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Casino gaming is becoming increasingly more popular – despite the downturn in the economy. You have a multitude of choices and the best way to maximize the gaming dollars you have to spend is to compare the payouts on the machines you choose to play.

One mindset in playing slot machines is to peruse the machines available, sit down and one, put your money in to play and see what happens.

My philosophy on playing slot machines is to choose machines that have a decent payoff when you hit something. If it’s a multiple credit machine where I have a choice of playing 27, 36, 45 or 90 credits I’m going to make sure there are ample opportunities to get significant credits back on the 27, 36 and 45 before I ever play the 90. Remember you’re playing for longevity. Slot machine payouts are pre-programmed on a chip in the machine.

The wins happen when you happen to be the one sitting at the machine when it stops and the chip says it’s payout time. Point of Interest – The same logic should tell you that you could also be advancing past that payout point while you’re waiting for the machine to stop spinning.

When you walk up to a three or four coin machine with bells, bar, cherries, or winning symbols on the front, the payouts are shown on the face of the machine. The more lines that pay on the machine the lesser your payout. The more symbols that pay something lower the payout on more symbols when they come up. Study those pay tables.

When you look at the choices on all of the new video “penny” machines there should be a button on the panel that says “Pay Table.” Punch that button and take a look at what pays on the machine if it’s not displayed on the front or on top of the machine. Some machines will pay for two symbols in a row. Some sets of symbols pay, some don’t. Again, for my money a machine has to have the potential of paying back 20 to 45 credits on two symbols if I’m playing 90 credits or the machine will take my money in a shorter period of time.

Once you get to understand the payouts on the machines you enjoy playing this will all make more sense. Then take a look at the trademark machines – the Lucy and Desi, Elvis, Wheel-of-Fortune with Pat and Vanna – all of the machines that have a link to a celebrity or a tv show or a movie. Those payouts are a minimum of 10% less than other like machines without the celebrity association.

Progressive payouts build with each play of the machine. On celebrity themed machines you have two negatives – the jackpot builds more slowly and more of the money being played in that machine is going to to organization holding the trademark on the celebrity.

The thrill of casino gaming is to win and people win all the time. The thing you want to pay attention to is how much you have the potential to win on the machines you choose to play.

Good Luck!