Editor's
Wise Words
For over thirty years, gambling has been my first
choice of entertainment. Notice that a point has
been made in my previous statement referring to
the gambling I've so long enjoyed as entertaining;
there are two messages I would like to relate to
our viewers.
1) Keep it entertaining and fun to do, while playing
intelligently, and the small house advantage in
the game of your choice will be a small price for
you to pay for that entertainment.
2) Give yourself a limit in time and money spent
for this entertainment, treating it as any other
recreational sport. You wouldn't agonize through
three double head days of baseball back to back,
or a marathon viewing session of three, four or
five hockey games in one night, so don't over do
this form of sport either.
For twenty years I have been in the business of
building and playing slot machines, and I would
like to suggest the following: if you play slots,
play only the coin denomination that suits your
budget. A rule of thumb to follow is that what it
costs to pull the handle should be 1/50th of your
starting bankroll. This will give you ample time
to play through the computer cycle before you run
out of money and not leave the upcoming hits to
the next player.
Also remember the three cardinal rules of play:
1) If a machine pays nothing in the first ten pulls,
get off.
2) If, when you put the coin in, you hear the drop
to the bottom bank, stay with it. This means that
the coin hopper is full and the coin is being diverted
to lower bank. This tells you that the hopper hasn't
paid out lately.
3) If you have doubled your bankroll, quit and try
another machine. It is just short of a miracle expecting
to retire from the winnings of one slot machine.
Remember, slot machines are only computers and are
programmed to win. Thanks and good luck to all!
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