House Advantage vs Player Advantage

Before you think of adopting slots skills and strategies, you first have to understand the house advantage over player advantage, especially if wish to play real money slots.

The objective of the player is to make more money from the slot machine out of a small investment. Casinos can make payoffs and jackpots to players in the short run but alternatively in the long run, casinos have a negative expectation to its players.

House advantage is the house edge that the casino gets when playing against a player. In slots, house advantage over the player is known as the payback or par. For example, a casino can receive about $100 000 in a month and payout an average of $90 000 in payoffs per month. Literally, this means that the payback of the casino is at 90%. The payback varies from one casino to another and slots machines are governed by laws for the payback not to go below 75%. Most casinos payback rate ranges between 82-98%.

Many casinos promote themselves by providing loose slots. They would say that in their casino they have at least loose slots available that have a payback of 98%. Slots machine do not have an edge for the player. Players tend to be biased thinking that the moment they insert their coins into a slot machine they have the advantage of an aprox of 82-98% payback.

The payback of a slot machine is not done instantly but at some point, it will certainly payback by making payoffs to other players. When a slot machine is paying off its payback, it is said to be loose. All slot machines can shift from being tight to loose because at some point the machines would have to achieve their payback rate.

Payback rate is traditionally adjusted by opening up the slot machine and changing the settings. However, these days more and more slot machines are controlled by a server and so run on a network. In this case, the slots software is controlled when the casino wishes to adjust the payback rates. Some casinos will tell you their rates and other do not.

It can be difficult for players to find a loose slot machine but if all slots were tight, who would play them? The only advantage that the casino has over the player is that the payback is not given to each player.

One place in Vegas where you can find a bank of machines paying 98% rates is in the Rio All Suites resort - this is a block of eight three reel casino slot machines like Double Diamond, 5 Times Pay, 12 Times Pay and Triple Diamond. You are not guaranteed a win and the house still has the advantage over you as the player, but you stand a much better chance of winning compared to playing 90% payback machines

Slot casinos are governed by the Nevada Gaming Commission not to reprogram the machines while a player is playing. Temporary reprogramming of slot machines in a week or day is not permitted. All slot machines have a minimum legal payout of 75% and people should not base the myth that casinos are able to control the slot machine whilst a player is playing the game.

There are several online casino that provide several slot games and players would have to know the payback of the casino before they decide to play their favorite online slots games.

When it comes to online slots, the situation is similar. If you are looking to play online slots, you might be thinking that a slots bonus would give you an advantage. In reality, the bonuses tend to give you more play and more enjoyment (in terms of number of spins you get for you buck), but they do not give you an edge over the casino. If anything, most bonuses are designed to make the house edge slightly better, so although you might get more fun, you might find yourself cashing out less frequently with a bonus

One way you can get yourself an advantage over the house is if you play real money slots for free. An example of that would be free online slots tournaments of even slot tournaments in Vegas (or any other place with a land-based casino) where you may have been given a free ticket to play

You might get yourself a free Vegas tournament ticket if you had been a good loyal player and they wanted to give you a reward, or 'comp'. On top of that, some casinos will give you free hotel rooms, free food and all sorts of other goodies along with your free slot tournament entry. Basically, the casinos know you are a good (valuable) player and also, it is good marketing for them becasue they hope you will tell all your friends aboutt he casino and what a great time you had there