Playing For Profit On Slot Machines, Is It Possible, YES!

Now, a risky thread.

Is it possible to make a living playing very carefully and with great restraint and discipline on the slots.

Most people say the slots are the worst thing to play in the casino. I beg to differ.

The first thing I would say is to treat it like a business, your lively-hood. If you want to make say $100.00 tax free a day and you live near a casino or in a casino state you have all you need. The 100 bucks a day I have picked because its a sort of figure to be able to eek out a living on without the need to work. A lot of people earn about a hundred a day in their work.

Most people go to a casino to have fun. Sensible people visit now and again with bankroll they can afford to lose and play for fun. If they come out with more then they are happy, they may have a big win or lose some of it or all of it. Any outcome cannot be devastating to them because they were prepared for it to go either way. but these people play for the fun and the thrill, not to make a profit. it is not their prime directive for entering one.

Machines have a percentage payout over time which is consistent with whatever laws the state says is the percentage payback rate. This can be perhaps 86 percent to 93 percent. (or perhaps a bit more.) This means that over time they will pay back up to 93 percent of what you put in. So, of course the casino makes a profit.

A figure quoted to me a few years back said each machine in a casino generally makes $120.00 a day profit. So, if you have say 2.5 thousand slots that's and nice earner and of course you can add in the table and keno games etc.

Machines do vary in their play behavior though. Some machines like the traditional 3 lines ones don't pay out that often but when they do its usually a larger chunk of change.

A lot of the newer penny machines (video or otherwise) where you can have multiple denomination bets on the fly have more regular wins but but not high ones, often a little over your bet, or even less than your bet. They also, every so often have bonus rounds, free spins and usually they at that point engineered to at least give you a few wins during the spins. It is these we will be looking at

Now I have looked at mine and others playing behavior. If I put a 20 dollar bill into a machine and start playing, say minimum bet of 30-40 cents covering all lines allways, without fail, you initially go over the 20 bucks, to say 21-22-23. That is, if you look at the readout of money you have to take out you may say to yourself, ohh, I had 20, now I have 23, lets see if we can get this higher. So, you go up and down, up and down. Eventually losing it all.

So like most people, I tended to do the same. On my last visit I just mainly played the fun machines with lots of flashing lights and video clips and gimmicks and enjoyed myself. Losing over time.

On the last morning I thought of something to try out (by the way, have trawled the net for this idea and never found it exactly)

So here it is: I had a hundred left in my pocket in 20 dollar bills. I set a rule, first I chose the simpler Quick-hits type machines with the mechanical six segments. No real distractions except they have a bonus round now and again. Up to 20 free spins with a multiplier.

I put in a 20 and did minimum bet, 30 cents. The other part of the rule was that If I went over the 20 at any time I would CASH OUT! Even if it was just one dollar, CASH OUT.

Then I would start again with a fresh 20 dollar bill, ticket in left pocket, fresh 20 into the machine. Same rule. I had the idea that starting afresh gave you a slight edge of opportunity. a slight position of strength at the beginning. There was a small window of goes you could have to achieve the slight profit amount. Go too low and you would never easily claw your way back but not impossible.

Here's what happened, after half an hour I had eight cash-out tickets in my left pocket, all varying amounts over the 20 bucks investment each time. I never lost a 20. I had from one dollar profit to 3 , up to ten on a few. This takes quite a bit of discipline to do and keeping careful tabs on what you have in the machine. It also takes patience.

So, after 8 20's had gone in and 8 tickets had come out over the 20 I showed them to the wife and cashed them in. I had earned 60 bucks profit. This high amount was possible because once or twice during the session it got a bonus round which paid a little more, plus a few quick-hits. With the amount of goes I was having you would get this periodically.

It must be a fluke I thought, going to try and replicate it. 8 tickets later I cashed out again to the tone of 57 bucks profit. Not bad for an hours work.

I don't live in a casino state so don't get to go that often. For those that do, next time you go, give it a try. There are now video versions of the quick-hits so don't know if they would perform the same.

It would not be called cheating, was just playing the things but with a twist. And like people who buy WSO's, scant people implement them. So, the casinos will continue to make handsome profits.

I would like some feedback of course. I did this twice in a row but really need to do it many times before I can be truly confident about it. Just reporting that a change in my playing methodology seemed to get a result.

Always gamble responsibly.