By Samantha Williams
There is a huge amount of information available regarding slot machines, what your chances of winning are and if the outcome of any game can be influenced by human hand. Most winning or losing strategies and myths are completely untrue; a slot machine is a slot machine is a slot machine. They are completely random games, governed by random number generators which have to be independently tested and audited and there is absolutely no way to influence a winning outcome, maybe you win or maybe you lose it is as simple as that. One thing however is very true; playing these games is a huge amount of fun!
Myths such as a certain sequence of spins is set before a win takes place on a slot machine, is completely untrue, this simply cannot be done, if it could, gambling would be completely outlawed. Fair play is the name of the game and gambling concerns have to adhere to very strict licensing laws, whether online or off. Fairness applies to both the operator and the player – you have seen what trouble people get into if they try to collude to win illegally against a casino. This rule works both ways!
A RNG or random number generator generates millions if not billions of combinations of numbers in minutes, as these are random, no computer or human can track them. Even a special computer set up to do this would take years to compute the calculations and years to spit out such extensive data. Slot machines are also never “due” to pay out, not if you sit on them for days at a time, you have to leave for a pee break and it’s sods law dictates that the next person to sit down at the slot machine will win the jackpot. Only luck counts in this game.
The same odds apply to a slot machine regardless of whether is has just paid out a prize or not. The percentage payout is designed into the machine, but this is over millions of spins, so if a machine has just paid out a $500 prize it does not mean to say that the progressive prize won’t drop out of it on the next maximum bet and spin. The odds always remain the same, either before or after a jackpot prize has been paid, a slot machine cannot compute or control what happens next.
I can go on and on about this subject, but what you really need to understand is the slot machine is meant to be fun. You should never look at them as a means to supplement your house-keeping money, more as a means for entertainment – like going to the movies should be. You budget what you can afford to lose, not what you can’t afford to lose and have fun. If you win, great, if not, you had fun playing. Simple as that!
