!!!!

 

[philderby]

@ChopleyIOM How many months have you been on Dice Fusion now?!!

 

[Lemon]

I just keep going until I trigger the bonus. Win or lose I usually move on to another game after that. If I've played 5 slots and lost on each one I'll quit and try another day, because otherwise it's easy to start chasing or upping my bet size.

 

[09237653]

I just keep going until I trigger the bonus. Win or lose I usually move on to another game after that. If I've played 5 slots and lost on each one I'll quit and try another day, because otherwise it's easy to start chasing or upping my bet size.

Same here, play one slot until it bonuses, it may take 10 spins it may take 1000 but I stay until it does or I bust out.

 

[conker]

Interesting, so @Lemon, @09237653, and @lukey141 have a totally different strategy to me and a few others and stick it out way longer without fear. I guess it boils down to your risk tolerance, your mentality, and what you feel comfortable with.

Any other strategies being employed? There must be a few people increasing bets or even decreasing bets over time.

 

[Downsman]

I'm stubborn, usually stick around 'till bonus or bust, if the bonus
is decent I generally move to a different game.

 

[andysbetting1187]

Usually until im bored (which doesn't take long) - I only really play the same few slots for long periods (reactoonz, swords of khan, honey rush)

 

[conker]

Perhaps we need another thread on your go to games. I must admit, it’s common to find yourself back at the same slots time and time again. Creatures of habit, the lot of us

 

[SCOTTY00]

I'm interested to know how long other players stick it out on a certain slot before moving onto something else or closing the casino and going off to do something completely different.

I usually have two markers, although its not an exact science.

Once I get through about £40 of bankroll with no bonus rounds or nothing to show for it, that is usually a good indicator that I am not on a good run. I am usually playing low stakes for a bit of light entertainment, so 10-20p stakes, that sort of thing. Unless I am really convinced that something is going to happen, then I normally dive out at this point and move on.

The other indicator, is if I have been playing for 15-20 mins and nothing really has happened, then that is also a time I start thinking of moving on. I value the free time I have, as I don't seem to have enough of it these days, so boredom is also a driver of moving on or calling it quits for the day.

So do other forum members have similar habits for getting out, or are yours completely different?

 

[Fiffy]

I'm interested to know how long other players stick it out on a certain slot before moving onto something else or closing the casino and going off to do something completely different.

I usually have two markers, although its not an exact science.

Once I get through about £40 of bankroll with no bonus rounds or nothing to show for it, that is usually a good indicator that I am not on a good run. I am usually playing low stakes for a bit of light entertainment, so 10-20p stakes, that sort of thing. Unless I am really convinced that something is going to happen, then I normally dive out at this point and move on.

The other indicator, is if I have been playing for 15-20 mins and nothing really has happened, then that is also a time I start thinking of moving on. I value the free time I have, as I don't seem to have enough of it these days, so boredom is also a driver of moving on or calling it quits for the day.

So do other forum members have similar habits for getting out, or are yours completely different?

I normally play around thirty 50/60p spins on a game. I can get a feeling whether I'm on a winning streak with that amount and if not I move on. However with me it's not a perfect strategy as sometimes I get a brain freeze on it and just keep spinning even though every spin is dead and I know I'm going to lose all my deposit...then I kick myself for not moving on to a different game...grrrrr.
I often ponder whether it truely is a luck thing why slots can go for hundreds of spins without any bonuses or wins, while other times it's literally win after win. I know all the literature says that RNGs never change but it's still a pattern that happens regularly. I really would love to be able to pick the brains of a slot machine designer and hear straight from the horse's mouth whether there are any trade secrets going on? Do they set the RNGs to pay out loads but then claw it all back? I often wonder too whether the designers are sworn to secrecy about the true intricacies of games? Has anyone ever met a slot game designer anyway?

 

[Wait!What?]

I start my session on the lowest bet and then gradually increase after every 300 spins until I recover my losses or get a 500x+ hit. If none of these happen then we are going down to zero. My Mama didn't raise a quitter. Either I am recovering my losses or staying hungry for the rest of the month.

 

[SCOTTY00]

I focus on short term profits. If don't make back a bet in five spins I move to another

 

[TheAddict]

I focus on short term profits. If don't make back a bet in five spins I move to another

Could get through the entire Big Bass series in under 5 minutes with that strat

 

[Mr Shine]

I don't let current performance guide me, if I've decided to play a certain slot I'll play it the same whether it runs hot or cold today.

 

[incrediblestuff]

I learned the 25% rule from legendary Pat H., long time head of Casino @32Red, back when they won all the awards (Mark members...) and whenever i employ it, it does fare me well: much better than the overall results when i don't employ it

But i'll admit i have a hard time leaving a slot these days, especially those HV monsters. It's always that 'surely it's due' feeling that keeps me motivated. It's often like i'm on amission, to bust or bring home the bacon

I'll happily quit a slot when i'm ahead though: usually when i get it to double my startbalance on it, or better, i'm done for the day...

The fact that i don't play 'smarter' all the time, is probably because, yes, i do play longer overall, theoretically increasing my chances for a big one - but, my biggest wins are usually when i go for the mission instead...

 

[2Slots]

I'm pretty much playing to pass the time in the evening on minimum stakes but try to also maintain my balance so I play to a 20x loss limit on a slot and then rotate to another one if I hit the limit.

It does mean sticking to games that have a decent base game as bonus based games mostly reach that in 20 spins! I still do it if I have a healthy play fund but I'll give bonus based games a chance to see if my luck is in by 20x loss.

I started playing like this around July after starting slots at the start of last year and its worked pretty well for me. I tried the play to bonus approach when I first started but most of the time bonus rounds would rarely return what I played to get it let alone put me up.

 

[Valhalla]

Sometimes I play ten spins on a slot and leave it, I just "know" (I do not know) that it is playing crap and I'm not going to win anything. There again sometimes I will stick it out for far too long. I don't really have a system, I just go with my gut.

 

[sufferinsilence]

Usually I can limit myself to a set amount of spins or budget but when I feel like I put alot of time and effort in that I "deserve" a return it can get out of hand... aka a decent balance disappears suddenly The infamous tilt we all know and love so much.

Thing is really: when you were lucky on the previous sessions and are on a "heater" you tend to think it'll turn around because you're lucky right now. That's when you stay on a slot much longer than you would otherwise do. Or at least that's how it works for me.