Posted by Trix @ 1:00 AM, Friday Jan 30th, 2009
Category: Slots
I am going to try and inform you about Progressive slots.
To begin with, chose between standard slots and progressive slots. Your decision will be based on your motivation to play. If you’re playing slots because you want to strike it rich, then progressive slots are for you.
To maximise your potiental winnings browse through the slots to find similar games.
Some progressive slots maybe the same, but some jackpot totals may differ.
Always go for a progressive slot with the largest jackpot, chances are they were reset to the same level, and the one with the higher jackpot has been running longer.
Remember, if your playing a progressive slot machine, you are required to bet the maximum bet to be eligible for the big jackpot.
If you have chosen to play a progressive slot machine, you will forego the frequent small payouts for the chance of the jackpot.
Progressive slot jackpots are accumulated as money is played through the machine. The progressive jackpot will be part of a network of different machines.
Until a lucky player hits the jackpot, the total keeps growing.
So if you brave enough to have a gamble progressive slots are the way forward for you. Good luck!
Posted by Trix @ 1:00 AM, Thursday Jan 15th, 2009
Category: Slots
Nowadays, the resulting symbol combinations are dictated by a computer chip inside the slots itself, rather than by the activity of the spinning reels.
Predetermined stopping points controlled by the computer chip are used to stop each reel,which in turn, are regulated by small digitized bursts of electricity.
Although this sounds like pre-programming, which it is, the pre-programming that involves the payout percentage of a machine is determined by another device – the random number generator (RNG).
With RNG in place, each spin of the reels has an equal chance of striking a big win.
With RNG engaged hundreds of numbers ranging from one to several billion are being generated each second.
When you press the play button, the computer records the next 3 numbers from RNG. The first number is used to determine the position of the first reel, the second for the second reel and the third number for the third reel.
The calculation that is used invloves dividing the RNG generated number by multiplies values of 32, and up to a value of 512.
After running this calculation, we get 14 with a remainder of 2. The remainder is very important as it shows there are only 32 possible end results and the computer then maps the 32 possible values out as stops on a computerized reel of 32 stops.
The computer system is responsible for governing whether a machine is going to be loose or tight, and just how much money it pays out over the long run. Not only is less oversight required, the out come will always be mathematically presice.
So you have to be very clever mathematically to watch and learn the reels, and some people spends months learning a slot machine, and when to play.