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By: Richard Bleuze

Online Slot Machine Advice

My advice is that you never stay at any one online slot machine longer than the time it takes the machine to eat the money.

$5 if you are playing nickels.
$10 if you are playing quarters.
$20 if you are playing dollars.

Think about it, $5 worth of nickels is only 100 of them.  If you are playing a slot machine which requires 3 coins, you can try it 33 times before moving on.  And that is if you have no winners whatsoever.  But you will find that most online slot machines are nickel machines.

$10 worth of quarters is 40 of them.  At a 2-coin slot machine that is 20 pulls or clicks.  If after 20 attempts you do not win something, then move on.

$20 in dollar tokens provides 10 tries at a 2-coin machine.  That is not many slot machines, but if you follow my advice you will find out that it is plenty.  Generally, dollar slot machines normally pay back at a higher percentage than quarters or nickels.  Thus, you should see winning combinations sooner and with more regularity.
Whether nickels, quarters, dollars or higher, stay at any slot machine which allows you to do so if you are winning.  You are going to leave if you lose your $5, $10, or $20. Remember, if you are not losing, continue playing that slot machine.

As soon as you reach your first winning goal, half of it.  Continue playing.  If you are lucky enough to reach your secondary goal, then either remain at the slot machine which is paying-off or move up to the next level.  However, you must define the next level for yourself.  Will you move up from quarters to dollars?  Or does moving up mean remaining at quarters and initiating an attack on the progressives?

If you are losing, then move from slot machine to slot machine until either of two events occur.

1) You connect will a slot machine which allows you to play.  In which case you continue to play until or unless the slot machine changes its mind and drives you away.
2) You lose half of your stake.  If this happens, then you drop down one level.  For example, if you are playing a dollar slot machine, drop to quarters slot machine. If you are losing, and you are now playing the nickel slot machines, continue to play until 90% of the stake is gone (never let them take all the money).  If you are forced to drop, begin anew until you spend 90% of your bankroll on the nickel slot machine.

Obviously, if you start with dollars and need to drop to nickels you will be at least mildly depressed.  But you will still be playing and there is always the chance for a turnaround.  Sound too conservative for your tastes?  Too bad!  If anything, there is always another day!

If your original stake for this particular session is $100, that is 2,000 nickels!  It is also 400 quarters.  With 400 quarters you can "test" 10 different slot machines. If you do so and can not find a way to win, you must be prepared to acknowledge that it just might not be your day to play online slot machines.  Or, if testing 10 different slot machines does not sound like enough, then start with a larger stake.  The same goes for the dollar slot machines.

Just remember, an informal survey taken of slot players shows that most slot players felt that the most common mistake they made was staying at a slot machine too long.  Well, most of the slot players all agreed, nearly 90% of them!  Both winners and losers.  This tells you one major thing - it was not knowing when to quit.  Thus, if you follow the above plan, you will know when to quit!  The hard part is being able to exercise enough self control to actually do it.

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