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How Can You Tell A Good Slot Machine?

How Can You Tell A Good Slot Machine?

Slot machines are an often overlooked but vital part of the casino. Slot machines are one of the few games to consistently generate a profit in casinos and they are also vital to any good casino’s profitability. Despite their ubiquity, most people have no idea how rtp casino slot machines work or what gives them such a high pay out percentage. This article will explore some of the mechanics of slot machines, specifically their pay rates and why anyone who is looking for winning odds should look elsewhere.

Payout Rate

Payout rate is probably the first thing that comes to mind when people think of slot machines. This is true, but it is not the only way to measure how good a machine is. Payout rates only apply to the base pay out of a slot machine and do not consider what an average player would spend his money on. If you simply look at pay out rates, there are many machines that will give you a 9 to 5 payout rate while some of the better machines will have a better payout. (i.e. 10 to 1 or even higher). So while 9 to 5 is what most people are used too it is not necessarily the best payout rate for a machine. What you need to look at is a machine’s average wager and its average payout. The average wager should be around $0.10/coin or lower and the average payout should be around $1.00/coin or higher. If you are looking for a high payout, then look for machines with a high coin held reward (and vice versa if you are looking for a low payout).

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Coin held reward

There are two ways to measure the payout rate of a machine. The first is the “payout rate” in which you divide (total paid per coin) by (total paid) while the second method is to divide the coin held reward by (total wagers). These two methods will give you different results, but there is one thing that they pretty much agree on: you get nothing for free. Slots are machines and they have to pay for themselves somehow. They don’t do this by cutting people in for a percentage; they do this by paying out less than what people put in.