Slot Tells

[Dinahnana]

On Flamebusters when you are in the bonus round it does a heavy spin before a scatter lands (3 scatters gets you up a level). 99% of the time on Bonanza when you have the GOL and a cascade the fecking D doesn't land when you have more than two cascades. Oh and if you don't get a win on the first two spins of the bonus round chances are it's going to be crap.

 

[CasinoNinja]

Big Bad Wolf : The wilds won't turn if it is a losing spin
Gold Lab: If you turbo spin, the dude on the left will cheer that you hit the freespins before they have landed if it is a hit
Viking Go Berzerk: This is a bit more subtle, but if you have 2 freespins symbol and the freespin symbol is due to land on the next reel then you will a bit more tense music (same music as when you hit 3), if it dosen't change it won't hit.

 

[nikantw]

On PnG, if you win big you get 20-50 dead spins afterwards .... or maybe it is just me
I don't really play PnG.

Most of the "tells" I don't notice is because I have sound off and I usually close my eyes if a wild or a scatter comes

 

[goatwack]

On PnG, if you win big you get 20-50 dead spins afterwards .... or maybe it is just me
I don't really play PnG.

Most of the "tells" I don't notice is because I have sound off and I usually close my eyes if a wild or a scatter comes

I used to close my eyes as part of the 'slot superstition series' we covered elsewhere, mainly for DOA.

Clink, clink, close eyes await third clink, 1-2 seconds of darkness = disappointment

 

[Jono777]

I used to close my eyes as part of the 'slot superstition series' we covered elsewhere, mainly for DOA.

Clink, clink, close eyes await third clink, 1-2 seconds of darkness = disappointment

Still do similar now lol

1st tease = stare really hard at set spaces* on screen
2nd tease = point physically to said spaces*
3rd tease = close eyes and listen (known in my slotting book of terminology as a "no peaking" spin)

*spaces = centre of reel 3, top of reel 4 and bottom of reel 5.

Also the "100 spin - 5 finger game" - Placing 5 fingers of left hand on desk as 100 spins play, idea to get all fingers back off the desk.

Feature or 4OAK, hats or higher = 1 finger
5OAK Hats or higher = 2 fingers
any letters 5OAK = 1 finger
5 scatters = all 5 fingers

Knew, despite how weird it makes me sound that I'd end up sharing this one day

 

[Mr_Slot5]

Loads of slots/providers have tells that the bonus will land on that spin. Off the top of my head-

Novo- stuttering reels before the scatters land

WMS- (pre html5 certainly) the first reel would slam down harder/drop faster

BTG- first reel lands differently...extremely subtle but once you see it you see it

 

[goatwack]

Still do similar now lol

1st tease = stare really hard at set spaces* on screen
2nd tease = point physically to said spaces*
3rd tease = close eyes and listen (known in my slotting book of terminology as a "no peaking" spin)

*spaces = centre of reel 3, top of reel 4 and bottom of reel 5.

Also the "100 spin - 5 finger game" - Placing 5 fingers of left hand on desk as 100 spins play, idea to get all fingers back off the desk.

Feature or 4OAK, hats or higher = 1 finger
5OAK Hats or higher = 2 fingers
any letters 5OAK = 1 finger
5 scatters = all 5 fingers

Knew, despite how weird it makes me sound that I'd end up sharing this one day

I like the idea behind the 100 SFFG, that's one to patent I think.

If relied on pure memory though, I'd no doubt forget what's been and gone

 

[Jono777]

I like the idea behind the 100 SFFG, that's one to patent I think.

If relied on pure memory though, I'd no doubt forget what's been and gone

Ahh, that's the quality of my technique though, you slide the fingers off as the events occur. If all 5 fingers are in place after the 100 spins, you also change game (if any balance left lol)

Also bear in mind, the thumb is always first to be slid away

 

[myke35]

I've definitely seen this. Last one was where within Magic Mirror 2 on my penultimate spin of a bonus round I got the top symbol/character on reels 1-4. It was a pretty rubbish run of the mill bonus up to that point but then it was like the game hesitated and another version of the game dealt with giving me that win before things went back to normal.

 

[JohnSnow]

There's loads - Quickfire MG and other games provided via QF always slow spin when a win will appear, quickly if a losing spin.
On the MG Viper client, the balance (if you keep the account tab open too as well as the game tab) will update as soon as the button is pressed.
Many casinos do this for all games if they have a separate account balance in the top of the screen as well as the game display.
Flash WMS slots like the Rapist and Montezuma will change the colour of the start or autoplay button if a feature trigger is coming in.
On TFTUT if the third scatter's going to drop on the 'heartstopper' spin, you'll see it flash round 3 times on the reel still spinning that it's going to appear on.

There is a slot called "the rapist"? Wtf?

 

[myke35]

That's Dunover's pet name for Raging Rhino

 

[JohnSnow]

Lol well that changes things and I have to say.. I agree with him.

 

[johnnymcc1966]

Jaguar temple makes different sounds when three scatters are going to land when triggering.
wild heist sometimes unlocks the third scatter reel before it lands.
jack and the beanstalk will make a 'ping' sound when the second scatter lands if the third is coming (flash version, not sure if this is present in the new html version)
the old version of firedrake on partycasino used to say 'congratulations you got it' before the first reel even lands when you get the bonus. the new version does not.
Bonanza 'lags' when no new cascades are coming.
Jurassic world on autoplay does not do heart stoppers if you trigger the bonus, it will on two scatters with no bonus (also if you are lucky enough to even have autoplay on this game)

A lot of these 'tells' are likely just subtle overlooked bugs.

I find the spin itself jumps and looks like its going to lag and then bonuses.

 

[deleted_user-20231116]

Not a bonus tell, but all Play n go and Microgaming slot spins faster/reels stop faster when you get a winning spin, if you have quick spins on.

 

[AdamBetsMax]

the background going dark in Drive (netent) does NOT mean you are 100% going to get the bonus.... it happened to me the other day... i got 2 scatters and it went dark, but it only means you are getting a "win". I got three queens lol.

 

[AdamBetsMax]

Remember the Raging Rhino tell, pre HTML5 Riggover! - Evident from the sounds / harshness of the initial scatter landing and also the "greying out" of the auto play button

in the states we still have the flash one and YES, I know EXACTLY when a bonus is coming because of the harshness of the first scatter.... actually you can tell even before the first scatter, just from the way the first reel stops. LOL