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As old slot myths fade away, new ones take their place By John Grochowski Have you heard the one about the slot machine that went cold because the player was using hot coins, fresh out of the machine? How about the one about calculating jackpot frequency by counting the symbols on each? What’s that? […]
Our annual preview of games coming soon to your favorite casinos By Frank Legato If you are a regular reader of this magazine, you know that every fall, we give you a sneak peek at new slot games coming your way in the coming year. The major slot manufacturers launch all their new titles each […]
As the casino industry expands, the same old slot-machine myths survive—many through a misunderstanding of how slots work By Frank Legato As casino gaming expands to new U.S. states, both physically and online, blogs and instructional websites continue to crop up to create new online communities of slot players. The majority of the information […]
AGS seizes on a growing appetite for high-denomination, traditional-style slot games By Frank Legato For many years, slot enthusiasts have been treated to a lot of new games that are feasts for the senses. Giant, curved screens, surround sound, and cinematic presentations have hosted an ever-more rich collection of game features, from hold-and-spin to […]
The house doesn’t always win By Frank Scoblete [Please note: I wrote this and gave it to a few acquaintances and they all thought I was advocating the idiot stuff in this column. I wasn’t. I’m not. Andre is not me. He is wrong about just about everything when it comes to slot machines […]
Can you determine what slot payout percentages are on any given machine? By Frank Scoblete The lament among some slot players, many other casino players and most gaming writers is the fact that slot machines do not tell you what their percentage returns are except in cases where an area of machines has signs […]
The best assumption is that you can make no assumptions By John Grochowski Ever have an “oops!” casino moment, one of those times when things have gone wrong and you know it’s your own fault because you didn’t check the game rules or assumed a little too much? I sure have. I’ve been going […]
Gaming Arts highlights its new VertX Grand cabinet with a trio of strong new games By Frank Legato For slot-makers lately, great new games and great new cabinets have gone hand in hand. Many of those new cabinet presentations these days are in large formats—and game developers have used those giant canvases to create […]
High returns are good, but enjoying the game is important By Frank Legato For more than three decades, Casino Player has been advising players to go for the “loosest slots”—meaning, the best gamble on the slot floor is the game with the highest payback percentage. This magazine, in fact, invented the term “loose slots,” […]
Nothing in the universe is perfectly random, but slots are as random as humans can program a computer to be By Frank Scoblete There are several problems with randomness. The first, and most obvious, is that randomness is often mistaken for non-randomness. This you see at gambling games of all types. A roulette game […]